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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

American Studies Minor

American studies draws together diverse disciplines to examine the historical and contemporary forms and issues of our national life. The program in American Studies takes as its field of study any peoples, cultural expressions and social institutions, however or whenever identified as “American.” Program curricula link faculty, courses, and students across a range of humanities, arts, and social science departments.

The minor centers on two interdisciplinary seminars on selected topics in American studies. Students electing the minor are also encouraged to take a range of elective courses to complement their major. The minor in American Studies prepares students for further graduate or professional training, or for work in education, government, or business.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires 18 hours of study as follows:

IAS 301 - TOPICS IN AMERICAN CULTURE
IAS 401 - PERSPECTIVES IN AMERICAN CULTURE
Four additional courses (12 hours) from the following list of approved courses. No more than two courses (or 6 hours) may be taken in any one discipline:

Art History:

A-H 342 - AMERICAN ART & VISUAL STUDIES: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3

Anthropology:

ANT 221 - NATIVE PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA Credit(s): 3
ANT 342 - NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 470G - REGIONAL AMERICAN ETHNOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
ANT 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3

English:

ENG 310 - AMERICAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
ENG 480G - STUDIES IN FILM: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3

Geography:

GEO 320 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Credit(s): 3
GEO 322 - GEOGRAPHY OF KENTUCKY Credit(s): 3

History:

HIS 260 - AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 Credit(s): 3
HIS 261 - AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1865-PRESENT Credit(s): 3
HIS 265 - SEX & GENDER IN AMERICAN HISTORY Credit(s): 3
HIS 350 - TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY BEFORE 1789 Credit(s): 3
HIS 351 - TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1789: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3
HIS 460 - COLONIAL AMERICA TO 1763 Credit(s): 3
HIS 461 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1763-1789 Credit(s): 3
HIS 463 - ANTEBELLUM AMERICA: EXPANSION AND CONFLICT, C. 1800-1861 Credit(s): 3
HIS 464 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION Credit(s): 3
HIS 465 - EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA, 1877-1917 Credit(s): 3
HIS 466 - MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM WW I TO PEARL HARBOR, 1917-1941 Credit(s): 3
HIS 467 - MODERN AMERICA: 1941-1974 Credit(s): 3
HIS 572 - AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY Credit(s): 3
HIS 573 - AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY Credit(s): 3
HIS 574 - THE DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1919. Credit(s): 3
HIS 575 - THE DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1919 Credit(s): 3
HIS 576 - FRONTIER AMERICA, 1400-1869 Credit(s): 3
HIS 577 - FRONTIER AMERICA, 1869-PRESENT Credit(s): 3
HIS 578 - HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH Credit(s): 3
HIS 580 - HISTORY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3

Linguistics:

LIN 317 - LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3

Music:

MUS 206 - AMERICAN MUSIC Credit(s): 3
MUS 222 - CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN ROCK MUSIC Credit(s): 3
MUS 300 - HISTORY OF JAZZ Credit(s): 3
MUS 301 - APPALACHIAN MUSIC Credit(s): 3
MUS 506 - HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC Credit(s): 3

Philosophy:

PHI 514 - AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY Credit(s): 3

Political Science:

PS 430G - THE CONDUCT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS Credit(s): 3
PS 458 - AMERICAN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Credit(s): 3
PS 461G - CIVIL LIBERTIES Credit(s): 3
PS 463G - JUDICIAL POLITICS Credit(s): 3
PS 465G - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Credit(s): 3
PS 470G - AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES Credit(s): 3
PS 475G - POLITICS AND THE MASS MEDIA Credit(s): 3
PS 479 - WOMEN AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
PS 484G - THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY Credit(s): 3
PS 545 - AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Credit(s): 3

Sociology:

SOC 340 - COMMUNITY INTERACTION Credit(s): 3
SOC 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3

Note:

For further information, contact: Director Pearl James, avdool2@uky.edu; 1227 Patterson Office Tower 0027, 859-257-6978.

http://american-studies.as.uky.edu/