American Studies
Summer 2005
AMST 100 Ideas and Images in American Culture (AH) 3 credits
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A broad introduction to the study of American culture, past and present. The course focuses upon primary ideas that have been most influential in the development of American culture and their expression in various forms, written and visual. Special emphasis is placed upon tensions between the individual and society and upon the relationship of culture to subcultures. For more information contact bloom@pa.net.
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Grade Method: REG
GFR/GER:Meets A/H. GDR:Meets H.
[0003] 7060 Meets 07/11/2005 - 08/19/2005 BLOOM, J
TuTh.......9:00am-12:10pm (FA 015)
AMST 200 Multicultural America (AH) 3 credits
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An interdisciplinary introduction to the multiple cultures that constitute contemporary American society. Includes the history and development of various cultures in the United States, and examines how these intersect with other social distinctions, such as gender, class, religion and region. Examines the conflicts and challenges within a culturally diverse democratic society and how these traditions have, together, informed our concept of America. For more information contact nking@umbc.edu.
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Grade Method: REG
GFR/GER:Meets A/H. GDR:Meets H.
[0004] 7060 Meets 07/11/2005 - 08/19/2005 KING, P
MW.........1:00pm- 4:10pm (FA 006)
AMST 280 Special Topics in American Studies On the 3 credits
Road in American Literature
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Can't travel this summer? Then spend six weeks reading on-the-road literature from Huck Finn to Jack Kerouac, from Into the Wild to Motorcycle Diaries. Light out for new territory in your own armchair as we explore fiction and nonfiction responses to the lure of the road that is part of the American Dream. Note: Also listed as ENGL 243. For more information contact benson@umbc.edu.
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Grade Method: REG THIS IS A CROSS-LISTED
COURSE WITH ENGL 243.
[0005] 6060 Meets 05/31/2005 - 07/08/2005 BENSON, L
TuTh.......9:00am-12:10pm (FA 006)
AMST 310 Gender and Inequality in America (AH) 3 credits
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An examination of the ways in which sex roles and gender relations are constructed and experienced in American society. The course explores the development of women's sphere, denoting women's position in the family and home; cultural definitions of femininity and masculinity through mass media, education and other agencies of socialization; the relationship between wage-earning and household work; and feminist consciousness and politics. Special attention is paid to the ways in which gender-based experiences are divided by other social relations, particularly those of class, race, sexual orientation and age. Note: Also listed as WMST 310. For more information contact mccann@umbc.edu.
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Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD
GFR/GER:Meets A/H. GDR:Meets H. THIS IS A
CROSS-LISTED COURSE WITH WMST 310.
[0006] 6060 Meets 05/31/2005 - 07/08/2005 STAFF
TuTh.......1:00pm- 4:10pm
AMST 320 Television in American Culture (AH) 3 credits
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An examination of the economic, social and artistic implications of television in the United States. Elements considered include television as a corporate structure, with emphasis on rating systems, programming philosophies and strategies, and demographic considerations; particular genres portrayed within daytime and prime-time television; sociological and psychological impact of television on American society; and television as a popular art. For more information contact hummel@wam.umd.edu.
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Grade Method: REG/P-F
GFR/GER:Meets A/H. GDR:Meets H.
[0007] 6060 Meets 05/31/2005 - 07/08/2005 HUMMEL, M
TuTh.......1:00pm- 4:10pm (ITE 227)
AMST 325 Studies in Popular Culture (AH) 3 credits
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The interplay of the popular arts and American society, using American studies interdisciplinary methodologies. Emphasis will be placed on the modern era from the 1890s to the present, with greatest weight placed upon mass and popular culture of the last quarter of this century. For more information contact hummel@wam.umd.edu.
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Grade Method: REG/P-F
GFR/GER:Meets A/H. GDR:Meets H.
[0008] 6060 Meets 05/31/2005 - 07/08/2005 HUMMEL, M
TuTh.......6:00pm- 9:10pm
AMST 400 Independent Projects in American Studies 1-3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG Individual Instruction
course: contact department or instructor
to obtain section number.
AMST 404 Internship 1-3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: P-F Individual Instruction
course: contact department or instructor
to obtain section number.
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