AMST -- American Studies
 

AMST 418 Cultural Themes in America (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Examination of structure and development of American culture through themes such as "growing up American", "culture and mental disorders", "race", "ethnicity", "regionalism", "landscape", "humor".

AMST 428 American Cultural Eras (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Investigation of a decade, period, or generation as a case study in significant social change within an American context. Case studies include "Antebellum America, 1840-1860", "American culture in the Great Depression".

AMST 429 Perspectives on Popular Culture (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Topics in popular culture studies, including the examination of particular genres, themes, and issues.

AMST 432 Literature and American Society (3) Prerequisite: prior course in AMST, SOCY, American literature, or American history. Examination of the relationship between literature and society: including literature as cultural communication and the institutional framework governing its production, distribution, conservation and evaluation.

AMST 450 Seminar in American Studies (3) Prerequisite: nine hours prior coursework in American Studies, including AMST 201. Senior standing. For AMST majors only. Developments in theories and methods of American Studies scholarship, with emphasis upon interaction between the humanities and the social sciences in the process of cultural analysis and evaluation.

AMST 601 Introductory Seminar in American Studies (3)

AMST 602 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Bibliographic Instruction (3) Advanced instruction interdisciplinary research strategies, bibliography, and the structure of systems of scholarly communication in the fields and subfields of American Studies.

AMST 628 Seminar in American Studies (3)

AMST 629 Seminar in American Studies (3)

AMST 638 Orientation Seminar: Material Aspects of American Civilization (3) Class meets at the Smithsonian.

AMST 639 Reading Course in Selected Aspects of American Civilization (3) Class meets at the Smithsonian.

AMST 698 Directed Readings in American Studies (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to pursue independent, interdisciplinary research and reading in specific aspects of American culture under the supervision of a faculty member.

AMST 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)