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• Admissions
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• The Core Curriculum
• Fields of Undergraduate Study: Academic Degrees & Course Listings
• Language Institutes
• Study Abroad and Summer Session

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Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professors: J. Rodenbeck (Coordinator), D. Cole, E. Wolf-Gazo
Associate Professors: D. Blanks, J. Edwards, M. El Lozy, R. Switzer, J. Waggoner
Assistant Professors: L. Goodson, J. Henriksen, A. Lang

Minor

The minor in American Studies at AUC is an interdisciplinary program in which students take a minimum of five courses (15 credits) among specified offerings involving the study of the history or culture of the United States and the Americas. The program is staffed and supervised by members of several departments, but administered by the Department of English and Comparative Literature. Students are required to take ECLT/HIST 209 (Introduction to American Studies), at least one other American history course, and three other courses as electives from among courses offered in American literature, history, and philosophy, or from among courses on American issues and topics in anthropology, art, music, film, theater, history, sociology, psychology, and political science. Courses listed under the heading "Selected Topics" may be included if the topic is the history or culture of the United States and the Americas.

Requirements:

ECLT/HIST  209 Introduction to American Studies

 

and at least four of the following:

ANTH 384 Cultures of Latin America ART 310 Modern and Contemporary Art   370 Selected Topics in Art * † ECLT 308 Modern European and American Literature   309 Early American Literature   310 Nineteenth-Century American Literature   311 Modern American Literature   344 Literature and Philosophy*   347 Selected Topics*   540 Readings in American Literature †   545-546 Selected Topics * † FILM 370 Selected Topics in Film * † HIST 201 History of American Civilization to the Nineteenth Century   202 History of Modern American Civilization   309 The Pursuit of Liberty   401 Selected Topics in the History of the United States PHIL 356 American Philosophy POLS 303 American Government   415 U.S. Foreign Policy   430 Selected Topics in Political Science*   473 Special Topics in Public Law* (e.g. American Constitutional Law) THTR 370 Selected Topics in Theatre*

 

* when instructor deems course content appropriate
† with permission of the instructor
See departmental announcements or AUC Catalog entries under departmental headings for complete course descriptions.