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Program checklist · B.A.

American Studies, B.A.

Marist College · Poughkeepsie, NY

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
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CourseShelf checklist
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Institution Transfer Profile
Source
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Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies

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    Foundation requirements for a major in American Studies: 24 cr

    6 items
    1. AMST 110
      Introduction to American Studies 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: HIST 110 - Introduction to American Studies 3 Credit(s)
    2. ART 280L
      American Art
      As published: “American Art 3 Credit(s)”
      or: MUS 343L - Music in America 3 Credit(s)
      or: MUS 242L - Popular Music in America 3 Credit(s)
      3
    3. ENG 210L
      American Literature I 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: ENG 211L - American Literature II 3 Credit(s)
    4. HIST 226L
      American History to 1877 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: HIST 227L - American History since 1877 3 Credit(s)
    5. PHIL 240L
      Pragmatism 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: PHIL 213L - Foundations of American Social Thought 3 Credit(s)
      or: REST 201L - Religion in America 3 Credit(s)
      or: REST 230L - Religion and Politics 3 Credit(s)
    6. POSC 110L
      American National Government 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: POSC 218L - American Political Thought 3 Credit(s)

    One course selected from Critical Perspectives on Race: 3 cr

    4 items
    1. HIST 234L
      African-American History 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. HIST 216L
      Black Political and Social Thought 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. POSC 310L
      Race and Political Thought 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. SOC 336L
      Social Inequality 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course

    One course with a Latin American Focus: 3 cr

    3 items
    1. HIST 273L
      Colonial Latin America 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. HIST 274L
      Modern Latin America 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. POSC 350L
      Latin American Politics 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course

    Notes

    0 items

      Major Electives: 15 cr

      2 items
      1. HIST 209L
        Digital Humanities 3 Credit(s) (Fulfills Core/LS-Tech Intensive Skills)
        Not resolved to a course
      2. AMST 477
        Capping 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course

      Law & Power

      37 items
      1. COM 300L
        Mass Communication Law 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      2. COM 323L
        Public Affairs Reporting 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      3. COM 341L
        Press in America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      4. CRJU 230L
        Policing in America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      5. CRJU 314L
        Race and Crime 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      6. CRJU 350L
        Organized Crime 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      7. CRJU 302L
        Criminal Courts 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      8. CRJU 306L
        Criminal Law and Procedure 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      9. ECON 200L
        Economics of Gender 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      10. ECON 150L
        Economics of Social Issues 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      11. ENSC 202L
        Environmental Politics and Policy 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      12. POSC 202L
        Environmental Politics and Policy 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      13. HIST 232L
        U.S. Women’s History 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      14. HIST 223L
        American Military History 1607-Present 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      15. HIST 320L
        American Diplomatic History 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      16. HIST 364L
        Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      17. HIST 325L
        History of American Feminism 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      18. POSC 110L
        American National Government 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      19. POSC 218L
        American Political Thought 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      20. POSC 360L
        Congress Today 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      21. POSC 312L
        History of the American Presidency 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      22. HIST 312L
        History of the American Presidency 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      23. POSC 212L
        Citizens and Political Organizations 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      24. POSC 214L
        Gender and the Law 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      25. POSC 218L
        American Political Thought 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      26. POSC 210L
        Constitutional Law: National Powers 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      27. PRLG 206L
        Issues in American Constitutional Law 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      28. HIST 210L
        Issues in American Constitutional Law 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      29. POSC 300L
        US Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      30. PRLG 201L
        The Constitution and the Bill of Rights 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      31. POSC 303L
        Politics of Prejudice 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      32. REST 333L
        Religion & the Constitution 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      33. SOC 336L
        Social Inequality 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      34. PRLG 105L
        Origins of the American Legal System 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      35. POSC 105L
        Origins of the American Legal System 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      36. PRLG 206L
        Issues in American Constitutional Law 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      37. PRLG 105L
        Origins of the American Legal System 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course

