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Minor Requirements

  1. Total credits: 30. No more than eight credits that have been applied toward another major or minor may be applied to the AMS minor.
  2. Core: 22 credits. Each student must take AMS 101, 102 and 301, plus four courses from the following list (no more than one course per department): ART 113; COM 110; ECN 201; ENG 260 or 261; HST 104, 105, 180A or 228; POL 101; REL 107; and SOA 101.
  3. Advanced electives: eight credits. Each student must take two courses from the following list (no more than one course per department): ART 249 or 250; ENG 361, 362 or 366; HST 208, 277, 323, 325, 326 or 436; POL 231, 325 or 336; and SOA 241 or 380A; or other approved (with substantial American content) topics courses (e.g., African American literature or religion, Native-American literature, etc.) AMS independent study or practicum subject to approval of the AMS coordinator.

 

Alma College students have the ability to design their own area of academic concentration, with the assistance of a faculty advisor, to meet specific educational or career goals. In recent years, students have graduated with Programs of Emphasis majors in such fields as arts management, archaeology and anthropology, environmental policy and community advocacy, Foreign Service and international law, and music technology and digital media.

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Graduate Profile

Andrea Miller
Graduation: 2006
Major: History
Minor: American Studies

Andrea Miller hopes her American Studies minor coupled with a history major will lead her to a career in museum work or work at a national historic site.

“American Studies allowed me to get the chance to take a variety of classes and see how each class fit nicely with other classes I was taking at the time,” the 2006 graduate says. “It gave me a great base for my major, as well as a liberal arts education in general.”

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