An AMCS Major requires a total of 27 credits:

1. Twelve credits from general, cross-listed courses (including at least six at the 300 or 400 level). Courses must be home-based in four different departments or programs (i.e., history, anthropology, philosophy, film and media studies, urban studies, etc.), and only one course may count toward the student's other major.
   
2. Six credits of multidisciplinary coursework. These courses are those approved by AmCS that are either team-taught or because of their subject and methodology, meet our standards of examining their curricular topic through multiple disciplines or approaches.
   
3. Six credits of engaged study. Each form of engaged study must be pre-approved by the AmCS academic coordinator. In AmCS, engaged study includes the following:
   1. Individual Projects;
   2. Archival Projects;
   3. Collaborative research Initiatives;
   4. Directed Fieldwork.


4. Three credits or the capstone course, AmCS 475, American Culture: Traditions, Methods, Visions.

An AMCS Minor requires a total of 15 units:

1. Twelve credits from general, cross-listed courses (including at least six at the 300 or 400 level). These courses must be home-based in four different departments or programs (i.e., history, anthropology, philosophy, film and media studies, urban studies, etc.), and only one course may count toward the student's other major.
   
2. Three credits of multidisciplinary coursework. These courses are those approved by AmCS that are either team-taught or because of their subject and methodology, meet our standards of examining their curricular topic through multiple disciplines or approaches. Minors are encouraged to take the capstone course, AMCS 475, to meet their multidisciplinary requirement.