AMSTU-MIN - American Studies (Minor)

The program expects undergraduate majors to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:

1. ability to think about American culture and society in sophisticated, interdisciplinary, historically-informed ways, drawing on coursework in: history and institutions; literature, art, and culture; comparative race and ethnicity; and each student's individualized thematic focus

2. ability to identify and critically to assess different disciplinary, methodological, and interpretive approaches to the study of Americans and their past

3. ability to produce their own persuasive, nuanced, fact-based interpretations reflecting a close critical reading and analysis of relevant primary or secondary sources

4. ability to express their interpretive and analytical arguments in clear, effective prose.

5. ability to listen actively and to contribute to productive intellectual discussion in class