American Studies Minor
For a 15-credit minor in American Studies, students complete the following:
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
AMST 2201 | Roots of American Culture | 3 |
Select one gateway course from the list below | 3 | |
Select three additional elective courses from the list below 1 | 9 | |
Total Credits | 15 |
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Two of the three electives must be housed in a department different from that of the gateway elective.
Fairfield University also offers a Master of Arts degree in American Studies. The 5000-level core and elective courses in that program are available to qualified senior undergraduate American Studies majors and minors with approval of the program director.
American Studies Electives
Gateway Courses
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
AHST 1164 | American Art and Media Culture | 3 |
AHST 1165 | African-American Art | 3 |
ENGL 1140 | Caribbean Literature: History, Culture, and Identity | 3 |
ENGL 1200 | American Women Playwrights | 3 |
ENGL 1210 | American Literature and the Environment | 3 |
ENGL 1220 | The Frontier in American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1230 | Ethnic American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1240 | American Literature: Myths and Legends | 3 |
ENGL 1250 | American Drama | 3 |
ENGL 1260 | American Social Protest Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1290 | American Short Story | 3 |
ENGL 1310 | Contemporary Women Writers of Color | 3 |
ENGL 1330 | African American Literary Tradition | 3 |
ENGL 1340 | Democracy in Black and Indigenous Voices | 3 |
ENGL 1700 | Writing the Self: Autobiography | 3 |
FTMA 1101 | American Cinema History | 3 |
FTMA 1102 | American Television History | 3 |
FTMA 2206 | American Film: Decades | 3 |
FTMA 2207 | Film Genres (depending on genre) | 3 |
HIST 2239 | 20th Century United States | 3 |
HIST 2246 | Women and Gender in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2251 | The American Century: The United States and the World Since 1900 | 3 |
HIST 2253 | Early America to 1800 | 3 |
HIST 2257 | Who Built America? Working People in America | 3 |
ITLN 2290 | Italian American Cinema | 3 |
MUSC 1101 | The History of Jazz | 3 |
MUSC 1102 | History and Development of Rock | 3 |
MUSC 1112 | Music of Black Americans | 3 |
MUSC 1120 | History of American Song | 3 |
POLI 1101 | Introduction to American Politics | 3 |
POLI 2104 | American Presidency | 3 |
POLI 2120 | Politics of Care | 3 |
POLI 2331 | Introduction to Peace and Justice | 3 |
POLI 2333 | American Political Thought | 3 |
POLI 2334 | Sex, Sexuality, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 2336 | Politics of Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 2476 | United States Foreign Policy | 3 |
RLST 1601 | Religion in the United States | 3 |
RLST 2660 | I'm Spiritual, Not Religious: The American Spiritual Tradition | 3 |
RLST 2665 | Religion and Medicine in the United States | 3 |
SOCI 1110 | American Society | 3 |
SOCI 1130 | Feminism, Gender, and Everyday Life | 3 |
SOCI 1135 | Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
SOCI 2100 | American Class Structure | 3 |
THTR 1200 | American Women Playwrights | 3 |
THTR 1250 | American Drama | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Themes
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Expression and Imagination in American Culture | ||
AHST 1164 | American Art and Media Culture | 3 |
AHST 1165 | African-American Art | 3 |
ENGL 1140 | Caribbean Literature: History, Culture, and Identity | 3 |
ENGL 1200 | American Women Playwrights | 3 |
ENGL 1210 | American Literature and the Environment | 3 |
ENGL 1220 | The Frontier in American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1230 | Ethnic American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1240 | American Literature: Myths and Legends | 3 |
ENGL 1250 | American Drama | 3 |
ENGL 2002 | American Poetry | 3 |
ENGL 2031 | Early American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 2033 | American Women Writers of the 19th Century | 3 |
ENGL 2043 | American Literature: 20th Century to the Present | 3 |
ENGL 2062 | The Harlem Renaissance | 3 |
ENGL 2063 | African American Women Writers | 3 |
ENGL 2064 | African American Fiction, 1940 to Present | 3 |
ENGL 2081 | Native American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 2082 | Latinx Literature | 3 |
ENGL 3032 | American Romanticism | 3 |
ENGL 3033 | American Realism and Naturalism | 3 |
ENGL 3034 | American Modernism | 3 |
ENGL 3035 | Contemporary American Literature and Culture | 3 |
