1988-1989 Academic Catalog

158 Social Sciences and History American Studies The American studies major is designed to provide students with an understanding of American culture. An interdisciplinary major, the core curriculum involves coursework. in history, geog– raphy, political science, and literature. Electives are recom– mended in Bible, business, communication arts, music, and psychology. . . . . Course requirements mvolve sixty-two quarter hours mcludmg thirty-five hours of core requirements and twenty-seven hours of interdisciplinary electives. The core requirements include: HIST-111, 112 United States History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 GE0-250 Introduction to Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 GE0-251 World Regional Geography-Western Hemisphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 POLS-261 American National Government ............ 5 POLS-366 History of Political Thought in America . . . . . . 4 HIST-400 Research in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 LIT-337 Contemporary American Literature ............ 5 The interdisciplinary electives should be selected from two of the following discipline areas. These electives should be chosen in consultation with the American studies advisor and should reflect the particular interest of the student. Biblical Education BEPH-220 Introduction to Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BEPH-222 History of Modern Philosophy ............. 5 BEPH-226 Religion and Culture ..................... 5 BEPT-240 Evangelism ............................ 3 BEPH-423 Contemporary Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Business Administration ECON-231,232 Macro and Microeconomics ............ 8 MRKT-360 Principles of Marketing .................. 4 MRKT-366 Principles of Advertising ................. 4 ECON-313 Government and Business ................ 4 ECON-331 Money and Banking ..................... 4 ECON-334 History of Economic Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Communication Arts RTV-130 Introduction to Broadcasting ................ 3 RTV-232 Theories of Mass Media ................... 5 RTV-432 Mass Media Law and Regulation ............ 4 Language and Literature ENG-221 Principles of Journalism ................... 5 ENG-223 Advanced Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 LIT-234 Early American Literature .................. 5 LIT-235 American Romanticism .................... 5 LIT-236 American Realism and Naturalism ............ 5 ENG-322 Advanced Journalism ..................... 3 LIT-342 American Novel .......................... 5 Music HLMU-333 Music History III-Romantic and Modern ... 4 Psychology PYCH-160 General Psychology ..................... 5 PYCH-369 Social Psychology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Social Sciences and History All courses which stress an American context. American Studies Curriculum Summary Proficiency .................................... 0-8 Other General Education requirements ............. 58-80 American studies major requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Electives ................................... 50-72 (minimum, not including proficiency) 192 Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in American Studies First year: Second year: HIST-111 U.S. Hist.-1865 . . 5 GE0-250 Intro. Geography .. 2 HIST-112 U.S. Hist. 1865- . 5 GE0-251 Wld. Reg. Geog .. 4 ENG-110 Eng. Comp. I .... 5 POLS-261 Amer. Natl. Gov . S ENG-140 Eng. Comp. II ... S BETH-230 Theo. Survey ... S BEOT-101 O.T. Survey .... S BEPT-340 Bapt. Polity ..... 3 BENT-102 N. T. Survey ... 5 COM-110 Fund. Speech .... S PEF-199 P.A.C.L ........ 1 Literature elective ....... S P.E. elective . . . . . . . . . . 2 Biology sci. elective .... 10 GSS-100 Found. Soc. Sci ... 5 Bible electives ......... 6 HUM-140 Intro. 45 Humanities ........... 5 Math. elective . . . . . . . . . • 5 48 Third year: LIT-337 Cont. Amer. Lit ... 5 Interdis. electives . . . . . 43 48 Fourth year: HIST-400 Research Hist. . . . 5 POLS-469 His. Pol. Tht-Mod .............. 3 Interdis. electives ...... 43