For MINOR in American Studies:
English 2701 ---American Literature Survey. A study of American Literature from the beginnings to the present. Works by authors such as Jefferson, Hawthorne, Twain, Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams, Sylvia Plath and Toni Morrison will be examined.
English 3711---American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865. A study of American Literature from the beginnings to the end of the Civil War. Works by such authors as Winthrop, Jefferson, Poe, Emerson, Hawthorne, Dickinson, Douglass, Jacobs, and Melville will be examined.
English 3721---American Literature II: 1865 to Present. A study of American Literature from the end of the modernist period through to the contemporary. Authors such as Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Toni Morrisson, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, and Joyce Carol Oates will be examined.
History 1601--- New Nations in North America. This course will examine the transfer of European ideas, institutions, political and economic structures to North America, and consider the reshaping of these by the North American experience. Particular emphasis will be placed on the transition from the colonial experience to the realization of new states.
History 1651—Native American Voices-- This course will focus on the experience of Native Americans as they come to terms with living in the post-Colombian world. Emphasis will be given to Native American voices as preserved in primary materials.
ONE of the following two:
History 2511--- The American Experience to 1865. This course introduces students to the main events, themes and issues of American history from the colonial period through the Civil War.
History 2521---The American Experience After 1865. This course introduces students to the main events, themes and issues of American history from the Civil War to the present. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)
As well as 6 additional credits chosen from: English 3731, 3741, 4701, Geography 2201, 2311, 3301, History 3511, 3521, 3531, 3561, 4500, 4510, 4571, Political Science 3331. See below for descriptions.
For MAJOR AREA OF STUDY the above credits as well as:
English 1201--Introduction to Principles of Literary Analysis---This course, offered in several sections each term, is intended to develop students' critical reading skills and introduce them to the practice of academic writing as it applies to the discipline of English.
Geography 2311---Introduction to Cultural Geography--- This survey of the main themes and approaches of cultural geographers evaluates concepts such as the cultural area, ecology, and landscape in the context of North American and European settlement patterns
Geography 3301---Historical Geography of North America--- This course surveys the role of pre-twentieth century historical processes in shaping past and present North American landscapes. Significant writings in the evolution of historical geography are identified and analyzed.
As well as 36 additional credits chosen from: Economics 1001, 1011, 3501, 3711, English 3731, 3741, 3921, 3931, 4701, 4951, History 3511, 3521, 3531, 3561, 4500, 4510, 4571, International Relations 2301, 3101, 4301, Political Science 3331, Religious Studies 2841, Sociology 3431, 3451. See below for descriptions.