To Minor in American Studies, students must complete 3 hours in AMST3223 Theories and Methods of American Studies, 9 hours of additional upper-division AMST-prefix courses, and 6 hours drawn from a list of upper-division courses with a focus relevant to the field of American Studies. Students must also maintain a GPA of 2.5 or better and receive no grade below “C” in those courses [18 hours total].
To create a plan of study for the minor, please contact the AMST advisors:
In Stillwater: Kevin Seymore
In Tulsa: Angel Ray or Sherry Clegg
During your final semester at OSU, ask your advisor to complete the Minor Form and send it to the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Certification Specialist. A notation will appear on your final transcript indicating the AMST minor right below the major degree(s) awarded.
Required Course (3 hours)
AMST 3223 (H) Theory and Method of American Studies — Introduction to assumptions, methods, and theories of cultural analysis in American Studies scholarship.
Additional AMST Courses (9 hours; 6 hours must be upper division)
AMST2103 (H,D) Introduction to American Studies
AMST 3253 (H) Globalization and American Culture
AMST 3333 (S) Crime, Law, and American Culture
AMST 3423 (H) American Popular Culture
AMST 3473 (D) Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Am Film (Same course as ENGL 3473)
AMST 3503 (H,D) Television and American Society
AMST 3513 (H) Film and American Society
AMST 3550 The Arts and American Society (3 credits, maximum of 6 for degree)
AMST 3653 (H,D) The Body in American Culture
AMST 3673 (H,D) History of American Art (Same course as ART 3663)
AMST 3683 Digital Humanities
AMST 3723 (H,D) Sports in American Culture
AMST 3743 (D) Harlem Renaissance
AMST 3803 (H,D) War in American Culture
AMST 3813 (H,D) Readings in the American Experience (Same course as ENGL 3813)
AMST 3823 (H,D) US as Business Culture
AMST 3950 Special Topics in American Studies (3 credits, maximum of 12 for degree)
AMST 4093 Language in America (Same course as ENGL 4093)
AMST4103 (S) The Death Penalty in American (Same course as SOC 4103)
AMST 4553 (H, D) Gender in America (Same course as HIST 4553)
AMST 4593 (H) America in International Perspective (Same course as HIST 4593)
AMST 4910 American Period Seminar. (3 credits, maximum of 12 for degree)
AMST 4990 Internship. (1-3 credits, maximum of 6 for degree
Selected Upper-Division Courses in other Disciplines (6 hours)
–> Contact the Program Director, John Kinder, to receive approval of courses not found on this list.
ENGL 3153 (D, H) Readings in Literature by Women
ENGL 3183 (D, H) Native American Literature
ENGL 3193 (D,H) African-American Literature
ENGL 3410 (H) Popular Fiction
ENGL 3453 (H) History of American Film. Lab 2.
ENLG 3473 (D) Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Am Film (Same course as AMST 3473)
ENGL 3813 (D,H) Readings in the American Experience (Same course as AMST 3813).
ENGL 4093 Language in America
ENGL 4200 Studies in Early American Literature (3 credits, maximum 6)
ENGL 4210 Studies in 19th Century American Literature (3 credits, maximum 6)
ENGL 4220 Studies in 20th Century American Literature (3 credits, maximum 6)
ENGL 4330 Studies in Native American Literature (3 credits, maximum 6)
ENGL 4450 Culture and the Moving Image (3 credits, maximum 6)
HIST 3613 (H) American Colonial Period to 1750
HIST 3623 (H) Era of the American Revolution
HIST 3633 (H) Early National Period, 1787-1828
HIST 3643 (H) The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1850
HIST 3653 (S) Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
HIST 3663 (H) Robber Barons and Reformers: U.S. History, 1877-1919
HIST 3673 (D,H) United States History, 1919-45
HIST 3683 (D,H) United States History since 1945
HIST 3693 (H) The Modern West
HIST 3713 (D, H) Women in the American West
HIST 3753 (H) Trans-Mississippi West
HIST 3763 (D,H) American Southwest
HIST 3773 (S) Old South
HIST 3793 (H) Indians in America
HIST 3803 Food and Culture (same course as AG3733)
HIST 4063 Historic Preservation
HIST 4073 Digital Methods in History
HIST 4153 (D,H) African American History, 1619-1865
HIST 4163 (D,H) African American History, 1865-1954
HIST 4173 (D,H) Black Intellectual History
HIST 4253 (H) American Foreign Relations to 1917
HIST 4273 (H) American Foreign Relations Since 1917
HIST 4353 (H) American Military History
HIST 4453 (H) History and Film
HIST 4463 (H) American Cultural History to 1865
HIST 4483 (D,H) Frontier in American Memory
HIST 4483 (H) American Cultural History Since 1865
HIST 4503 American Urban History
HIST 4513 (S) American Economic History (Same course as ECON 3823)
HIST 4523 (H) American Environmental History
HIST 4543 (H,I) Vietnam War
HIST 4553 (D, H) Gender in America (Same course as AMST 4553)
HIST 4563 (H,I) Cold War
ART 3663 (H) History of American Art (Same course as AMST 3673)
ART 4613 Art Since 1960
ART 4763 Native American Art and Material Culture
ECON 3823 (S) American Economic History (Same course as HIST 4513)
GWST 3513 (D) Theorizing Sexualities. Prerequisite(s): 2113 or 2123
GWST 3613 (D) Race and Reproduction in the U.S.
