Fall 2026 Course Offerings in American Studies
For more information, please contact American Studies Coordinator Caroline Woidat.
Fall 2026 American Studies Electives
Courses that may be taken as American Studies electives:
Business
- MGMT 263 Business Law I
English
- ENGL 111 Expulsion and the Housing Crisis
- ENGL 114 Ecomedia
- ENGL 203 Reader and Text: Marginal Spaces
- ENGL 368 Connections in Recent Literature: Unplugged
- ENGL 439 American Ways: Captivity Narratives
- ENGL 467 Women and the Civil War
Geography
- GEOG 201 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
History
- HIST 120 Military History of the U.S.A.
- HIST 161 Issues in American History: American Populism
- HIST 204 U.S. Since 1945
- HIST 249 Civil Rights Movement, Movies and Public History
- HIST 250 Work and Workers in America
- HIST 260 Issues in the History of American Women
NOTE: HIST 301/HIST 302 is restricted to History majors, minors & concentrators, sophomore standing or higher OR permission of the History Department
Interdepartmental
- INTD 203 Social Foundations of Education in the United States
Music
- MUSC 100 Understanding Music: History of Rock-n-Roll
- MUSC 100 Understanding Music: Woody Guthrie & Folk Revival
Political Science
- PLSC 110 American Politics
- PLSC 372 Community, State, and Regional Politics
- PLSC 414 American Public Policy
- PLSC 418 Constitutional Law
Sociology
- SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine
- SOCL 220 Inequality, Class, and Poverty路 SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
Fall 2026 AMST Cultural Intersections
Courses that fulfill the AMST Cultural Intersections requirement:
English
- ENGL 111 Expulsion and the Housing Crisis
- ENGL 203 Reader and Text: Marginal Spaces
- ENGL 439 American Ways: Captivity Narratives
- ENGL 467 Women and the Civil War
History
- HIST 249 Civil Rights Movement, Movies, and Public History
- HIST 260 Issues in the History of American Women
NOTE: HIST 301/HIST 302 is restricted to History majors, minors & concentrators, sophomore standing or higher OR permission of the History Department.
Music
- MUSC 100 Understanding Music: History of Rock-n-Roll
Sociology
- SOCL 220 Inequality, Class, and Poverty
- SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
Fall 2026 AMST Transnational
Courses that fulfill the AMST transnational requirement:
Anthropology
- ANTH 226 Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
- ANTH 318 Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
Business
NOTE: Courses have prerequisites and are restricted to School of Business majors and minors. Others may seek permission from the School of Business
- FNCE 316 International Finance
Communication
- COMN 317 Culture and Communication
English / Comparative Literature
- CMLT 200 Reading Transnationally: The Black Atlantic
History
- HIST 270 History of Latin America to 1825
- HIST 420 The US and Vietnam
Political Science
- PLSC 120 Comparative Politics
- PLSC 140 International Politics
Sociology
- SOCL 105 Introduction to Global Social Change
- SOCL 325 Global Social Change