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American Studies (AMST) AMST 2103 Introduction to American Studies (DH)

AMST 3473 Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in American Film (D) Description: A survey of race, gender, and ethnicity as they have been represented in American films. Same course as ENGL 3473. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity AMST 3503 Television & American Soc (DH) Description: Examination of television within the social and cultural context of the US. Looks at the aesthetic and industrial practices that shape representation on TV and the effects of those practices, particularly for socially disempowered groups. Same course as ENGL 3503. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity, Humanities AMST 3513 Film And American Society (H) Description: Examination of the US film in its social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Topics may include the history of US film production, distribution and consumption; Hollywood film genres; independent cinema; the star system; and/or representations of historical events, political issues, or social groups in US film. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities AMST 3550 The Arts and American Society Description: Interdisciplinary study of major figures, trends, themes, periods, and modes of representation in American thought and cultural expression. Emphasis on the relationship between the arts and social, political, and historical context. Examples include Realism, American Modernism, Regionalism, American Postmodernism, the City and the Country, the Other, Nationalism, Time, and Space. Topics vary by semester. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Description: Introduction, via topical case studies, to some of the major themes, methods and materials used in the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity, Humanities AMST 3223 Theories and Methods of American Studies Description: In-depth introduction to the history, theories and methods of analysis used in American Studies scholarship. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science AMST 3253 Globalization and American Culture (H)

Description: Transmission, reception, and influence of American culture in one or more of the following: Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East. The cultural history of globalization and American culture. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities AMST 3333 Crime, Law and American Culture (S) Description: Study of crime, law and the legal system from a cultural perspective. Examine how race, gender, and social class play different roles in issues related to crime, law and the legal system. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences AMST 3423 American Popular Culture (H) Description: History of American popular culture and its role in shaping social behaviors, beliefs, and relations, especially as regards issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and social power. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science AMST 3653 The Body in American Culture (DH)

Description: The body and its impact on American culture examined through a survey of diverse cultural productions and social practices. Examine the intersections of ideas of embodiment with discourse of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and nationalism. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity, Humanities