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Twin Cities Campus
American Studies MinorAmerican 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.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Students may earn a BA or a minor in American studies, but not both.
Electives
Other courses may count with approval from the director of undergraduate studies.
Take 15 or more credit(s) from the following:
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AMST 3112 - Prince, Porn, and Public Space: The Cultural Politics of the Twin Cities in the 1980s
[DSJ, HIS]
(3.0 cr)
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AMST 3113W - Global Minnesota: Diversity in the 21st Century
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
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AMST 3114 - America in International Perspective
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
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AMST 3252W {Inactive}
[HIS, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 3253W - American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present
[HIS, CIV, WI]
(4.0 cr)
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AMST 3896 - Internship for Academic Credit
(1.0-4.0 cr)
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AMST 3920 - Topics in American Studies
(3.0 cr)
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AMST 3993 - Directed Studies
(1.0-9.0 cr)
·
AMST 4301 - Workers and Consumers in the Global Economy
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 3001 - Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
AAS 3001 - Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
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AMST 3003 - Public History
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 3001 - Public History
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3001 - Public History
(3.0 cr)
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AMST 3212 - Dissident Sexualities in U.S. History
(3.0 cr)
or
GLBT 3212 - Dissident Sexualities in U.S. History
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3212 - Dissident Sexualities in U.S. History
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 4101 - Gender, Sexuality, and Politics in America
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLBT 4101 - Gender, Sexuality, and Politics in America
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
CHIC 3412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
CHIC 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3515 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -9.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3001/AmSt 3001 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3001/AmSt 3001 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 3001/AmSt 3003/Hist 3001 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 3001/AmSt 3003/Hist 3001 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 3001/AmSt 3003/Hist 3001 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 3212/GLBT 3212/Hist 3212 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 3212/GLBT 3212/Hist 3212 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 3212/GLBT 3212/Hist 3212 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3361/AmSt 3361 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3361/AmSt 3361 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 4101/GLBT 4101 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 4101/GLBT 4101 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |