Major in American Studies

Major Requirements

01:050:101, Introduction to American Studies or 01:050:102 Introduction to Race and Ethnicity 01:050:310 Methods and Practices in American Studies 01:050:389 Seminar in American Studies 2) In addition, students must complete nine American Studies electives, at least four of which must be American Studies courses at the 300 level or above. Students can, but are not required to, bundle four of those electives into a thematic concentration that corresponds to the department’s strengths. The four department concentrations are: Race, Ethnicity, Migration, and Social Justice Public Humanities and the Arts Media, Popular Culture, and Performance American Landscapes, Environments, and Food

The Concentration in Race, Ethnicity, Migration, and Social Justice – 4 courses from

01:050:240 Latino Literature and Culture 01:050:245 Asian American Experience 01:050:246 Black Experience in America 01:050:248 Native American Experience 01:050:253 Asian American History 01:050:271 Immigrant States 01:050:324 Wayward Americans 01:050:331 Ethnic America 01:050:340 Race Matters 01:050:344 Islam in/of America 01:050:376 Native American Literature in English 01:050:377 Asian-American Literatures in English

The concentration in Public Humanities and the Arts – 4 courses from

01:050:216 America In the Arts 01:050:218 Visual Culture in the United States 01:050:223 Learning from the Past: Early America and the 21st Century 01:050:228 The Contemporary American 01:050:259 Popular Culture 01:050:263 American Folklore 01:050:264 American Folklife 01:050:291 Jerseyana: New Jersey as a Culture 01:050:316: 21st Century Expression: On and Off the Net 01:050:350 Event and Program Management in Arts and Humanities 01:050:355 Museums, Monuments, and American Culture 01:050:449 Principles of Folk Festival Management 01:050:450 Seminar in Folk Festival Management

The concentration in Media, Popular Culture, and Performance – 4 courses from

01:050:218 Visual Culture in the United States 01:050:259 Popular Culture 01:050:265 American Experience Film and Video 01:050:266 Cult Films in American Culture 01:050:267 American Film Directors 01:050:302 Topics in American Studies (Director Spike Lee) 01:050:303 The Decade in American Culture (1960s or 1980s) 01:050:306 American Detective Fiction and Film 01:050:314 Tech Music Culture 01:050:316 21st Century Expression 01:050:323 American Horror 01:050:333 Cultures of Consumption

The concentration in American Landscapes, Environments, and Food – 4 courses from

01:050:203 The American West 01:050:223 Learning from the Past: Early America and the 21st Century 01:050:228 The Contemporary American 01:050:260 On the Road: Mobility in America 01:050:271 Immigrant States 01:050:272 American Food, Past and Present 01:050:317 Law and American Culture 01:050:320 American Life During the Cold War 01:050:331 Ethnic America 01:050:333 Cultures of Consumption The department maintains a regularly updated list of courses from other departments, which can count toward the major and a concentration area. Students should consult with the Undergraduate Director about using courses from this list to meet major and concentration requirements. Students may not take...