American Studies Minor
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses 1,2,3 | ||
| 3-6 Credit hours | 3-6 | |
| American Studies, 17th - 19th Century 1 | ||
or AMST U102 | American Studies, 20th Century | |
| Any AMST Course numbered 300-level or above 2 | 3-9 | |
| Additional Coursework | ||
| No more than 6 hours from a single group. Only one course from the student's major, and the course cannot be counted for both major and minor credit. | 3-12 | |
| Group A: History | ||
| Early North America | ||
| History of the Revolutionary Era. (1763-1789) | ||
| History of the Early American Republic (1789-1820) | ||
| The Age of Jackson (1820-1848) | ||
| Age of Sectionalism (1848-1877) | ||
| The Rise of Modern United States (1877-1917) | ||
| The United States and the World at War, 1914-1945 | ||
| African-American History to 1865 | ||
| African-American History since 1860 | ||
| American Military History | ||
| The Vietnam War | ||
| The South to 1865 | ||
| The South since 1865 | ||
| History of South Carolina, 1670 to the Present | ||
| Our Past: Upstate History | ||
| Latin America to 1830 | ||
| Latin America since 1810 | ||
| Group B: Literature | ||
| Native American Literature | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| American Literature, Beginnings to 1830 | ||
| American Literature, 1830-1865 | ||
| American Literature, 1865-1910 | ||
| American Modernism | ||
| Literature of the Harlem Renaissance | ||
| American Postmodernism | ||
| Southern Literature | ||
| Theory of Literary Criticism | ||
| Group C: Fine Arts, Journalism and Languages | ||
| Southern Folk Art | ||
| Journalism's Role in History | ||
| Laws and Ethics of the Mass Media | ||
| Copyediting | ||
| Jazz History | ||
| Dramatic Theory & Criticism | ||
| Group D: Social and Other Sciences | ||
| Understanding Other Cultures | ||
| Geography of Population, Settlement and Migration | ||
| Geography of North America | ||
| Geology of the Southeast | ||
| Criminal Law | ||
| Money and Banking | ||
| Introduction to Political Theory | ||
| United States Foreign Policy | ||
| Political Behavior | ||
| Southern Politics | ||
| State & Local Government | ||
| Introduction to Public Policy | ||
| American Political Thought | ||
| Constitutional Law | ||
| The American President | ||
| The Nonprofit Sector in the United States | ||
| Sociological Theory | ||
| Individual and Society | ||
| Social Problems | ||
| Sociology of Aging | ||
| Animals and Society | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Population Dynamics | ||
| Social Demography | ||
| Social Change | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Race and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Fat Studies | ||
| Gender and Society | ||
| Sociology of Families | ||
| Political Sociology | ||
| Sociology of Religion | ||
| Sociology of Organizations and Work | ||
| Social Deviance | ||
| Sociology of Crime | ||
| Juvenile Delinquency | ||
| Sociology of Mental Health and Mental Illness | ||
| Feminist Theory & Methods | ||
| U.S. Women's Movement | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
- 1
Students may take both AMST U101 American Studies, 17th - 19th Century and AMST U102 American Studies, 20th Century if all other coursework is at the 300-level or above.
- 2
AMST U398 Topics in American Studies may be used more than once with a change of topic
- 3
A minimum grade of C is required in all courses. A minimum of 12 hours of upper-level coursework is required.