美国研究文学学士学位

美国研究文学学士学位从跨学科的角度探索美国和整个美洲的历史，文学和文化。美国研究吸引了兴趣浓厚的学生，他们希望在比较的国际环境中了解更多关于美国的信息。该专业为学生提供了一个从跨国和半球的角度继续研究美国文化的机会。这些课程旨在通过利用来自社会科学和人文科学的广泛资源来研究美国机构，政策，媒体和文化表现形式的重要方面。专业是为几乎任何研究生或专业学位以及包括法律职业，社会工作，政治，学术界和公共历史等在内的许多传统或非传统领域的职业做好的充分准备。文学学士学位要求至少120个学时。
The B.A. in American Studies gives you the skills to critically analyze historical, political, social, and cultural dimensions of the Americas. This comparative approach enables you to differentiate between and use methodologies from various disciplines. This interdisciplinarity encourages you to examine issues from multiple perspectives, paying attention to the distribution of power and privilege. The major's international focus teaches you how to situate the United States in a global context, an important skill in an increasingly interconnected world. American studies explores the history, literature, and culture of the United States and the larger Americas from an interdisciplinary perspective. American studies attracts students with diverse interests who wish to know more about the United States in a comparative, international context. The major provides students with an opportunity to pursue the study of American cultures from a transnational and hemispheric perspective. Courses are designed to examine significant aspects of U.S. institutions, policy, media, and cultural expressions by drawing on a wide range of resources from the social sciences and humanities. Upon completion of the B.A. in American studies, graduates will be able to- Set the history, politics, and culture of the United States in a global and comparative context, Think logically and analytically, make detailed observations, and formulate interdisciplinary interpretations of the literature, art, music, and mass culture of the United States, Canada, and the Americas, Collect, document, maintain, and manage evidence, and organize and compose interpretive and research essays, and Demonstrate developed oral and written communication skills.