Learning Goals & Outcomes

Bachelor of Arts in American Studies

  1. Analyze American society and culture through the concepts and methods of a least four different fields of study
  2. Identify and understand the role that the following four dimensions have played in shaping American society and culture: power and responsibility; identity; the natural and human-made environment; cultural and social expression
  3. Synthesize and communicate connections among both the fields of study and the shaping dimensions
  4. Identify and assess the distinctive role of the United States in an international and an intercultural context

Updated: February 2018

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