Minimum 2.0 GPA overall.
Minimum 2.5 GPA in AMS 107 Introduction to American Studies and two prerequisite courses.

See the director of undergraduate studies or the undergraduate advisor for advisement and suggestions on course selection.

SELECT TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
AMS 162 New World Imaginations
APY 106 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
APY 108 Introduction to Archaeology
DMS 107 Film History I
DMS 108 Film History II
DMS 109 Introduction to Film Interpretation
HIS 161 United States History I
HIS 162 United States History II
PSC 101 Introduction to American Politics
SOC 201 Structure of American Society
WS 101 Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 213 Women in Contemporary Society

Eight additional courses, including AMS 364 Seminar for Majors, and seven chosen from the six lists that follow below (additional courses may be designated by the director of undergraduate studies). At least four of the seven must be at the 300/400 level. Further, the seven must be distributed among at least four of the six groups.

Summary
Total required credit hours for the major: 33

See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.

FIRST YEAR
Fall AMS 107 or AMS 162; 100- or 200-level prerequisite course from the list given above
Spring 100 level or 200level prerequisite course from the list given above

SECOND YEAR
Fall 100 level or 200 level AMS or other listed course
Spring Two 100 level or 200 level AMS or other listed courses

THIRD YEAR
Fall 300 level or 400 level AMS or other listed course
Spring AMS 364*

FOURTH YEAR
Fall 300 level or 400 level AMS or other listed course
Spring Two 300 level or 400 level AMS or other listed courses

*This course might instead be taken in the fourth year.

INDIGENOUS STUDIES
AHI 334 Native American Art: Socioeconomic Renewal or Ruin
AHI 342 Photo and the Colonial Gaze
AMS 100 Indian Image on Film
AMS 179 Introduction to Native American History
AMS 197 Seneca Language
AMS 198 Language of the Seneca I
AMS 231 Survey of Native American History
AMS 232 Survey of Native American History
AMS 272 Native American Literature
AMS 281 Native Americans and the Colonist
AMS 301 Introduction to Indigenous Women
AMS 425 Native American Legal Situation
APY 183 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
APY 250 Ancient Maya
APY 302 Art and Cities of Central America
APY 331 Archaeology of New World
APY 333 North American Archaeology
APY 449 Mayan Civilization: Past and Present
APY 480 Collapse of Civilization
DMS 405 Ethnographic Film
ENG 343 Native American Literature
ENG 382 Books of the Ancient Maya
ENG 447 Mythology of the Americas
LIN 275 Languages and Cultures of Native North America
WS 219 Women of Color and the American Experience

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
APY 183 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ENG 277 Introduction to U.S. Latino Literature
HIS 111 Latin America: Culture and History
HIS 322 Latin America: Culture and History
PHI 385 Latin American Thought
POR 402 Brazilian Civilization
PSC 329 U.S.-Latin American Relations
PSC 372 Latin American Politics
SPA 304 Early Spanish American Literature
SPA 311 Survey of Spanish American Literature
SPA 320 Contemporary Spanish-American Literature
SPA 328 Spanish American Culture and Civilization
SPA 330 Spanish American Themes
SPA 350 Spanish American Short Story
SPA 411 Spanish American Novel
SPA 415 Spanish American Poetry
SPA 416 Spanish American Theatre
SPA 418 Spanish American Literature: Main Currents
SPA 449 Latin Americans and Latinos in Film
SPA 450 Latina/o Literature in U.S.
WS 247 Women in Latin America

Note: SPA 411 and SPA 416 have SPA 210 or SPA 310 as prerequisites.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
AAS 118 Introduction to African-American Studies
AAS 184 Classic Black Prose
AAS 253 Blacks in Films I
AAS 254 Blacks in Films II
AAS 290 Creating Black Art
AAS 361 Slavery and the Underground Railroad
AAS 392 The Black Church
AAS 414 Health Problems in the Black Community
CPM 250 USA Islam and Muslims
CPM 298 Religion in the Inner City
CPM 310 Black Writers
CPM 382 Law and Urban Problems
ENG 275 Black Literature
ENG 365 Black Literature
ENG 366 Studies in Black American Literature
LLS 200 Black Roots in Spanish American Literature
SOC 321 Race and Ethnic Relations
WS 219 Women of Color and the American Experience
WS 387 Black Female in Literature
WS 401 Black Women Writers

