American Studies Courses

Course Descriptions and Schedule

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Fall 2008 Time and Room Schedule

List of Spring 2010 Course Offerings Approved for the Minor

AMST 444B H01 Honors/New Orleans: Place and Meaning, W. Ross

AMST 503.01/02 Introduction to Native American Studies, M. Howey

AMST 795.01 Independent Study, Staff, Hours Arranged (See Cait Vaughan for details)

ANTH 500.A01/A02 Peoples & Cultures of North America, M. Howey

CMN 455 (all sections) Introduction to Media Studies, J. Meyrowitz

CMN 456.01/02 Propaganda and Persuasion, M. Deem

CMN 567.01-03 Gender, Race, Class in Media, C. Conaway

CMN 597.01/02 Special Topic/Rhetorics of Pop Culture, J. Borda

CMN 600 (all sections) Public Speaking as a Civic Art, M. Jackson/J. Borda

COMM 401 (all sections) American Sign Language I, Staff

COMM 402 (all sections) American Sign Language II, K. Fleece

ECON 698A.01 Consumption, M. Herold

ECON 798.B01 Seminar/US Economic History, R. England

ENGL 444G.H01 Honors/ Ethnic Literature in America, M. Chiu

ENGL 515 (all sections) Survey of American Literature, Staff

ENGL 516 (all sections) Survey of American Literature, Staff

ENGL 610.01 New England Culture in Changing Times, D. Watters

ENGL 741.01 Literature of Early America, B. Bailey

ENGL 787.01 Seminar/African American Experiences: "Songs of Slavery," R. Wilburn

HIST 405 (all sections) History of Early America, J. Bolster

HIST 406 (all sections) History of the Modern US, Staff

HIST 506.01 African American History, J. Harris

HIST 509.01 Law in American Life, L. Salyer

HIST 600.01 Advanced Explorations: History of Medicine in US, M. Dorsey

HIST 603.01 European Conquest of America, C. VanZandt

HIST 616.01 US Since WWII, Staff

HIST 620.01 Foreign Relations of the US, K. Dorsey

HIST 623.01 Early American Society & Cultural History, E. Andrews

EDUC 717.01 Growing Up Male in America, T. Churchard

HUMA 592.02 Special Topic/American Mythology, W. Brown

MUSI 511.01 Survey of Music in America, L. Dobbins

POLT 402. (all sections) Introduction to American Government, Staff

POLT 403.01 United States in World Affairs, M. Malone

POLT 403.02 United States in World Affairs, M. Malone

POLT 507. 01 Politics of Crime and Justice, S. Siggelakis

POLT 513.01 Civil Rights and Liberties, R. Aliano

POLT 521.01 Rights and Political Community, J. Kayser

POLT 522.01 Dissent and Political Community, J. Kayser

POLT 787B.01 Seminar/ American Federalism, T. Andrews

POLT 797E.01 Seminar/American Foreign Policy, L. Ingram

POLT 798F.01 Seminar/Law, Justice & The Founding, R. Aliano

PSYC 791.E01 Advanced Topics/Madness in America, B. Harris

RMP 511.01 Issues in Wilderness, Nature in American Society, J. Carroll

THDA 450.01 History of Musical Theater in America, M. Nesmith

WS 401 (all sections) Introduction to Women's Studies, Staff

WS 405.01 Gender, Power, and Privilege, Staff

WS 444c.H01 On the Roads to Equality, J. Stapleton