American Studies Minor

This survey course of U.S. history from colonial times to the present will include the political, 经济, 社会, and cultural development at each phase of the country's growth and progress through the study of colonization, 独立, 早期的国家, sectional strife culminating in the Civil War, 重建, 经济扩张, 繁荣, 抑郁症, 帝国主义, 改革, 两次世界大战, and contemporary tensions.

Basic theories and approaches to the scholarly study of significant popular movements and customs in modern Western civilization will be presented in this course with special attention paid to the evolution of media and its effect on group identity, especially American popular culture in the 20th century. Offered alternate years.

The role of religion in American public life will be examined in this course with an emphasis on the interpretation and impact of the First Amendment and the concept of "separation of church and state" on religious and political life in the United States. Offered alternate years.

This course will analyze ethnicity in contemporary urban society including the relationship between sub-cultural communities and the larger society; examining the factors and processes in the formation of minority groups; and looking at strategies for changing dominant-minority patterns.

This course will survey American literature from its beginning to 1850 including journals, 日记, 布道, and pamphlets with an emphasis on the writings of Irving, 霍桑, 坡, 和梅尔维尔. 先决条件: 201年英格 or 201年曾 or 202年曾.

This course will survey American literature from 1850 to 1945 emphasizing the literary movements of Realism, 自然主义, and the roots of modern American literature. 先决条件: 201年英格 or 201年曾 or 202年曾.

Extensive reading and in-depth study of one or more significant American authors with special attention to their themes, 文学技巧, and traditions will be the focus of this course. Prerequisites: 先决条件: (201年英格 or 201年曾 or 202年曾)及(271年英格 or 341年英格 or 342年英格). Offered alternate years.

This course will look at the origins of the American political system from the end of the Seven Years' War through the Louisiana Purchase and Marbury vs. 麦迪逊, with a focusing on government under the Articles of Confederation, the 宪法al Convention, ratification controversies, the first political party system, and Jeffersonian vs. Hamiltonian approaches to government. Offered alternate years.