Western American Studies

Western American Studies
Minor
Hours18 Credit Hours

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 1 course
requirement 2 Complete 3 options
Clusters:
Complete one course from three of the following four clusters:
option 2.1 Complete 1 course
Natural Environment Cluster:
option 2.2 Complete 1 course
Human Heritage Cluster:
option 2.3 Complete 1 course
Social Environment Cluster:
option 2.4 Complete 1 course
Arts and Literature Cluster:
ENGL 364 - (Not currently offered)
ENGL 368 - Literature of the Latter-day Saints 3.0
ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0
SPAN 365 - (Not currently offered)
requirement 3 Complete 1 option
Electives:
Complete additional elective courses (6 hours) to make a total of 18 hours. Electives may be chosen from the courses listed above that have not been used (included in the list below), from the additional courses listed below, or from topical courses on Western themes offered through academic departments or the Honors Program.
option 3.1 Complete 6.0 hours from the following course(s)
AM ST 390R - Topics in American Studies 3.0
AM ST 392R - American Studies Lecture Series: Presentations on American Studies/Western American Studies 1.0
AM ST 399R - Academic Internship 6.0v
ANTHR 317 - (Not currently offered)
ANTHR 345 - American Culture 3.0
ANTHR 346 - Anthropology of Mormonism 3.0
ANTHR 350 - Archaeological Cultures of North America 3.0
ANTHR 530 - Great Basin Archaeology 3.0
ANTHR 535 - Southwest Seminar 3.0
ARTHC 345 - (Not currently offered)
ARTHC 353 - American Art 1876-1950 3.0
ECON 274 - American Economic History 3.0
ENGL 364 - (Not currently offered)
ENGL 368 - Literature of the Latter-day Saints 3.0
ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0
GEOG 245 - Geography of Utah 3.0
GEOG 250 - United States and Canada 3.0
GEOG 306 - (Not currently offered)
GEOL 101 - Introduction to Geology 3.0
HIST 360 - American West to 1900 3.0
HIST 361 - The American West Since 1900 3.0
HIST 363 - The Spanish Frontier in North America 3.0
HIST 364 - Utah 3.0
HIST 382 - Mormonism in the American Experience 3.0
HIST 385 - Latinos in the United States 3.0
HIST 386 - (Not currently offered)
HIST 387 - (Not currently offered)
POLI 311 - State and Local Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 317 - Public Opinion and Voting Behavior 4.0v
PWS 150 - Environmental Biology 3.0
PWS 215 - Principles of Range Management 3.0
PWS 225 - Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management 3.0
PWS 375 - Environmental Policies and Laws 3.0
PWS 411 - Watershed Management 3.0
REL C 342 - Pioneers and Persecution, 1846-1899 2.0
REL C 343 - The Global Church, 1900 to the Present 2.0
SOC 327 - Sociology of the LDS Church and Its People 3.0
SPAN 365 - (Not currently offered)
SPAN 461 - Spanish-Speaking American (Mexican-American) Literature 3.0
Program Outcomes

Please contact the individual department for outcome information.