American Studies Program
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The American Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic program offered at Knox. It offers one major and one minor.
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Program Committee[1][edit]
Current[edit]
- Konrad Hamilton, Program Chair, Associate Professor of History
- Gregory Gilbert, Associate Professor of Art History
- Lane Sunderland, Chancie Ferris Booth Professor of Political Science
Former[edit]
American Studies[edit]
See main page at American Studies.
The program offers one American Studies major and one minor.
American Studies (major)[edit]
This major allows advanced study in American Studies.
Courses Required for the American Studies major[2][edit]
10 credits:
- All of the following:
- One of the following:
- One of the following:
- AMST 259 (America in the 1960s)
- HIST 122 (American Biography)
- HIST 260 (American History I: Colonial Era to 1865)
- HIST 261 (American History II: 1865 to Present)
- HIST 263 (Slavery in the Americas)
- HIST 264 (African-American History Since the Civil War)
- HIST 363 (The Great Society)
- HIST 366 (The American Civil Rights Movement)
- One of the following:
- One of the following:
- AMST 243 (U.S. Latino Literature: Identity and Resistance)
- AMST 260 (Religion and Politics)
- AMST 307 (Identity and Alterity in Latino Literature and Culture)
- ANSO 231 (Native America: Identity and Adaptation)
- ANSO 233 (American Utopias)
- ART 221 (Native Arts of the Americas: Their History and Cultural Legacy)
- ART 225 (Nineteenth Century European and American Art and Architecture)
- ART 226 (Twentieth Century European and American Art and Architecture)
- BKST 233 (African American Literature)
- BKST 235 (African American Women Writers)
- ENG 231 (American Literature I)
- ENG 232 (American Literature II)
- ENG 335 (Studies in American Romanticism)
- ENG 336 (Studies in the Literatures of America)
- ENVS 232 (Nature and the Environment in American Literature)
- GWST 206 (Theory in the Flesh: Writings by Feminists of Color)
- GWST 325 (Beyond Stereotypes: Exploring Literature by Chicanas)
- MUS 120 (Jazz)
- PHIL 273 (American Philosophy and Postmodernism)
- THEA 378 (American Drama and Theatre: Beginnings to the Present)
- Four elective credits, which may be drawn from the choices above
- At least two courses must focus on non-white American issues
- No more than four courses may be at the 100-level; at least three must be at the 300-level
- Participation in one of the following off-campus programs:
No more than two courses may be double-counted for an American Studies major and other majors or minors
American Studies (minor)[edit]
This minor allows for intermediate study in American studies.
Courses Required for the American Studies minor[3][edit]
5 credits:
- All of the following:
- One of the following:
- AMST 259 (America in the 1960s)
- HIST 122 (American Biography)
- HIST 260 (American History I: Colonial Era to 1865)
- HIST 261 (American History II: 1865 to Present)
- HIST 263 (Slavery in the Americas)
- HIST 264 (African-American History Since the Civil War)
- HIST 363 (The Great Society)
- HIST 366 (The American Civil Rights Movement)
- One of the following:
- One of the following:
- AMST 243 (U.S. Latino Literature: Identity and Resistance)
- AMST 260 (Religion and Politics)
- AMST 307 (Identity and Alterity in Latino Literature and Culture)
- ANSO 231 (Native America: Identity and Adaptation)
- ANSO 233 (American Utopias)
- ART 221 (Native Arts of the Americas: Their History and Cultural Legacy)
- ART 225 (Nineteenth Century European and American Art and Architecture)
- ART 226 (Twentieth Century European and American Art and Architecture)
- BKST 233 (African American Literature)
- BKST 235 (African American Women Writers)
- ENG 231 (American Literature I)
- ENG 232 (American Literature II)
- ENG 335 (Studies in American Romanticism)
- ENG 336 (Studies in the Literatures of America)
- ENVS 232 (Nature and the Environment in American Literature)
- GWST 206 (Theory in the Flesh: Writings by Feminists of Color)
- GWST 325 (Beyond Stereotypes: Exploring Literature by Chicanas)
- MUS 120 (Jazz)
- PHIL 273 (American Philosophy and Postmodernism)
- THEA 378 (American Drama and Theatre: Beginnings to the Present)
- At least one course must focus on non-white American issues, and it may not be counted for the Understanding Diversity Requirement
- No more than two courses may be at the 100-level; at least one must be at the 300-level
No more than two courses may be double-counted for an American Studies minor and other majors or minors
Meeting the Competency Requirements [4][edit]
- Writing Requirement: AMST 390, AMST 350, AMST 400, PS 362, PS 363, HIST 366, ART 225, ART 226, ENG 335, ENG 336
- Oral Requirement: AMST 392
- Information Literacy Requirement: The course sequence satisfies this requirement