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AMST American Studies( Arts and Humanities) AMST201 Introduction to American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.Introduction to American cultural studies--past and present--by examining the concept of "self" in American autobiographical writing and the concept of "society" in accounts of various communities. AMST201S Introduction to American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course. Restricted to College Park Scholars - American Cultures. AMST203 Popular Culture in America; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course. An introduction to American popular culture, its historical development, and its role as a reflection of and influence on our culture and society. AMST205 Material Aspects of American Life; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE History or Theory of Arts (HA) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course. