Requirements

1. Introductory Course. One (1) course:
   • AMST-A 100 What Is America? i
2. Intermediate Course. One (1) course:
   • AMST-A 150 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies i
   • AMST-A 200 Comparative American Identities i
   • AMST-A 201 U.S. Movements and Institutions i
   • AMST-A 202 U.S. Arts and Media i
   • AMST-A 203 American Cultures, Global Connectivities i
   • AMST-A 204 Race in American Art i
   • AMST-A 205 American Radicalism and Dissent i
   • AMST-A 275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas i
   • AMST-A 298 Special Topics in Arts and Humanities for American Studies i
   • AMST-A 299 Special Topics in Social and Historical Studies for American Studies i
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3. Advanced Courses.
   1. Advanced Courses in American Studies. At least two (2) courses and six (6) credit hours:
      • Any AMST-A 300–399
      • Any AMST-A 400–499
      • Any AMST-E 300–399
      • Any AMST-E 400–499
      • Any AMST-X 300–399
      • Any AMST-X 400–499
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   2. Advanced Electives. At least one (1) course and three (3) credit hours:
      • Additional courses from the Advanced Courses in American Studies list.
      • AAAD-A 330 African American Cinematic Experience i
      • AAAD-A 331 Visual Arts of the Harlem Renaissance i
      • AAAD-A 332 Art of the Civil Rights Movement i
      • AAAD-A 352 African American Art II: African American Artists i
      • AAAD-A 354 Transnational Americas i
      • AAAD-A 355 African American History I i
      • AAAD-A 356 African American History II i
      • AAAD-A 359 Ethnic/Racial Stereotypes in American Film i
      • AAAD-A 360 Slavery: Worldwide Perspective i
      • AAAD-A 379 Early Black American Writing i
      • AAAD-A 380 Contemporary Black American Writing i
      • AAAD-A 382 Black Community, Law, and Social Change i
      • AAAD-A 386 Black Feminist Perspectives i
      • AAAD-A 388 Motown i
      • AAAD-A 405 Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, 1954-1974 i
      • AAAD-A 407 African American and African Protest Strategies i
      • AAAD-A 408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspective i
      • AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women i
      • AAAD-A 447 Race, Crime, and Media i
      • AAAD-A 452 Historical Issues in Black Education i
      • AAAD-A 479 Contemporary Black Poetry i
      • AAAD-A 480 The Black Novel i
      • AAAD-A 481 Racism and the Law i
      • AAAD-A 496 Black Religious Music i
      • ANTH-E 320 Indigenous Populations of North America i
      • ANTH-P 330 Historical Archaeology i
      • ARTH-A 345 American Art to 1913 i
      • ARTH-A 348 American Architecture i
      • ARTH-A 353 Art in America: 1945 to the Present i
      • ARTH-A 445 American Art to 1865 i
      • ARTH-A 446 American Art, 1865-1945 i
      • ARTH-A 447 Modernism and Anti-Modernism in American Art, 1900-1945 i
      • CJUS-P 301 Police in Contemporary Society i
      • CJUS-P 302 Courts and Criminal Justice i
      • CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System i
      • CJUS-P 381 History of Social Control in the United States i
      • ENG-L 358 American Literature, 1914-1960 i
      • ENG-L 359
      • ENG-L 364 Native American Literature i
      • ENG-L 374
      • FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture i
      • FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music i
      • FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music i
      • FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music i
      • FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video i
      • FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music i
      • FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music i
      • GEOG-G 314 Urban Geography i
      • GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation i
      • GEOG-G 323 Geography of Latin America i
      • GNDR-G 340 Gender, Geography, Sex, and Space i
      • GNDR-G 410 International Feminist Debates i
      • GNDR-G 485 Gender and Discourse i
      • HISP-S 435 US Latino Literatures i
      • HIST-A 300
      • HIST-A 301 Colonial America i
      • HIST-A 302 Revolutionary America i
      • HIST-A 307 American Cultural History i
      • HIST-A 309 The South before the Civil War i
      • HIST-A 347 American Urban History i
      • HIST-A 352 History of Latinos in the United States i
      • HIST-A 355 African American History I i
      • HIST-A 356 African American History II i
      • HIST-A 379 Issues in Modern United States History i
      • HIST-A 380 The Vietnam War i
      • HIST-A 382 The Sixties i
      • HIST-A 383 Rock, Hip Hop, and Revolution: Popular Music in the Making of Modern America, 1940 to the Present i
      • HIST-A 384 Antebellum America i
      • HIST-A 386 History of the American Home i
      • LATS-L 396 Social and Historical Topics in Latino Studies i
      • POLS-Y 301 Political Parties and Interest Groups i
      • POLS-Y 302 Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society i
      • POLS-Y 303 Formation of Public Policy in the United States i
      • POLS-Y 304 Constitutional Law i
      • POLS-Y 305 Constitutional Rights and Liberties i
      • POLS-Y 308 Urban Politics i
      • POLS-Y 311 Democracy and National Security i
      • POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy i
      • POLS-Y 324 Gender and Politics i
      • POLS-Y 325 African American Politics i
      • POLS-Y 326 American Social Welfare Policy i
      • POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy i
      • POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy i
      • POLS-Y 367 International Law i
      • POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy i
      • REL-C 325 Race, Religion, and Ethnicity in the Americas i
      • REL-C 330 Evangelical America i
      • SOC-S 308 Global Society i
      • SOC-S 312
      • SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy i
      • SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations i
      • MUS-Z 373 The American Musical i
      • MUS-Z 393 History of Jazz i
      • MUS-Z 395 Contemporary Jazz and Soul Music i
      • MUS-Z 401 The Music of the Beatles i
      • MUS-Z 402 Music of Frank Zappa i
      • MUS-Z 403 The Music of Jimi Hendrix i
      • MUS-Z 404 The Music of Bob Dylan i
      • MUS-Z 405 The Music of the Beach Boys i
      • POLS-Y 329 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States i
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4. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
   2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
   3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.