American Studies B.A. Degree

Interdisciplinary Requirements

A minimum of thirty-six units in American Studies is required, included HIS 101. To ensure a wide exploration of the American Experience, at least three upper division courses must be taken in the humanities (literature, philosophy, art) and three in the social sciences (history, political science, sociology, economics).

Business

BUS 4	Business Foundations and Analysis	3
BUS 5	Business Law I	3
BUS 92	Business Ethics	3
BUS 106	Business Law II	3
BUS 133	Money Politics and Business	3
BUS 140	Women's Issues in Business and Economics	3
BUS 160	Principles of Marketing	3
BUS 161	Principles of Advertising	3
BUS 184	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 185	Principles of Management	3
BUS 194	Consumer Behavior	3

English

ENG 20	Great Works in American Literature	3
ENG 26	Literature of the American West	3
ENG 108	The News Media	3
ENG 120	Great Works in American Literature	3
ENG 126	The American Experience	3
ENG 129	Ethnic Literatures of America	3
ENG 146	American Literature: 1914 to Present	3
ENG 145	American Literature: Beginnings to 1914	3
ENG 164	American Drama	3

History

HIS 6	American Cultural History	3
HIS 106	American Cultural History	3
HIS 171	The United States From Colony to Republic 1607-1800	3
HIS 173	The United States in the 19th Century	3
HIS 175	The U.S. in the 20th Century	3
HIS 178	Diplomatic History of the United States	3
HIS 179	Constitutional History of the United States	3
HIS 180	Current Constitutional History	3
HIS 181	Modern Presidential History	3
HIS 184	Radicalism and Dissent	3
HIS 185A	African American History: American Slavery 1619-1865	3
HIS 185B	African American History: Emancipation To the Modern Era	3
HIS 185C	Race and Racism in American Life and Thought	3
HIS 186	Gender in American Life and Thought	3
HIS 188	California History	3

Philosophy

PHI 134	Philosophy of the Americas	3
PHI 162	Philosophy and Native Cultures	3
PHI 165	Philosophy of Law	3
PHI 168A	Contemporary Moral Problems	3
PHI 168B	Bioethics	3
PHI 170	Social and Political Philosophy	3
PHI 174	Philosophy of Creativity	3
PHI 175	Philosophy of Film	3
PHI 176	Philosophy of Literature	3
PHI 179	Women and Values	3
PHI 192	Business Ethics	3

Political Science

POL 1	American Politics and Government	3
POL 5	Business Law	3
POL 105	Advanced Business Law	3
POL 107	Race, Gender, and the Criminal Legal System	3
POL 109	Individual Rights	3
POL 116	Democracy and Democratic Theory	3
POL 125	U.S Foreign Policy	3
POL 137	Ethnic Conflict and Civil War	3
POL 170	U.S. Party Politics	3
POL 171	Presidents and Personality	3
POL 175A	Selected Topics in the American Political Structure	3
POL 175B	Selected Topics in the American Political Structure	3
POL 176	Public Policy	3
POL 179	California Politics	3
POL 180	State and Local Government	3
POL 186	Introduction to Public Administration	3
POL 191	Internship	3

Psychology

PSY 110	Gender Issues in Psychology	3
PSY 128	Adulthood and Aging	3
PSY 139	Child Abuse and Family Violence	3
PSY 144	Psychology of Prejudice	3
PSY 145	Social Psychology	3
PSY 148	Industrial/Organizational Psychology	3
PSY 151	Divorce and Remarriage	3
PSY 185	Psychology of Law	3
PSY 186	Violence Against Women	3

Sociology

SOC 104	Sociology of the Family	3
CRI 110	Juvenile Delinquency	3
CRI 111	Criminology	3
SOC 112	Medical Sociology	3
FLM 125	Media Anthropology	3
FLM 135	Mass Media	3
SOC 160	Diversity in Society	3
SOC 161	Dynamics of Majority-Minority Relations	3
SOC 175	Urban Sociology	3
SOC 180	Social Stratification and Social Justice	3
SOC 189	Sociology of Aging	3
SOC 190	Social Change and Human Rights	3
SOC 191	Social Movements	3
SOC 195	Sociology of Religion	3

Plus General Education requirements and electives totaling 124 semester units, including the Language requirement. At least 15 upper division American Studies units must be completed at MSMU.

*HIS 101 fulfills the capstone requirement for American Studies.

Courses are described in the respective departmental listings.

Total Credit Hours: 36