      Identity & Power

      26 items
      1. ANTH 233L
        Native Americans
        As published: “Native Americans 3 Credit(s)”
        3
      2. ANTH 230L
        American Culture I
        As published: “American Culture I 3 Credit(s)”
        3
      3. ANTH 231L
        American Culture II
        As published: “American Culture II 3 Credit(s)”
        3
      4. ECON 210L
        Innovation in the Hudson Valley 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      5. ENSC 315L
        Natural History of the Hudson Valley 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      6. ENG 223L
        American Ethnic Literature 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      7. ENG 231L
        Literature of the Hudson River Valley 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      8. ENG 236L
        New York Literature 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      9. ENG 353L
        Ethnic American Literature 3 Credit(s) (take if you are dual English Literature/Amer Studies major)
        Not resolved to a course
      10. HIST 211L
        History of American Manhood 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      11. HIST 234L
        African-American History 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      12. HIST 218L
        History and Culture of the Hudson River Valley 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      13. HIST 242L
        Introduction to Africana Studies 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      14. HIST 273L
        Colonial Latin America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      15. HIST 274L
        Modern Latin America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      16. HIST 309L
        American Colonial Experience 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      17. HIST 217L
        Catholics in the U.S. 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      18. HIST 220L
        New York: The Empire State 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      19. HIST 286L
        Irish Experience in America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      20. HIST 308L
        Rock ‘n’ Roll as U.S. History 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      21. POSC 310L
        Race and Political Thought 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      22. REST 201L
        Religion in America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      23. SPAN 370L
        Latin American Women Writers 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      24. HONR 300
        Honors Seminar in the Hudson River Valley
        Not resolved to a course
      25. HONR 301
        Honors Seminar in the Hudson River Valley
        Not resolved to a course
      26. HONR 302
        Honors Seminar in the Hudson River Valley
        Not resolved to a course

      Culture & Power

      30 items
      1. ART 280L
        American Art
        As published: “American Art 3 Credit(s)”
        3
      2. ART 290L
        Museum Studies
        As published: “Museum Studies 3 Credit(s)”
        3
      3. COM 260L
        Sport, Culture, and Communication 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      4. COM 342L
        Readings in Journalism 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      5. COM 400L
        Gender, Culture and Communication 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      6. ENG 240L
        American Short Fiction 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      7. ENG 367L
        U.S. Drama 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      8. ENG 346L
        American Renaissance 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      9. ENG 223L
        American Ethnic Literature 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      10. ENG 353L
        Ethnic American Literature 3 Credit(s) (take if you are dual English Literature/American Studies major)
        Not resolved to a course
      11. FREN 305L
        Studies in French Film and Literature 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      12. FREN 322L
        Seminar In Francophone Studies 3 Credit(s) (in French)
        Not resolved to a course
      13. HIST 205L
        Introduction to Public History 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      14. HIST 308L
        Rock ‘n’ Roll as U.S. History 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      15. HIST 313L
        The Vietnam War 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      16. HIST 332L
        Women & Religion in America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      17. HIST 345L
        Sex, Disease, and Death in America 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      18. MDIA 331L
        Current Issues in Television 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      19. MDIA 326L
        Race and Ethnicity in Film 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      20. MDIA 421L
        Topics in Television 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      21. MUS 104L
        Music Cultures of the World 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      22. POSC 310L
        Race and Political Thought 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      23. POSC 303L
        Politics of Prejudice 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      24. SPAN 260L
        Cultures of Latin America 3 Credit(s) (in Spanish)
        Not resolved to a course
      25. SPAN 270L
        Cultures of Hispanics in the United States 3 Credit(s) (in Spanish)
        Not resolved to a course
      26. SPAN 433L
        Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean 3 Credit(s) (in Spanish)
        Not resolved to a course
      27. CSSP 335L
        Themes in Latin American Cinema 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      28. SPAN 335L
        Themes in Latin American Cinema 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      29. SPAN 315L
        The Experience of Hispanic Literature 3 Credit(s) (in Spanish)
        Not resolved to a course
      30. SPAN 370L
        Latin American Women Writers 3 Credit(s)
        Not resolved to a course

      3.0 Core/Liberal Studies Requirements

      0 items

        3.1 Foundation: 7 cr

        2 items
        1. FYS 101L
          First Year Seminar 4 Credit(s)
          Not resolved to a course
        2. ENG 120L
          Writing for College 3 Credit(s)
          Not resolved to a course

        3.2 Distribution

        0 items

          Requirements

          8 items
          1. PHIL 101L
            Philosophical Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Ethics, Applied Ethics, or Religious Studies 3 Credit(s) (can be fulfilled by REST 203L or REST 230L )
            Not resolved to a course
          3. Fine Arts 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
            Not resolved to a course
          4. History 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
            Not resolved to a course
          5. Literature 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
            Not resolved to a course
          6. Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
            Not resolved to a course
          7. Natural Science 3 Credit(s)
            Not resolved to a course
          8. Social Science 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. Courses addressing an interdisciplinary topic.
            Not resolved to a course

          4.0 Electives: 44 cr

          0 items

            Recommended Program Sequence for a BA in American Studies (Law & Power)

            1 item
            1. Recommended Program Sequence for a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (Law & Power)
              Not resolved to a course
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