American Studies Minor

Office: 278 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3125
Bruce Simon, Coordinator
Email: american.studies@fredonia.edu
Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/english

Requirements for the Interdisciplinary Studies minor in American Studies:

Required Courses

AMST 202Introduction to American Studies

3

AMST 296American Identities

3

Total Credit Hours:6

An additional 12 credit hours from the following list:

AMST 210American Popular and Mass Cultures

3

AMST 215Holidays and American Cultures

3

AMST 289Comparative North America

3

AMST 33819th Century American Culture

3

AMST 34020th Century American Culture

3

AMST 347United States Immigration

3

AMST 399Special Topics

3

COMM 102Mass Media and Society

3

ENGL 206Survey of American Literature

3

ENGL 344Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature

3

HIST 105United States History I

3

or

HIST 106United States History II

3

HIST 353U.S. Consumer Culture

3

HIST 376Film and American Culture

3

MUS 262American Music

3

MUS 270The History of American Popular Music, 1900-1963

3

PHIL 228American Philosophy

3

POLI 120American Politics

3

POLI 150U.S. and World Affairs

3

POLI 365American Political Thought

3

Total Credit Hours:12

or other courses as advised.

No more than 6 credit hours from a student’s major or other minors may be counted toward the American Studies minor.

Total Credit Hours: 18