2019-2020 Catalog

Second-Stage Writing Requirement

The majority of students majoring in American Studies will satisfy the Second-Stage Writing Requirement by successfully completing AMST 390 with a B- or better. In lieu of taking AMST 390, students may take a 300-level AMST course from the list below.

AMST 390Junior Seminar

4 units

AMST 310The American South

4 units

AMST 320Graphic Narratives: From Pulp Fiction to Comix Literature

4 units

AMST 325/BLST 325Toni Morrison and African-American Self-Fashioning

4 units

AMST 346/ENGL 346Beautiful Democracy: 19th Century African American Literature

4 units

AMST 376/BLST 376Slavery, Freedom, and American Memory

4 units