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  • AMST 250: Sports in American Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary examination of the role and structure of sports in American culture and society. Topics will include the business of sports, the role of racism and sexism in sports, the structure of high school and college sports, the role of the media in shaping and interpreting sports, as well as a historical overview of the evolution of American athletics.
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  • AMST 270: American Culture and Science

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP: N/A. GFR: Meets AH. An examination of the place and meaning of science and technology in American cultural experience through a series of case studies. This course explores the interconnections of science to American mythologies of material success and progress, as well as the connections between technology and American cultural practices of work and family. Additionally, the course will examine how the scientific and engineering professions themselves represent an American subculture.
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  • AMST 280: Special Topics in American Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary examination of a selected topic in American culture. Topic is announced each semester offered. Intended for students at the freshman/sophomore level. 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 303: Ethnography in America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    The focus of this course is to learn ethnographic techniques for understanding self and culture in America. How do we learn about the shared ideals, beliefs and values of different groups of people from their perspective The course provides practical experience in systematic observation and interviewing. It also includes readings and discussion of such issues as ethics; the ethnographic voice; the relationship of autobiography, novels and other ethnographic literature of American life; as well as the notion of objectivity and subjectivity in analysis and description. 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 310: Gender and Inequality in America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: Meets AH. An examination of the ways in which gender roles and gender relations are constructed and experienced in American society. The course explores the development of a woman's "sphere" denotinwomen's position in the family and home; cultural definitions of femininity and masculinity through mass media, education and other agencies of socialization; the relationship between wageearning and household work; and feminist consciousness and politics. Special attention is paid to the ways in which gender-based experiences are divided by other social relations, particularly those of class, race and age. 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 310.
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  • AMST 321: Radio in American Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: Meets AH. This course studies the history of radio in American society with particular focus on an analysis of radio's most popular genres and forms of programming. The course will examine the development of radio programming and genres in cultural context from the first years of the Great Depression, through the "golden age" of the 1930sand 1940s, to the diversity wrought by new technologies and policies in the present. 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 344: Made in America: Material Culture in the United States

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    Material culture consists of the artifacts that Americans construct to meet social/ technological needs and to reflect basic ideas, images and values. Using an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural approach, this course examines how diverse people modify their physical environments. Topics include traditional folk cultural crafts, everyday environments and mass-produced artifacts. 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 350: Critical Decades

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary holistic analysis of certain critical decades in the history of American culture. Focusing on significant turning points, developments in literature, art, religion and social experimentation are studied within their political and social context. Specific decade 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 352: American Culture in Global Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    GEP/GFR: AH or C. This course is an interdisciplinary, comparative study of selected aspects of American life. Using materials and approaches from various disciplines, the course will illuminate the meaning and history of particular American social structures, cultural values and ideological themes by placing them in global perspective. Topics vary each semester but have included the history, structure and experience of American and South African race relations; the uses and meanings of "freedom" and"democracy" during the 18thcenturyAmerican Revolution and 20th-century collapse of Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe; the purpose and definitions of family life, civic life and nature in Euro-American and Native-American cultures; and the interdependence of gendered economies in the United States and Mexico. 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 355: Special Topics in Culture and Policy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County

    An interdisciplinary study of selected issues in culture and policy in American society. 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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