American Studies

B.S. in American Studies
Program Chair: Daniel Bradburd

The American Studies major provides students with a multidisciplinary, multicultural approach to the American experience. Through coursework in literature, history, politics, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and media, majors encounter the rhetoric and reality of such American ideals as individual freedom, social equality, and material prosperity providing them with the tools to understand and address many of the pressing issues facing American society in a highly interconnected world.

The American Studies major prepares graduates for a variety of careers by developing critical skills for the contemporary workplace. Students develop research, computer and communications skills as well as an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving. Students majoring in other fields may take American Studies as a second major. Whatever their career goals, American Studies graduates will have the background and skills necessary to be effective, socially responsible professionals.