BA in American Studies (45 hours*)

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1. Students can complete the Advanced Writing requirement by taking Engl 311, 312, 314, 315, or 316 according to individual academic direction. Those interested in graduate work are urged to take the Hist 200, 490 option.
2. Majors should begin course work in the major by taking AmSt 303 fall semester of the sophomore or (at latest) junior year.
3. Complete the following prerequisite courses:
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc.
   
   
   HUM 261 : Introduction to American Humanities 1: Colonial Era Through 1876. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HUM 261 : Introduction to American Humanities 1: Colonial Era Through 1876. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp; Honors also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Value systems reflected in the arts and ideas of the United States from the colonial era to 1876.
   
   
   HUM 262 : Introduction to American Humanities 2: 1877 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HUM 262 : Introduction to American Humanities 2: 1877 to the Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Honors also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Value systems reflected in the arts and ideas of the United States from 1877 to the present.
   
   
   PL SC 110 : American Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 110 : American Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Sp and Su on demand. Honors also. Independent Study also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Origin and development of federal Constitution; national, state, and local governments and politics.
   
   
4. Complete the following:
   AM ST 303 : Studies in the American Experience. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   AM ST 303 : Studies in the American Experience. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Social and intellectual life in American culture from the colonial period to the present.
   
   
5. Complete ten courses (30 hours) from the following:
   AM ST 200 : The American West as a Region. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   AM ST 200 : The American West as a Region. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Geography, natural history, history, and cultures of the American West.
   
   
   AM ST 360 : Film in Am