Lipscomb University
 

American Studies Major

B.A. degree program
Total hours required - 45

Base Courses in English (EN)
 Hours
2133 Survey of American Literature I (3) - F, SP, SU 3
2143 Survey of American Literature II (3) - F, SP, SU 3

Base Courses in History (HI)
 Hours
2213 History of the United States I (3) - F, SP, SU 3
2223 History of the United States II (3) - F, SP, SU 3
4993 Senior Seminar (3) - SP, SU 3

Base Courses in Polical Science (PO)
 Hours
1023 Introduction to American Government (3) - F, SP 3
3283 American Political Thought (3) - F* 3

 

Elective hours chosen as follows:

Six hours selected from:

Base Courses in English (EN)
 Hours
3213 Literature of the South (3) - F* 3
3223 American Fiction (3) - F* 3
3323 Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature (3) - F* 3
3513 Literature of the American Renaissance (1820-1865) (3) - SP* 3
3523 Literature of America (1865-1915) (3) - F* 3
4223 American Literature 1915 to Present (3) - SP* 3

 

Twelve hours selected from:

Base Couses in History (HI)
 Hours
3203 Colonial America (3) - F* 3
3213 National Period (1776-1850) (3) - SP* 3
3243 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) (3) - F* 3
3253 Foundations of 20th Century America (1877-1941) (3) - SP* 3
3263 Recent American Issues (1941-present) (3) - SP 3
3313 Historical Geography of the United States (3) - SP* 3
4013** Religion and American Culture (3) - F, SP* 3
4103 Latin America (3) - SP* 3
4153 Urban History and Politics (3) - SP* 3
4163 The South in American History (3) 3
4173 The American Civil Rights Movement (3) - F* 3
4183 Native American Studies (3) 3
4193 U.S. Military History (3) - SP* 3

 

Six hours selected from:

Base Couses in Political Science (PO)
 Hours
2253 American State and Local Government (3) - SP 3
4203 Constitutional Law (3) - F 3
4213 American Foreign Policy (3) - SP* 3

*Offered in alternate years