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  • AMST 356: Special Topics in Community and Diversity

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in community and diversity in American culture. Topic to be announced each semester offered. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor. Notes: Course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of six credits when topic varies, with permission of the department.
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  • AMST 358: Special Topics in Education, Policy and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in education, policy and culture in the American context. Topic to be announced each semester offered. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor. Notes: Course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of six credits when topic varies, with permission of the department.
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  • AMST 359: Issues in American Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in American culture and society. Topic to be selected each semester offered. Intended for students at the junior/senior level. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor. Notes: Course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of six credits when topic varies, with permission of the department.
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  • AMST 372: American Food

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    This course examines the American food chain, from field to factory to family dinner table. Our approach will be interdisciplinary and because we are part of an international food network, cross-cultural. Topics include the history and ecology of agriculture and food production; the technological, nutritional and economic aspects of food processing and marketing; the history and ethnography of food habits, both mainstream and subcultural; health, safety and aesthetic trends in food consumption. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor.
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  • AMST 374: Things to Come: Perspectives on the Future

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP: N/A. GFR: Meets AH. An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of future studies, this course will examine how the future has been represented in various media and forums: e.g. speculative fiction and film, world's fairs, utopian communities, government planning, policy analysis, etc. After analyzing what others have predicted, students will construct their own scenarios for the future. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor.
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  • AMST 380: Community in America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: Meets AH. A consideration of the concept of community in America, examining dimensions of place, social structure and cultural identity. Changing forms of community - rural, small town, urban- provide the framework for the course, with primary emphasis upon the role of community in American life. The course draws upon examples from the Baltimore metropolitan area and employs community studies from a range of fields. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor.
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  • AMST 382: Perspectives on the Family

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: Meets AH. An investigation of family life in America in various historical periods and among different subgroups. Three themes or questions dominate the course: the relationship of the family to the social context within which it exists; the nature and cause of different forms of family life within various American subcultures, past and present; and the extent to which the family has changed and not changed during several centuries. Specific families examined include the colonial New England family, the 19th-century urban middle class, the ethnic family, the black family and the contemporary family. Within each of these types of family experience, specific topics to be investigated include the role of women, relationships between women and men, attitudes toward children, modes of child-rearing, housing styles and others. As part of the course, students examine their own family history. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor. Notes: Also listed as GWST 382.
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  • AMST 384: Perspectives on Childhood and Adolescence

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: Meets SS. Attitudes toward children and childhood as a stage of life are historically contingent phenomena: They are shaped by the social context within which they exist. This course examines attitudes toward children and children as a social group within various historical settings and among different subcultures in America. We will attempt to understand why these variations occur and how they make sense within our own particular setting. As part of this course, students are encouraged to think critically about their own experience of and attitudes toward childhood. Prerequisites: AMST 100 or 382, junior standing or permission of the instructor. Notes: Also listed as HIST 308.
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  • AMST 386: Studies in Baltimore Society and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    Baltimore is being rediscovered as a city with a vibrant and diverse social and cultural life, stark contrasts and a strong heritage. How is the Baltimore story being told; how is it being presented and for what purposes The course is an interdisciplinary overview of social and cultural aspects of the Baltimore urban area with special emphasis upon issues involved in the presentation of the city and its past in various forms: creative writing, museum exhibits, films, docudramas, historical writings, historic preservation projects and public programs. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor.
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  • AMST 388: American Environments: Landscape and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: Meets AH. This course will examine the interaction between physical environment and culture in the American experience. Topics will include encounters with diverse American landscapes, exploration of the wilderness and settlement of the changing frontier, the role and evolution of urban and wilderness parks, the changing nature of tourism and selected case studies involving culture and the environment. Prerequisites: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture, or permission of the instructor. Notes: Also listed as ENGL 388.
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