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Course Criteria
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1.25 Credits
Highlights important, relevant, and topical themes in American studies and society. By closely examining one topic or theme, students connect larger issues and think across areas of study. Topics include: the prison industrial complex; radical traditions in America; race and cultural exchange; and citizenship in America. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Considers the events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent changes in U.S. society and in the country's role across the globe. Focuses on three arenas where these transformations have occurred: politics, culture, popular culture, and racial and ethnic relations. E. Porter
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1.25 Credits
Capstone seminars enable American studies seniors to apply their overall training in interdisciplinary research and analysis to major problems in the field. Topics vary from year to year. Satisfies American studies senior comprehensive requirement.
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1.25 Credits
Examines major debates about national culture in the U.S., considered in the context of ethnic, class, gendered, and other subnational and transnational cultural formations and of relevant social, political, and cultural theory. Enrollment restricted to senior American studies majors. Enrollment limited to 20. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Examines the history and state of the field of American studies. Investigates current debates in the field, with a focus on recent calls for a "post-nationalist" American studies, and begins to chart some of the directions in which the field is moving. Encourages students to reflect on their education in American studies at UCSC. (Formerly American Studies and Cultural Studies.) Enrollment restricted to senior American studies majors. Enrollment limited to 20. C. Ramirez
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1.25 Credits
As a culminating experience in the major, the seminar intends to encourage seniors to meditate critically on what American studies is and what it will be in the future. Focuses much attention on recent calls for a "post-nationalist" American studies, considers the possibilities/problems such imperatives bring, and analyzes recent work in this direction. Enrollment limited to 20. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Examines race relations in western U.S. with particular emphasis upon California since 1945. Students examine the experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans and how class and gender politics shape and, at times, become the language for race relations. Enrollment restricted to senior American studies majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): E.) The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Explores the ways in which the virtual and the real overlap, constitute, and critique each other, and uses each to illuminate cultural and theoretical discussions around race, gender, sexuality, and labor. Enrollment restricted to senior American studies majors. Enrollment limited to 25. K. Lau
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42.00 Credits
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. (See course 42.) For students with upper-division standing who have submitted a proposal supported by a faculty member willing to supervise. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Individual studies program undertaken off campus. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
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