Degree Requirements
The Master of American Studies requires 30 hours of course work selected from the following list of courses and a comprehensive examination. Students are advised (and will be actively advised by the American Studies graduate director) to take a broad array of courses both with respect to department or discipline and temporally. Students may petition to have additional courses from English, History, and Politics, as well as from other departments such as Art, Classics, Economics, Theology, and Philosophy, counted toward their American Studies degree. No thesis or foreign language is required.
Courses
English Courses:
History Courses, all 5300-level courses:
Check with the History Department for the correct course numbers and descriptions. Below are a sample of courses that have been completed in the past.
Politics Courses:
Check with the Politics Department for the most current course numbers and descriptions for 5000 level courses. Below are a sample of classes that have been completed in the past.
Courses in American Studies
AMS 6377, AMS 6378, and AMS 6379: Courses offered according to student interest and faculty availability.