Our course requirements for the concentration in American Culture provide students with flexibility while assuring a core set of courses and experiences as they move through our major.

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American Culture Concentration Requirements

AC concentration requirements (PDF)
Courses that fulfill requirements, 2009-10 (PDF)

Credit Hours:
Minimum of 28 credits (does not include concentration prerequisite)

Concentration Prerequisite (3 credits):
One 200-level AC course (either completed or enrolled in at the time concentration is declared)  With the exception of AC 222 and 223.

Required Courses (16 credits):
AC 335: Arts and Culture in American Life (3 credits)
AC 345: American Politics and Society (3 credits)
AC 399: Race, Racism, and Ethnicity (4 credits)
AC 350: Approaches to American Culture (3 credits)
AC 496 or 498: Senior Capstone Seminar for AC concentrators; others welcome to enroll as space/instructor permits (3 credits; AC students must have completed AC 350 or take concurrently to enroll in capstone; see specific requirements by course)

Electives (12 credits):
Four additional AC courses, at least two of which must be at the 300 level or above; with at least one of these at the 400 level. Students may take an additional 496 or 498 topics course not being counted toward the senior seminar requirement. Upper division electives should cohere around a theme of each student's own choosing, in consultation with the AC undergraduate advisor.

Breadth requirements:
Among electives within AC, at least one course at the 200 level or above must fall into each of the following areas (one course may count toward more than one area; required courses cannot fulfill breadth requirements):
Pre-20th-Century United States
Transnationalism, Diaspora, and/or Empire
Women, Gender, and/or Sexuality
Ethnic and/or Indigenous Studies

Substitutions:
When necessary, an appropriate course listed in another department may substitute for a required or elective course with permission of the AC undergraduate advisor. To schedule an appointment, click here.