Liberal Arts/American Studies

American Studies, a concentration within Liberal Arts, is the interdisciplinary study of the United States and all its local, national, and global contexts. Drawing from a variety of content areas and methodologies, American Studies focuses on particular American moments, places, and ideas, such as baseball, literature, malls, jazz, amusement parks, historical sites, comic books, gravestones, automobiles, fashion, and landscapes in order to pursue questions, such as “What is American culture? What does it mean to be American? Who, What, and Where is ‘American’?” And what is at stake when we ask these questions? The degree program is designed to provide students with the rigorous interdisciplinary training necessary to transfer into baccalaureate programs in not only American Studies, but related fields as well, such as English, History, Political Science, Education, Sociology, Anthropology, and others. Students with degrees in American Studies have found jobs in a wide variety of fields such as publishing, education, communications, government, public service, public relations, marketing, management, law, and social welfare to name a few.

*Transfer of a course to this institution does not guarantee transfer of that same course to subsequent institutions.

With the exception of AMER110 Introduction to American Studies, ENGL110 College Composition I, and INT101 College Success Seminar (all of which would be recommended for first semester of the student’s first year), and ENGL127 Intro to Literary Analysis (recommended to be taken prior to the American literature survey courses), there is no specified order or schedule of courses for program majors.