The Master of Arts in American Studies program is interdisciplinary, requiring graduate students to integrate knowledge from the humanities and social sciences. Particular areas of faculty specialization within the department include: gender and sexuality; race, class and ethnicity; literature, film, art and architecture as cultural expression; American regions; popular culture; nature and culture; cultural radicalism; ethnography; and globalization of American culture.
Degree Requirements
Required (6 units)
AMST 501 - Theory and Methods (3)
AMST 502T - Seminar: Selected Topics (3) (May be repeated for credit with different topic)
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September 2025
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
800 N. State College Blvd.,
FULLERTON,
California,
92831, United States
Applicants must: (1) hold a bachelor’s degree with a major, or its equivalent, in American Studies or in an appropriate discipline of the humanities or social sciences; (2) have a grade-point average of at least 3.2 in upper-division major courses; and (3) submit two satisfactory letters of recommendation from instructors in upper-division major courses.
TOEFL: 550 or 80 iBT
IELTS: 6.5
PTE: 58
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Students at Cal State Fullerton receive a multidisciplinary education which fosters and emboldens critical thinking, creativity, and innovation.
