Minor in American Studies

The American Studies Minor explores aspects of the American experience locally, nationally, and within the global community from various perspectives and disciplines, including literature, history, political science, psychology, sociology, communication studies, and criminal justice.  Minors will complete 18 semester credit hours of study.

The elective courses will be drawn from three categories of concentration, and students will select two courses from any two of these categories and one course from a third category to constitute their fifteen elective hours.

1. Regional and Borderland Studies (studies of Texas, the Southwest, and border culture); 
2. Ethnicity and Race in America (racial and ethnic minority experiences, history, and cultural expression); and
3. Gender in America (women's and masculinity studies).

In keeping with the intent of a minor to broaden students’ knowledge, none of the courses taken by American Studies minors may be used to satisfy the requirement of any other major or minor. At least nine of the eighteen hours constituting the minor must be writing-intensive courses.