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May 03, 2024
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2024-25 Catalog
American Studies
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Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.
College Requirements:
Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.
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Major Requirements:
Total major units: Varies
This program requires an application to declare the major approved by the American Studies Committee.
Field of Concentration Requirements:
- Complete the division and major requirements of an established disciplinary major from the list below:
- A minimum of two courses with a focus on American subject matter.
- Division of Arts
- Division of History and Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Economics
- History
- Political science
- Sociology
- Division of Literature and Languages
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Greek, Latin, and ancient Mediterranean studies
- Russian
- Spanish
- Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Division of Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Religion
Four Additional Units of American Subject Matter
- Two units in history
⇒For students whose field of concentration is history, two units in a subject outside the field of concentration.
- Two additional units in a subject outside the field of concentration
⇒For students whose field of concentration is history, two additional units in a subject outside the field of concentration and in a different subject than the two units above.
Junior Year Requirements:
- Department junior seminar (if applicable)
- Junior qualifying examination
Recommended, but Not Required:
All majors are expected to attend American studies colloquia and other events. There are approximately three to four colloquia each semester. Each American studies major will present their thesis at a colloquium during the final semester of their senior year.
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