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Bachelor of Arts Degree
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- AMST - American Studies
- ARAB - Arabic
- ARTH - Art History
- ARTS - Studio Art
- ASN - Asian Studies
- BICH - Biochemistry
- BIO - Biology
- BLST - Black Studies
- BOSP - Barack Obama Scholars Program
- CHEM - Chemistry
- CHIN - Chinese Studies
- COGS - Cognitive Science
- CWP - College Writing Program
- COMP - Computer Science
- CORE - Core Program
- CSLC - Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
- CTSJ - Critical Theory and Social Justice
- DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs
- ECON - Economics
- EDUC - Education
- ENGL - English
- FREN - French
- FYS - First Year Seminars
- GEO - Geology
- GERM - German
- GRK - Greek
- GWSS - Gender Women and Sexuality Studies
- HIST - History
- INT - Internships
- JAPN - Japanese Studies
- KINE - Kinesiology
- LANG - Language
- LATN - Latin
- LING - Linguistics
- LLAS - Latino/a and Latin American Studies
- MAC - Media Arts and Culture
- MATH - Mathematics
- MUSA - Music Applied Study
- MUSC - Music
- PHAC - Physical Activities
- PHIL - Philosophy
- PHYS - Physics
- POLS - Politics
- PSYC - Psychology
- PUBH - Public Health
- RELS - Religious Studies
- RUSN - Russian
- SOC - Sociology
- SPAN - Spanish
- THEA - Theater
- UEP - Urban & Environmental Policy
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2025-2026 Catalog > Course Descriptions > AMST - American Studies

AMST - American Studies

AMST 101 Introduction to American Studies
AMST 120 Asian American Cultural Studies
AMST 130 Dis/ability Theory
AMST 165 Pen and Voice: Feminist Rhetorics and Abolition
AMST 195 Topics in American Studies
AMST 197 Independent Study
AMST 200 Democratic Socialism, American Style
AMST 202 Latina/o Cultural and Intellectual History
AMST 208 African American History II: The Great Migration and the Transformation of American Culture
AMST 215 Discipline and Desire: The History of Sexuality in the United States
AMST 220 Race, Gender, and Sexuality in American Film and Media
AMST 232 Origins of the New Right
AMST 256 Race Women: African American Women's Protest Culture
AMST 260 United States Latino Literature and Cultural Studies
AMST 265 Feminist Rhetorics and Social Change
AMST 268 Style Politics: Beauty and Fashion in Black Women's History
AMST 270 Asian American Literature
AMST 272 Asian Immigrants in American Society
AMST 280 The United States and East Asia
AMST 295 Topics in American Studies
AMST 297 Independent Study
AMST 305 Captivity, Carcerality, Unfreedom: Abolitionist Rhetorics
AMST 320 Graphic Narratives: From Pulp Fiction to Comix Literature
AMST 329 Black Queer Thought
AMST 332 Psychic Life of Violence in the United States
AMST 333 American Queer Novel
AMST 335 Queer of Color Critique
AMST 337 Queer LA: Cruising the Archive
AMST 376 Slavery, Freedom, and American Memory
AMST 390 Theories and Methods of American Studies
AMST 393 Directed Research
AMST 395 Special Topics in Amer Studies
AMST 397 Advanced Independent Study
AMST 490 Senior Seminar
AMST 493 Senior Directed Research
AMST 497 Independent Study
AMST 498 Advanced Directed Research
AMST 499 Honors

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