Apr 10, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin [DRAFT] 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin [DRAFT]

HIS 2525 - The Americans: A Cultural History (3) [FAD] [GenEd: HS]


When Offered: Fall; Spring
Satisfies the Foundations of American Democracy (FAD) graduation requirement.
GEN ED: Historical Studies Designation; Intercultural Literacy​

A history of American cultural traditions, both formal and popular. The course focuses on cultural and social trends in American history, including the rise of a national culture via the development of distinctively American forms in art and literature, music and religion; social thought; and reform movements. It includes an examination of everyday life, popular entertainments and attitudes, and the impact of technological change on American culture.