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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course studies the American comic strip and comic book, and will consider these forms in both aesthetic and historical/cultural contexts. The course will attempt to uncover the aesthetic principles of the comics. In this regard, comics will be treated like any artistic work. The course will also consider comics as reflections of the culture which produced them. Since their emergence in the 1930s, comic books have been attacked by educators, librarians, and parents. These public outcries and the comics themselves serve as unique entry points into the American psyche. In the 30s and 40s protesters argued that comics harmed children's eyesight and kept them from "real" literature. In the 1950s, comics were vilified as leading to juvenile delinquency. In the 1960s so called "underground comix" glorified the burgeoning drug culture. The course will look at these comics, as well as the newspaper editorials, senate reports, and psychological studies that followed them. By examining what children were reading and what parents tried to keep children from reading, the course will try to learn something about what America was at these periods and what America wished to be. Comics' emergence as a uniquely American art form is a window into America itself. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER-Amer Literature, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Focusing on the North American continent and especially that part which became the United States, The American Environment explores the interaction of human beings and the natural world. Set in a broadly historical framework, the course examines art, literature, material culture, historic sites and the land itself with a goal of answering questions about the role of the natural world in the creation of America. The theme is the relationship between people and the natural world beyond them -- how they have used it, shaped it, thought about it, exploited or preserved it. Beginning with America before 1492, it traces the history of the human relationship with the environment, how humans have thought about the natural world, and how that relationship and thinking have changed over time. It examines the many transformations -- cultural, intellectual/religious, economic, political and technological -- that have given rise to the era when environmental concerns have emerged as critical. Students will read some of the classic environmental authors such as George Perkins Marsh, Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, and Gifford Pinchot as well as participate in at least one field trip. Traditional approaches to American life have tended to take notice of the natural world as a central fact of all human activity -- as both the setting for and the receiver of whatever humans do; not merely the stage; it is intimately a major actor in the grand drama of human experience, a central force in every aspect of life and one that is ignored at the peril of distorting out understanding. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA
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An assessment of the unique experience and contributions of African Americans to politics, religion, the arts, science, and history. The course will identify and analyze selected myths, issues, and challenges faced daily by African Americans in their struggle for dignity, self-determination, and justice. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MN-AFR AMR STD-Hum & Culture, MN-AFR AMR STD-Hist & Pol Tht, MJ-AMER- African-Amer Studies
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The American Dream has long been a central feature of America's cultural understanding. For generations, Americans old and new have held fast to the belief that this was the land of opportunity, that upward mobility was available to everyone, and that hard work, ability, and maybe a little luck were all that were needed to ensure material success. This course seeks to combine historical, literary, art historical, and other approaches to exploring the American Dream. Along the way we will gain insight into crucial questions for today: What are some of the constraints faced by people seeking to make better lives for themselves Whose work makes possible the material success of those living the American Dream Can we envision a society in which success and personal fulfillment are available to all 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department
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0.00 - 5.00 Credits
Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study. 0.000 TO 5.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 5.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
What is going on inside contemporary America In New England In California In the rural heartland The central concern of this course is the politics, economics, and social life of the American states and regions. The states are the building blocks of American federalism and are significant policy-making arenas. Students will write a significant term paper and participate in a seminar-like format. Special attention will be devoted to the domestic impact of the changing global order and the politics of economic growth versus environmental protection. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER-Amer. Regionalism, MJ-AMER-Advanced Cat Elective, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA
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Technology has had a profound influence on the formation of modern American culture. This course explores the different, and often contested, meanings technology has had for people living between the dawn of the industrial age and the present. The course draws on a variety of sources, including fiction, poetry, painting, and photography. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer Thought & Value, MJ-AMER-Advanced Cat Elective, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA, TS-Sch Core- SCP Category
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An examination of the Holocaust as viewed by the media. Over the last 20 years, films and television have increasingly dealt with the Holocaust and other genocides. This course will study the Holocaust, its place in history, and its impact on contemporary life and culture as represented in the media. Within this context, it will delve into the relationship between "Hollywood" and the global cinema. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer Thought & Value, MJ-AMER-Advanced Cat Elective, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA
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