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3.00 Credits
Introduces materials and methods of folklife research, examining both verbal and nonverbal expressions of traditional cultures in America. Topics include material culture, belief systems, traditional events and celebrations, and folk performances of many kinds. Dual listed with AMST 4020. Prerequisites: Any six hours from among: AMST 2010, ENGL 2400, AIST 2340, AAST 2450, 2730, 3000 or 3010.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the development of "disciplines" and explores definitions, theories, methods and practices of interdisciplinary work. Cross listed with ENR 5030. Dual listed with AMST 4030. Prerequisite: graduate status.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the historic preservation and sustainability movements and contemporary practices in these inter-related fields. Through reading, lectures, discussions and site visits, students will study how the historic preservation and the building industry professions can address advanced issues in sustainability related to the environment, culture and economics. Dual listed with AMST 4040. Prerequisites: 6 hours in AMST or ARE.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to introduce advanced students to the theory, methods, and practice of material culture study. A significant portion of the course will be devoted to a studio exercise in which students collectively document and analyze a material culture form that has been designated by the instructors. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the florescence of African American creativity, centered in Harlem, New York, between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression. This movement had a tremendous impact on African American culture in and outside of the U.S., including Africa and the Caribbean. Cross listed with AAST 5250. Dual listed with AMST 4250. Prerequisites: AAST 1000, AMST 2010, AMST 2110 or any AAST 2000-level course, junior or senior standing, or nine credit hours in any level AMST course: graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of American culture studies in the public sector. Topics covered include the history and theory of public sector humanities and social sciences, types of public sector jobs and institutions where public humanists work, and public sector work in specific disciplines such as history, anthropology, folklore, archaeology, and art history. Dual listed with AMST 4300. Prerequisite: graduate status.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of America's built environment from pre-Colonial times to the present day. Factors affecting the architecture and built form of a given period are discussed together with what the material legacy says about the culture of the period. Prerequisite: ARE 3020.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the intellectual lens used to evaluate the messages regarding gender and sexuality of many institutions and the way in which some actual experiences fall out of line with those norms. Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Selected problems in the theory, practice, and bibliography of American studies. Required of graduate majors in the program and is recommended for students with an interdisciplinary interest in American Culture. Prerequisites: survey knowledge of American literature and history; graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Selected readings in the theory, practice, and bibliography of American Studies. Surveys scholarship in the field and is designed to help graduate students develop thesis topics. Prerequisites: graduate standing in American studies or related field; consent of instructor.
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