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Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

 

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undergrad
 American Studies

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professors:  D. Cole, E. Wolf-Gazo, J. Edwards, K. Dwyer, D. Tschirgi, G. Johnson (Executive Director of American Studies Center-Coordinator)
Associate Professors: D. Blanks, M. El Lozy, R. Switzer, E. Shahin
Assistant Professors: D. Sweet, H. Rizzo, M. Shorbagy, M. El-Shorbagy (Academic Director of American Studies Center-Coordinator)

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. 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 focus is the United States and the Americas.

Requirements:

ECLT/HIST

 209

Introduction to American Studies, 3 cr.

 


and at least four of the following:

ANTH

384

Cultures of Latin America, 3 cr.

 

390

Selected People and Culture Areas*, 3 cr.

 

400

Selected Topics in Anthropology*, 3 cr.

ART

310

Modern and Contemporary Art, 3 cr.

 

370

Selected Topics in Art *, 3 cr.

ECLT

308

Modern European and American Literature, 3 cr.

 

309

Early American Literature, 3 cr.

 

310

Nineteenth-Century American Literature, 3 cr.

 

311

Modern American Literature, 3 cr.

 

344

Literature and Philosophy*, 3 cr.

 

347

Selected Topics*, 3 cr.

 

540

Readings in American Literature=, 3 cr.

 

545-546

Selected Topics *=, 6 cr.

FILM

370

Selected Topics in Film *=, 3 cr.

HIST

201

History of American Civilization to the Nineteenth Century, 3 cr.

 

202

History of Modern American Civilization, 3 cr.

 

309

The Pursuit of Liberty, 3 cr.

 

401

Selected Topics in the History of the United States, 3 cr.

PHIL

356

American Philosophy, 3 cr.

POLS

303

American Government, 3 cr.

 

415

U.S. Foreign Policy, 3 cr.

 

430

Selected Topics in Political Science*, 3 cr.

 

473

Special Topics in Public Law*, 3 cr.
(e.g. American Constitutional Law)

SOC

307

Social Class and Inequality*, 3 cr.

 

321

Urban Society in Transition*, 3 cr.

 

332

Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relation*, 3 cr.

 

400

Selected Topics in Sociology*, 3 cr.

 

402

Independent Study*, 1-3 cr.

 

405

Industrial Sociology*, 3 cr.

 

408

Criminology*, 3 cr.

THTR

370

Selected Topics in Theatre*, 3 cr.

 


* when instructor and the Dean of HUSS deem course content appropriate
= with permission of the instructor
See departmental announcements or AUC Catalog entries under departmental headings for complete course descriptions.

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