Bachelor of Arts in American Studies

Not offered in the 2017-18 Academic Year

Requirements (72 units)

Total units required for graduation: 180

Lower-division prerequisites (8)
HIST 146	American Civilization	4
PSCI 203	American Government	4
Total Units		8

Note: HIST 146 and PSCI 203 fulfill categories D-1 and D-2 respectively in general education requirements. These units cannot be counted in more than one category.

Requirements for the B.A. in American Studies (Program Code: AMSG)

Upper-division requirements

Concepts and Methods (8)
AMST 300	Introduction to American Studies	4
HUM 344	Ideas in American Culture	4
American Arts (12)
ART 311	Art of the United States to the End of the Nineteenth Century	4
Eight units chosen from:		8
ANTH 323	Native North American Art
or ART 323	Native North American Art
Note: Students may receive credit for only one of the following: ANTH 323 or ART 323
ART 329	Chicano Art
MUS 309	Jazz History in America and African-American Culture
MUS 351	Latin American Music
TA 461	American Drama
TA 462	African-American Theatre and Drama
TA 468	Chicana/o and U.S. Latina/o Theatre
Historical and Social Contexts (24)
Historical Periods. Twelve units chosen from:		12
ANTH 305	North American Prehistory
ANTH 315	Archaeology of the Southwest
HIST 350	The American Colonies, 1607-1783
HIST 351	The Evolution of American Democracy, 1783-1840
HIST 354	Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 356	The United States, 1877-1917
HIST 357	The United States, 1917-1945
HIST 359	United States History, Cold War Era
Social and Political Contexts. Twelve units chosen from:		12
ANTH 351	Indians of North America
ANTH 352	Indians of the Southwest
ANTH 365	Asian American Cultures
GEOG 302	Geography of California
GEOG 323	North America
GEOG 350	Conservation and Natural Resources
GEOG 440	Understanding the City
ECON 421	Economic History of the United States
ECON 445	Political Economy
ECON 460	Labor Economics
ECON 500	History of Economic Thought
HIST 340	African-American History, 1620-1865
HIST 341	African-American History, 1865-Present
HIST 342	American Indian History
HIST 344	Women in U.S. History, 1620-1865
HIST 345	Women in U.S. History, 1865-Present
HIST 346	Women in the Black Freedom Movement
HIST 370	History of California
HIST 540	Constitutional History of the United States
HIST 560	History of the American West
HIST 565	Immigration and Ethnic American History
PSCI 314	American Political Thought
PSCI 325	American Foreign Policy
PSCI 326	Political Parties and Interest Groups
PSCI 410	American Constitutional Law
PSCI 411	The Bill of Rights
PSCI 530	Studies in Political Theory
SSCI 345	Religious Expression in America
SOC 410	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
SOC 440	Social Class
SOC 441	Black Social Stratification
SOC 442	Chicano Social Stratification
SOC 444	Sociology of Gender
American Literature (20)
Literary Historical Periods		12
ENG 325	American Literature I
ENG 326	American Literature II
One other four-unit American Literature course as approved by the American Studies coordinator.
Diversity in American Literature		8
Eight units chosen from:
ENG 314	American Indian Literature
ENG 319	Studies in Literary Diversity
ENG 323	Chicano Literature
ENG 324	Studies in Literary Topics
ENG 339	African American Literature
Note: in order to ensure appropriate topic, students must be approved by the American Studies coordinator to enroll ENG 319 and/or ENG 324 to satisfy this requirement.
American Themes Elective (4)
Four additional elective units chosen from American Arts, Historical and Social Contexts, or American Literature.		4
Culminating Experience (4)
Four units chosen from:		4
AMST 590	Special Topics in American Studies
ENG 515	Senior Seminar in Literature (with appropriate topic approved by American Studies coordinator)
Total Units		72