The following courses have been approved for the minor. Because additions and deletions are made to correspond to current University offerings, students are advised to consult with the American Studies Director. Other classes that do not appear on the list, especially topics and independent study courses, may be approved if they are pertinent to the student's program and deal with an American topic.

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Dept. Title	Course Name	Course Number
Africana Studies	Introduction to Africana Studies	1100
	The African American Experience through Civil War	1111
	The African American Experience through Civil War to Civil Rights	1112
	Black Images in the Media in the U.S.	2105
	Literary Analysis of Black Protest of the 1960s	2106
	African American Women	2120
	African American Culture	2203
	African American Institutions	2204
	Education and African-Americans	2208
	Black Families in the U.S.	2215
	Intro To African Amer. Lit.	2301
	Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.	3101
	The African-American Church and Civil Rights	3150
	African-American Political Philosophy	3179
	Racial Violence, Colonial Times to Present	3218
	African Americans and the Legal Process	3240
	Political Economy of African America	3250
	Blacks in Urban America	3280
	Gender and African Amer. Lit	4106
	African Amer. Poetry	4107
	African Amer. Theories and Criticisms	4108
American Studies	Topics in American Studies	2050
	Introduction to American Indian Studies	2100
	Seminar in American Studies	3000
	Topics in American Studies	3050
	Topics in American Film	3090
	Introduction to American Studies	3100
	Childhood in America	3210
	Independent Study	3800
	Topics in American Studies	4050
Anthropology	North American Indians	2112
	Indians of the Southeastern U.S.	2114
	New World Archaeology	2152
	American Ethnic Cultures	4110
Architecture	American Historic Preservation	4214
Art	Art of the United States	2190
Business Law	Business Law I	3150
	Business Law II	3250
Communication Studies	Women and the Media	2110
	Black Images in the Media	2120
	Topics in Mass Media	3052
	Health Communication	3115
	Communication and Mass Media	3120
	Mass Communication and Society	3121
	Communication and Public Advocacy	3130
	African American Oratory	3131
	Media and the Law	4101
	Federal Interpretation of the First Amendment	4102
Criminal Justice	Ethics and the Criminal Justice System	2102
	Juvenile Justice	2120
	Introduction to Corrections	2154
	American Criminal Courts	3102
	Criminal Justice and the Law	3110
	Famous Criminal Trials of the Twentieth Century	3112
	Juvenile Justice Subsystems	3120
	Juvenile Law	3121
	The Administration of Criminal Justice	3130
	Law Enforcement Behavioral Systems	3141
	Community Corrections	3150
	Institutional Corrections	3151
	Correctional Law	3152
	Juvenile Corrections	3153
	Drugs, Crime and the Criminal Justice System	4101
	Victims and the Criminal Justice System	4160
	Violence and the Violent Offender	4161
	Seminar on Sexual Assault	4162
Dance	Jazz Dance I	2226
	Jazz Dance II	2227
Economics	Economics for Non-Majors	1101
	Principles of Macro-Economics	1201/2101
	Principles of Micro-Economics	1202/2102
	Industrial Relations	3105
	Labor Economics	3106
	Employment Law	3107
	Money & Banking	3115
	Intermediate MIcroeconomics	3122
	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3123
	Economic History of the U.S.	3131
	Health Economics	3141
English	Major American Writers	2104
	Intro. To African American Amer. Lit.	2301
	Intro. To Contemporary American English	3132
	Colonial and Early American Literature	3140
	American Literature of the Romantic Period	3141
	American Literature of the Realistic and Naturalistic Periods	3142
	American Novel of the 19th Century	3143
	American Novel of the 20th Century	3144
	Native American Indian Literature	3156
	Classics in American Children’s Literature	4103
	Literature of the American South	4145
	Contemporary Jewish American Literature	4146
	Early Black American Literature	4147
	20th Century Black American Literature: Prose	4148
	Gender and African Amer. Lit.	4156
	African Amer. Poetry	4157
	African Amer. Literary Theory and Criticism	4158
Geography	Geography of North Carolina	2140
	Geography of the U.S. and Canada	2155
	The South	2160
	Introduction to Urban Studies	2200
	The City and Its Region	3100
	Urban Political Geography	3110
	Urban Transportation Problems	3115
	Manufacturing Geography	3150
	Land Use Planning	3200
	Internal Structure of the City	3205
	Regional Planning