CARIBBEAN STUDIES
AAS 270 Major Issues/Caribbean Studies
AAS 377 Caribbean Literature
AMS 128 Afro-Latin Musical Praxis
HIS 414 Cuban Revolution
LLS 200 Black Roots in Spanish American Literature
LLS 204 Introduction to Puerto Rican Culture
LLS 208 20th-Century Puerto Rican Literature
LLS 301 Ethnicity and the Puerto Rican Experience
LLS 303 Mainland Puerto Rican Experience
LLS 305 Contemporary Afro-Caribbean Religion
LLS 307 History of Ideas in Puerto Rico
LLS 308 Black Presence in Latin America
LLS 401 Seminar in Puerto Rican Studies
LLS 402 Puerto Rican Literature
LLS 404 Havana: City and Culture

UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN STUDIES
AHI 365 Victorian America
AHI 387 American Art
AHI 390 American Architecture
AHI 391 American Architecture
AMS 111 Contemporary Popular Music
AMS 113 American Lives and Environments
AMS 114 American Lives and Environments
AMS 162 New World Imaginations
AMS 167 Cross-Cultural Topics
AMS 168 Cross-Cultural Topics
AMS 209 Musics of the World
AMS 210 Musics of the World
AMS 439 Contemporary American Fiction
AMS 440 Contemporary American Fiction
AMS 457 Problems in American Urban History
AMS 488 Violence and Nonviolence
AMS 489 Violence and Nonviolence
AS 110 The Asian American Experience
AS 117 Asians in American History and Culture
AS 270 Asian American Women Writers
AS 348 Asian Americans and Visual Media
ENG 241 Major American Writers
ENG 242 Major American Writers
ENG 332 Early American Literature
ENG 333 American Literature, 1828-1865
ENG 334 American Literature, 1865-1914
ENG 335 19th-Century American Novel
ENG 336 Modern American Novel
ENG 339 American Poetry
ENG 342 Studies in American Literature
GEO 231 U.S. Contemporary Problems
HIS 361 American Intellectual History
HIS 362 American Intellectual History
HIS 422 Topics in American Intellectual/Cultural History
HIS 452 Topics in Colonial America
JDS 255 Jewish Folklore
JDS 401 Aspects of American Jewish History
MUS 265 Rock Music
MUS 300 Music Pluralism Since 1900
MUS 313 American Music
PHI 359 American Philosophy
PSC 225 Equality and Justice in U.S.
PSC 319 Media in American Politics
PSC 384 American Political Thought
PSC 385 American Political Thought
SOC 334 Introduction to Mass Cultural Studies
SOC 348 Urban Sociology
WS 212 The American Jewish Woman
WS 283 American Women Writers
WS 353 Women and the Law
WS 376 Gender and Hollywood Films

AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTS
AMS 113 American Lives and Environments
AMS 114 American Lives and Environments
AMS 161 Natural World Perspectives
AMS 285 Natural World vs. Legal World
AMS 343 Human Ecology
APY 276 Introduction to Ethnomedicine
ARC 121 Introduction to Architecture
ARC 241 Introduction to Building Technology
ARC 328 Historic Preservation
ARC 465 Urban Planning and Design I
ARC 470 Climate and Architecture
ARC 476 Landscape Design
BIO 102 Plants and their Uses
BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO 310 Ecology Methods
GEO 355 Landscape Ecology
GEO 356 Environmental Change
PD 301 Perspectives on Land Use and Development
PD 302 Technology and Public Policy
SSC 118 Introduction to Environmental Studies
SSC 238 Ethics of Survival
SSC 315 Field Ecology
SSC 317 Environmental Politics
SSC 470 Ethnobotanical Surveys

Note: BIO 309 and BIO 310 have BIO 200 as a prerequisite. PD 301 and
PD 302 have PD 120 or PD 212 as a prerequisite.

Note: A maximum of two courses may be applied both to the major and to the general education requirement.

Minimum GPA of 2.0 overall.

Submit minor application to the Department of American Studies.

At least six AMS or other courses among those listed for the major (see above), including at least three at the 300-400 level. Further, the six courses must be distributed among at least three of the six groups in the major list.