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  • AMST 390: Senior Research Project

    0.00 Credits
    Knox College

    Majors shall produce a significant research project that addresses the general issues of American identity, uses primary sources, and is consistent with the spirit of the student's educational plan essay. Acceptable examples include an honors project (AMST 400), independent study (AMST 350), or 300-level research project in any department (students will also register their project under the 0 credit designation, AMST 390). All projects must be pre-approved by the chair of the program, and are subject to review upon completion by the chair or designated representative before receiving credit. To be pre-approved the project must meet college standards for writing intensive (W) courses. W; STAFF
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  • AMST 392: Oral Presentation

    0.00 Credits
    Knox College

    Majors shall acquire the oral presentation skills appropriate to the field of American Studies through completing a project that fosters honest and reasoned discussion on issues of fundamental American values, problems, and issues, outside formal coursework. All projects must be pre-approved by the chair of the program, and are subject to review upon completion by the chair or designated representative before receiving credit (students will register their project under the 0 credit designation, AMST 392). To be pre-approved the project must meet college standards for oral presentation (O) courses. Examples of acceptable presentations could include: debates and panel discussions; individual presentations - e.g. papers, art shows, recitals; radio show production and hosting on Knox radio station (WVKC 90.7). O; STAFF
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  • ANSO 101: Human Origins

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    Humankind's place in nature, the origins of humanoid traits, the nature of the earliest human societies, and the relation of biology to human behavior are discussed on the basis of current anthropological evidence. J. Wagner
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  • ANSO 102: Introduction to Culture and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This class introduces students to a wide range of human societies and cultural forms throughout the world, along with some of the major concepts and methods that anthropologists have used to understand them. Our approach is ethnographic and comparative, with an emphasis on appreciating cultural complexity, understanding the global connections that link one society to another, and most of all, learning to think analytically about other people's lives and our own. HSS; DV; STAFF
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  • ANSO 103: Contemporary Social Issues

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This introductory sociology course begins with an examination of globalization and social inequality in the U.S. from both a microsociological and macrosociological perspective. We then explore the "rationalization" of social andeconomic life and the social dimensions of consumerism. The course invites students to develop their "sociological imagination" byattempting to link their lives as workers and consumers to broader social and economic forces at work in the contemporary world. HSS; STAFF
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  • ANSO 105: American Culture and Inequality

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course is designed to introduce students to some central ideas and perspectives in sociology by examining the construction and maintenance of critical social inequalities. It provides an introduction to classical and contemporary approaches to class relations, status, and social inequality. Topics include Marxian and Weberian analysis, social mobility, class consciousness, class reproduction, and the place of race and gender in the class order. Students will read and critically assess both sociological studies and an award-winning work of contemporary non-fiction. HSS; DV; A. Singer
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  • ANSO 201: School and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    See description for EDUC 201. HSS; Prereq: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor; CL: EDUC 201; J. Helfer
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  • ANSO 205: Race and Ethnic Relations

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    See description for BKST 205. HSS; CL: BKST 205; DV; W. Hunigan
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  • ANSO 208: The Sociology of Gender

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course provides an examination of the ways in which social systems create, maintain and reproduce gender dichotomies with specific attention to the significance of gender in interaction, culture, and a number of institutional contexts, including work, politics, family and nation. Prereq: Previous coursework in sociology and sophomore standing; A. Singer
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  • ANSO 215: Poverty and Social Welfare Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course examines poverty and social welfare policy in the United States from a historical and sociological perspective, drawing upon the social history of Chicago as a case study. It begins with an historical analysis of American poverty and early social reforms aimed at the poor before and during the New Deal. The course then shifts to an extensive sociological-both statistical and ethnographic-analysis of contemporary poverty and the social consequences of recent changes to the American welfare system. HSS; DV; STAFF
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