In keeping with Loyola's commitment to liberal education and broadening opportunities for students to study and understand the rich diversity of a multicultural America, a minor in American studies seeks to help students integrate their work in many different courses. Be it history, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, or sociology, all the courses in the minor focus on some aspect of the experience of living and working in America.
The minor also provides students with an understanding of the various aspects of American culture. Further, the minor familiarizes students with the various perspectives that different disciplines bring to the study of American life and culture and helps them develop a methodology for studying the United States of America.