American Studies is an interdisciplinary program combining Social Science, Fine Arts and Language Arts perspectives on American Society. The courses provide a broad background for the transfer student who wants a greater understanding of historical and cultural features of the United States. Many universities now offer degrees in American Studies that expand the student's frame of reference beyond traditional majors concentrating on U.S. History. The major is composed of courses designed to satisfy general education requirements and prepare students for upper-division college work in history, pre-law, journalism or other mass media communication programs, and political science.

• Students will be able to compare and contrast the relationships between modern life in the U.S. and major historical and cultural events in our history. • Students will be able to identify and analyze connections between their own lives and academic experiences by comparing them to the American Experience in literature and contemporary nonfiction.