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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; discussion-2 hours. Prerequisite:course 1. Interdisciplinary examination of the significance of race in the making of America; how race shapes culture, identities and social processes in the United States; the interweaving of race with gender, class and nationhood in self and community. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt.-II. (II.) Wang
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours, discussion-1 hour. Animals assymbols in American thought, as found in folklore, popular culture, literature, and art; customs and stories around human-animal interactions, including hunting, religion, foodways, pets, zoos, circuses, rodeos, theme parks, and scientific research on animals. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt.-III. Mechling
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Technocultural Studies 1 and either course 1A or 5. The history and analysis of the relationships between human bodies and technologies in modern society. Dominant and eccentric examples of how human bodies and technologies influence one another and reveal underlying cultural assumptions. (Same course as Technocultural Studies 158.) GE credit: ArtHum.-I, III. de la Pena
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4.00 Credits
Seminar-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: open to junior and senior American Studies majors only. Intensive reading, discussion, research, and writing by small groups in selected topics of American Studies scholarship; emphasis on theory and its application to American material. Limited enrollment. May be repeated once for credit when content differs.-II, III. (II, III.)
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4.00 Credits
Seminar-2 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite: senior standing in American Studies major. Research and prospectus writing for senior thesis.-I. (I.) Sze
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4.00 Credits
Independent study-12 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing in American Studies major and course 190A. In consultation with advisor, student writes an extended research paper on a topic proposed in course 190A.-I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Internship-1-12 hours. Prerequisite: enrollment dependent on availability of intern positions, with priority to American Studies majors. Supervised internship and study within and about key organizations in American civilization at archives, museums, schools, historical societies, governmental and social agencies, etc., with attention to the techniques of participant observation and the collection of ethnographical data. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 units. (P/ NP grading only.)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Tutorial-1-5 hours. Prerequisite: consent of Chairperson of American Studies Program. Tutoring in lower division American Studies courses, usually in small discussion groups. Periodic meetings with the instructor in charge; reports and readings. May be repeated for credit when the tutoring is for a different course. (P/NP grading only.)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and chairperson of American Studies Program. (P/NP grading only.)
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