2025-2026 Academic Catalog

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2025-2026 Academic Catalog

American Studies, Concentration

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Lower Level Courses

Choose 12 Semester Hours From

ART 101 - Art Appreciation 3 Semester Hours
ENG 203 - Literature of the United States I 3 Semester Hours
ENG 204 - Literature of the United States II 3 Semester Hours
HIS 101 - Dawn of Civilizations 3 Semester Hours
HIS 111 - The United States: From Colonies to Civil War 3 Semester Hours
HUM 102 - American Humanities 3 Semester Hours
POL 112 - American Political System 3 Semester Hours
POL 211 - American State and Local Government 3 Semester Hours
or
SOC 111 - Social Problems 3 Semester Hours

Choose 18 Semester Hours From

ENG 314 - Studies in American Literature 3 Semester Hours
ENG 424 - African American Literature 3 Semester Hours
ENG 425 - Major Author 3 Semester Hours
HIS 301 - Don’t Tread on Me: America’s Founding Era 3 Semester Hours
HIS 314 - African-American History 3 Semester Hours
HIS 318 - Southward Bound: History of an American Region 3 Semester Hours
HIS 370 - Uncivil War: America’s Greatest Conflict 3 Semester Hours
HIS 410 - Forrest Gump’s America: The U.S. Since World War II 3 Semester Hours
POL 300 - The United States Congress 3 Semester Hours
POL 301 - Judicial Politics 3 Semester Hours
POL 302 - American Presidency 3 Semester Hours
POL 400 - American Political Thought 3 Semester Hours
POL 410 - Constitutional Law 3 Semester Hours
REL 309 - Religion in United States Culture 3 Semester Hours
SOC 355 - Sociology of Discrimination 3 Semester Hours
SOC 400 - Sociology of the Workplace 3 Semester Hours
or
SOC 495 - Special Topics 1-6 Semester Hours

Required Seminar

LIB 499 - Liberal Studies Capstone 3 Semester Hours