American Studies
Advisor Susan Branson, 305 Tolley, 315-443-3133 branson@syr.edu.
Please Note: New students will not be accepted to the major in American Studies in 2009-2010.
This major, which leads to a B.A. degree in American studies, is based on interdisciplinary study of North American cultures. With the advisor’s approval, students develop a major around an area of specialization in American studies. Students might, for example, focus on the history of American thought; American imagination exemplified in religion, art, or literature; the relation of the United States to the rest of the world; ethnic pluralism in America; the history of women in America; or contemporary American society.