North America Concentration
Only open to international, International Studies majors.
15 credit hours of courses are required, with a minimum of 12 hours at 300 level or above. Courses must come from at least two disciplinary areas:
- AFN 130 - African American Studies
- AMS 200 - Introduction to American Studies
- AMS 491 - Directed Individual Study
- ANT 305 - North American Indians
- ARH 309 - American Art
- COM 160 - Engaging Contemporary Media
- COM 258 - Rhetoric of Popular Culture
- COM 265 - Communication Media
- COM 272 - Introduction to Organizational Communication
- COM 326 - Communication and the Family
- COM 346 - Interracial Communication
- COM 350 - Politics and Film
- COM 351 - Media and Politics
- COM 358 - Diversity in Public Communication
- COM 458 - Rhetoric of Faith Healing
- COM 465 - Media, Cultures, and Society
- CRM 307 - Police in Society
- CRM 320 - Criminal Courts
- ENG 223 - American Literature to 1870
- ENG 224 - American Literature Since 1870
- ENG 230 - Women In Literature
- ENG 232 - African American Literature
- ENG 344 - Latino Voices in American Literature
- ENG 350 - American Romanticism
- ENG 351 - American Realism
- ENG 352 - American Modernism
- ENG 353 - Southern American Literature
- ENG 354 - North Carolina Writers
- ENG 355 - American Multicultural Literature
- ENG 356 - American Indian Literatures
- ENG 357 - African American Literary Tradition to 1945
- ENG 358 - African American Literary Tradition Since 1945
- FST 376 - American Cinema 1927-1960
- FST 377 - American Cinema Since 1961
- GGY 346 - The Geography of U.S. Race Relations
- GGY 382 - Regional Geography of the United States
- GER 332 - Germans and the New World
- HST 105 - United States to 1865
- HST 106 - United States from 1865 to Present
- HST 204 - Women in Modern America
- HST 209 - African-American History
- HST 250 - North Carolina Indians
- HST 280 - The History of Surfing
- HST 330 - Womanhood in America: Family, Work and Community Life
- HST 331 - American Urban History
- HST 332 - American Environmental History
- HST 333 - American Social History
- HST 335 - Hollywood and American Society
- HST 336 - American Indian History to 1900
- HST 337 - American Indian History after 1900
- HST 339 - Economic History of the United States
- HST 340 - Race, Gender, and Citizenship
- HST 341 - North Carolina 1524 to 1835
- HST 342 - North Carolina 1835 To Present
- HST 343 - Wilmington: A Study in Development
- HST 345 - Religion in Antebellum America
- HST 346 - The Old South
- HST 347 - The New South
- HST 348 - History of the American West
- HST 351 - Religion in Early America
- HST 352 - Colonial History of the U.S.
- HST 353 - The American Revolution and Formation of the United States
- HST 354 - The Antebellum U.S.
- HST 355 - Civil War and Reconstruction
- HST 356 - Robber Barons and Reformers: the U.S. from 1877 to 1917
- HST 357 - The United States from World War I through World War II
- HST 358 - The United States Since 1945
- HST 359 - Religious Reform in Modern America
- INT 200 - Global Capitalism and its Discontents
- INT 367 - America through Foreign Eyes
- INT 491 - Directed Individual Study
- MUS 116 - History of Jazz
- MUS 117 - American Music
- MUS 118 - History of Rock
- PAR 350 - Native American Religious Traditions
- PAR 351 - Religion in Early America
- PAR 352 - Religion in Antebellum America
- PAR 353 - Religious Reform in Modern America
- PAR 355 - Southern Religion
- PAR 377 - Afro-American Religion
- PLS 101 - American National Government
- PLS 202 - Contemporary American Political Issues
- PLS 203 - Religion and Politics in the United States
- PLS 204 - Judicial Politics
- PLS 205 - Campaign and Elections
- PLS 304 - Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
- PLS 305 - The Constitution and the Criminal Justice System
- PLS 307 - The American Legislature
- PLS 308 - Public Administration
- PLS 309 - The American Chief Executive
- PLS 340 - Blacks in American Politics
- PLS 341 - Latino Politics
- PLS 342 - Race and Politics in the Americas
- PLS 350 - State Government and Politics
- PLS 351 - Urban Government and Politics
- PLS 352 - American Political Culture
- PLS 353 - American Parties and Interest Groups
- PLS 406 - Contemporary Southern Politics
- PLS 415 - American Political Thought
- PLS 422 - Contemporary American Foreign Policy
- PLS 423 - National Security Policy
- SOC 250 - Issues in Social Justice
- SOC 303 - Media and Society
- SOC 304 - Popular Culture
- SOC 315 - Urban Sociology
- SOC 320 - Rural Sociology
- SOC 325 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations
- SPN 323 - Introduction to US Latino Literature and Culture
- WGS 210 - Introduction to Women's Studies
Please Note:
- Study Abroad courses often fulfill concentration requirements.
- INT 480, 491, 495, 498, and 499 -- depending on the topic -- may fulfill concentration requirements.
- Some courses have prerequisites or co-requisites.
