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American Studies Major

American Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of society and culture in the United States, which traces its roots in the academy to the early twentieth century. At Connecticut College, the program has three related emphases: the study of race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and the critical examination of the role of the United States in the world. The American Studies major is affiliated with Unity House, the multicultural center at Connecticut College, the Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), the Women’s Center, and the LGBTQ Center.

Requirements

The major consists of at least eleven courses, including four required courses. All courses in American Studies should be at the 200 level or higher with certain 100-level classes as listed below or as permitted by adviser or director.

Required Courses

One course from:

AMS 201D/CRE 201A/HIS 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
or
AMS 201K/CRE 201/REL 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
or
or
AMS 201S/CRE 201A/HIS 201INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
and
AMS 465/HIS 465GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945

4

AMS 465: normally taken during the student’s senior year

One course in the study of race and ethnicity in the United States. Students may select:

AMS 206/CRE 206/HIS 209THEORIZING RACE & ETHNICITY

4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
ANT 202ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA

4
ANT 320/GWS 320ANTHRO OF SEXUALITY & GENDER

4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY

4
ART 299/SRS 299EVISIONING THE (IN)VISIBLE

4
CRE 223/SOC 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
DAN 266WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT

4
DAN 434/GWS 434TOP IN MULTICUL:MAPPING BODIES

4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4
EDU 223FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

4
EDU 313CHILDREN, BOOKS & CULTURE

4
ENG 242RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

4
ENG 326/AFR 326/CRE 326/GWS 326BLACK GENRE FICTION

4
ENG 332/GWS 332EXQUISITE CORPSES

4
ENG 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT

4
ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

4
ENG 493H/GWS 418TONI MORRISON

4
FLM 311/GWS 313REPRESENTING GENDER

4
GOV 231POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS

4
HIS 204/AMS 204AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA

4
HIS 205/AFR 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
HIS 120CC: THE AMERICAN WEST

4
HIS 214/AMS 214POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945

4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945

4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT

4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865

4
HIS 248/AMS 248NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS

4
HIS 253/AFR 253AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS

4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299ACASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
HIS 304/AFR 304HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR

4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
HIS 313THE AMERICAN WEST IN 20TH C

4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
HIS 341/AMS 341CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST

4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

4
HIS 457/AMS 457NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA

4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975

4
HIS 460/AMS 460BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE,1946-68

4
HIS 467HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

4
HMD 314MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

4
HMD 304/GWS 304CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY

4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
HMD 415/GWS 415SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER

4
MUS 103/AMS 103AMERICAN MUSIC

4
MUS 117/AFR 117/AMS 117HISTORY OF JAZZ

4
REL 102/GIS 102/HIS 102INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES

4
REL 221/CRE 221NAT AMER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

4
REL 252/GIS 252ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES

4
REL 255/AMS 255/CRE 256RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE

4
SOC 203IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT

4
SOC 208/GWS 209RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA

4
SOC 210GENDER AND MEDIA

4
SOC 212/GWS 211SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY

4
SOC 215DRUGS AND SOCIETY

4
SOC 223/CRE 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
SOC 293SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY

4
SOC 310/CRE 310RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA

4
SOC 364URBAN PROBLEMS

4
SOC 405URBAN POVERTY/PUBLIC POLICY

4
SOC 408MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES

4
SPA 224LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 324/AMS 324HISPANICS IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 329CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.

4
THE 241THEATER AND CULTURE I

4
or a different course as approved by the adviser or director

One course in the study of gender and sexuality. Students may select:

AMS 270/HIS 270HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE US

4
EDU 316QUEER PEDAGOGY

4
ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4
FLM 311/GWS 313REPRESENTING GENDER

4
FLM 395SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES

4
GWS 103INTRO GENDER & WOMEN'S STD

4
GWS 203INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES

4
GWS 207/AT 207BODY NARRATIVES, TECH, & MEDIA

4
GWS 221/SOC 221SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES

4
GWS 224/CRE 224TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS

4
GWS 260/GER 260BORDERLESS WRLDS?TRAV,ART,LANG

4
GOV 250GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS

4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206THEORIZING RACE & ETHNICITY

4
HIS 218/AMS 218GLOBAL QUEER HISTORIES

4
HIS 341/AMS 341CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST

4
PSY 203PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN

4
SOC 210GENDER AND MEDIA

4
SOC 212/GWS 211SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY

4
SOC 213GENDER THEORY

4
SOC 324/GWS 324GENDER, CULTURE, AND THE BODY

4
or a different course as approved by the adviser or director

Two courses from the lists below that treat the United States in Comparative, Transnational, Hemospheric, or Global Perspective (immediately below), and the list on Latin America or the Caribbean.

Courses that treat the United States in Comparative, Transnational, Hemospheric, or Global Perspective.

ANT 307/ES 307ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4
ANT 350WORLDS OF FOOD

4
ANT 356/AHI 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
ANT 370/FRH 370THE ANTHROPOL OF SPACE & PLACE

4
ANT 402NATR,CULT,POWR IN AFR DIASPORA

4
ANT 450/ES 450CULTIVATING CHANGE

4
AHI 261LATE 20TH C ART

4
DAN 166WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT

4
ECO 212/ES 212ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

4
ECO 219WAGES, INCOME, AND INEQUALITY

4
ECO 247URBAN & REGIONAL ECONOMICS

4
ECO 250ECONOMIC JUSTICE

4
ECO 332OPEN MACRO: EMERGING ECONOMIES

4
ENG 137FICTIONS OF EMPIRE

4
ENG 241CONTEMP FICT WITHOUT BORDERS

4
ENG 314THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4
ENG 356/AMS 356/ES 345RADCL DIETS:FOOD/DRINK AM LIT

4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

4
ES 251/GOV 251/SLA 251ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT

4
ES 263INT'L POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHNG

4
ES 493K/BOT 493KECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

4
ES 493U/GOV 493UENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP

4
GWS 103INTRO GENDER & WOMEN'S STD

4
GWS 203INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES

4
GWS 224/CRE 224TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS

4
GWS 235/ANT 235/FLM 235CHUTNEY-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"

4
GOV 205INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY

4
GOV 206U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER

4
GOV 215THE U.S. AND VIETNAM

4
GOV 228TERRORISM

4
GOV 307/AFR 307THE POLITICS OF REFUGEES

4
GOV 324HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL

4
GOV 337COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

4
GOV 348INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY

4
GOV 352ALTERN PERSP U.S. FOREIGN POL

4
GOV 493U/ES 493UENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP

4
GOV 493V/SLA 490NAT'L DIVERSITY/GLOBL CAPIT

4
HIS 128CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD

4
HIS 203/AMS 203COLONIAL HIST OF NORTH AM

4
HIS 204/AMS 204AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA

4
HIS 250ISS HIST MOD AFR 1884-PRES

4
HIS 253/AFR 253AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS

4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299ACASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
HIS 306/ECO 305GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN POVERTY

4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
HIS 324/EAS 324GLOBALIZING CHINESE ACTIVISM

4
HIS 325/EAS 325HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA

4
HIS 334/AMS 334HISTORICIZING 9/11

4
HIS 416RASTAFARI,REGGAE,& RESISTNCE

4
HIS 423/AMS 423FROM SUBJUGATION TO SCIENCE

4
HIS 428/AMS 428/EAS 428DEBATING CHINA'S GLOBALIZATION

4
HIS 448/GWS 448PROSTITUTN/SEX-SLAV SINCE 1850

4
HIS 467HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

4
HMD 416/GWS 416GLOBALIZATION/CULT & IDENTITY

4
MUS 108/ANT 108MUSIC OF THE WORLD

4
PSY 450SEMINAR IN SOCIAL PSYCH

4
REL 102/GIS 102/HIS 102INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES

4
REL 210/JS 210CC: JEWISH TRADITIONS

4
REL 211CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

4
REL 214/GIS 214ISLAMIC TRADITIONS

4
REL 248/JS 248HOLOCAUST/POST-HOL RESPONSES

4
REL 252/GIS 252ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES

4
REL 254/CRE 254RELIGION & SPIRIT OF POLITICS

4
REL 401THEORIES OF RELIGION

4
SOC 400/AMS 400/GWS 400/GIS 401THE SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION

4
SLA 260REVOLUTION AND CULTURE

4
or other courses with permission of advisor or director

ECO 212: formerly ECO 307

ECO 219: formerly ECO 319

 

Courses on Latin America or the Caribbean

Requirements List
ECO 224/GOV 224EMERGING ECON IN ASIA & LAT AM

4
ECO 235GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

4
ECO 237/SPA 237ECON GROWTH/DEVEL IN LAT AMER

4
ECO 332OPEN MACRO: EMERGING ECONOMIES

4
ECO 430GROWTH/PROMISE IN LAT AMER

4
ECO 440GLOBLSM,GLOBAPHOBIA,PARADOXES

4
GOV 206U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER

4
GOV 224/ECO 224EMERGING ECON IN ASIA & LAT AM

4
GOV 322DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 114LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

4
HIS 212"RACE" COLONIAL LATIN AMER

4
HIS 216MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 219/CRE 219REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 220/GWS 222GENDER IN THE ANDES AND MEXICO

4
HIS 252/CRE 252/ES 252/GWS 252SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT

4
HIS 257/AMS 257/CRE 257/SPA 257LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES

4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299ACASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
HIS 344/CRE 344/SPA 344DIALOGUE BET SPAIN & AMERICAS

4
HIS 416RASTAFARI,REGGAE,& RESISTNCE

4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

4
SPA 204/ES 204ENVIRON JUSTICE IN HISPA WORLD

4
SPA 251HISPANIC CULTURES

4
SPA 305/ES 305/GWS 305ECO-FEMINSM & RESTNCE IN AMER

4
SPA 309LATIN AMERICA IN FILM

4
SPA 310LIT OF HISPANIC CARIBBEAN

4
SPA 316/REL 316RELIGION/VIOLENCE LATIN AM

4
SPA 317YOUTH IN SPANISH AMERICA

4
SPA 318U.S. LATINO ID IN ARTS/POP CUL

4
SPA 321/REL 321LATIN AM RELIGIONS IN ACTION

4
SPA 324/AMS 324HISPANICS IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 329CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 333/GWS 333U.S. LATINO URB YOUTH NARRATVS

4
SPA 433SPECIAL TOPICS

4
SOC 328/AMS 328/EDU 328/GWS 328/HIS 328ZAPATISMO: MEXICAN SOCIAL MOV

4
SOC 414POST-AUTHORITARIAN BRAZIL

4

Also required are:

  • Five courses from a single area of concentration at the 200 level or higher
  • Thirty hours minimum of service learning, internship, fieldwork, or community service fulfilled under the auspices of a college certificate program, college course, Career Enhancing Life Skills (CELS) internship program, or Office of Volunteers for Community Service (OVCS) community activity.

 

Advisers: M. A. Borrelli, D. Canton, J. Downs, R. Flores, K. Gonzalez Rice, D. Kim, C. Stock

Critical Race and Ethnicity Concentration

This concentration explores the formation of racial and ethnic categories and identities over time, across geographic space, and within the cultures of the United States and its borderlands. It examines the political, economic, and social effects of these categories, as they are complicated by the forces of nationality, gender, sexuality, and class. It also explores the history of anti-racism and other social movements for freedom.

Students must choose five courses from the following list for this concentration:

AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
AMS 206/CRE 206/HIS 209THEORIZING RACE & ETHNICITY

4
ANT 202ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA

4
ANT 320/GWS 320ANTHRO OF SEXUALITY & GENDER

4
ANT 350WORLDS OF FOOD

4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY

4
ART 299/SRS 299EVISIONING THE (IN)VISIBLE

4
CRE 223/SOC 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
DAN 266WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT

4
DAN 434/GWS 434TOP IN MULTICUL:MAPPING BODIES

4
EDU 223FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

4
EDU 313CHILDREN, BOOKS & CULTURE

4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4
ENG 242RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

4
ENG 326/AFR 326/CRE 326/GWS 326BLACK GENRE FICTION

4
ENG 332/GWS 332EXQUISITE CORPSES

4
ENG 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT

4
ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

4
ENG 493H/GWS 418TONI MORRISON

4
FLM 311/GWS 313REPRESENTING GENDER

4
GOV 250GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS

4
GOV 231POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS

4
HIS 204/AMS 204AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA

4
HIS 205/AFR 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
HIS 120CC: THE AMERICAN WEST

4
HIS 214/AMS 214POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945

4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945

4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT

4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865

4
HIS 248/AMS 248NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS

4
HIS 253/AFR 253AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS

4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299ACASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
HIS 304/AFR 304HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR

4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
HIS 313THE AMERICAN WEST IN 20TH C

4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
HIS 341/AMS 341CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST

4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

4
HIS 457/AMS 457NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA

4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975

4
HIS 460/AMS 460BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE,1946-68

4
HIS 467HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

4
HMD 304/GWS 304CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY

4
HMD 306LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE, AND SELF

4
HMD 314MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
HMD 415/GWS 415SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER

4
MUS 103/AMS 103AMERICAN MUSIC

4
MUS 117/AFR 117/AMS 117HISTORY OF JAZZ

4
REL 102/GIS 102/HIS 102INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES

4
REL 221/CRE 221NAT AMER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

4
REL 252/GIS 252ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES

4
REL 255/AMS 255/CRE 256RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE

4
SOC 203IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT

4
SOC 223/CRE 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
SOC 210GENDER AND MEDIA

4
SOC 212/GWS 211SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY

4
SOC 213GENDER THEORY

4
SOC 310/CRE 310RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA

4
SOC 364URBAN PROBLEMS

4
SPA 224LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 324/AMS 324HISPANICS IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 329CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.

