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| American Studies | |
| AMST 1559 | New Course in American Studies (1.00 - 4.00) |
| New Course in the subject of American Studies | |
| AMST 2001 | Formations of American Cultural Studies (3.00) |
| This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of cultural studies. We will engage critical-theoretical debates on important keywords of society (including nation, race, gender and class) and map the social formations of the US and beyond. In lectures and discussions, this class will explore culture in its many forms, including everyday life, historical memory, and literary and political imaginaries. | |
| AMST 2100 | Introduction to Asian American Studies (3.00) |
| An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture and history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America. Examines ethnic communities such as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Native Hawaiian, through themes such as immigration, labor, cultural production, war, assimilation, and politics. Texts are drawn from genres such as legal cases, short fiction, musicals, documentaries, visual art, and drama. | |
| AMST 2210 | Arts of the Harlem Renaissance (3.00) |
| Studies the literature, painting, photography and prints produced by New York artists based in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, and examines their relation to concurrent social, cultural, and aesthetic issues. | |
| AMST 2220 | Race, Identity and American Visual Culture (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Surveys popular visual material (advertisements, cartoons, films, paintings and photographs) and its representation of race in the united States from 1850 to 1950. |
| AMST 2300 | Introduction to U.S. Latino Studies (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A small lecture course (35) AMST 2300 offers students close study and analysis of significant texts or cultural artifacts that are printed, visual, oral or musical representing the perspective and contributions of the main Latino populations in the United States. These works include, but are not limited to, cultural manifestations from Puerto Rican, Chicano, Dominican, Central American and Cuban American origin. |
| AMST 2500 | Major Works for American Studies (3.00) |
| Topics vary according to instructor. The goal of the course is to introduce students to interdisciplinary work in American Studies by juxtaposing works across disciplinary boundaries and from different methodological perspectives. | |
| AMST 2559 | New Course in American Studies (1.00 - 4.00) |
| New Course in subject of American Studies. | |
| AMST 2753 | Arts and Cultures of the Slave South (4.00) |
| This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts- architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture- it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities. | |
| AMST 3001 | Theories and Methods of American Studies (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This seminar course will introduce majors to various theories and methods for the practice of American Studies. The three goals of the seminars are (1) to make students aware of their own interpretive practices; (2) to equip them with information and conceptual tools they will need for advanced work in American Studies; and (3) to provide them with comparative approaches to the study of various aspects of the United States. Prerequisites: American Studies Major |
| AMST 3180 | Introduction to Asian American Studies (3.00) |
| An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture and history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America. Examines ethnic communities such as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Native Hawaiian, through themes such as immigration, labor, cultural production, war, assimilation, and politics. Texts are drawn from genres such as legal cases, short fiction, musicals, documentaries, visual art, and drama. | |
| AMST 3250 | MotherLands: Landscapes of Hunger, Futures of Plenty (3.00) |
| This course explores the legacy of the "hidden wounds" left upon the landscape by plantation slavery along with the visionary work of ecofeminist scholars and activists daring to imagine an alternative future. Readings, guest lectures, and field trips illumine the ways in which gender, race, and power are encoded in historical, cultural, and physical landscapes associated with planting/extraction regimes such as tobacco, mining, sugar, and corn. | |
| AMST 3491 | Rural Poverty in Our Time (3.00) |
| This course will use an interdisciplinary format and document based approach to explore the history of non-urban poverty in the US South from the 1930s to the present. Weaving together the social histories of poor people, the political history of poverty policies, and the history of representations of poverty, the course follows historical cycles of attention and neglect during the Great Depression, the War on Poverty, and the present. | |
| AMST 3559 | New Course in American Studies (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | New Course in the subject of American Studies |
| AMST 4500 | Fourth-Year Seminar in American Studies (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This seminar is intended to focus study, research, and discussion on a single period, topic, or issue, such as the Great Awakening, the Civil War, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, or the 1960s. Topics vary. |
| AMST 4559 | New Course in American Studies (1.00 - 4.00) |
| New Course in the subject of American Studies. | |
| AMST 4893 | Independent Study in Asian Pacific American Studies (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | An elective course for students in the Asian Pacific American Studies minor. Students will work with an APAS core faculty member to support the student's own research. Topics vary, and must be approved by the APAS Director. |
| AMST 4993 | Independent Study (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | An elective course for American Studies majors who have completed AMST 3001-3002. Students will work with an American Studies faculty member to support the student's own research. Topics vary, and must be approved by the Program Director. Prerequisite: AMST 3001, 3002. |
| AMST 4999 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Seminar (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This workshop is for American Studies majors who have been admitted to the DMP program. Students will discuss the progress of their own and each other's papers, with particular attention to the research and writing processes. At the instructor's discretion, students will also read key works in the field of American Studies. Prerequisites: admission to DMP. |