Elon University
American Studies Minor
Coordinator Prof. Samuele F. S. Pardini spardini@elon.edu
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24 HOURS of coursework comprising the following:
Requirements:
_______ AMS 210 Concepts in American Studies: 4sh
Select one course from the following: 4sh
_______ HST 121 United States History through 1865
_______ HST 122 United States History since 1865
_______ HST 123 United States and North Carolina since 1865
_______ POL 111 American Government
_______ COM 100 Communications in the Global Age
_______ ENG 223 American Literature I
_______ ENG 224 American Literature II
Select an additional 200- course related to American culture. Acceptable courses in American Studies
include but are not limited to the following representative courses currently in the catalog: 4sh
_______ COM 230 Media History, Media Today
_______ COM 236 Development and Influence of Cinema
_______ ENG 223 American Literature I
_______ ENG 224 American Literature II
_______ ENG 238 African American Literature before 1945
_______ ENG 239 African American Literature after 1945
_______ ENG 266 Literature of Terror and the Supernatural
_______ GST 212 Women, Men and Society
_______ GST 214 The Italian American Experience
_______ GST 219 Modernity on Wheels
_______ POL 222 State and Local Government and Politics
_______ REL 236 Religion and Racing
_______ REL 237 Religion and Rock and Roll
_______ SOC 220 Social Issues and Problems in the Local Community
Select three 300-400 level American Studies related courses in the list of representative courses currently
in the catalog from two different disciplines. Students wishing to include a course not on the following list
or which does not clearly indicate American content in its title may submit the syllabus of a proposed
course to the coordinator for approval. Acceptable courses in American Studies include but are not
limited to:
_______ ANT 314 Native Americans of the North Carolina Piedmont
_______ ANT 382 North American Indian Cultures
_______ ANT 387 Cultures of the south
_______ ARH 321 Issues in American Art
_______ COM 333 Religion and Media
_______ COM 334 Politics and Mass Media
_______ COM 335 Sports and Media
_______ ECO 302 Money and Banking
_______ ENG 305 American English
_______ ENG 330 Appalachian Literature
_______ ENG 332 Literature of the South
_______ ENG 334 Native American Literature
_______ ENG 339 American Environmental Writers
_______ ENG 343 Hemingway
_______ ENG 344 Frost
_______ ENG 348 Mark Twain
_______ ENG 359 African-American Novels
_______ HST 356 Early National Period (1787-1840)
_______ HST 359 The United States since 1940: Recent American History
_______ HST 352 Canada/U.S. Relations since 1865
_______ HST 355 Oral History: North Carolina Women
_______ HST 356 Early National Period1787-1840
_______ HST 357 America’s Civil War
_______ HST 358 The U.S., 1877-1940: The Consequences of Modernization
_______ HST 359 The U.S. since 1940
_______ HST 360 Modern American History in Film
_______ HST 361 North Carolina in the Nation
_______ HST 362 The South in American History
_______ HST 363 African-American History 1850-Present
_______ HST 364 History of Women in the U.S.
_______ HST 365 Social Movement in Post-Civil War America
_______ HST 369: Topics in American Indian History
_______ HST 375 Slavery and Resistance
_______ HST 391: American Indians in the 20th Century
_______ HST 392: Slavery in British North America
_______ GEO 360 Geography of North America
_______ GST 303 The Culture of Rock
_______ GST 338 American Adolescence
_______ GST 412 Freedom of Expression
_______ MUS 318 History of Jazz
_______ MUS 319 History of American Music
_______ MUS 343 African-American Composers
_______ MUS 345 The Music of Miles Davis
_______ PHL 361 Themes in the Films of Woody Allen
_______ PHL 362 American Philosophy
_______ POL 313 American Politics through Film
_______ POL 316 Gender and American Politics
_______ POL 324 Civil Liberties
_______ POL 325 The Presidency
_______ POL 326 The Congress
_______ POL 342 U.S. Foreign Policy
_______ REL 362 Islam in America
_______ SOC 311 Sociology of Families
_______ SOC 327 Encountering the Sacred
_______ SOC 341 Ethnic and Race Relations
_______ SOC 351 Sociology of Popular Culture
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Course substitutions require the signature of the AMS coordinator.