4
SOC 208/GWS 209RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA

4
SOC 215DRUGS AND SOCIETY

4
SOC 293SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY

4
SOC 405URBAN POVERTY/PUBLIC POLICY

4
SOC 408MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES

4
THE 241THEATER AND CULTURE I

4
or other courses with permission of advisor or director

ANT 482: formerly ANT 382

 

Expressive Arts and Cultural Studies Concentration

This concentration explores the ways in which diverse people in the United States have found meaning through literature, the arts, and popular culture. It also examines the ways texts and images have represented American identity both to Americans and to others in this hemisphere and around the world.

Students must choose five courses from the following list for this concentration:

ANT 229/MUS 229ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:SOC SCI OF MUS

4
ANT 350WORLDS OF FOOD

4
ANT 356/AHI 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
AHI 251HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

4
AHI 261LATE 20TH C ART

4
AHI 276AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

4
AHI 280/ANT 279INTRO TO MUSEUM STUDIES

4
AHI 281/ANT 281CURRENT ISSUES MUSEUM STUDIES

4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
AHI 360/GWS 327RADICAL BODIES:CONTEMP ART/ACT

4
AHI 440ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

4
ART 299/SRS 299EVISIONING THE (IN)VISIBLE

4
DAN 145HISTORY OF DANCE

4
DAN 266WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT

4
DAN 434/GWS 434TOP IN MULTICUL:MAPPING BODIES

4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4
ENG 126THE 20TH C AMER SHORT STORY

4
ENG 137FICTIONS OF EMPIRE

4
ENG 207/AMS 207INTRO TO AMER LIT: THE 19TH C

4
ENG 208/AMS 208INTRO TO AM LIT: 20TH C & PRES

4
ENG 213BOB DYLAN

4
ENG 217WRITING THE SHORT STORY

4
ENG 240READING & WRITING POEMS

4
ENG 242RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

4
ENG 306BRECENT AMERICAN POETS

4
ENG 314THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4
ENG 329RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C

4
ENG 332/GWS 332EXQUISITE CORPSES

4
ENG 335TWICE-TOLD TALES

4
ENG 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT

4
ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

4
ENG 493CHEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD

4
ENG 493H/GWS 418TONI MORRISON

4
ENG 493LHENRY JAMES & EDITH WHARTON

4
FLM 101INT FLM ST: HOW TO READ FLM

4
FLM 202STUDIES IN FILM CULTURE

4
FLM 311/GWS 313REPRESENTING GENDER

4
FLM 220DOCUMENTARY THRY & PRODUCTN

4
FLM 360/AFR 360/ENG 360RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

4
FLM 395W/GWS 356FEMINISMS IN AMER POP CULT

4
FLM 493CSTUDIES IN CULT AND CAMP

4
GWS 356/FLM 395WFEMINISMS IN AMER POP CULT

4
GWS 418/ENG 493HTONI MORRISON

4
SPA 224LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 251HISPANIC CULTURES

4
SPA 309LATIN AMERICA IN FILM

4
SPA 324/AMS 324HISPANICS IN THE U.S.

4
HIS 214/AMS 214POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945

4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945

4
HIS 304/AFR 304HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR

4
HIS 313THE AMERICAN WEST IN 20TH C

4
HMD 314MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

4
MUS 103/AMS 103AMERICAN MUSIC

4
MUS 117/AFR 117/AMS 117HISTORY OF JAZZ

4
MUS 229/ANT 229ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:SOC SCI OF MUS

4
THE 231/AMS 231USA PLAYS/AMERICAN DRAMA

4
THE 241THEATER AND CULTURE I

4
THE 266/AMS 266/MUS 266MUSICAL THEATER IN AMER CUL

4
or other courses with permission of advisor or director

Politics, Society, and Policy Concentration

This concentration focuses on the development of social and political theories and policies that have tried to identify difference in human society.

