American Studies Minor
The field: The American Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program in the study of U.S. culture, including history, art, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, science, and so on. The American Studies minor brings together scholarship in a number of fields to give students a broad view of U.S. society from a variety of perspectives, with particular attention to the problems of a diverse, pluralistic nation in an interdependent world.The Minor: A minor in American Studies consists of 25 hours of course work in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At least 15 hours must be at or above the 300 level. The single course required for the American Studies minor is Comparative Studies 234, American Icons.
In addition, students must take twenty elective credits chosen from a list of selected courses offered by the Department of Comparative Studies, the Departments of History, English, African American and African Studies, History of Art, Philosophy, Theatre, Music, Rural Sociology, Political Science, City and Regional Planning, Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology.
Elective courses must be distributed to include at least one in the general area of cultural expression (e.g., art, literature, folklore, philosophy) and one in the general area of social problems or the social sciences (e.g., politics, history, women's studies).
Specific courses that can be counted toward the minor in American Studies are listed below. In addition to Comparative Studies 234 American Icons, which is required of all American Studies minors, the minor must include at least one course in “Social Problems and Issues” and one in “Cultural Expression.”
Social Problems and Issues:
African American and African Studies 218, 230, 243, 261, 322, 323.01, 323.02, 326, 345, 361, 504, 545, 555.01, 555.02, 561, 565, 580, 595, 630
Anthropology 421.08
City and Regional Planning 643
Comparative Studies 241, 242, 243, 367.02, 545
Economics 367.01, 367.02
English 367.06, 367.07
History 308, 323, 325, 326, 346, 368, 375, 387, 525 (with US topic), 527, 530.04, 555, 556, 557, 559, 560, 561, 562, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 577.01, 577.02, 582, 583, 587, 588
Natural Resources 367
Political Science 300, 367.01, 501, 502, 504, 505, 507, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 519, 520, 573
Sociology 345, 367.01, 367.02, 367.03, 380, 382
Women's Studies 340, 367.01, 367.02, 367.03, 367.04, 370, 510, 520, 524, 540, 545
Cultural Expression:
African American and African Studies 244, 254, 271, 282, 288, 303, 310, 345, 367.02, 367.03, 367.04, 375, 378, 379, 451, 551, 552, 555.01, 555.02, 571, 582, 605
Comparative Studies 239, 241, 242, 314, 322, 336, 339, 345, 367.01, 367.03, 526, 542, 543, 544, 545, 645, 665, 678
English 281, 290, 291, 367.02, 367.03, 367.04, 367.05, 373, 550, 551, 552,
553, 582
East Asian Languages and Literatures 346
History 332, 578, 579.01, 579.02
History of Art 330, 541, 606, 637, 638
Jewish Studies 613
Linguistics 303, 367, 372
Modern Greek 367
Music 646
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures 341
Philosophy 367
Spanish 330, 367, 557
Theatre 367.01, 367.02
Theatre 367.01, 367.02
Yiddish 367
Women's Studies 375, 545
Questions? Contact the Comparative Ethnic and American Studies Program Coordinator, Dr. Barry Shank, shank.46@osu.edu, or contact Dr. Marge Lynd at the Department of Comparative Studies, lynd.1@osu.edu.
