Students are required to take four lower-division courses relevant to the major. A minimum grade of "C" is required in all lower-division courses taken for the major. The lower-division requirement consists of American Studies 10: Introduction to American Studies (4 units), plus three courses from the following list of courses, with no more than two courses from any one department. (This list is subject to annual review and revision.)

NOTE: Appropriate courses taken at other universities can be substituted with advisor approval of the Major Approval form.

Students declaring April 2006 or later need to have completed any two of the four lower-division requirements before declaring. (You are not required to have completed AS 10 before declaring, but are encouraged to complete this requirement as soon as possible after declaring. If you complete American Studies 10 prior to declaring American Studies as your major and earn less than a grade of "C," you must retake American Studies 10 before declaring.)

American Studies 10 (or 10AC when offered), Introduction to American Studies

(4 units) This course explores American culture and cultural change, with attention to the multicultural basis of American society and emphasis on the need for multiple methods of analysis. The course will consistently draw on the arts, material culture, and various fields affecting cultural production and meaning. Those areas include literature, film, history, architecture, history of art, religion, music, engineering, environmental studies, anthropology, politics, economics, law, and medicine.

NOTE: This is the one lower-division requirement for which courses taken at other universities cannot be substituted.

Three Lower-Division Courses

African American Studies 5A	African American Life & Culture in the U.S.
African American Studies 5B	African American Life & Culture in the U.S.
African American Studies 27AC	Lives of Struggle: Minorities in a Majority Culture
African American Studies 28AC	Globalization and Minority American Communities
Agricultural and Resource Economics 1	Introduction to Environmental Economics & Policy
American Studies 39	Freshman/Sophomore Seminar - topics vary
Anthropology 2 or 2AC	Introduction to Archaeology
Anthropology 3AC	Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Art 8	Introduction to Visual Thinking
Art 23AC	Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
Asian American Studies 2A	Reading and Composition
Asian American Studies 2B	Reading and Composition
Asian American Studies 20A	Intro to the History of Asians in U.S.
Asian American Studies 20B	Intro to Contemp. Issues in Asian American Community
Chicano Studies 20	Introduction to Chicano Culture
Chicano Studies 40	Introduction to Chicano Literature in English
Chicano Studies 50	Introduction to Chicano History
Chicano Studies 70	Latino Politics
Comparative Literature 60AC	Topics in the Literature of American Cultures
Education 40AC	Experiencing Education: Race and Ethnicity Inside Schools
Education 75AC	American Sports, Culture, and Education
English 31AC	Literature of American Cultures
Environmental Design 1	People and Environmental Design
Environmental Design 4	People and Environment
Environmental Economics and Policy1	Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
Environmental Science Policy and Management 10	Environmental Issues
Environmental Science Policy and Management 11	Forest and Wildland Resource Conservation
Environmental Science Policy and Management 50AC	Introduction to Culture & Natural Resource Conservation
Environmental Science Policy and Management 60	Environmental Policy, Administration and Law
Environmental Sciences 10	Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Ethnic Studies 10AC	A History of Race and Ethnicity in Western N. America
Ethnic Studies 21AC	Third World Experiences in U.S.
Ethnic Studies 41AC	Comparative Survey of Protest Movements Since the '60's
Film 25A	The History of Film
Film 25B	The History of Film
Gender and Women's Studies 14	Contemporary Global Issues - Women
Gender and Women's Studies 20	Intro to Feminist Theory
Gender and Women's Studies 20W	Writing Intensive Workshop - Feminist Theory
Gender and Women's Studies 23AC	Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
Gender and Women's Studies 50AC	Gender in American Culture
Geography 20	Global Restructuring
Geography 50AC	California and the Pacific Rim
Geography 70AC	The Urban Experience
History 7A	History of U.S. to Civil War
History 7B	History of U.S. Civil War to Present
History 16AC	U.S.: Expansion and Interaction Among American People
History 30B	Science, Technology, and Society Since Newton
ISF 60	Technology & Values in the Global Arena
ISF 61	Moral Reasoning & Human Action: Quest for Judgment
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies 20AC	Alternative Sexual Identities and Communities in Contemporary American Society
Letters and Science 40B	when topic is: History of Popular Culture
Linguistics 55AC	The American Languages
Mass Comm 10	Mass Communications in America
Music 26AC	Music in American Culture
Native American Studies 20A	Introduction to Native American Studies
Native American Studies 20B	Introduction to Native American Studies II: Cultural Practice, Art, and Identity
Native American Studies 71	Native Americans in North America to 1900
Native American Studies 72	Native Americans in the 20th Century
Native American Studies 90	Freshman Seminar - Myth, Memory, and History
Political Science 1 and 1AC	Intro to American Politics
Political Science 60AC	What Is Political Freedom?
Psychology 14	Psychology of Gender
Public Health 14	Healthy People: Introduction to Health Promotion
Rhetoric 41AC	Race and Identify: Performing American Identities
Rhetoric 42AC	Foundations in American Cyber-Cultures
Sociology 1	Intro to Sociology [for prospective majors]
Sociology 3AC	Principles of Sociology
Sociology 5	Evaluation of Evidence
Theater 25AC	The Drama of American Cultures
Theater 26	Introduction to Performance Studies
Theater 52AC	Reflections of Gender, Culture & Ethnicity in Amer. Dance
UGBA 10	Principles of Business
UGBA 39AC	Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective