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Program of Concentration in American and Southern
Studies The interdisciplinary major consists of 36 hours of course work, to be distributed among various disciplines as indicated below. Emphasis is on political, cultural, economic, and related trends or events that contribute to the making of American culture and character in all its diversity. After completing the core requirements, students must concentrate on a theme, such as those named above, chosen in consultation with the director of the program. Students should expect to study the problems, developments, and crises of social history, technology, visual studies, gender, race, ethnicity, media, and political and literary culture. Each student will work with an advisor to design a program that meets his or her intellectual needs and interests. Students should note that no more than 6 hours at the 100 level can count toward the interdisciplinary major and that often prerequisites exist for the courses that may be used in the major. Independent study, research courses, and selected topics courses should have topics appropriate to the student's course of study. Students seeking a second major may count a maximum of 6 hours of course work to meet requirements in both majors. Requirements for the interdisciplinary major in American
Studies include completion of the following:
AMERICAN STUDIES (3 hours): 210, Perspectives on the
American Experience: Art and Literature, 240, Topics in
American Studies; 247, American Political Culture; 258, The
South in American Culture. ENGLISH (3 hours): 160, American Literature from the
Beginnings to 1900; 212, Southern Literature; 272, Movements
in Literature (when an American topic is listed); 273,
Problems in Literature (when an American topic is
listed). HISTORY (3 hours): 271a-271b, Early American History to
1783; 272a-272b, The United States, 1783-1850; 273, The
United States, 1850-1877; 274a-274b, The United States,
1877-1945; 275, Recent America: The United States Since
1945. SOCIAL SCIENCE (3 hours): Political Science 204, American
Political Thought; Political Science 245, The American
Presidency; Sociology 249, American Social Movements;
Sociology 250, Gender in American Society (also listed as
Women's Studies 250); Sociology 255, Racial and Ethnic
Minorities in the United States. An additional 3 hours of either American Studies or Social Science selected from the above core courses. 4. Concentrated program (15 hours) on a theme or topic to be developed and studied through an approved selection of courses from at least three departments, to be taken primarily from the following suggested courses. AMERICAN STUDIES: 210, Perspectives on the American
Experience: Art and Literature; 218, Religion and Ethnic
Nationalism in the United States; 240, Topics in American
Studies; 247, American Political Culture; 267, Desire in
America; 268, America on Film; 289a-289b, Independent
Readings and Research. ANTHROPOLOGY: 214, North American Indians; 229, North
American Archaeology. ECONOMICS: 226, Economic History of the United
States. ENGLISH: 160, American Literature from the Beginnings to
1900; 212, Southern Literature; 232, The Modern American
Novel; 259, Nineteenth-Century American Poetry; 263, African
American Literature; 265, Film and Modernism; 266, The
Nineteenth-Century American Novel; 267, Desire in America;
268, America on Film; 271, Caribbean Literature; 272,
Movements in Literature (when an American topic is listed);
273, Problems in Literature (when an American topic is
listed); 286, Twentieth-Century American Drama. FINE ARTS: 240, American Art and Architecture; 241,
Twentieth-Century American Art. HISTORY: 270, The Frontier in Early America; 271a-271b,
Early American History to 1783; 272a-272b, The United
States, 1783-1850; 273, The United States, 1850-1877;
274a-274b, The United States, 1877-1945; 275, Recent
America: The United States Since 1945; 276, The Old South;
277, The New South; 278, History of Appalachia; 279a-279b,
History of Black Americans; 280a-280b, History of American
Foreign Policy; 282a-282b, Economic History of the United
States; 284a-284b, American Social History; 285a-285b,
History of American Thought; 286-287, Women's Experience in
America: Colonial Times to the Present (also listed as
Women's Studies 286-287). MUSIC: MUSL 147, American Music; MUSL 294, Blackface
Minstrelsy. PHILOSOPHY: 222, American Philosophy; 234, Philosophy of
Education. POLITICAL SCIENCE: 204, American Political Thought; 245,
The American Presidency; 261, Constitutional
Interpretation. RELIGIOUS STUDIES: 204, The Evangelical Movement in
America; 217, The History of Religion in the United States;
218, Religion and Ethnic Nationalism in the United States;
219, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Social Roles of
Religion; 233a-b, The History of African American
Religion. SOCIOLOGY: 231, Criminology; 249, American Social
Movements; 250, Gender in American Society (also listed as
Women's Studies 250); 251, Women and Public Policy in
America (also listed as Women's Studies 251); 255, Racial
and Ethnic Minorities in the United States; 258, The South
in American Culture; 261, Work and Family in American
Life. American Studies 115, 115W. Freshman Seminar
[3]. American Studies 201. Introduction to American
Studies. An interdisciplinary approach to American
culture, character, and life. FALL, SPRING. [3]
Griffin (Sociology), Tichi (English). American Studies 204. Self, Society, and Social
Change. (Also listed as Sociology 204) Problems and
prospects for individual participation in social change;
volunteering, community service, and philanthropy; role of
individuals and voluntary associations in social change.
