Current American Studies Course Offerings

Spring 2025 Course Offerings in American Studies

For more information, please contact American Studies Coordinator Caroline Woidat.

American Studies Electives

Courses that may be taken as American Studies electives:

American Studies

  • AMST 201 - Topics in American Studies: Building Stories

Anthropology 

  • ANTH 322 - Anthropology of Borderlands

Business

  • MGMT 263 - Business Law I
  • MGMT 264 - Business Law II

English 

  • ENGL 111 - Diversity, Pluralism, Power in American Literature: Octavia Butler & AI
  • ENGL 114 - Sustainability & Literature: Ecomedia
  • ENGL 329 - American Visions: Black Masculinities
  • ENGL 336 - Native American Literature
  • ENGL 439 - American Ways: Octavia Butler & AI
  • ENGL 439 - American Ways: Ecocinema 

History

Note: HIST 302 is restricted to History majors, minors & concentrators, sophomore standing or higher OR permission of History Department.

  • HIST 112 History Matters: Higher Education in U.S. History
  • HIST 129 Military History of the U.S.A 
  • HIST 161 Issues in American History: Early American History
  • HIST 204 U.S. Since 1945
  • HIST 266 Civil Rights Movement in America
     

History (Continued)

  • HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Civil Rights Movement
  • HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History
  • HIST 405 Early America, 1000-1775
  • HIST 406 The Age of the American Revolution
  • HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World
  • HIST 420 The U.S. and Vietnam 

Interdepartmental 

  • INTD 203 Social Foundations of Education in the United States

Music

  • MUSC 100 Understanding Music: Woody Guthrie
  • MUSC 100 Understanding Music: History of Rock-n-Roll 
  • MUSC 338 Folk Music in New York State

Political Science

  • PLSC 110 American Politics
  • PLSC 382 U.S. Foreign Policy
  • PLSC 411 Public Opinion and the Mass Media
  • PLSC 412 American Social Welfare Policy
  • PLSC 429 Constitutional Rights & Liberties

Sociology

  • SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
  • SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine
  • SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
  • SOCL 347 Criminology and Juvenile Delinquency 

AMST Cultural Intersections

Courses that fulfill the AMST Cultural Intersections requirement:

American Studies

  • AMST 201 Topics in American Studies: Building Stories

Anthropology 

  • ANTH 322 Anthropology of Borderlands

English

  • ENGL 111 Diversity. Pluralism, and Power in American Literature and Culture: Octavia Butler & AI
  • ENGL 329 American Visions: Black Masculinities
  • ENGL 336 Native American Literature
  • ENGL 439 American Ways: Octavia Butler & AI 
  • ENGL 439 American Ways: Ecocinema

History

  • HIST 266 Civil Rights Movement in America
  • HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Civil Rights Movement
  • HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History
  • HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World

Music

  • MUSC 100 Understanding Music: History of Rock n' Roll

Sociology

  • SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
  • SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity

AMST Transnational

Courses that fulfill the AMST transnational requirement: 

Anthropology 

  • ANTH 301 Religion, Society, and Culture
  • ANTH 313 Global Health Issues
  • ANTH 322 Anthropology of Borderlands

Business

Note: Courses may have prerequisites and are restricted to School of Business majors and minors. Others may seek permission from the School of Business.

  • MKTG 339 International Marketing

Communication

  • COMN 317 Intercultural Communication

English 

  • ENGL 203 Reader and Text: Canadian Literature 

Film Studies

  • FMST 459 Film Authors: Raoul Peck

History 

  • HIST 271 History of Latin America since 1789
  • HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World
  • HIST 470 History of Modern Mexico

Political Science

  • PLSC 120 Comparative Politics
  • PLSC 140 International Politics 
  • PLSC 382 U.S. Foreign Policy

Sociology 

  • SOCL 105 Introduction to Global Social Change 
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