美国研究是一个涉及美国研究的跨学科领域。传统上它包括对历史，文学和批判理论的研究，但也包括法律，艺术，媒体，电影，宗教研究，城市研究，妇女研究，性别研究，人类学，社会学，同志研究，非洲美国研究，奇卡诺研究，亚裔美国人研究，美洲印第安人研究，美国外交政策和文化以及其他领域。我们的美国研究计划着重于通过对文化文本的形式和现象学分析来理解历史事件，社会问题和制度以及人们。我们从几个角度考察了民族文化和无数次文化以及边疆和流散文化的发展和表现。通过基础讲座课程，核心研讨会，美国研究课程以及相关学科（文学，历史，艺
American Studies is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban studies, women's studies, gender studies, anthropology, sociology, queer studies, African American studies, Chicano studies, Asian American studies, American Indian studies, foreign policy and culture of the United States, among other fields. Our American Studies program focuses on understanding historical events, social issues and institutions, and people through the formal and phenomenological analyses of cultural texts. We examine, from several perspectives, the development and expressions of a national culture and myriad subcultures, as well as borderland and diasporic cultures. By means of a combination of foundational lecture courses, core seminars, American Studies courses, and courses from relevant disciplines (literature, history, the arts, and the social or behavioral sciences), students in the American Studies program explore diverse aspects of the American experience locally, nationally, and globally.