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AMERICAN STUDIES

Six courses (18 credits) from at least three different alphas.

Two courses from the General Education American Experience category (one of which will also meet that requirement):

dept

course #

title

AMST

2000

Topics in American Studies (repeatable)

HIST

1401

American Stories: Themes in American History to 1877

HIST

1402

The American Experience, 1865 to the Present

HUM

1270

Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies

PADM

1000

Introduction to Leadership in America

PHIL

2500

Ethics in America

PSCI

1400

American Politics

SOC

1000

Introduction to Sociology

(AMST 2000 may be used twice to meet this requirement only if there is a different topic each time.)

 Four courses from the following list, with at least two different alphas:

DEPT

COURSE #

TITLE

ENG

3122

American Literature

ENG

3202

Literature of Slavery

ENG

3224

Ethnic Literature

ENG

3252

20th-Century American Women Writers of Color

HIST

3411

U.S.: Jackson to Civil War

HIST

3414

“Untied States:” Race and Ethnicity in American History

HIST

3441

U.S. History Since WWII

HIST

3470

Women in America

HIST

3666

U.S. Military History

HIST

3676

U.S. Diplomatic History

INTR

3940

Contemporary Nations: USA

PSCI

3401

Issues in American Politics

PSCI

3411

The United States Presidency

PSCI

3412

American Foreign Policy

PSCI

3413

Constitutional Law

PSCI

3415

State and Local Government

PSCI

3416

Elections in Hawai‘i

PSCI

3430

America: Images from Abroad