American Studies - Course of Study

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American Studies

AS 201 The American Intellectual Tradition
AS 300 Independent Research Project
AS 361 The American Civil War: Myth and Reality
AS 383 America in the 1930s: A Decade of Change
AS 389 Literature and Religion: The American Experience

English

EN 122 The Frontier in American Literature
EN 125 American Drama
EN 263 African American Women Writers
EN 264 African American Fiction 1940 to 1980
EN 265 Contemporary African American Fiction
EN 281 Native American Literature
EN 284 American Women Writers of Color
EN 332 American Romanticism
EN 333 American Realism and Naturalism
EN 334 American Modernism
EN 335 Contemporary American Literature & Culture
EN 374 The Women Question: Early Feminism & 19th-Century Transatlantic Literature

History

HI 232 Jefferson's America: 1760 to 1850
HI 237 The American Prophetic Tradition
HI 238 The United States, 1850 to 1900
HI 239 20th-Century United States
HI 240 The Personal is Political: Women's Activism in the 1960's
HI 241 Examining the Sixties: History, Art, and Legacy
HI 243 American Constitutional and Legal History I, 1776 to 1900
HI 244 American Constitutional and Legal History II, 1900 to Present
HI 245 Feminism in the United States
HI 246 Excellent Women, Deviant Women: The Female Experience
HI 250 America Enters the World: United States Foreign Relations, 1763 to 1900
HI 251 The American Century: The United States and the World since 1900
HI 253 Colonial America, 1584 to 1760
HI 257 Who Built America? Working People in American History
HI 260 American Indian History
HI 262 African-American History, 1619 to 1865
HI 263 Inventing Themselves: African-American Women in U.S. History
HI 264 African-American History, 1865 to Present
HI 331 Era of the American Revolution, 1763 to 1800
HI 342 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in U.S. History
HI 348 Social Movements in 20th-Century U.S. History: The 1960's
HI 356 History of the Cold War
HI 362 The Frontier: A Green History of North America

Philosophy

PH 283 Ethical Theories in America
PH 294 American Philosophy

Politics

PO 118 American Political Thought
PO 119 Sex, Sexuality and Gender
PO 150 Urban Politics
PO 151 Politics of the immigrant: The Irish Catholic and the East European Jewish Communities
PO 155 Public Administration
PO 161 The American Presidency
PO 162 United States Congress
PO 163 Supreme Court I
PO 164 Supreme Court II
PO 165 Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Public Opinion
PO 166 American Public Policy
PO 167 Media and Politics
PO 168 Politics of Mass Popular Culture

Religious Studies

RS 238 American Catholic Theologians
RS 241 Sociology of Religion
RS 242 Jews and Judaism in America
RS 281 Religious Values and Public Policy
RS 293 Non-Traditional American Churches
RS 295 Non-Traditional American Religious Groups

Sociology

SO 112 American Society
SO 142 Sociology of the Family
SO 151 Sociology of Religion
SO 161 American Class Structure
SO 162 Race, Gender, and Ethnic Relations
SO 163 Urban/Suburban Sociology
SO 166 Feminism, Gender, and Everyday Life
SO 169 Women: Work and Sport
SO 171 Criminology
SO 175 Sociology of Law
SO 179 Death Penalty in America

Visual and Performing Arts

AH 161 American Architecture (H)
AH 163 American Art: Colonial to Civil War (H)
AH 164 American Art: Civil War to Civil Rights (1860 to 1960) (H)
AH 165 The Black Experience: African-American Art and Criticism in the 20th Century (H)
FM 102 American Films: Decades (H)
MU 101 The History of Jazz (H)
MU 102 The History and Development of Rock (H)
MU 111 The Life and Music of George Gershwin (H)
MU 120 The History of American Song (H)
MU 201 Critical Issues in American Popular Music: Blues to Hip Hop (H)
TA 120 American Drama (H)
TA 241 Examining the Sixties: History, Art, and Legacy (H)