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Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts - Honors Sequence, American Studies Option
American Studies is an honors program that combines American literature and American history. Each long semester students take a six-semester-hour block of courses that fulfills options within the core curriculum. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will study American culture and ideology and gain an understanding of how literature reflects historical events. The capstone for the sequence is a research paper about an event of literary or historical significance. Invitations to enter the programs are based on recommendations from instructors.
  Subject Catalog# Title
Credit Hours
First Semester
  ENGL 1301 English Composition I 3
  HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities I 3
  GOVT 2301 American Government I 3
  KINE - - - - Health, Wellness, Kinesiology 1
  - - - - - - - - Natural Science 4
     
Semester Total
14
Second Semester
  ENGL 1302 English Composition II 3
  HUMA 1302 Introduction to the Humanities II 3
  - - - - - - - - Elective 3
  GOVT 2302 American Government II 3
  - - - - - - - - Natural Science 4
     
Semester Total
16
Third Semester
  ENGL 2327 American Literature to 1860 3
  HIST 1301 History of the United States to 1877 3
  - - - - - - - - Social/Behavioral Science:  Other 3
  - - - - - - - - Humanities:  Visual/Performing Arts 3
  - - - - - - - - Computer Literacy 3-4
     
Semester Total
15/16
Fourth Semester
  ENGL 2328 American Literature:  1860 to Present 3
  HIST 1302 History of the United States Since 1877 3
  - - - - - - - - Elective 3
  MATH

1414

 

1332

College Algebra

or

Contemporary Mathematics I

3-4
  - - - - - - - - Communications:  Other 3
     
Semester Total
15-16
Total Semester Credit Hours for Degree
60/62
 

Students should plan to take this capstone course in their last semester and should speak with their advisor prior to registering for the final semester.

Core curriculum courses are shown in bold type.
Field of Study (FOS) courses are underlined. If both core and FOS, courses are shown in bold and underline type.

Students completing a high school Tech Prep program will receive credit for indicated courses.
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