AMSTUD courses at Stanford

61 AMSTUD courses in Stanford’s catalog, with ratings and hours per week from real student evaluations.

• AMSTUD 8J: American Sports Literature: Critical and Personal Perspectives (ENGLISH 8J)3 units · 4.4/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 18A: Introduction to Jazz History and Appreciation (AFRICAAM 18A)3 units · 4.3/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 51N: Suing for Freedom (HISTORY 51N)3 units · 4.7/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 51Q: Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity (COMPLIT 51Q, CSRE 51Q)4 units · 4.4/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 54N: The Inner Lives of Black Women (AFRICAAM 54N, CSRE 54N, FEMGEN 54N, HISTORY 54N)3 units · 4.7/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 55F: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1776 to 1876 (AMSTUD 155F, CSRE 55F, CSRE 155F, HISTORY 55F, HISTORY 155F)3-5 units · 4.7/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 68N: Mark Twain and American Culture (ENGLISH 68N)4 units · 4.6/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 73: Mexican Migration to the United States (AMSTUD 173, CHILATST 73, CHILATST 173, HISTORY 73, HISTORY 173)3-5 units · 4.4/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 90: Exploring Archives1 unit
• AMSTUD 99: American Studies Senior Colloquium2 units · 4.6/5 rating · 4 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 100: Introduction to Asian American Studies (ASNAMST 100)4 units · 4.7/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 100A: Decolonizing Methodologies: Introduction to Native American Studies (NATIVEAM 100)5 units · 4.2/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 100M: Introduction to Latinx Studies (CHILATST 100)5 units · 4.6/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 113N: The Foundations of American Popular Music: Present Day Implications (AFRICAAM 113N, MUSIC 113N)3 units · 4.4/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 115A: Introduction to Native American History5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 116A: The American Civil War: A Ghost Story (ARTHIST 116)4 units · 4.7/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 120: The Rise of Digital Culture (COMM 120W, COMM 220)4-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 124A: The American West (ARTHIST 152, ENGLISH 124, HISTORY 151, POLISCI 124A)5 units · 4.3/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 124L: The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America (COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 124L, POLISCI 324L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164)4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 126A: Introduction to Asian American Literature (ASNAMST 126E, ENGLISH 125A)3 units · 4.7/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 126Q: California Dreaming3 units · 4.7/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 128: The American Look: Fashion and American Culture5 units · 4.4/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 130: Culture Wars: US Religion and Politics Since 1920 (POLISCI 130T, RELIGST 130)4 units
• AMSTUD 139C: American Literature and Social Justice (ASNAMST 139C, CHILATST 139C, CSRE 139C, ENGLISH 139C, FEMGEN 139C)3 units · 4.6/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 145: Silicon Valley5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 145X: Moon Shots: Lunar Images in Modern and Contemporary America (FILMEDIA 145X)5 units
• AMSTUD 146: Working5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 147: Stanford and Its Worlds: 1885-present (EDUC 147, HISTORY 58E)3 units · 4.5/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 150: Introduction to English II: American Literature and Culture to 1855 (ENGLISH 11B)5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 150A: Colonial and Revolutionary America (HISTORY 150A, NATIVEAM 150A)5 units · 4.6/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 150B: Nineteenth Century America (AFRICAAM 150B, CSRE 150S, HISTORY 150B)5 units · 4.6/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 150C: The United States in the Twentieth Century (AFRICAAM 150C, HISTORY 150C)5 units · 4.6/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 151A: The 2026 US election: How to Understand and Participate (POLISCI 150, PUBLPOL 152, SOC 150, SOC 250)4 units
• AMSTUD 152: American Families5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 155F: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1776 to 1876 (AMSTUD 55F, CSRE 55F, CSRE 155F, HISTORY 55F, HISTORY 155F)3-5 units · 4.7/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 160: Perspectives on American Identity (ENGLISH 165)5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 161: The Politics of Sex: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Modern America (CSRE 162, FEMGEN 61, FEMGEN 161, HISTORY 61, HISTORY 161)3-5 units · 4.8/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 163A: Queer America: Art, Photography, and Politics (AMSTUD 363, ARTHIST 163, ARTHIST 363, FEMGEN 163, FEMGEN 363)5 units · 3.9/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 170C: Black, White, Jewish: The Racial Politics of Jewishness (AFRICAAM 170C, CSRE 170, JEWISHST 170)3-5 units
• AMSTUD 173: Mexican Migration to the United States (AMSTUD 73, CHILATST 73, CHILATST 173, HISTORY 73, HISTORY 173)3-5 units · 4.4/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 177: Contemporary Novel in U.S. Perspective (ENGLISH 177)5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 184: Race and Media (COMM 184, COMM 284, CSRE 185, CSRE 286)5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 185: American Studies Internship1-3 units
• AMSTUD 186D: Asian American Art (ARTHIST 186B, ASNAMST 186B)4 units · 4.2/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 195: Individual Work1-5 units
• AMSTUD 198: American Studies Pre-Honors Seminar1 unit · 4.4/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 199A: American Studies Honors Seminar1 unit · 4.1/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 199B: American Studies Honors Seminar1 unit · 4.4/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 200DE: Doing the History of Death and Disease (HISTORY 200DE)5 units · 4.7/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 201: History of Education in the United States (EDUC 201, HISTORY 258B)3-5 units · 4.8/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 246: Constructing Race and Religion in America (CSRE 246, HISTORY 256G, HISTORY 356G, RELIGST 246, RELIGST 346)4-5 units · 4.6/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 250: Senior Research1-10 units
• AMSTUD 252: Originalism and the American Constitution (HISTORY 252, HISTORY 352)5 units · 4.8/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 254F: Anti-Asian Violence in America: A History (ASNAMST 254, HISTORY 254F)5 units · 4.7/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 256C: 350 Years of America-China Relations (ASNAMST 256, EASTASN 256, HISTORY 256, HISTORY 356)4-5 units · 4.2/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 259C: The Civil Rights Movement in American History and Memory (HISTORY 259C, HISTORY 359C)4-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 263: The Religions and Cultures of Enslaved People in America (AFRICAAM 263C, RELIGST 263)3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 264: History of Prisons and Immigration Detention (CSRE 264, HISTORY 264, HISTORY 364)4-5 units · 4.4/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 274: Copyright, IP, and AI in Popular Music (AFRICAAM 274, MUSIC 214)3 units · 4.3/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 288: Putting It Together: The Art of Curating (ARTHIST 288, ARTHIST 488A)3-5 units · 3.6/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• AMSTUD 363: Queer America: Art, Photography, and Politics (AMSTUD 163A, ARTHIST 163, ARTHIST 363, FEMGEN 163, FEMGEN 363)5 units · 3.9/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk

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