American Studies Minor

Contact: Janet A. Headley, Professor of Fine Arts (Art History)
Office: Humanities Center, Room 230; Beatty Hall, Room 306h
Telephone: 410‑617‑2895; 410‑617‑2227
Website: www.loyola.edu/academic/americanstudies

American studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that examines the American experience-past and present-through the literature, art, history, politics, and society of the United States.

Requirements for the Minor

Requirements for the minor are as follows:

EN 203 - Major Writers: American Literature or
EN 366 - American Literature to the First World War
HS 340 - America through Reconstruction or
HS 341 - The United States Since the Civil War
Capstone Project in American Studies (AH 490 /EN 405 /HS 490 /PS 490 )
Three Electives (9 credits; listed below)

Notes:

No more than two courses from the same department may count toward the minor. At least three of courses counted toward the minor must be taken at the 300- or 400-level.

American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Notes:

Electives

AMS Committee Approval Required: