Experiences & Opportunities

1. Explore big issues.

Many of our majors—and minors—pursue College Honors or other research and creative projects. Some even present or perform their work at national and international conferences. 

2. Study with some of the leading thinkers in your field.

Knox offers you plenty of opportunities to begin exploring the world while still a student. Almost 50% of Knox students participate in off-campus study and consider their studies abroad to be the highlight of their college experiences. Knox offers several off-campus programs of particular interest to American Studies students:

• The Newberry Library Program in the Humanities offers semester-length and short-term academic sessions at the Newberry Library in Chicago, one of the nation's leading libraries for research in history.
• In the Washington Semester, students study government in action. A program seminar meets with public officials, political figures, lobbyists and others active in the federal government. Students also complete a research project, frequently based on the student's internship in a government agency.