BA in American Studies

University of New Mexico

The American Studies major at the University of New Mexico offers undergraduate students unparalleled flexibility in designing a course of study of their own choice, one that draws on a curriculum of remarkable breadth and taught by a faculty of national prominence. In no other department on campus can a student find such a wide exposure to so many areas in cultural, political and environmental studies.The large faculty in American Studies offer courses in six major areas-Transnationalism and GlobalizationCritical Regionalism and Southwest StudiesCritical Race and Class StudiesEnvironmental and Social Justice Gender, Sexuality and Feminist StudiesComparative Cultural and Popular Culture Studies.These areas of emphasis offer undergraduate students intense and rigorous introduction to American studies from a critical and fascinating vantage point.

College of Arts and Sciences