Minor in Western American Studies (18 hours)

Program Requirements

1. Complete the following:
   AM ST 300 : Literature and Cultures of the American West. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   AM ST 300 : Literature and Cultures of the American West. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Literature and cultural representations of the American West and the frontier.
   
   
2. Complete one course from three of the following four clusters:
   Natural Environment
   GEOL 101 : Introduction to Geology. (3:2:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GEOL 101 : Introduction to Geology. (3:2:1) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Cultural focus on physical and environmental geology for nonscience majors; rocks and minerals. Field trips.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   
   PWS 150 : Environmental Biology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PWS 150 : Environmental Biology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Conservation and management of natural resources concurrent with increasing socioeconomic and human population demands; factors such as soil, water, and air pollution, resources management, bioremediation, nutrient cycles, and global climate changes
   
   
   PWS 215 : Principles of Range Management. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PWS 215 : Principles of Range Management. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of rangeland resources and management principles, including rangeland classification, multiple use management, natural resource policy, and grazing management.
   
   
   PWS 225 : Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PWS 225 : Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   RECOMMENDED:	PWS 115.
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic principles of fish and wildlife management, their habitats, and their human users. Ecological concepts, population dynamics, nutrition, behavior, population assessment, management strategies, habitat sampling and management.
   
   
   Human Heritage
   HIST 360 : American West to 1900. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 360 : American West to 1900. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	The American West as a place of great diversity. Topics include Native American societies, European colonization, explorations, the fur trade, overland migrations, Indian relations, mining, settlement, and the environment.
   
   
   HIST 361 : The American West Since 1900. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 361 : The American West Since 1900. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years.
   DESCRIPTION:	Pivotal developments in the twentieth-century West, including urbanization, Sun Belt migration, political protest, labor history, Native American history, immigration, water policy, tourism, military-industrial complex, Hollywood.
   
   
   Social Environment
   ANTHR 345 : American Culture. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 345 : American Culture. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Perspectives and methods for making sense of mainstream middle-class American society; American ways of being-in-the-world, of believing, behaving, and belonging; American cultural themes.
   
   
   ANTHR 346 : Anthropology of Mormonism. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 346 : Anthropology of Mormonism. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Intensive analysis of Mormon society and culture using a range of anthropological perspectives.
   
   
   ANTHR 350 : Archaeological Cultures of North America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 350 : Archaeological Cultures of North America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Cultural developments of North American Indians (Canada, U.S., and northern Mexico) before Columbus.
   
   
   ECON 274 : American Economic History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 274 : American Economic History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Econ 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Impact on households, firms, and government of America's transformation from a rural, agricultural colony to a major industrial nation.
   
   
   SOC 327 : Sociology of the LDS Church and Its People. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 327 : Sociology of the LDS Church and Its People. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	The LDS Church from a social science perspective, including the Church as a new religious movement; LDS culture; the institutionalization process.
   
   
   Arts and Literature
   ENGL 364 : Literature and Cultures of the American West. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 364 : Literature and Cultures of the American West. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Literature and cultural representations of the American West and the frontier.
   
   
   ENGL 368 : Literature of the Latter-day Saints. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 368 : Literature of the Latter-day Saints. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252.
   DESCRIPTION:	Fiction, poetry, drama, folklore, personal essay, and other literature emerging from the LDS experience and expressing various perspectives on it.
   
   
   ENGL 392 : American Folklore. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 392 : American Folklore. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	American folk art and literature and the historical and cultural circumstances from which they developed.
   
   
   SPAN 365 : Mexican-American Culture. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SPAN 365 : Mexican-American Culture. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Span 202, 302, or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Contemporary culture (education, popular and fine arts, worldview, attitudes, etc.) of the Mexican-American in the U.S.
   
   
3. Complete additional elective courses to make a total of 18 hours. Electives may be chosen from the courses listed above that have not been used, from the additional courses listed below, or from topical courses on Western themes offered through academic departments or the Honors Program.
   ANTHR 530 : Great Basin Archaeology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 530 : Great Basin Archaeology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years
   PREREQUISITE:	Anthr 350 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of ethnography, history of research, and prehistory of the Great Basin culture area. Current issues in archaeological research emphasized.
   