GWST 3713 (D) Gender and Representation
GWST 4113 Feminist Theories. Prerequisite(s): 2113 or 2123
GWST 4503 Theorizing Men and Masculinities. Prerequisite(s): 4113
GEOG 3243 (S) Geography of Indian Country
GEOG 3703 (S) Geography of Oklahoma
GEOG 3713 (D,S) Geography of the United States and Canada
GEOG 4103 (H) Historical Geography of the United States
MUSI 3573 (D,H) America’s Ethnic Music
MUSI 3741 Survey of Rock & Roll I
MUSI 3751 Survey of Rock & Roll II
PHIL 3413 (H) Ethical Theory
PHIL 3513 (H) Social Philosophy
PHIL 3623 (D, H) Philosophy of Race
PHIL 3813 (H) Recent American Philosophy
PHIL 3843 (H) Philosophy of Law
PHIL 4113 (H) Philosophy of Art and Literature
POLS 3353 Parties and Interest Groups
POLS 3423 Voting and Elections
POLS 3443 Political Campaigns and Candidacy
POLS 3453 The Legislative Process
POLS 3483 The American Presidency
POLS 3493 Public Policy
POLS 3513 Public Opinion and Polling
POLS 3523 Money, Media and Politics
POLS 3533 Political Lobby and Grassroots Organization
POLS 3613 State and Local Government
POLS 3663 Introduction to Political Thought
POLS 3683 American Politics in Contemporary Film. Prerequisite: POLS 1113.
POLS 3953 (D,S) Minorities in the American Political System Prerequisite: POLS 1113.
POLS 3973 (D) Race, Politics, and Sports Prerequisite(s): POLS 1113.
POLS 3983 (S) The Judicial Process: Courts, Judges and Politics
POLS 3953 State Courts and the Bar
POLS 3973 (D) Race, Politics, and Sport
POLS 3983 (S) Courts and Judicial Process
POLS 4000 Topics in American Politics
POLS 4013 American Foreign Policy
POLS 4223 Comparative Political and Social Movements and the Politics of Protest
POLS 4363 Environmental Law and Policy
POLS 4403 Urban Politics and Management
POLS 4553 American Political Thought
POLS 4573 Democratic Theory
POLS 4623 (S) Oklahoma Politics Prerequisite(s): POLS 1113
POLS 4693 Women in Politics
POLS 4963 U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights and Liberties
POLS 4973 U.S. Constitution: Civil Liberties
Social Foundations
SCFD 4123 (S) History of Education
SOC 3133 (D,S) Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOC 3323 Collective Behavior and Social Movements
SOC 3713 Religion Culture and Society
SOC 4043 (D,S) Gender and Work
SOC 4213 (S) Sexuality in American Society
SOC 4333 (S) Criminology
SOC 4383 (S) Social Stratification
SOC 4443 Sociology of Law and Legal Institutions
SOC 4463 Technology and Society
SOC 4473 Oklahoma Environmental Sociology
SOC 4643 (S) Sociology of Gender
SOC 4723 (S) American Marriage, Family, and Male-Female Relationships