{"id":7,"date":"2009-10-28T16:17:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T16:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:09:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>About the Major<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American Studies is a nine-course major that requires American Studies 100, a 200-level\u00a0topics course, and a level three seminar (when subjects are different, the topics course and\u00a0the seminar may be taken more than once), and up to six designated disciplinary courses,\u00a0with at least one course in each of three departments (see list of<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/curriculum\/courses-that-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> courses that count<\/a> toward\u00a0the major on the American Studies website). Of\u00a0the nine courses, at least two must carry MCD general education credit, and at least two\u00a0must be at level three. Completion of American Conversations counts for three courses,\u00a0including AMST 100 and the level two topics requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many majors, which prescribe sequences of courses for students, American Studies\u00a0allows students to follow their own interests within various disciplines or about various\u00a0subjects. Because courses in different departments count toward the American Studies\u00a0major, many students complete a second major.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Major in American Studies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An American Studies major equips students to engage in reflexive analysis and learning\u00a0and to develop analytic and interpretive skills. American Studies majors frequently explore\u00a0how culture shapes personal and group identities; seek out diverse perspectives, which\u00a0means studying change over time; place the studies of cultures in relevant contexts; and\u00a0examine how what we take as natural is almost always socially constructed. Students\u00a0become comfortable with intellectual work that is interdisciplinary and that allows for the\u00a0play of ideas and perspectives as a way of coming to know about a subject.\u00a0Recent American Studies graduates have applied their majors in a variety of settings and\u00a0responsibilities. Several have continued their learning and preparation in graduate,\u00a0divinity, or law school. Others have become writers, or work in advertising and public\u00a0relations, or communications of different kinds. Several have entered service occupations\u00a0such as Lutheran Volunteer Corps.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the program or becoming an American Studies major, please\u00a0email the director of the program, L. DeAne Lagerquist, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lagerqui@stolaf.edu\">lagerqui@stolaf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Major American Studies is a nine-course major that requires American Studies 100, a 200-level\u00a0topics course, and a level three seminar (when subjects are different, the topics course and\u00a0the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}