   
   ANTHR 535 : Southwest Seminar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 535 : Southwest Seminar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W odd years
   PREREQUISITE:	Anthr 350 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of ethnography and prehistory of American Southwest. Current issues in archaeological research emphasized.
   
   
   ARTHC 345 : American Art. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ARTHC 345 : American Art. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	American painting and sculpture from colonial through modern times.
   
   
   GEOG 250 : United States and Canada. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GEOG 250 : United States and Canada. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Analysis of the natural environment, historical development, cultural patterns, economic systems, and political structures of geographic regions.
   
   
   GEOG 306 : Public Land Conservation. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GEOG 306 : Public Land Conservation. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Geog 101 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Environmental and social geography of public lands; analyzing historical, planning, management, and ecological issues.
   
   
   HIST 363 : The Spanish Frontier in North America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 363 : The Spanish Frontier in North America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years.
   DESCRIPTION:	Spanish exploration, occupation, and institutions of northern Mexico, the American southwest, and Florida, 1521-1821; Mexican period to 1848.
   
   
   HIST 364 : Utah. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 364 : Utah. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp or Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Contributions of Native Americans, explorers, mountain men, miners, government officials, Mormons, and other groups in the nineteenth century. Impact of national movements, various peoples, politics, economics, and social and cultural change in the twentieth century.
   
   
   HIST 382 : Mormonism in the American Experience. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 382 : Mormonism in the American Experience. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	Social, economic, political, intellectual, and religious environment in which Mormonism flourished; contributions of Mormon men and women to American culture and history.
   
   
   HIST 385 : Latinos in the United States. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 385 : Latinos in the United States. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	The place of Latin Americans within the context of U.S. history. The growth and development of the largest Latino communities from pre-colonial times to present day and how Latinos may influence future policies within the U.S.
   
   
   HIST 386 : Nineteenth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 386 : Nineteenth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	History of various Indian tribes, their cultures, and their relationships with European nations and the United States, including military campaigns.
   
   
   HIST 387 : Twentieth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 387 : Twentieth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	Sociocultural factors that affect twentieth-century native Americans in both urban and reservation settings, including current challenges facing Indian communities.
   
   
   PL SC 317 : Public Opinion and Voting Behavior. (3-4:3:Arr.) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 317 : Public Opinion and Voting Behavior. (3-4:3:Arr.) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200
   RECOMMENDED:	Pl Sc 328.
   DESCRIPTION:	Relationship between attitudes, opinion, and voting behavior in American politics and institutions.
   
   
   PWS 375 : Environmental Policies and Laws. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PWS 375 : Environmental Policies and Laws. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Environmental laws (Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, etc.) and the regulations (National Environmental Policy Act, Nutrient Management Plan, etc.) established in the USA to improve environmental quality.
   
   
   PWS 411 : Watershed Management. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PWS 411 : Watershed Management. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years.
   PREREQUISITE:	Bio 350.
   DESCRIPTION:	Processes and management of the hydrologic cycle of forests and rangelands.
   
   
   REL C 342 : Latter-day Saint History, 1845 to 1900. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 342 : Latter-day Saint History, 1845 to 1900. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Church history and doctrine from the martyrdom of Joseph Smith through the administration of Lorenzo Snow.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
              : Honors Latter-day Saint History, 1845 to 1900.
   
   
   REL C 343 : Latter-day Saint History, 1901 to the Present. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 343 : Latter-day Saint History, 1901 to the Present. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Church history and doctrine from the administration of Joseph F. Smith to the present.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
              : Honors Latter-day Saint History, 1901 to the Present.
   
   
   SPAN 461 : Spanish-Speaking American (Mexican-American) Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SPAN 461 : Spanish-Speaking American (Mexican-American) Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Span 339 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Spanish-English literature of the Mexican-American within the United States.
   
   

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