BGS in General Studies: American Studies Emphasis (33 hours*)

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1. Complete the following prerequisite course:
   STDEV 100 : Essential College Skills. (1:1:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STDEV 100 : Essential College Skills. (1:1:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing essential college skills. Aims of BYU, values and goals, sound thinking skills. Learning styles and adjustment to college courses. College requirements and planning.
   NOTE:	Independent Study also.
   
   
2. Complete the following core courses:
ECON 110 : Honors Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

ECON 110 : Honors Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:

F, W, Sp, Su


HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Independent study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Discovery, colonization, American Revolution, estabishment of the Constitution, foreign affairs, westward expansion, slavery, sectionalism, Civil War, and reconstruction.


HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Industrialization, immigration, urbanization, political and social movements, and foreign policy.


PL SC 110 : Honors American Government and Politics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PL SC 110 : Honors American Government and Politics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Origin and development of federal Constitution; national, state, and local governments and politics.


3. Complete 18 hours from the following:
   A HTG 100 : American Heritage. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   A HTG 100 : American Heritage. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Synthesis of American constitutional and economic principles, and patterns of historical development.
   
   
   ENGL 293 : American Literary History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 293 : American Literary History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Development of ideas, movements, genres, and styles in American literature as illustrated through representative texts.
   
   
   ENGL 336 : The American Novel. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 336 : The American Novel. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Independent Study also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252.
   DESCRIPTION:	Representative novels of the American tradition from the late eighteenth century to the present.
   
   
   ENGL 361 : American Literature 1800 - 1865. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 361 : American Literature 1800 - 1865. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252; Engl 293, 295.
   DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1800 to 1865.
   
   
   ENGL 362 : American Literature 1865 - 1914. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 362 : American Literature 1865 - 1914. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W; Independent Study also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252; Engl 293, 295.
   DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1865 to 1914.
   
   
   ENGL 363 : American Literature 1914 - 1960. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 363 : American Literature 1914 - 1960. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp; Independent Study also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252; Engl 293, 295.
   DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1914 to 1960.
   
   
   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.
   
   
   HIST 373 : Civil War Era, 1848-1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 373 : Civil War Era, 1848-1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	Causes of the war, major military events (leaders, campaigns, soldiers), war on the home fronts, why the South lost, Reconstruction, the legacy of the war.
   
   
   HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   History of American families from colonial period to the present.
   
   
   HIST 400 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 400 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	The interaction of families with law and government as illustrated in original American sources; individual family histories reconstructed in the broader perspective of history.
   
   
   MUSIC 204 : Introduction to Jazz. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 204 : Introduction to Jazz. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Non-music major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Fostering an understanding and appreciation of jazz music within the context of American history and culture.
   NOTE:	For non-music majors.
   
   
   PL SC 316 : American Political Parties. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 316 : American Political Parties. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	Pl Sc 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Electoral and policy-making roles of American political parties today and their future in American politics.
   
   
   PL SC 321 : The Media in American Politics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 321 : The Media in American Politics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	News media's role in processes of American politics, including electoral process, legislative process, and public policy-making.
   
   
   REL C 341 : Latter-day Saint History, 1805 to 1844. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 341 : Latter-day Saint History, 1805 to 1844. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Church history and doctrine from the birth of Joseph Smith to his martyrdom.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   
   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.
   
   
   
   

   The following BYU campus undergraduate courses (including Salt Lake Center courses) may be used to satisfy emphasis elective requirements:

   Any American Studies course

   Art history and curatorial studies dealing with American art and architecture.

   English courses dealing with American literature.

   History courses dealing with American history.

   Native American Studies.

   Political science courses dealing specifically with the American political system and thought.

   Humanities courses dealing with American humanities.

4. Complete the following capstone course:
   STDEV 490 : Bachelor of General Studies Capstone. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STDEV 490 : Bachelor of General Studies Capstone. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study only.
   PREREQUISITE:	StDev 100; completion of all other BGS program requirements.
   DESCRIPTION:	Culminating course required for bachelor of general studies degree: analyze and evaluate BGS experience in light of the "Aims of a BYU Education" and summarize this experience in a reflective paper, integrate material learned in emphasis by completing a scholarly essay, and demonstrate accomplishment of learning outcomes.
   
   

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.