美国研究文学学士学位

美国研究计划是一个跨学科计划，它通过各种知识学科和观点来审视美国文化的所有复杂性。通过课程设置，访问者演讲和研究机会，学生和教职员工将研究美国境内社会，法律，文化和经济身份的形成。课程内容包括班级，种族，种族，种族，性，环境，技术，宗教和艺术等令人信服的问题。随着美国大部分地区变成双语，该计划在包括加拿大，墨西哥，加勒比海地区以及中南美洲在内的美洲较大的地理和地缘政治范围内确定自己的身份。此外，美国研究致力于解决全球化概念中的重要区别，从跨国公司的活动到致力于公共卫生，慈善事业和营养等项目的非政府组织的活
Formerly the Program in American Studies, Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership is a new interdisciplinary program for students who want to change the world. Bridging what students learn in the classroom with what happens in the larger communitywhether in Nashville, around the nation, or across the worldCAL marries a rich understanding of human culture with an ethical sense of advocacy and widely applicable leadership skills. As a result, it prepares students for a wide range of advanced studies or career paths students after graduation.<br><br>The program of study in CAL is both structured and individualized. After completing a series of required courses in CORE Part I of the major, students work with a faculty mentor to choose courses inside or outside of CAL related to their Area Focus. This allows students to adapt their coursework to countless modern problems, including law and justice, sports and culture, international relations and human rights, conflict and peace, global migrations and diaspora, entrepreneurial leadership and economic justice, popular culture and American values, environmental legacies and global solutions, and more. After completing their Area Focus, students will enter CORE Part II of the major, undertaking an intentional, ethnical, and purposeful civic-engagement experience, where they will practice leadership and advocacy through partnerships based on service, mutual respect, and shared authority. Students complete the major with a senior capstone course that brings them back to reflect on their varied experiences.