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 201	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4
	or
AMS 201K/CRE 201/REL 201	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4
	or
	or
AMS 201S/CRE 201A/HIS 201	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4
	and
AMS 465/HIS 465	GLOBALZTN & 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 209	THEORIZING RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY	4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
ANT 202	ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA	4
ANT 320/GWS 320	ANTHRO OF SEXUALITY & GENDER	4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482	ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY	4
CRE 223/SOC 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
DAN 266	WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT	4
DAN 434/GWS 434	TOP IN MULTICUL:MAPPING BODIES	4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123	INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT	4
EDU 223	FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION	4
EDU 313	CHILDREN, BOOKS & CULTURE	4
ENG 242	RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM	4
ENG 326/AFR 326/CRE 326/GWS 326	BLACK GENRE FICTION	4
ENG 336/ES 336	HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT	4
ENG 337/GWS 337	THE LITERATURE OF PASSING	4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360	RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM	4
ENG 493H/GWS 418	TONI MORRISON	4
FLM 311/GWS 313	REPRESENTING GENDER	4
GOV 231	POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS	4
HIS 204/AMS 204	AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA	4
HIS 205/AFR 205	HISTORY OF THE SOUTH	4
HIS 120	CC: THE AMERICAN WEST	4
HIS 214/AMS 214	POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945	4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215	POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945	4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT	4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865	4
HIS 248/AMS 248	NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS	4
HIS 253/AFR 253	AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS	4
HIS 299/AFR 299	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 304	HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST SINCE 1890	4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330	HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH	4
HIS 341/AMS 341	CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
HIS 457/AMS 457	NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA	4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458	CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975	4
HIS 460/AMS 460	BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE,1946-68	4
HIS 467/AMS 467	HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH	4
HMD 314	MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY	4
HMD 304/GWS 304	CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY	4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321	CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC	4
HMD 415/GWS 415	SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER	4
MUS 103/AMS 103	AMERICAN MUSIC	4
MUS 117/AFR 117/AMS 117	HISTORY OF JAZZ	4
REL 102/GIS 102/HIS 102	INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES	4
REL 221/CRE 221	NAT AMER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS	4
REL 252/AMS 252/GIS 252	ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES	4
REL 255/AMS 255/CRE 256	RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE	4
SOC 203	IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT	4
SOC 208/GWS 209	RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA	4
SOC 210	GENDER AND MEDIA	4
SOC 212/GWS 211	SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 215	DRUGS AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 223/CRE 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
SOC 293	SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY	4
SOC 310/CRE 310	RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA	4
SOC 364	URBAN PROBLEMS	4
SOC 405	URBAN POVERTY/PUBLIC POLICY	4
SOC 408	MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES	4
SPA 224	LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 324/AMS 324	HISPANICS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 329	CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.	4
THE 241	THEATER 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 270	HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE US	4
EDU 316	QUEER PEDAGOGY	4
ENG 337/GWS 337	THE LITERATURE OF PASSING	4
FLM 311/GWS 313	REPRESENTING GENDER	4
