Honors Arts and Letters
American Studies (AMST)
The courses listed below are only a guide. Track classes prepare the HAL student for the thesis project
and should be chosen in consultation with the HAL advisor. Courses that deviate from those listed are
encouraged when following a thesis topic but must receive advisor approval PRIOR to enrollment.
possible foci: regional history, ethnic minorities, women’s studies, culture/society
(15 hours to be selected from courses listed below)
ART 3311**
ART 3314**
ART 3316**
ART 3319**
HIST 3304
HIST 3305
HIST 3306
HIST 3307
HIST 3308
HIST 3309
HIST 3310
HIST 3311
HIST 3312
HIST 3313
HIST 3314
HIST 3315
HIST 3316
HIST 3317
HIST 3316
HIST 3320
HIST 3321
HIST 3323
HIST 3325
HIST 3326
HIST 3327
HIST 3328
HIST 3335
HIST 4301
HIST 4302
HIST 4304
Native American Arts**
Art of the United States**
19th Century Art**
Photographic Arts of the 19th and 20th Centuries
The Southern Frontier
Creating the American Nation, 1785-1840
African American History to 1877
African American History from 1877 to Present
United States Diplomatic History to 1913
United States Diplomatic History Since 1913
History of Texas
Social and Cultural History of the Southwest
Spanish-Speaking Peoples in the United States: A
Chronological Survey of Mexican Americans, Cuban
Americans, and Puerto Ricans
The Old South
The South Since the Civil War
North American Ranching History
Mexican American History of Texas
The Frontier and American West
Mexican American History of Texas
History of Film and American Society
Twentieth Century American West
The History of Women in America (WS 3323)
History of Mexican Americans in the United States
History of Native Americans in the United States
Survey of American Environmental History
History of Religion in America
Progressive Reforms and Arts
The Founding of the American Colonies
The American Revolution and Colonial Society
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
HIST 4305
HIST 4306
HIST 4307
HIST 4308
HIST 4309
HIST 4311
HIST 4317
HIST 4320
HIST 4324
HIST 4325
HIST 4326
HIST 4327
HIST 4328
HIST 4337
HONS 3304***
ENGL 2371**
ENGL 2388**
ENGL 3323**
ENGL 3324**
ENGL 3325**
ENGL 3382** ***
ENGL 3387**
ENGL 3390**
WS 3325
WS 3326
WS 3332
WS 3337
WS 4310
MUHL 3304
MUHL 3310
TH A 3309
Rise of Modern America, 1877-1919
Roaring Twenties, Depression, and War, 1920-1945
The United States, 1945 to the Present
United States Urban and Immigration History
United States and the Cold War
The Nuclear Age
The American Culture of Curiosity, 1800-1860
Nature and Americans
Courts and Capitalism
Major Issues in U.S. Women’s History
A History of Sexuality in the United States
Gender, Race, and Class in United States Law
Citizenship, War, and Dissent
History of American Seapower
Honors Seminar in Fine Arts***
Language in a Multicultural America
Introduction to Film Studies
Early American Literature
Nineteenth Century American Literature
Modern and Contemporary American Literature
Women Writers
Multicultural Literatures of America
Literatures of the Southwest
Gendered Lives (SOC 3325)
Women in Politics (POLS 3326)
Feminism and Philosophy (PHIL 3332)
Inequality in America (SOC 3337)
Feminist Thought and Theories
History of Jazz
History of Rock and Roll
History of Theatre II