ENGL 3074 | The Woman Question: Early Feminism and 19th Century Transatlantic Literature | 3 |
ENGL 3075 | Caribbean Women Writers | 3 |
ENGL 3077 | Nonstop Metropolis: Literature and Culture in NYC | 3 |
FTMA 1101 | American Cinema History | 3 |
FTMA 1102 | American Television History | 3 |
FTMA 2204 | African American Cinema | 3 |
FTMA 2206 | American Film: Decades | 3 |
FTMA 2207 | Film Genres (depending on genre) | 3 |
MUSC 1101 | The History of Jazz | 3 |
MUSC 1102 | History and Development of Rock | 3 |
MUSC 1120 | History of American Song | 3 |
MUSC 1132 | Critical Issues in American Popular Music: Blues to Hip Hop | 3 |
PHIL 2267 | (De)Colonizing the Human | 3 |
RLST 1667 | Mormonism: An American Church | 3 |
RLST 2660 | I'm Spiritual, Not Religious: The American Spiritual Tradition | 3 |
SOCI 1130 | Feminism, Gender, and Everyday Life | 3 |
SPAN 4353 | Spanish-American Narrative | 3 |
THTR 1200 | American Women Playwrights | 3 |
THTR 1250 | American Drama | 3 |
Power, Politics, and Institutions in America | ||
ENGL 1260 | American Social Protest Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1340 | Democracy in Black and Indigenous Voices | 3 |
HIST 2239 | 20th Century United States | 3 |
HIST 2240 | The Personal Is Political: Women's Activism in the 1960s | 3 |
HIST 2242 | Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2244 | American Constitutional and Legal History II: 1900 to Present | 3 |
HIST 2251 | The American Century: The United States and the World Since 1900 | 3 |
HIST 2253 | Early America to 1800 | 3 |
HIST 2257 | Who Built America? Working People in America | 3 |
HIST 3331 | American Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
HIST 3356 | History of the Cold War | 3 |
PHIL 2251 | Ethical Theories in America | 3 |
POLI 1101 | Introduction to American Politics | 3 |
POLI 2103 | Public Administration | 3 |
POLI 2104 | American Presidency | 3 |
POLI 2105 | The American Congress | 3 |
POLI 2106 | Supreme Court I | 3 |
POLI 2107 | Supreme Court II | 3 |
POLI 2108 | Political Parties and Interest Groups | 3 |
POLI 2109 | American Public Policy | 3 |
POLI 2112 | United States Environmental Politics and Policy | 3 |
POLI 2120 | Politics of Care | 3 |
POLI 2331 | Introduction to Peace and Justice | 3 |
POLI 2333 | American Political Thought | 3 |
POLI 2334 | Sex, Sexuality, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 2336 | Politics of Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 2476 | United States Foreign Policy | 3 |
POLI 4301 | The Battle Over Family Values in American Politics | 3 |
POLI 4302 | Seminar on Feminist Theory | 3 |
RLST 1667 | Mormonism: An American Church | 3 |
RLST 2665 | Religion and Medicine in the United States | 3 |
SOCI 1110 | American Society | 3 |
SOCI 1135 | Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
SOCI 1140 | Urban/Suburban Sociology: NYC | 3 |
SOCI 2100 | American Class Structure | 3 |
SOCI 2200 | Criminology | 3 |
SOCI 2210 | Sociology of Law | 3 |
SOCI 2215 | Death Penalty in America | 3 |
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American Society | ||
AHST 1164 | American Art and Media Culture | 3 |
AHST 1165 | African-American Art | 3 |
BLST 1101 | Black Lives Matter | 3 |
ENGL 1220 | The Frontier in American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1310 | Contemporary Women Writers of Color | 3 |
ENGL 2031 | Early American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1330 | African American Literary Tradition | 3 |
ENGL 1340 | Democracy in Black and Indigenous Voices | 3 |
ENGL 2043 | American Literature: 20th Century to the Present | 3 |
ENGL 2062 | The Harlem Renaissance | 3 |
ENGL 2063 | African American Women Writers | 3 |
ENGL 2064 | African American Fiction, 1940 to Present | 3 |
ENGL 2081 | Native American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 2082 | Latinx Literature | 3 |
ENGL 2083 | Asian Diasporas: Challenges to Citizenship | 3 |
ENGL 3034 | American Modernism | 3 |
ENGL 3075 | Caribbean Women Writers | 3 |
FTMA 2204 | African American Cinema | 3 |
HIST 2239 | 20th Century United States | 3 |
HIST 2242 | Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2253 | Early America to 1800 | 3 |
HIST 2257 | Who Built America? Working People in America | 3 |
HIST 2262 | African-American History, 1619 to 1865 | 3 |
HIST 2263 | Inventing Themselves: African-American Women in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2264 | African-American History, 1865 to Present | 3 |
HIST 3331 | American Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
HIST 3335 | Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
