Other courses for the American Studies minor are described under the respective academic departments.

AMST 115 Introduction to American Studies

This course provides students with an overview of American Studies and an inquiry into the nature of American identity. It examines the early twentieth-century origins of American Studies and later attempts to study all aspects of the American experience. The course explores the many disciplinary approaches and methodologies, social movements, cultural ideas, and theoretical paradigms that have shaped the field.

AMST 320 American Roots Music and Southern Culture (EA)

The interplay between regional American folk music and social communities where these forms emerged are examined from several academic perspectives. The course focuses on Southern cultures and music.

AMST 401 Seminar in American Studies (W2) [UR]

Students research a self-selected project, but meet with one another and a faculty member to discuss progress and methodological issues, to present their work and receive feedback, and to foster their identity as members of a particular academic community. The goal is that students understand, appreciate, and can apply American Studies methodologies.

Course List from Other Departments

English

• ENGL 235 American Non-Fiction Narrative
• * ENGL 256 Consent of the Governed: Nineteenth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 258 American War Literature
• ENGL 275 American Literature and the Environment
• ENGL 330 American Modern Poetry
• ENGL 332 Southern Literature
• ENGL 335 American Modernism (1900-1945)
• ENGL 336 Postmodern and Contemporary American Literature (1945-present)
• ENGL 342 Faulkner
• ENGL 361 The Black Writer
• ENGL 465 Ernest Hemingway
• ENGL 490 Special Topics

History

• * HIST 110 America to 1865
• HIST 111 America since 1865
• HIST 140 Leisure, Work, and Consumption in U.S. History
• HIST 150 Great Wars, the Great Depression, and the Great Gatsby, 1914-1945
• HIST 151 Era of the American Revolution
• * HIST 190 History and Film
• * HIST 212 American Environmental History
• HIST 214 Poverty and Welfare in America
• HIST 217 The American West
• HIST 218 Gilded Age and Progressive Era
• * HIST 230 Native North America to 1815
• HIST 256 The American Century, 1945-present
• HIST 270 Arkansas History
• HIST 285 Twentieth Century East Asian-American Relations
• * HIST 290 African American History to 1865
• HIST 295 African American History since 1865
• HIST 310 The Iraq War
• * HIST 353 Race, Memory, and the American Civil War
• HIST 360 Vietnam and the 60’s
• HIST 420 Topics in American History

Anthropology and Sociology

• ANTH 230 Cultures of the United States-Mexico Borderlands
• * ANTH 260 Indian Pasts
• ANTH 310 Anthropology and Education
• SOCI 250 Sociology of the Family
• SOCI 255 Gender in Film and Television
• SOCI 270 Race and Ethnicity
• SOCI 300 The Urban Community
• SOCI 310 Gender and Sexuality
• SOCI 340 Food, Culture and Nature
• SOCI 362 Images of the City
• SOCI 375 Environmental Sociology
• SOCI 380 Medicine and Culture
• SOCI 390 Social Inequality and Identity

Philosophy and Religion

• * RELI 210 Native American Religions
• RELI 211 African American Religions
• RELI 243 Contemporary Currents in American Religions
• RELI 245 American Religions: An Historical Survey
• RELI 317 Religion and Politics
• RELI 336 John Wesley and Methodism
• POLI 322 American Constitutional Law: Individual Rights and Liberties
• POLI 340 U.S. Congress
• POLI 380 Gender, Sexuality, and American Politics
• POLI 390 Race and American Politics
• POLI 420 Topics in American Politics

Other Disciplines

• ARTH 340 American Art History
• EDUC 110 History of Education and Effective Teaching Methods
• MUSI 230 History of Jazz

Courses not listed here might meet American Studies requirements, particularly new courses and courses taught by visiting instructors. Students should consult with their advisor and the course instructor to see if an unlisted course qualifies.

* This course emphasizes pre-1900 content