American Studies (BA)

International and Area Studies Bachelors BA

Variable Credit Min

Variable Credit Max

Major Academic Plan

Learning Outcomes

Title

Work Independently

Learning Outcome

American Studies graduates will have created a coherent course of study matched to their interests and their post-graduate plans. This may include taking a suitable minor and creating for themselves relevant extracurricular experiences such as internships editorships travel study ORCA grants conference participation and publication.

Title

Engage Disciplinarily and Interdisciplinarily

Learning Outcome

American Studies graduates will understand that American studies is coherent as a discipline in and of itself and also engage their major both within and across the various other disciplines that constitute American Studies mastering the theoretical and methodological approaches inherent in the American Studies curriculum.

Title

Analyze Rigorously

Learning Outcome

American Studies graduates will be able to read critically and analyze cultural economic historical literary political social and religious texts and artifacts. They will identify evaluate and incorporate appropriate research sources in their work as they demonstrate awareness of the critical conversations they are entering. Their analyses will contribute to their understanding of the ways in which the American experience has been and continues to be constructed and transmitted.

Title

Communicate Persuasively

Learning Outcome

American Studies graduates will be able to formulate both their oral and written arguments coherently support them clearly and communicate them effectively to their audiences using correct conventions of language and some stylistic flair–all according to the best practices of the variety of disciplines and situations in which they are engaged.

Program Requirements

The American Studies 304/490 sequence fulfills the Advanced Written and Oral Communications requirement.

Majors should begin course work in the major by taking Am St 303 fall semester of the sophomore or (at latest) junior year, followed by Am St 304.

Requirement 1 —Complete 2 Courses

Required courses:

course - AmerHumanities1:Colonial-1876 3.0

course - AmerHumanities2:1877-Present 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 1 of 2 Options

Option 2.1 —Complete 1 Course

course - American Heritage 3.0

Option 2.2 —Complete 2 of 3 Courses

course - Econ Principles & Problems 3.0

course - U S Since 1877 3.0

course - Amer Government & Politics 3.0

Note: POLI 210 may be substituted for POLI 110.

Requirement 3 —Complete 2 Courses

course - Am Studies History & Theory 3.0

course - Methods and Writing Practices 3.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 30 hours

course - Lit & Cultures of Amer West 3.0

course - Western Am. St. Seminar 3.0

course - Film in American Culture 3.0

course - Topics in American Studies - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0

course - Lecture Series - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 1.0

course - American Culture 3.0

course - Anthropology of Mormonism 3.0

course - Arch Cultures of N America 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Regional Anthro - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - American Art to 1876 3.0

course - American Art 1876-1950 3.0

course - Amer Architecture 3.0

course - Media History & Philosophy 3.0

course - Popular Culture & Media 3.0

course - Media & the First Amendment 3.0

ECON 274 - American Economic History - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 3.0

ELANG 322 - Modern American Usage 3.0

course - American Literary History 3.0

course - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 358R - Native Amer Lit 1900-Present - You may take once - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 3.0

course - American Regional Literature - You may take once 3.0

course - Author Studies - You may take once 3.0

course - American Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - American Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - American Folklore 3.0

course - US and Canada 3.0

course - History Latter-day Saint Women 3.0

course - Pan American Women Writers 3.0

course - Fam & Law in Amer Hist 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Mod. American Warfare Studies 3.0

course - Inter-American Relations 3.0

course - American West to 1900 3.0

course - American West Since 1900 3.0

course - US Immigration History 3.0

course - Utah 3.0

course - American South 3.0

course - Slavery in the U.S. 3.0

course - Sport, Society, & Am Culture 3.0

course - Early America 3.0

course - Revolutionary Amer 3.0

course - Civil War Era 3.0

course - US Hist, 1890-1945 3.0

course - J Smith in Mormon History 3.0

course - US Hist, 1945-2000 3.0

course - History of American Families 3.0

course - US Religious History to 1860 3.0

course - US Religious Hist Since 1860 3.0

course - Mormonism Am Exper 3.0

course - African-Am Hist since 1865 3.0

course - US Women's History 3.0

course - Latinos in the United States 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist to 1877 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist 1877-present 3.0

course - The Vietnam War 3.0

course - US Constitutnl His 3.0

course - US Foreign Relations 3.0

course - Scripture in American History 3.0

course - American Capitalism 3.0

course - Capstone Research Seminar 3.0

course - Seminar in the Humanities - You may take once 3.0

course - Introduction to Jazz 3.0

course - State & Local Govt & Politics 3.0

course - American Judicial Politics 3.0

course - Interest Groups 3.0

course - U S Presidency 3.0

course - Congress & Legislative Process 3.0

course - American Political Parties 3.0

course - Pub Opinion & Voting Behavior 3.0v

course - Campaigns & Elections 3.0

course - Topics in Amer Gov & Politics - You may take once 0.5v

course - Media in American Politics 3.0

course - Urban and Local Politics 3.0

course - Pol of Wilds, Parks, & Lands 3.0

course - Early Amer Political Thought 3.0

course - Modern Amer Political Thought 3.0

course - US Foreign Policy 3.0

course - National Security Affairs 3.0

course - Const Law-Am Federal System 3.0

course - Const Law-Rights & Immunities 3.0

course - Int & Ideas, Amer Founding 3.0

course - Tocqueville 3.0

course - JS & Restoration 1805-1845 2.0

course - Pioneers, Conflict, and Growth 2.0

course - Modern Church 1900-Present 2.0

course - American Christianity 2.0

course - Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 3.0

SOC 327 - Soc of LDS Church & People 3.0 - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 3.0

course - U.S. Latinx Literature 3.0

Note 1: To count toward Requirement 3, ENGL 358R, ENGL 384R, IHUM 490R, and HIST 490 must be taught on America-oriented topics.

Note 2: Course substitutions may be made only with written, prior permission of the American Studies coordinator.

Note 3: Students may substitute up to three credit hours of approved internship credit for up to three hours of American Studies electives, including Washington, D.C. seminar credits.

Requirement 5 —Complete 3 hours

Complete HColl 399R or receive a waiver for this requirement. To receive a waiver, students may, with approval from the American Studies Program coordinator, complete an alternative 3.0 credit hour internship experience or complete a coordinator-approved career-oriented minor.

course - Professional Internship - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 0.5v

Requirement 6 —Complete 1 Course

Complete the following during the senior year before graduation:

course - Senior Capstone 3.0