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3.00 Credits
Introduces the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Focuses on themes, values and ideas which continue to reverberate through our cultural experience.
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Introduces students to the various roles and responsibilities of museum professionals in the areas of leadership and management, collections, exhibits, education and engagement, and security. Practice-based assignments, readings, discussions, field trips, and meetings with museum professionals will provide students with a solid understanding of key aspects central to the working of all museums, regardless of the nature of the collection, and introduce students to available career parts in these institutions. Cross-listed between American Studies, Anthropology, Art and Art History and History.
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Introduces students to the history of museums, as well as major theoretical, legal and political challenges within museum studies. Students are encouraged to think beyond their specific disciplinary background to gain a greater appreciation for the lessons that can be learned from related disciplines and types of repositories, including larger ethical and cultural concerns that have been raised through the creation of modern museum standards. The combination of readings, discussion, and fieldtrips to a variety of museums/repositories will provide students a solid introduction to these themes. Cross listed between Anthropology, History, American Studies and Art.
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3.00 Credits
Studies processes by which individuals and groups produce, maintain and express cultural identities in various U.S. issues. Race, gender and ethnicity are addressed, emphasizing historical roots and social context of contemporary cultural variety.
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3.00 Credits
Online course introduces students to historic preservation theory and philosophy, the history of the preservation movement and contemporary historic preservation as practiced in the public, nonprofit and private realms. Assignments include reading, research, online discussion and lectures (podcasts, videos or PowerPoint presentations), as well as directed field work. Prerequisites: None.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the historical, cultural, and contemporary roles of museums and preservation institutions in society. Introduces students to the museum professions, collection and exhibition installation strategies, and ethical problems of governance and collection. Field trips to regional collections are included. Cross listed with ART/ANTH/HIST 2700. Prerequisites: WA.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the history of museums, as well as major theoretical, legal and political challenges within museum studies. Students are encouraged to think beyond their specific disciplinary background to gain a greater appreciation for the lessons that can be learned from related disciplines and types of repositories, including larger ethical and cultural concerns that have been raised through the creation of modern museum standards. The combination of readings, discussion, and fieldtrips to a variety of museums/repositories will provide students a solid introduction to these themes. Cross listed between Anthropology, History, American Studies and Art.
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3.00 Credits
Uses artistic, philosophical, historical and literary material to investigate how ideas about and representations of, nature have changed over time in the U.S. Culminates in an examination of a wide range of contemporary environmental ideas within this broad historical and cultural context. Cross listed with WMST and ENR 3050. Prerequisite: 2000-level course in one of the following departments: American studies, American history, American literature, or a 2000-level course approved for the ENR program.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary exploration of food as a medium of cultural expression, social interaction, and aesthetic experience in American life, both past and present. Examines food as, among other things, a symbolic system, a vehicle of social communication, and an arena for the performance of regional ethnic, gender, etc. identities. Prerequisite: any 2000-level course in American studies, or ANTH 1200.
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3.00 Credits
Look at ways in which popular music has intersected with sexual and gendered identities as a means and expression of both oppression and liberation. Cross listed with WMST 3400. Prerequisites: WA.
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