PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Major Program
6.5 full courses or equivalent (FCEs), specified as follows:
1. Students must take one of the 200-level gateway survey courses in English, History, Geography, or Political Science indicated below.
2. Students must take USA300H1
3. Students must take at least .5 courses in American Studies at the 400+ level.
4. The Faculty of Arts & Science requires American Studies majors to complete at least 0.5 FCE in Arts & science courses in Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes.
5. Overall, students must take 1.0 FCEs in at least three disciplines (and American Studies can be one of them).
6. At least 2.0 of the student’s 6.5 courses must be at the 300+ level or above.
First year:
Students are encouraged to take any pre-requisites for the 200-level courses, and/or enrol directly in USA200H1 as a first year student. Of the required second-year disciplinary survey courses only one, POL203Y1, has a pre-requisite; students interested in politics, therefore, should take one full POL course, a pre-req for POL203Y1. Other recommended courses at the first year level include: HIS106Y1 Natives, Settlers and Slaves: Colonizing the Americas, 1492-1804.
Second year:
USA200H1 Introduction to American Studies (recommended)
HIS271Y1 History of the United States since 1607 (or)
ENG250Y1 American Literature (or)
GGR240H1/GGR254H1 Historical Geography of North America/Geography USA (or)
POL203Y1 U.S. Government and Politics
Third year and Fourth Year:
USA300H1 plus at least 1.0 300+ or above series courses from the list below, as well as .5 courses in American Studies at the 400+ level.
Minor program:
Minor Program
4 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 300+ series course in at least two disciplines
Second year:
USA200H1 Introduction to American Studies (recommended)
HIS271Y1 History of the United States since 1607 (or)
ENG250Y1 American Literature (or)
GGR240H1/GGR254H1 Historical Geography of North America/Geography USA (or)
POL203Y1 U.S. Government and Politics
Third year:
USA300H1
Second, third, or fourth year:
2.5 courses from the Recommended Courses list
NOTE:
Other 300+ series courses with American content may be allowed; students should seek early approval of program credit for such courses.
For a detailed list of courses please consult the links above.