FLM 395H	SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES	4
GWS 103	INTRO GENDER & WOMEN'S STD	4
GWS 203	INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES	4
GWS 207/AT 207	BODY NARRATIVES, TECH, & MEDIA	4
GWS 221/SOC 221	SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES	4
GWS 224/CRE 224	TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS	4
GWS 260/GER 260	BORDERLESS WRLDS?TRAV,ART,LANG	4
GOV 250	GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS	4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206	THEORIZING RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY	4
HIS 218/AMS 218	GLOBAL QUEER HISTORIES	4
HIS 341/AMS 341	CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST	4
PSY 203	PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN	4
SOC 210	GENDER AND MEDIA	4
SOC 212/GWS 211	SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 213	GENDER THEORY	4
SOC 324/GWS 324	GENDER, 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 307	ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY	4
ANT 350	WORLDS OF FOOD	4
ANT 356/AHI 356/CRE 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
ANT 370/FRH 370	THE ANTHROPOL OF SPACE & PLACE	4
ANT 402	NATR,CULT,POWR IN AFR DIASPORA	4
ANT 450/ES 450	CULTIVATING CHANGE	4
AHI 261	LATE 20TH C ART	4
DAN 166	WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT	4
ECO 212/ES 212	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS	4
ECO 219	WAGES, INCOME, AND INEQUALITY	4
ECO 247	URBAN & REGIONAL ECONOMICS	4
ECO 250	ECONOMIC JUSTICE	4
ECO 332	OPEN MACRO: EMERGING ECONOMIES	4
ENG 137	FICTIONS OF EMPIRE	4
ENG 314	THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION	4
ENG 356/AMS 356/ES 345	RADCL DIETS:FOOD/DRINK AM LIT	4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360	RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM	4
ES 251/GOV 251/SLA 251	ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT	4
ES 263	INT'L POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHNG	4
ES 493K/BOT 493K	ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION	4
ES 493U/GOV 493U	ENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP	4
GWS 103	INTRO GENDER & WOMEN'S STD	4
GWS 203	INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES	4
GWS 224/CRE 224	TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS	4
GWS 235/ANT 235	CHUTNEY-POPCORN": BOLLYWOOD"	4
GOV 205	INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY	4
GOV 206	U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER	4
GOV 215	THE U.S. AND VIETNAM	4
GOV 228	TERRORISM	4
GOV 307/AFR 307	THE POLITICS OF REFUGEES	4
GOV 324	HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL	4
GOV 337	COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	4
GOV 348	INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY	4
GOV 352	ALTERN PERSP U.S. FOREIGN POL	4
GOV 493U/ES 493U	ENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP	4
GOV 493V/SLA 490	NAT'L DIVERSITY/GLOBL CAPIT	4
HIS 128	CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD	4
HIS 203/AMS 203	COLONIAL HIST OF NORTH AM	4
HIS 204/AMS 204	AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA	4
HIS 250	ISS HIST MOD AFR 1884-PRES	4
HIS 253/AFR 253	AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS	4
HIS 299/AFR 299	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 306/ECO 305	GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN POVERTY	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 324/EAS 324	GLOBALIZING CHINESE ACTIVISM	4
HIS 325/EAS 325	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA	4
HIS 334/AMS 334	HISTORICIZING 9/11	4
HIS 416	RASTAFARI,REGGAE,& RESISTNCE	4
HIS 423/AMS 423	FROM SUBJUGATION TO SCIENCE	4
HIS 428/AMS 428/EAS 428	DEBATING CHINA'S GLOBALIZATION	4
HIS 448/GWS 448	PROSTITUTN/SEX-SLAV SINCE 1850	4
HIS 467/AMS 467	HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH	4
HMD 416/GWS 416	GLOBALIZATION/CULT & IDENTITY	4
MUS 108/ANT 108	MUSIC OF THE WORLD	4
PSY 450	SEMINAR IN SOCIAL PSYCH	4
REL 102/GIS 102/HIS 102	INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES	4
REL 210/JS 210	CC: JEWISH TRADITIONS	4
REL 211	CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS	4
REL 214/GIS 214	INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM	4
REL 248/JS 248	HOLOCAUST/POST-HOL RESPONSES	4
REL 252/AMS 252/GIS 252	ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES	4
REL 254/CRE 254	RELIGION & SPIRIT OF POLITICS	4
REL 401	THEORIES OF RELIGION	4
SOC 400/AMS 400/GWS 400/GIS 401	THE SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION	4
SLA 260	REVOLUTION 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 224	EMERGING ECON IN ASIA & LAT AM	4
