American Studies (Certificate)
The Certificate in American Studies is an interdisciplinary program administered by the department of History and is aimed primarily at students who will be at CSU for only a limited time. The requirements may be completed in one semester. The certificate is intended to provide students with a variety of perspectives on American culture, society, and history and to aid them in their understanding of a varied and complex civilization. To this end, students may choose from a variety of academic fields including history, literature, politics, popular culture, society, and the visual arts.
Students wishing to earn a Certificate in American Studies must complete 15 or 16 credit hours in approved American Studies courses (listed below) in at least three disciplines. No more than 8 credits may be taken at the 100/200 level.
Students are urged to consult with the Undergraduate Director or Chair in the Department of History to develop a plan of study. While the courses listed below are offered regularly, they are not offered every semester. When appropriate, other courses such as special topics courses may be taken with permission from the chair of the department concerned.
Anthropology:
- ANT 100 Human Diversity (4)
- ANT 270 African-American Culture (4)
- ANT 351 Native North Americans (4)
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Art:
Communication:
- COM 226 Mass Media and Society (4)
- COM 332 Interracial Communication (4)
- COM 347 Political Communication (4)
- COM 350 Persuasive Communication and Attitude Change (4)
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English:
- ENG 206 Literature and American Culture (4)
- ENG 207 African American Literature (4)
- ENG 210 Native American Literature (4)
- ENG 342 Survey of American Literature (4)
- ENG 345 Studies in American Literature (a topics course) (4)
- ENG 347 Studies in African American Literature (4)
- ENG 348 Studies in Multicultural Literature (4)
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History:
- HIS 110 U.S. History Survey (4)
- HIS 111 U.S. to 1877 (4)
- HIS 112 U.S. from 1877 (4)
- HIS 215 History of African-Americans to 1877 (4)
- HIS 216 History of African-Americans from 1877 (4)
- HIS 300 Everyday Life in Early America, 1607-1865 (4)
- HIS 301 American Cultural History, 1865 to the Present (4)
- HIS 302 US Slavery, Abolition, & Politics, 1820-1860 (4)
- HIS 303 Recent U.S. Social History (4)
- HIS 304 U.S. Urban History (4)
- HIS 310 Indians in American History (4)
- HIS 312 17th Century America (4)
- HIS 313 18th Century America (4)
- HIS 315 Radicals and Reformers in 19th-Century U.S. (4)
- HIS 316 History of the American West (4)
- HIS 317 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848 to 1877 (4)
- HIS 318 Black America and Africa (4)
- HIS 319 History of U.S. Tourism (4)
- HIS 320 U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1898 (4)
- HIS 321 United States 1901 to 1939 (4)
- HIS 323 Recent American History (4)
- HIS 324 Black Is/Black Ain't: Defining Black America (4)
- HIS 325 African-Americans Since 1945 (4)
- HIS 326 African American History Through Sacred Music (4)
- HIS 327 American Sexual Communities and Politics (4)
- HIS 329 Black Resistance in the Age of Jim Crow 1896-1954 (4)
- HIS 369 Comparative Emancipation (4)
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Philosophy:
- PSC 111 American Government (4)
- PSC 305 Cultural diversity in US Politics (4)
- PSC 310 Constitutional Law (4)
- PSC 311 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (4)
- PSC 317 Political Parties and Elections (4)
- PSC 318 The Presidency and Congress (4)
- PSC 319 Public Opinion (4)
- PSC 342 American Political Thought (4)
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- REL 245 Religion in America (4)
- REL 217 Religion in Black America (4)
- REL 317 Religious Ethics of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King (4)
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- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
- SOC 201 Race, Class and Gender (3)
- SOC 203 Sociology of Poverty (3)
- SOC 215 Black/White Interaction (3)
- SOC 313 Sociology of Education (4)
- SOC 314 Sociology of Sports (4)
- SOC 317 Sociology of Gender (4)
- SOC 305 Urban Sociology (4)
- SOC 382 African American Communities (4)
- SOC 383 Political Sociology (4)
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