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3.00 Credits
Comprehensive study of the various ethnic and social groups that compose the American people. Study of Native American groups and the various immigrants, and how they have interacted culturally and biologically to produce a new people. P: So. stdg.
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This course provides an introduction to the field of American Studies, which seeks to understand the complex reality of ¿the American experience¿ in all its variety. Topics include the history of American Studies as a discipline as well as its methodologies, central concepts, and emerging questions. Students will examine a broad topic from multiple disciplinary perspectives, with an emphasis on developing and employing the methodological tools common to contemporary American Studies scholarship. The topic/content areas will be selected by the instructor, based upon his/her area of scholarly expertise. P: Soph. stdg.
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This course introduces students to prevailing theories and methodologies in American Studies. Students will examine in a critical fashion interdisciplinary studies of the meaning and significance of ¿Americanness¿ in historical, cross-cultural, and even trans-national contexts. The complex relationships between ethnic, religious, racial, and ideological groups in American society will receive critical attention. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of religious beliefs, behaviors, and structures as they relate to contemporary America. In addition to studying established religious forms, attention is also given to the public controversies connected with religion and to new religious movements and trends. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the role of film, television, and print media in American life. P: Jr. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to qualitative research methods within the social sciences. Includes research design, strategies for collecting ethnographic data with a particular focus on participant observation and field work, comparative research, theory building, and ethical issues involved with human research.
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Philosophical examination of the nature, meaning, and significance of sport, with special emphasis on the relationships among sport, play, and game. Investigation of ethical issues in sport, including sportsmanship, cheating, drug-testing, sexual equality, competition, and winning. Treatment of the relation of sport to social-political and aesthetic issues. P: PHL 107 or 109, and one of the following: (a) PHL 250 or 253 (b) THL 250, or (c) PHL 320 or 323.
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3.00 Credits
Comprehensive examination of the forces shaping the position and behavior of women and men in modern American society. How and why do these positions and behavior differ? What are the consequences of these differences? Emphasis on gender as enacted across the spectrum of multicultural diversity in American society, with some comparison to other societies. P: Jr. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Description and evaluation of American state governments and regional organizations. Examination of the theory of federalism and its current status; comparative analysis of state-level political actors and institutions. Special attention given to Nebraska and Iowa state politics. P: PLS 121 or So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the political experience of American racial and ethnic minorities with particular attention to the experience of black Americans. Includes review of roots and patterns of unequal treatment of minorities, tactics and strategies used to attack these patterns, and contemporary situation. Particular attention will be paid to the tension between integrationist and self-determination strategies. P: So. stdg.
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