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Course Criteria
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Examines the questions of American identity and its construction, especially through cultural encounters in the Americas. Prerequisites: AMST 300 or approval of instructor; junior or senior classification.
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3.00 Credits
Civic Engagement. (3-0). Credit 3. Examination of the history, theories, and complexities of civic engagement in the United States; engagement of students in civic life beyond the classroom; volunteerism within the philosophies and responsibilities of national and global citizenship. Prerequisites: AMST 200, junior or senior classification, or approval of instructor.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Explores the mythic functions of various settings and practices in America and/or the United States; representations of the landscape and regional sensibilities; various media, such as literature, paintings, photography, film and music examined. Prerequisites: AMST 300 or approval of instructor; junior or senior classification.
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3.00 Credits
Cultures of Science, Technology, and the Environment. (3-0). Credit 3. Examination of the history and theories of science, technology, and the environment in the United States; interrelated “American” philosophies of exceptionalism, pragmatism, democracy, progress, protest, and technological determinism; scientific theories, technological innovations, and environmentalism and their relationship to gender, race, ethnicity, nationalism, and globalization. Prerequisites: AMST 200, junior or senior classification, or approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Materializing America. (3-0). Credit 3. Considers the meanings of material objects that people make and use as art and functional objects of everyday life; examines the interactions between people and objects and the ways objects shape and reflect "American" culture, both past and present. Prerequisites: AMST 200 or approval of instructor; junior or senior classification.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative Border Studies. (3-0). Credit 3. Exploration of hemispheric and transnational borders as physical spaces, metaphorical constructions, and as imagined places where cultures of the United States and other nations intersect; related borders of gender, class, race, and nation. Prerequisites: AMST 200, junior or senior classification, or approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Senior Seminar. (3-0). Credit 3. A capstone course for the B.A. in American Studies, featuring in-depth investigation of an issue, problem or question in American Studies; includes a student research project and research paper. Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credits in American Studies or approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Internship. (3-0). Credit 3. Directed internship in a public or private organization; provides on-the-job training and applied research experience appropriate to career objectives. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Approval of director of American Studies; junior or senior classification.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4. Directed studies in an identified area of American Studies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification; approval of instructor or program director.
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1.00 Credits
Special topics in an identified area of American Studies. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification or approval of instructor.
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