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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary study of American civilization through case studies of four different time periods in order to understand the multiple roles of culture in American life.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to assumptions, methods, and theory of cultural analysis in American studies scholarship.
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3.00 Credits
Transmission, reception, and influence of American culture in one or more of the following: Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East. The cultural history of globalization and American culture.
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3.00 Credits
American science and technology as systems of cultural representation, as communities of cultural practices, as mutually determined by other forms of cultural representation such as religion, social thought, art, architecture, literature, and music.
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3.00 Credits
Study of crime, law and the legal system from a cultural perspective. Examine how race, gender, and social class play different roles in issues related to crime, law and the legal system.
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3.00 Credits
Emergence and development of American Popular culture forms, rituals, and consumerism. Parades and festival; circuses; minstrelsy; motion pictures; popular music; sports; comic books; the Internet and cyberspace. Specific attention to issues of race, class and gender.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
3 credits, max 6. Examination of the study of television in the US, including narrative and visual practices, genres, political economy and social effects, and comparison with television in other national settings and other forms of media. No credit for students with credit in ENGL 3430. (Same course as ENGL 3430)
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3.00 Credits
Lab 2. A comparative study of types of films both inside the Hollywood system and in other national cinemas. Genres may include the western, film noir and the musical, as well as genres from such countries as France, Germany and Japan. Focused knowledge of selected genres, a sense of the economic imperatives that necessitate generic "contracts" between film producers and viewers, and knowledge of the history of specific genres. (Same course as ENGL 3443)
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3.00 Credits
Life in the New World from the colonial to the postmodern era using a multiplicity of interdisciplinary texts that demonstrate the emergence and ongoing evolution of distinctive American identities. (Same course as ENGL 3813)
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3.00 - 12.00 Credits
3 credits, max 12. Particular topics (popular culture, regionalism, myth, subcultures, race, ethnicity) to illustrate the use of interdisciplinary methods in American studies.
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