ECO 235	GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT	4
ECO 237/SPA 237	ECON GROWTH/DEVEL IN LAT AMER	4
ECO 332	OPEN MACRO: EMERGING ECONOMIES	4
ECO 430	GROWTH/PROMISE IN LAT AMER	4
ECO 440	GLOBLSM,GLOBAPHOBIA,PARADOXES	4
GOV 206	U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER	4
GOV 224/ECO 224	EMERGING ECON IN ASIA & LAT AM	4
GOV 322	DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 114	LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN	4
HIS 212	"RACE" COLONIAL LATIN AMER	4
HIS 216	MODERN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 219/CRE 219	REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA	4
HIS 220/GWS 222	GENDER IN THE ANDES AND MEXICO	4
HIS 252/CRE 252/ES 252/GWS 252	SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT	4
HIS 257/AMS 257/CRE 257/SPA 257	LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES	4
HIS 299/AFR 299	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 344/CRE 344/SPA 344	DIALOGUE BET SPAIN & AMERICAS	4
HIS 416	RASTAFARI,REGGAE,& RESISTNCE	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
SPA 204/ES 204	ENVIRON JUSTICE IN HISPA WORLD	4
SPA 251	HISPANIC CULTURES	4
SPA 305/ES 305/GWS 305	ECO-FEMINSM & RESTNCE IN AMER	4
SPA 309	LATIN AMERICA IN FILM	4
SPA 310	LIT OF HISPANIC CARIBBEAN	4
SPA 316/REL 316	RELIGION/VIOLENCE LATIN AM	4
SPA 317	YOUTH IN SPANISH AMERICA	4
SPA 318	U.S. LATINO ID IN ARTS/POP CUL	4
SPA 321/REL 321	LATIN AM RELIGIONS IN ACTION	4
SPA 324/AMS 324	HISPANICS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 329	CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 333/GWS 333	U.S. LATINO URB YOUTH NARRATVS	4
SPA 433	SPECIAL TOPICS	4
SOC 328/AMS 328/EDU 328/GWS 328/HIS 328	ZAPATISMO: MEXICAN SOCIAL MOV	4
SOC 414	POST-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 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
AMS 206/CRE 206/HIS 209	THEORIZING RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY	4
ANT 202	ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA	4
ANT 320/GWS 320	ANTHRO OF SEXUALITY & GENDER	4
ANT 350	WORLDS OF FOOD	4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482	ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY	4
CRE 223/SOC 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
DAN 266	WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT	4
DAN 434/GWS 434	TOP IN MULTICUL:MAPPING BODIES	4
EDU 223	FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION	4
EDU 313	CHILDREN, BOOKS & CULTURE	4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123	INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT	4
ENG 242	RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM	4
ENG 326/AFR 326/CRE 326/GWS 326	BLACK GENRE FICTION	4
ENG 336/ES 336	HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT	4
ENG 337/GWS 337	THE LITERATURE OF PASSING	4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360	RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM	4
ENG 493H/GWS 418	TONI MORRISON	4
FLM 311/GWS 313	REPRESENTING GENDER	4
GOV 250	GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS	4
GOV 231	POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS	4
HIS 204/AMS 204	AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA	4
HIS 205/AFR 205	HISTORY OF THE SOUTH	4
HIS 120	CC: THE AMERICAN WEST	4
HIS 214/AMS 214	POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945	4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215	POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945	4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT	4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865	4
HIS 248/AMS 248	NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS	4
HIS 253/AFR 253	AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS	4
HIS 299/AFR 299	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 304	HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST SINCE 1890	4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330	HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH	4
HIS 341/AMS 341	CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
HIS 457/AMS 457	NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA	4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458	CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975	4
HIS 460/AMS 460	BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE,1946-68	4
HIS 467/AMS 467	HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH	4
HMD 304/GWS 304	CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY	4
HMD 306	LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE, AND SELF	4
