"No man is an island," said John Donne, and neither is a country. To fully understand and appreciate the United States in all its diversity, we must place it in the context of the hemisphere. American cultures is designed to take up this challenge by exploring the roots and routes of people living in the Americas. Take this opportunity to engage with the immense variety of cultures, histories, languages, geographies, and societies that make us unique.

While rooted in U.S. history, literature, and culture, Cultures of the Americas makes a concerted effort to reflect the diversity of North and South America. Come travel with us to Pennsylvania, California, New York, South Carolina, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Jamaica, Belize, Peru, Canada, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, and Washington, D.C. Share our related experiences, literatures, histories through workshops, readings, speakers, and visits to various global and local sites.

The Office of Undergraduate Studies recently profiled our program for The Advisor, its semiannual newsletter, focusing on the new 3-credit course created for the First-Year Spring semester.