COURSE CURRICULUM

The American Studies major at Saint Louis University requires a total of 30 credits. This includes ASTD 1000: Intro to American Culture: Movements, Myths, and Methods (3 credits), a breadth requirement consisting of one course from each of the following categories: "Contexts: Period and Place," "Identities: Social Difference and Agency," and "Practices: Cultural Forms and Interpretive Methods" (9 credits total), and ASTD 4960: Senior Workshop: Crafting the American Studies Thesis (3 credits). The remaining 15 credits come from elective courses within American Studies. With approval from a faculty mentor, up to nine of these elective credits may be fulfilled by relevant courses outside the Department of American Studies. Additionally, at least one course taken for the major must have the department's “community engagement” attribute.