The American Studies major at UC invites students to interrogate what ‘America’ means through history, literature, popular culture, politics, and transnational perspectives. Flexible course clusters enable deep dives into themes such as technology, immigration, environment, or social movements.
Interactive timeline of U.S. environmental legislation mapped to wildfire data
Ethnographic study of fandom communities at San Diego Comic-Con
Digital archive of immigrant letters housed in the Bancroft Library
Podcast series on California utopian communities from the Gold Rush to Silicon Valley
Critical analysis of surveillance themes in post-9/11 American television
Policy white paper on voting-rights restoration for formerly incarcerated Californians
Virtual exhibition on Route 66 nostalgia and roadside architecture
GIS project tracing displacement patterns after urban renewal in San Francisco’s Fillmore District
Comparative study of national-park advertising and Indigenous land claims
Oral-history film on labor activism among Central Valley farmworkers
Text-analysis of presidential inaugural addresses for populist rhetoric
Augmented-reality walking tour of civil-rights landmarks in Los Angeles
Critical review of U.S. food-aid programs and global agricultural markets
Archival project on the Free Speech Movement’s graphic design
Examination of TikTok as platform for modern American political satire
Design of a K-12 curriculum on the Great Migration using GIS and primary sources
Musicological study of protest anthems from Vietnam to Black Lives Matter
Analysis of gendered marketing in post-war suburban appliance ads
Policy brief on sanctuary-city legislation outcomes in California
Film essay comparing Hollywood Westerns with contemporary border films
Decode the past, critique the present, and shape the narrative of America with UC’s American Studies program.
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