Bachelors in American Studies

American Studies engages students in the interdisciplinary study of the cultures and politics of the United States and the Americas, past and present. Through its exploration of American traditions, institutions, geography, arts, and mass culture, the program exposes students to a diversity of American perspectives and identities. Central to our major is an investigation of the intersectionalities of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, and citizenship in the examination of American experiences. In response to the discipline's animating questions "What is 'America' " and "What does it mean to be an American " we analyze the formation of local, indigenous, borderland, and diasporic communities within the context of powerful assertions of national identity.