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Twin Cities Campus
American Studies B.A.American Studies
College of Liberal Arts
American studies is an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the United States as the outcome of migration, labor accumulation, land acquisition, cultural dissemination, the implantation of U.S. laws and policies, and identity formations around gender, sexuality, and race.
As an interdisciplinary field, American studies brings the social sciences and humanities together. Students and faculty interact in a variety of academic areas, including literature, history, sociology, anthropology, geography, cultural studies, art history, urban studies, political science, and women's studies.
In addition, the Department of American Studies includes a minor in Asian American studies and cooperates with the Departments of African-American and African Studies, American Indian Studies, Chicano Studies, and Indian Studies, which makes it possible for students to concentrate their studies in one of those cultural areas.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of
any second language.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
Beginning fall 2012, all incoming CLA freshmen must complete the appropriate First Year Experience course sequence. Specific information about this collegiate requirement can be found at: http://class.umn.edu/degree_requirements/index.html
Students may earn a B.A. or a minor in American studies, but not both.
Preparatory Courses
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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AMST 1xxx
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AMST 2xxx
Major Courses
Complete 7 upper-division courses for a minimum of 21 credits, including one course in world cultures. Up to three courses outside of AMST may be counted from the AMST-approved course list, or with consent from the director of undergraduate studies.
World Cultures Course
Course from AMST-approved Course List
or
Take 6 or more course(s) from the following:
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AMST 3xxx
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AMST 4xxx
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AMST 5xxx
Proseminar Sequence
AMST 4961 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
AMST 4962W - Proseminar in American Studies
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Upper-division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper-division Writing Intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
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AMST 4962W - Proseminar in American Studies
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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