American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University


List of Approved American Studies Courses
Emil Pocock, Coordinator of American Studies
Updated April 2008

These courses can be used to fill appropriate parts of the Major and Electives requirements for the B.A. in History/American Studies and English/American Studies. 


Courses in gray are not currently offered or offered only a case-by-case basis.

American Studies
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AMS 251   Introduction to American Society
AMS 420  Seminar in American Civilization

History
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HIS 120   Early American Experience, 1607-1877 
HIS 121   Recent American Experience, 1877-Present 
HIS 221   Native American History
HIS 241   American Frontier 
HIS 243   Churches and the Modern Civil Rights Movement
HIS 245   African-American Religion
HIS 250   History of New England 
HIS 251   Introduction to American Society
HIS 302   Colonial America 
HIS 303   Revolution and the Early Republic, 1763-1828
HIS 305:  Antebellum America, 1828-1860

HIS 307   Civil War and Reconstruction 
HIS 313   Gilded Age to World War I 
HIS 315   United States Between the Wars 
HIS 316   United States after World War II 
HIS 318   History of US Foreign Relations
HIS 320   Connecticut History 
HIS 321   African American History to 1877 
HIS 322   African American History since 1877 
HIS 325   Expansion of New England
HIS 327:  Disasters in America
HIS 328   American Immigration History

HIS 340   History of the American South
HIS 352   History of World War II
HIS 365   Only semesters and course topics listed below:
                 Fall 2003: Disasters in America

                 Fall 2004: New England Town
                 Spring 2007: US History and Museums
                 Spring 2007: Modern Black Nationalism
HIS 420   Seminar in American Civilization (same as AMS 420)
HIS 461   Colloquium in American History 
HIS 480   Independent Study (individual approval required)
HIS 490   Internship in History (individual approval required)

HIS 310 may not be used to fulfill any History/American Studies requirements.

English
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ENG 212   American Literature to 1865 
ENG 213   American Literature from 1865 
ENG 255   African-American Literature 
ENG 256   Native American Literature
ENG 258   Asian-American Literature
ENG 259   Chicano/Chicana Literature and Culture
ENG 340   History and Development of the English Language
ENG 341   Modern American Grammar
ENG 342   Literature of New England 
ENG 343   Folklore and Folklife of New England
ENG 345   American Ethnic Minority Literature 
ENG 347:  African-American Vernacular English
ENG 365:  Only semesters and course topics listed below:
                   Fall 2003: Southern Literature
                   Spring 2004: American Poetry
                  
Spring 2005: African-American Vernacular English

Visual  Arts
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ART 305   Art of New England
ART 345   Museum Studies
ART 360   American Art 
ART 369   African-American Art
ART 407   American Folk Art
FLM 321   Film Appreciation: American Cinema

Performing Arts
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MUS 302   American Popular Music
MUS 310   Music in America
THE 369   American Theater

New England Studies
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NES 200   Introduction to New England Studies 
NES 315   Field Studies in Historical New England 

Geography
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GEO 210   Geography of the United States and Canada
GRO 228   Historical Geography of the United States

Political Science
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PSC 110   American Government and Politics 
PSC 200   State and Local Politics and Government 
PSC 205   Public Administration 
PSC 215   Political Parties and Elections 
PSC 216   Interest Group Politics
PSC 227   Women and Politics
PSC 315   American Social and Political Thought
PSC 320   American Foreign Policy
PSC 325   Politics and the Mass Media
PSC 326   Politics of Race, Class and Gender
PSC 330   The Presidency
PSC 335   Legislative Politics
PSC 339   Constitutional Law: Powers and Processes
PSC 340   Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
PSC 341   Judicial Process
PSC 345   Electoral Politics
PSC 351   Environmental Politics and Policy
PSC 365:  Only semesters and course topics listed below:
                    Fall 2008: Environmental  Law and Policy
PSC 420   United States and Asia
PSC 422   United States and the Middle East and Africa
PSC 425   United States Domestic Policy
PSC 490   Internship in Municipal Government 
PSC 493   National Government Internship 
PSC 495   State/Local/Law Internship

Environmental Earth Sciences
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EES 363  US National Parks--A Geological Perspective
EES 364   Geological Setting of Connecticut
EES 428   Geologic Regions of North America

Philosophy
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PHI 320   American Philosophy 

Anthropology

ANT 221   Native Americans

Sociology
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ANT 365    Only semesters and course titles listed below:
                    Fall 2000: Cultural Landscape
SOC 201   Criminal Law
SOC 208   Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Lives
SOC 210   White Collar Crime and Corporate Society
SOC 212   Marriage and the Family
SOC 220   Sociology of Corrections
SOC 240   Sociology of Gender and Sex Roles
SOC 325   Law and Society 

Economics
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ECO 200   Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 310   Contemporary Problems and Issues
ECO 315   Government and Business 
ECO 325   Money and Banking
ECO 335   Urban and Regional Economics

Education
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EDU 210    Foundations of U.S. Education
EDU 212    Foundations of U.S. Education

Health and Physical Education

SLM  300    Tourism in New England

Transfer courses and other ECSU courses with variable content (like xxx 365), colloquia, seminars, internships, and independent studies that have a predominant content in United States culture, society, or history, may be approved on a case-by-case basis.  See Prof. Emil Pocock, Coordinator of American Studies. 


 
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