SPRING. [3] Cornfield (Sociology). American Studies 205. Development of the American
Theatre. (Also listed as Theatre 204) A study of
theatrical activity in the United States from the colonial
period to the present. The course will include the reading
of selected plays. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. SPRING.
[3] J. Hallquist (Theatre). (Offered alternate
years; offered 1997/98) American Studies 210. Perspectives on the American
Experience: Art and Literature. An interdisciplinary
study of American cultural expression from the early
national period to 1900, focusing on the interplay between
art and literature. [3] Fryd (Fine Arts), Kreyling
(English). (Not currently offered) American Studies 218. Religion and Ethnic Nationalism
in the United States. (Also listed as Religious Studies
218) Mythic and ritual character of ethnic nationalism,
emphasizing the African American and American Jewish
communities. Religious vs. racial identity, the Hometenance
of group boundaries vs. assimilation, and this world vs. the
Promised Land. [3] (Not currently offered) American Studies 220. Rhetoric of Mass Media.
(Also listed as Communication Studies 220) A study of the
nature, effects, and reasons for the effects, ethics,
regulation, and criticism of contemporary mass media
communication. Political causes, news reporting, commercial
advertising, and similar sources of rhetoric are included.
FALL. [3] Sloop (Communication Studies). American Studies 224. Rhetoric of Social
Movements. (Also listed as Communication Studies 224)
The role of communication in the creation, development, and
function of social movements. The analysis of specific
rhetorical acts. The study of the arguments, patterns of
persuasion, and communication strategies of selected social
movements. FALL. [3] Sloop (Communication
Studies). American Studies 240. Topics in American Studies.
Topics of special interest on American culture or society,
as announced in the Schedule of Courses. May be taken
three times for credit when topics vary. FALL. [3]
Kreyling (English). American Studies 247. American Political Culture.
(Also listed as Political Science 247) Content, historical
development, and political consequences of the American
public's deeply rooted values concerning how the political
system ought to work and the ends it ought to serve.
Attention to regional variation. SPRING. [3] Pride
(Political Science). American Studies 250. Senior Tutorial. Supervised
readings, joint discussions, and independent research on a
topic related to the American experience, to be selected in
consultation with the director of American Studies. Open
only to juniors and seniors. SPRING. [3] Staff. American Studies 258. The South in American
Culture. (Also listed as Sociology 258) The changing
relationship between the South and the rest of the country
and its effects on understandings and definitions of the
South and changes in southern social structures and
patterns, race relations, and economic and political
institutions. [3] Griffin. (Not currently
offered) American Studies 267. Desire in America: Literature,
Cinema, and History. (Also listed as English 267) The
influence of desire and repression in shaping American
culture and character from the mid-nineteenth century to the
present. FALL. [3] Girgus (English). American Studies 268. America on Film. (Also
listed as English 268) American culture and character
through film, film theory, and literature. SPRING.
[3] Girgus (English). American Studies 270. The Frontier in Early America:
War and Cultural Interaction. (Also listed as History
270) Frontiers in North America, 1500-1763. War, trade, and
cultural exchange among the native, British, French, and
Spanish residents of North America. The meaning of cultural
frontiers and cycles of peace and war in borderlands.
[3] (Not currently offered) American Studies 278. History of Appalachia. (Also
listed as History 278) The region from first European
intrusions to the present. Frontier era white-indigenous
contact, antebellum society and economy, relations with the
slave South, the Civil War and postwar politics, increasing
social strainings, industrialization and labor conflict,
poverty, and outmigration. Examination of mountain culture,
tourism, and the construction of the "hillbilly" image.
SPRING. [3] Carlton (History). American Studies 289a-289b. Independent Readings and
Research. Independent readings and/or research on
approved topics relating to American society and culture.
[Variable credit: 1-3 each semester, not to exceed a
total of 6 in 289a-289b combined] Staff. American Studies 295. Undergraduate Seminar in
American Studies. Advanced reading, research, and
writing in a particular area of American Studies. May be
taken no more than two times, and not twice from the same
professor. Limited to juniors and seniors with preference
given to American Studies majors. FALL, SPRING. [3]
Kirschke (Fine Arts). American Studies 310. Topics in American Culture and
Character. Topics as announced in the Schedule of
Courses. May be repeated twice for credit when topics
vary. FALL. [3] Walker (English). American Studies 311. Introduction to Southern
Studies. [3] (Offered 1998/99) American Studies 312. Research Seminar in Southern
Studies. [3] (Not currently offered) |
Last updated on 26 June 1998