ITLN 2290 | Italian American Cinema | 3 |
POLI 2336 | Politics of Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
MUSC 1101 | The History of Jazz | 3 |
MUSC 1112 | Music of Black Americans | 3 |
MUSC 1132 | Critical Issues in American Popular Music: Blues to Hip Hop | 3 |
POLI 2334 | Sex, Sexuality, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 2336 | Politics of Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
RLST 1667 | Mormonism: An American Church | 3 |
RLST 2113 | Jews and Judaism in America | 3 |
RLST 2760 | Islam in America | 3 |
SOCI 1110 | American Society | 3 |
SOCI 1135 | Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
SOCI 2110 | Race, Cities, and Poverty | 3 |
SOCI 2410 | History of Social Welfare | 3 |
Gender in American Society | ||
BLST 1101 | Black Lives Matter | 3 |
ENGL 1200 | American Women Playwrights | 3 |
ENGL 1220 | The Frontier in American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1310 | Contemporary Women Writers of Color | 3 |
ENGL 2033 | American Women Writers of the 19th Century | 3 |
ENGL 2063 | African American Women Writers | 3 |
ENGL 2082 | Latinx Literature | 3 |
ENGL 3074 | The Woman Question: Early Feminism and 19th Century Transatlantic Literature | 3 |
ENGL 3075 | Caribbean Women Writers | 3 |
FTMA 2207 | Film Genres (depending on genre) | 3 |
HIST 2240 | The Personal Is Political: Women's Activism in the 1960s | 3 |
HIST 2245 | Feminism in the United States | 3 |
HIST 2246 | Women and Gender in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2247 | Family and Sexuality in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2257 | Who Built America? Working People in America | 3 |
HIST 2264 | African-American History, 1865 to Present | 3 |
MUSC 1101 | The History of Jazz | 3 |
POLI 2334 | Sex, Sexuality, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 2336 | Politics of Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 4301 | The Battle Over Family Values in American Politics | 3 |
POLI 4302 | Seminar on Feminist Theory | 3 |
SOCI 1115 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
SOCI 1130 | Feminism, Gender, and Everyday Life | 3 |
SOCI 1135 | Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
SOCI 2100 | American Class Structure | 3 |
SOCI 2115 | Women: Work and Sport | 3 |
SOCI 2410 | History of Social Welfare | 3 |
Values and Ethics in American Culture | ||
BLST 1101 | Black Lives Matter | 3 |
ENGL 1210 | American Literature and the Environment | 3 |
ENGL 1220 | The Frontier in American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1260 | American Social Protest Literature | 3 |
ENGL 1340 | Democracy in Black and Indigenous Voices | 3 |
HIST 2237 | American Prophetic Tradition | 3 |
HIST 2257 | Who Built America? Working People in America | 3 |
PHIL 2251 | Ethical Theories in America | 3 |
POLI 2112 | United States Environmental Politics and Policy | 3 |
POLI 2120 | Politics of Care | 3 |
POLI 2331 | Introduction to Peace and Justice | 3 |
POLI 2336 | Politics of Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
POLI 4301 | The Battle Over Family Values in American Politics | 3 |
RLST 1667 | Mormonism: An American Church | 3 |
RLST 2113 | Jews and Judaism in America | 3 |
RLST 2649 | American Catholic Theologians | 3 |
RLST 2660 | I'm Spiritual, Not Religious: The American Spiritual Tradition | 3 |
RLST 2663 | New Religious Movements in America | 3 |
RLST 2665 | Religion and Medicine in the United States | 3 |
SOCI 1115 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
SOCI 1125 | Sociology of Religion | 3 |
SOCI 2110 | Race, Cities, and Poverty | 3 |
SOCI 2210 | Sociology of Law | 3 |
SOCI 2215 | Death Penalty in America | 3 |
SOCI 2220 | Criminal Justice System Seminar | 3 |
SOCI 2410 | History of Social Welfare | 3 |
America and the World | ||
ENGL 1140 | Caribbean Literature: History, Culture, and Identity | 3 |
ENGL 1230 | Ethnic American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 2082 | Latinx Literature | 3 |
ENGL 2083 | Asian Diasporas: Challenges to Citizenship | 3 |
ENGL 3075 | Caribbean Women Writers | 3 |
HIST 2242 | Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in U.S. History | 3 |
HIST 2251 | The American Century: The United States and the World Since 1900 | 3 |
HIST 2253 | Early America to 1800 | 3 |
HIST 3367 | East Asia in 20th-Century American Wars | 3 |
POLI 2476 | United States Foreign Policy | 3 |
POLI 4302 | Seminar on Feminist Theory | 3 |
RLST 2760 | Islam in America | 3 |
SOCI 1125 | Sociology of Religion | 3 |
SOCI 1135 | Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations | 3 |