American Studies Courses For a complete list of American Studies (AMST) courses, please visit the UConn Catalog website. Academic Year 2024-2025 American Studies Courses AMST 2276W 2276W. American Utopias and Dystopias Also offered as: ENGL 2276W 3.00 credits Prerequisites: Grading Basis: Graded Interdisciplinary approaches to American utopian and dystopian literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. CA 1.