HMD 314	MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY	4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321	CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC	4
HMD 415/GWS 415	SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER	4
MUS 103/AMS 103	AMERICAN MUSIC	4
MUS 117/AFR 117/AMS 117	HISTORY OF JAZZ	4
REL 102/GIS 102/HIS 102	INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES	4
REL 221/CRE 221	NAT AMER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS	4
REL 252/AMS 252/GIS 252	ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES	4
REL 255/AMS 255/CRE 256	RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE	4
SOC 203	IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT	4
SOC 223/CRE 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
SOC 210	GENDER AND MEDIA	4
SOC 212/GWS 211	SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 213	GENDER THEORY	4
SOC 310/CRE 310	RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA	4
SOC 364	URBAN PROBLEMS	4
SPA 224	LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 324/AMS 324	HISPANICS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 329	CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.	4
SOC 208/GWS 209	RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA	4
SOC 215	DRUGS AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 293	SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY	4
SOC 405	URBAN POVERTY/PUBLIC POLICY	4
SOC 408	MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES	4
THE 241	THEATER 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 229	ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:SOC SCI OF MUS	4
ANT 350	WORLDS OF FOOD	4
ANT 356/AHI 356/CRE 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
AHI 251	HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY	4
AHI 261	LATE 20TH C ART	4
AHI 276	AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE	4
AHI 280/ANT 279	INTRO TO MUSEUM STUDIES	4
AHI 281/ANT 281	CURRENT ISSUES MUSEUM STUDIES	4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
AHI 440	ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART	4
DAN 266	WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT	4
DAN 434/GWS 434	TOP IN MULTICUL:MAPPING BODIES	4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123	INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT	4
ENG 126	THE 20TH C AMER SHORT STORY	4
ENG 137	FICTIONS OF EMPIRE	4
ENG 207/AMS 207	INTRO TO AMER LIT: THE 19TH C	4
ENG 208/AMS 208	INTRO TO AM LIT: 20TH C & PRES	4
ENG 213	BOB DYLAN	4
ENG 217	WRITING THE SHORT STORY	4
ENG 240	READING & WRITING POEMS	4
ENG 242	RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM	4
ENG 306B	RECENT AMERICAN POETS	4
ENG 314	THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION	4
ENG 329	RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C	4
ENG 336/ES 336	HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT	4
ENG 337/GWS 337	THE LITERATURE OF PASSING	4
ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360	RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM	4
ENG 493C	HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD	4
ENG 493H/GWS 418	TONI MORRISON	4
ENG 493L	HENRY JAMES & EDITH WHARTON	4
FLM 101	INT FLM ST: HOW TO READ FLM	4
FLM 202	STUDIES IN FILM CULTURE	4
FLM 311/GWS 313	REPRESENTING GENDER	4
FLM 220	DOCUMENTARY THRY & PRODUCTN	4
FLM 360/AFR 360/ENG 360	RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM	4
FLM 395W/GWS 356	FEMINISMS IN AMER POP CULT	4
FLM 493C	STUDIES IN CULT AND CAMP	4
GWS 356/FLM 395W	FEMINISMS IN AMER POP CULT	4
GWS 418/ENG 493H	TONI MORRISON	4
SPA 224	LATINO WRITERS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 251	HISPANIC CULTURES	4
SPA 309	LATIN AMERICA IN FILM	4
SPA 324/AMS 324	HISPANICS IN THE U.S.	4
HIS 214/AMS 214	POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945	4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215	POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945	4
HIS 304	HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST SINCE 1890	4
HMD 314	MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY	4
MUS 103/AMS 103	AMERICAN MUSIC	4
MUS 117/AFR 117/AMS 117	HISTORY OF JAZZ	4
MUS 229/ANT 229	ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:SOC SCI OF MUS	4
THE 231/AMS 231	USA PLAYS/AMERICAN DRAMA	4
THE 241	THEATER AND CULTURE I	4
THE 266/AMS 266/MUS 266	MUSICAL 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 281	CURRENT ISSUES MUSEUM STUDIES	4
AMS 450/HIS 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
AMS 493A/ES 493G	CULTURE,POLIT & THE ENVIRON	4
ANT 202	ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA	4
ANT 234/BOT 234/ES 234	S AMER CULTURES & ENVIRONMENT	4
ANT 330	ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM	4
