American Heritage

interdisciplinary majors

This major was designed for students in the Lynch School of Education who are pursuing Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Human Development. This major fulfills the arts and sciences program requirements for students in teacher certification programs. The major is recommended for students who are interested in the American Heritage from the literary, social, and historical perspectives. Two tracks are available for students pursuing this major: a cultural track with emphasis in the literary perspective, and a social science track for students interested in historical and sociological perspectives on our American heritage.

FOUR REQUIRED COURSES:		FALL	SPRING	NOTES
*TWO COURSES IN AMERICAN HISTORY*
HS111	America’s War in Vietnam	X
HS181	U.S. History I	X
HS182	U.S. History II		X
HS517	U.S. Constitutional History	X
*TWO COURSES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE*
EN141	American Literary History I	X
EN142	American Literary History II	X
EN143	American Literary History III	X

FIVE ELECTIVES REQUIRED: Electives must be taken from either the Cultural Track or the Social Science Track. Choose four courses from one track (and from one department) and the fifth course from the OPPOSITE track.

CULTURAL TRACK Choose 4 or 1		FALL	SPRING	NOTES
EN246	Intro to Asian American Literature	X
EN482/BK410	African American Writers		X
FA207	Ruins of Ancient America: Temples & Tombs	X
FA263	American Icons: 19th Century Images of National Identity	X
FA267	Saltbox to Skyscraper: American Architecture	X
FA340	German and American Expressionist Painting	X
BK104	Afro-American History I	X
BK266	Rhythm and Blues in America	X
EN277	Intro to American Studies	X	X
BK285	Jazz in America		X
HS104	The American Presidency	X
HS127	America Between the Wars	X		Evening
HS506	History of the American West	X
HS531	History of American Religion	X
HS569	20th Century Boston		X
HS626	Studies in American Culture: Contemporary Nonfiction	X
HS654	Irish Women Emigrants: Irish and American Context	X

SOCIAL SCIENCE TRACK Choose 4 or 1		FALL	SPRING	NOTES
SC030	Deviance and Social Control	X
SC041/BK151	Race Relations		X
SC072	Inequality in America	X	X
SC092	Peace or War – U.S. and Third World	X	X
SC144	Legal & Illegal Violence Against Women	X
SC/BK/PL268	History & Development of Racism	X	X
SC375	American Economic Crisis and Social Change		X
SC505	Beauty Fict: Women’s Body Image Am Soc	X	X
SC591	From Poor Law to Working Poor	X
HS100	Major Political Rival in U.S.		X
HS133	Modern America 1945 to Present		X
HS189 –HS190	Afro-American History I and II	I	II
HS280	History of Black Nationalism		X
HS514	American Civil War/Reconstruction		X
HS518	U.S. Constitutional History II		X
HS530	Race and Urban Space		X
HS538	Gender in American History		X
HS552	U.S. Since 1960		X
HS555	Slavery, Race, Abolition		X
HS571	U.S. Foreign Policy	X
HS572	U.S. Foreign Policy II		X
HS675	American Studies Seminar: New England	X
BK104	African -American History I	X
BK227	Africans in America, Americans in Africa		X
BK350	Race, Racism & American Law	X
EN410	American Fiction to 1860	X
EN628	Capstone: Five Heroic Americans		X	Seniors

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Five elective courses must follow a specific sequence:

Four courses from either the cultural or social science track; one course from the opposite track.
At least four of the courses must come from the same department and the majority of the courses taken must be above the introductory level; courses cannot count twice.
Course selections change each year.

Questions:? Office for Undergraduate Students, Campion Hall 104 and 106D

3/2008