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Degrees Awarded: MA Humanities/Religious Studies; MA Liberal Studies
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: in-state $742 per semester; out-of-state same, plus $246 per unit
Deadlines: Enrollment for Fall semester, June 1; for Spring semester, December 1
Financial Aid: Graduate fellowships, graduate equity fellowships
Program Specializations: Fine arts, popular culture, humanities.
Students wishing to concentrate in American Studies must enroll in one of two existing M.A. programs, the History-Humanities Program or the Graduate Program in Liberal Arts. The latter is administered by the Department of Humanities and Religious Studies and probably offers the most flexible means of obtaining an M.A. with a concentration in American Studies. The Graduate Program in Liberal Arts allows students to design most of their own program and permits them to take graduate seminars in several relevant areas, including graduate offerings in English, History, Sociology, and Humanities.
American Studies Faculty
DONATH, Jackie (PhD, Bowling Green State Univ., 1986) Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies; popular culture in America, minority studies
BUCKMAN, Alyson R. (PhD, Purdue Univ., 1999) Assistant Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies; contemporary American culture, including gender studies, science fiction and fantasy, multicultural studies, and literature
Humanities Program: Concentration in American Studies
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6083
Phone: 916/278-6444
Fax: 916/2785895
E-mail:
http://www.csus.edu/hum
Chair/Director: Jackie Donath
California State University, Sacramento
Graduate Admissions
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6112
916-278-6470
e-mail:
http://www.csus.edu/rgs/gradstud/gradctr.html
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