ANT 350	WORLDS OF FOOD	4
ANT 402	NATR,CULT,POWR IN AFR DIASPORA	4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482	ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY	4
ECO 247	URBAN & REGIONAL ECONOMICS	4
ECO 255	INTRO TO BEHAVIORAL FINANCE	4
ECO 314	ANTITRUST ECONOMICS/POLICY	4
ECO 326	ECO HIS/HIS ECO THGHT II	4
ECO 402	ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION	4
ECO 409	WOMEN AND WORK	4
EDU 223	FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION	4
EDU 313	CHILDREN, BOOKS & CULTURE	4
EDU 316	QUEER PEDAGOGY	4
ENG 242	RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM	4
ES 258/GOV 258	U.S. ENVIRON POLICY/POLITICS	4
ES 260/GOV 260	PROB ENVIRON POLICY & LAW	4
ES 263	INT'L POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHNG	4
ES 493E	INDIG PEOP, SUST DEV&BIODIVR	4
ES 493G/AMS 493A	CULTURE,POLIT & THE ENVIRON	4
ES 493U/GOV 493U	ENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP	4
GWS 103	INTRO GENDER & WOMEN'S STD	4
GWS 224/CRE 224	TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS	4
GOV 111	U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	4
GOV 205	INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY	4
GOV 206	U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER	4
GOV 212	CONGRESS	4
GOV 214/PHI 244	MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT	4
GOV 215	THE U.S. AND VIETNAM	4
GOV 221	POLIT PARTIES,CAMPAIGNS,ELECT	4
GOV 226	POLITICL ECON OF AMER BUSINESS	4
GOV 228	TERRORISM	4
GOV 231	POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS	4
GOV 250	GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS	4
GOV 251/ES 251/SLA 251	ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT	4
GOV 252	US FOREIGN POLICY	4
GOV 258/ES 258	U.S. ENVIRON POLICY/POLITICS	4
GOV 260/ES 260	PROB ENVIRON POLICY & LAW	4
GOV 284	POLITICS OF BUREAUCRACY	4
GOV 304	AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT	4
GOV 352	ALTERN PERSP U.S. FOREIGN POL	4
GOV 358	ANALYSIS OF U.S. PUBLIC POLICY	4
GOV 493Z/GIS 400	THE IRAQ WAR	4
GWS 203	INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES	4
GWS 207/AT 207	BODY NARRATIVES, TECH, & MEDIA	4
GWS 224/CRE 224	TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS	4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206	THEORIZING RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY	4
HIS 214/AMS 214	POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945	4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215	POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945	4
HIS 218/AMS 218	GLOBAL QUEER HISTORIES	4
HIS 248/AMS 248	NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS	4
HIS 253/AFR 253	AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS	4
HIS 304	HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST SINCE 1890	4
HIS 334/AMS 334	HISTORICIZING 9/11	4
HIS 341/AMS 341	CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
HIS 467/AMS 467	HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH	4
HMD 103/GWS 102	CHILD RIGHTS/PUBLIC POLICY	4
HMD 314	MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY	4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321	CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC	4
HMD 414	ELDER ABUSE	4
HMD 415/GWS 415	SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER	4
PSY 206	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY	4
PSY 212	DRUGS & BEHAVIOR	4
REL 229	DISCONTNTS OF CHRISTIAN MODRN	4
REL 252/AMS 252/GIS 252	ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES	4
REL 254/CRE 254	RELIGION & SPIRIT OF POLITICS	4
REL 255/AMS 255/CRE 256	RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE	4
SOC 203	IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT	4
SOC 208/GWS 209	RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA	4
SOC 209	SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	4
SOC 212/GWS 211	SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 213	GENDER THEORY	4
SOC 215	DRUGS AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 216/ES 218	SOCIETY IN AGE OF CLIMATE CHNG	4
SOC 223/CRE 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
SOC 227	LAW AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 293	SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY	4
SOC 310/CRE 310	RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA	4
SOC 364	URBAN PROBLEMS	4
SOC 405	URBAN POVERTY/PUBLIC POLICY	4
SOC 408	MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES	4
SPA 493G	SPANGLISH AS IDENTITY	4
THE 199/AMS 199	CC:THEATR OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC	4
THE 266/AMS 266/MUS 266	MUSICAL THEATER IN AMER CUL	4
	or other courses with permission of advisor or director