Advanced work in at least two other departments or programs allows each student to emphasize a period, a problem, or a subject tailored to his or her own individual education goals. Students have the option of writing a senior thesis within this emphasis. As an interdisciplinary program, American Studies provides a good liberal arts and sciences undergraduate education. American Studies maximizes a student's contact with a variety of subject matter and approaches. Graduates have moved into a broad range of career settings, including journalism, law, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, teaching, environmental planning, library science, museum curatorship, and business.
Some students discover new career possibilities through their internships in American institutions.
In consultation with an American Studies adviser, the student designs a program of 16 units of upper division course work around a unifying theme, period, or subject matter in American cultures. The course work should come from at least two disciplines or interdisciplinary programs. 20 Faculty Advisers. C. Blair, R. Frankenberg, J. Mechling, K. Ono. Teaching Credential Subject Representative.