Students must choose five courses from the following list for this concentration:

AHI 281/ANT 281CURRENT ISSUES MUSEUM STUDIES

4
AMS 450/HIS 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

4
AMS 493A/ES 493GCULTURE,POLIT & THE ENVIRON

4
ANT 202ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA

4
ANT 234/BOT 234/ES 234S AMER CULTURES & ENVIRONMENT

4
ANT 330ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM

4
ANT 350WORLDS OF FOOD

4
ANT 402NATR,CULT,POWR IN AFR DIASPORA

4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY

4
ECO 247URBAN & REGIONAL ECONOMICS

4
ECO 255INTRO TO BEHAVIORAL FINANCE

4
ECO 314ANTITRUST ECONOMICS/POLICY

4
ECO 326ECO HIS/HIS ECO THGHT II

4
ECO 402ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION

4
ECO 409WOMEN AND WORK

4
EDU 223FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

4
EDU 313CHILDREN, BOOKS & CULTURE

4
EDU 316QUEER PEDAGOGY

4
ENG 242RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

4
ES 258/GOV 258U.S. ENVIRON POLICY/POLITICS

4
ES 259/GPH 259MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT

4
ES 260/GOV 260PROB ENVIRON POLICY & LAW

4
ES 263INT'L POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHNG

4
ES 493EINDIG PEOP, SUST DEV&BIODIVR

4
ES 493G/AMS 493ACULTURE,POLIT & THE ENVIRON

4
ES 493U/GOV 493UENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP

4
GWS 103INTRO GENDER & WOMEN'S STD

4
GWS 224/CRE 224TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS

4
GOV 111U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

4
GOV 205INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY

4
GOV 206U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER

4
GOV 212CONGRESS

4
GOV 214/PHI 244MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

4
GOV 215THE U.S. AND VIETNAM

4
GOV 221POLIT PARTIES,CAMPAIGNS,ELECT

4
GOV 226POLITICL ECON OF AMER BUSINESS

4
GOV 228TERRORISM

4
GOV 231POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS

4
GOV 250GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS

4
GOV 251/ES 251/SLA 251ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT

4
GOV 252US FOREIGN POLICY

4
GOV 258/ES 258U.S. ENVIRON POLICY/POLITICS

4
GOV 260/ES 260PROB ENVIRON POLICY & LAW

4
GOV 284POLITICS OF BUREAUCRACY

4
GOV 304AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

4
GOV 352ALTERN PERSP U.S. FOREIGN POL

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GOV 358ANALYSIS OF U.S. PUBLIC POLICY

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GOV 493Z/GIS 400THE IRAQ WAR

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GWS 203INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES

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GWS 207/AT 207BODY NARRATIVES, TECH, & MEDIA

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GWS 224/CRE 224TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS

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HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206THEORIZING RACE & ETHNICITY

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HIS 214/AMS 214POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945

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HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945

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HIS 218/AMS 218GLOBAL QUEER HISTORIES

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HIS 248/AMS 248NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS

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HIS 253/AFR 253AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS

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HIS 304/AFR 304HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR

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HIS 313THE AMERICAN WEST IN 20TH C

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HIS 334/AMS 334HISTORICIZING 9/11

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HIS 341/AMS 341CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST

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HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

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HIS 467HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

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HMD 103/GWS 102CHILD RIGHTS/PUBLIC POLICY

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HMD 314MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

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HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

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HMD 402/CRE 402WHAT LOVE ADV SOC PERS DEV RES

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HMD 414ELDER ABUSE

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HMD 415/GWS 415SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER

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PSY 206SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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PSY 212DRUGS & BEHAVIOR

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REL 229DISCONTNTS OF CHRISTIAN MODRN

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REL 252/GIS 252ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES

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REL 254/CRE 254RELIGION & SPIRIT OF POLITICS

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REL 255/AMS 255/CRE 256RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE

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SOC 203IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT

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SOC 208/GWS 209RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA

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SOC 209SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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SOC 212/GWS 211SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY

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SOC 213GENDER THEORY

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SOC 215DRUGS AND SOCIETY

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SOC 216/ES 218SOCIETY IN AGE OF CLIMATE CHNG

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SOC 223/CRE 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

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SOC 227LAW AND SOCIETY

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SOC 293SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY

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SOC 310/CRE 310RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA

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SOC 364URBAN PROBLEMS

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SOC 405URBAN POVERTY/PUBLIC POLICY

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SOC 408MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES

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SPA 493GSPANGLISH AS IDENTITY

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THE 199/AMS 199CC:THEATR OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC

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THE 266/AMS 266/MUS 266MUSICAL THEATER IN AMER CUL

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or other courses with permission of advisor or director