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American Institutions, Ideas, and Experiences
This area of concentration (for the AMS major) focuses on the core institutions, ideas, and expressions that define America as a nation and an ideal. It provides a traditional American Studies track.
Students must select and take 18 credit hours with at least 12 hours at the 200 level and above, incorporating at least 3 different disciplines, from among the following courses.
[View course descriptions (The Miami Bulletin, 2012-2013).]
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ARC 225 | Design and Human Behavior |
| ARC 426 | Architecture and Society |
| ART 488 | American Art |
| ENG 141 | Life and Thought in American Literature to 1865 |
| ENG 142 | Life and Thought in American Literature 1865-1945 |
| ENG 143 | Life and Thought in American Literature 1945 to Present |
| ENG 282 | American Fiction |
| ENG 293 | Contemporary American Fiction |
| ENG 346 | Modern English and American Drama |
| ENG 349 | Colonial and Early National American Literature |
| ENG 352 | American Literature, 1810-1865 |
| ENG 353 | American Literature, 1865-1914 |
| ENG 355 | American Literature, 1945-Present |
| ENG 440 | Major English and American Writers* |
| GEO 219 | Geography of the United States and Canada |
| HST 111 | Survey of US History, Colonial Period to Reconstruction |
| HST 112 | Survey of US History, Reconstruction to Present |
| HST 212 | Recent American History 1945 to Present |
| HST 219 | US Diplomatic History to 1914 |
| HST 222 | US Diplomatic History Since 1914 |
| HST 223 | Assassinations in US History |
| HST 261 | History of Ohio |
| HST 348 | Witch Crazes and Other "Great Fears" in Europe and America |
| HST 361 | Colonial America |
| HST 362 | The Era of the American Revolution |
| HST 363 | The Early Republic 1783-1815 |
| HST 364 | The Early American Republic 1815-1850 |
| HST 365 | Civil War and Reconstruction |
| HST 367 | The United States in the 1960s |
| HST 368 | 20th Century America 1900-1933 |
| HST 369 | 20th Century America since 1933 |
| HST 387 | US Constitutional Development to 1865 |
| HST 388 | US Constitutional Development since 1865 |
| HST 389 | Great Issues in American History: Rhetoric and Reality |
| HST 391 | US Presidential Biography |
| HST 397 | American Environmental History |
| HST 431 | The US-Vietnam War |
| MUS 461 | American Music |
| POL 342 | American Political Careers |
| POL 343 | American Presidency |
| POL 344 | American Congress |
| POL 348 | State Politics |
| POL 352 | Constitutional Law and Politics |
| POL 353 | Constitutional Rights and Liberties |
| POL 354 | Constitutional Parties and the Election Process |
| POL 373 | American Foreign Policy |
| POL 376 | US National Security Policy |
| POL 411 | American Political Thought |
| POL 450 | Seminar on the American Political System |
| POL 459 | Capstone Seminar on the American Political System |
| REL 341 | Protestantism and the Development of American Culture |
| REL 442 | Religion, Society, and Culture in New England |
| SOC 240 | Contemporary Problems in the US |
| THE 391 | Modern American Theatre |
| THE 493 | American Theatre |
* Contingent on semester topic