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American Studies
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Bachelor of Arts
CAREER IDEAS
Administrative Law Judge, Archivist, Community Outreach Specialist, Corporation Lawyer, Editorial Writer, Funds Development Administrator, Historian, Market Research Analyst, Museum Curator, Publications Editor, Social & Community Service Manager, Social & Human Service Assistant, Social Service Volunteer
Explore North America — its history, culture, society, music, and more — in Manhattanville’s American Studies program. As a major in this interdisciplinary field, you’ll investigate the many meanings of ‘America’ by exploring its landscapes and places our sequence of required core courses. Graduates of Manhattanville’s American studies program are pursuing careers in teaching, historic preservation, museum work, publishing, marketing, nonprofit work and broadcasting, and have completed graduate programs in American studies, history, management, political science, and law.
American Studies is the interdisciplinary study of North American culture and society. You’ll examine North America’s social and political institutions, intellectual and religious traditions, economic systems, and cultural expressions as you work toward a major or minor in the program.
Our flexible, individualized approach gives you the leeway to design much of your own program, assembling courses from departments including art history, education, English, history, music, philosophy, political science, sociology, and world religions.
A grade of C- or better is required for a course to be counted toward a major or minor in American studies.
Requirements
Current information about degree program requirements can be found in the official College Catalogs.
Affiliated Faculty
Lawson Bowling — Recent U.S. social and economic history
Carmelo Comberiati — Music in American culture
Peter Gardella — Religion in America
Gillian Greenhill Hannum — American art history
Patrick Redding – 19th and 20th c. American literature and intellectual history
Van Hartmann — 19th c. American literature, American film
James Jones — African American religions
Mohamed Mbodj — African-American history
Colin Morris — American Places, political and intellectual history
Matthew Pauley — Constitutional law
Gregory Swedberg — Mexican history
Please contact any of the above faculty or the Division Chair for more information.
Division Chair: Lisa Rafanelli, Lisa.Rafanelli@mville.edu, (914) 323-7182