American Studies Minor

Sponsoring department:

English

Molloy Program of Study Code: AMSMI

 

American Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that critically examines American literature, culture, history, and society. Students complete 19 credits with course options from 15 disciplines across the University.

Requirements

Required courses

ENG 1170	Essentials in American Studies: Interrogating the America(N)	3
	And
	Complete one COR course with American Studies Minor advisor's approval	4

Complete four courses (12 Credits)

ART 2320	Women and Art	3
ART 2400	Art Historical Themes in the Cinema	3
BUS 3040	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 3070	Sustainable Business	3
COM 2110	Gender and Communication	3
COM 2130	Intercultural Communication	3
COM 2220	Intersectionality in Popular Culture	3
COM 2250	Family Communication	3
COM 3130	Interpersonal Communications	3
CRJ 1010	Foundations of Justice	3
CRJ 2210	Victimology	3
CRJ 2230	Domestic Violence	3
CRJ 2270	Violence and Aggression	3
CRJ 2300	Juvenile Justice	3
CRJ 2410	Police and Community Relations	3
CRJ 2830	Law and Society	3
SOC 2830	Law and Society	3
ENG 2430	Major American Writers I	3
ENG 2440	Major American Writers II	3
ENG 3150	Faulkner	3
ENG 3340	Nineteenth-Century American Novel	3
ENG 3350	Twentieth-Century American Novel	3
ENG 3630	African-American Literature from 18th Century to 1940	3
ENG 3640	African-American Literature from 1940 to the Present	3
ETH 2520	Sexual Ethics	3
ETH 2540	Ethics, Justice and Society	3
ETH 2550	Environmental Ethics	3
ETH 2570	Business Ethics	3
ETH 2580	Media Ethics	3
ETH 2790	Religion and Global Moral Issues	3
ETH 2880	Introduction to Bioethics	3
HIS 1110	American Civilization I	3
HIS 1120	American Civilization II	3
HIS 2160	History of United States Foreign Policy	3
HIS 2210	United States Since World War II	3
HIS 2230	History of Latin America	3
HIS 2240	History of the Caribbean	3
HIS 2450	American History Through Film	3
HIS 2530	History of New York State	3
HIS 3100	Women in American History	3
HIS 3200	Race and Ethnicity in American History	3
MKT 2350	Consumer Behavior	3
MUS 2050	American Music	3
MUS 2090	History of Jazz	3
PHI 1020	Critical Thinking	3
PHI 2370	Rhetoric	3
PHI 2600	Philosophy of Education	3
PHI 2800	Gender and Philosophy	3
PHI 3100	Political Philosophy	3
POL 1010	American National Government	3
POL 1030	American State and Local Government	3
POL 2010	Presidency and Congress	3
POL 2090	Women in Politics	3
POL 2100	American Party Politics	3
POL 3020	American Constitutional Law	3
POL 3210	Terrorism	3
PSY 3240	Social Psychology Seminar	3
SOC 1520	Sociology of the Family	3
SOC 1660	Social Psychology	3
SOC 2110	Social Problems	3
SOC 2220	Intersectionality in Popular Culture	3
COM 2220	Intersectionality in Popular Culture	3
SOC 2320	Sociology of Inequality	3
SOC 2360	Social Change	3
SOC 2410	Business, Labor and Society	3
SOC 2450	Cities and Suburbs	3
SOC 2510	Global Community	3
SOC 2580	Native Americans	3
SOC 2720	Sociology of Education	3
SOC 3310	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOC 3500	Sociology of Gender	3
SOC 3700	Sociology of Inclusion and Equity	3
SPA 2500	Latino Culture in the United States	3
SPA 3120	Hispanic World Through Literature, Art, and Popular Culture	3
SPA 3140	Cultures of Latin America	3
SPA 4250	Hispanic Women Writers	3
TRS 2210	The New Testament	3
TRS 2270	The God Question	3
TRS 2410	Religion In America	3
TRS 2420	Gender and Religion	3
TRS 2540	Protestantism	3
TRS 2600	Judaism, Christianity, Islam	3
TRS 2630	Judaism	3
TRS 2650	Islam	3
TRS 2730	The Church in History and Culture	3
TRS 2850	Religious Themes in the Cinema	3

Total Credit Hours: 19