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What is American Studies?

The Minor in American Studies is an innovative interdisciplinary program that lets students bring together their courses on the United States and emerge with a broad range of academic and professional skills.  The courses for the 18 credit minor are drawn from three areas of expertise — the humanities, the social sciences, and art and media — that together are essential to the study of the United States, past, present, and future. With an American Studies minor, students gain not only a stronger understanding of our country as we find it but the vision and expertise that will help them to change it.     

American Studies faculty are drawn from eleven academic disciplines — Communication Science Disorders, English, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, History, Geography, Government, Music, Philosophy, Rhetoric/Communication/Theater, and Theology. This range of disciplines gives the American Studies minor unparalleled flexibility and versatility. Chances are you are already taking courses in American Studies! In addition, American Studies minors choose a course in their senior year that develops and maximizes their problem-solving skills in real world settings.    

American Studies, the first and most well-established interdisciplinary field in the United States, is recognized as a vital component of vocational preparation for students considering careers in government, administration, public policy, business, and education, management, and law.         

More Information
Robert Fanuzzi
Program Director
(718) 390-4416
fanuzzir@stjohns.edu
 

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