The University of St. Thomas

Internships

Program Requirements

Minor in American Culture and Difference;  

  • 24 credits of six courses 
    • one core or “foundation” course in cultural studies -- ACST 200 Foundations of American Culture and Difference (four credits)
    • five elective courses, no more than two courses from a single department (twenty credits)
    • up to two 100-level courses based on approval of director.

To ensure interdisciplinary breadth in the program, students are encouraged to sample as broadly as possible among the course offerings of participating departments with at least four credits from each of the categories listed below and no more than eight credits from a single department:

American Cultures: History, Society, Politics

   GEOG 340 Geography of the United States and Canada 

   HIST 116 African-American History in Global Perspective

   HIST 210 Modern Latin America 1800 to the Present 

   HIST 361 American Thought and Culture Since the Civil War  

   POL 301 American Political Behavior

   SOC 251 Race and Ethnicity

   SPAN 332 Survey of Latin American Culture and Civilization

American Cultures: Literature and the Arts

   ARTH 284 African American and Diaspora Arts

   ARTH 320 Art and Culture of Colonial Mexico 

   ARTH 321 Art and Culture of Modern Mexico

   ARTH 391 Native American Art

   ARTH 392 American Art

   ENGL 215 American Authors II 

   ENGL 373 Contemporary American Literature

   ENGL 395 Issues in Literature and Culture

   MUSC 216 Jazz in America

   MUSC 217 Music of the Americas

   MUSC 218 Black American Music: A Historical Survey

   MUSC 219 Music in the United States

   MUSC 222 The Theology of American Popular Music

   THTR 223 History of Theater III: American

American Cultures: Mass Culture, Popular Culture and Communication Media

   COJO  326 Modern American Rhetoric 

   COJO  328 Communication of Race, Class, and Gender

   COJO  334 Literary Journalism

   COJO  338 Political Communication 

   COJO  340 Television Criticism

   COJO  430 Society, Culture, and the Media

   COJO  432 Media, Structure and Power

Independent Study

   IDSC Independent Study

   See AC&D director, Dr. Kanishka Chowdhury, for more details. 
   

American Culture and Difference *
2093 Grand Ave
Mail #93G
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul MN  55105
651-962-5649
americancd@stthomas.edu
* Formerly Known as American Cultural Studies