Major in American Cultural Studies

70 Credits

Core Requirements 39-44 credits

• AmSt 301, 499
• Three courses from AmSt 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 242

Two courses from the social sciences, selected under advisement, from the following selection:

• AmSt 315, 316 or 318 
• Anth 104, 353
• Soc 221, 255, 260, 268, or 269
• Geog 201
• PlSc 101, 250, 347 or 421 
• Fair 212c or 374b

One course from the following selection:

Hist 261, 263, 265, 275, 362, 369, 461, 463, 465, 467 

Two courses from the following selection:

Eng 216, 227, 234, 235, 236, 270, 327, 338

One course from the following selection:

• A/Hi 360 (plus prerequisites)
• Dnc 232
• Fair 451x
• Mus 202 or 205

Individualized Program of Study:

26-31 credits (selected under advisement)

A formal program of study in initially designed by the student in consultation with a member of the American Cultural Studies faculty. The program is then approved by the Director of American Cultural Studies.

No program of study may be substantially duplicate an existing departmental or college program. Ordinarily, final approval of the course of study must be granted before senior status is reached.

The student may propose a broad, general program in American Cultural Studies, social science or education concentrations, or focus on one major aspect, for example: ethnic studies, sexuality, myth and folklore or Pacific Northwest Studies. 

In any case, the proposed program must include substantial upper-division work in at least two curricular units of the University. These may include Fairhaven or Huxley colleges.

The faculty recommends that students use a minor to develop special career interests of foci (see, for example, the Native American studies minor), or to develop additional depth in one of the traditional academic disciplines or programs of the University.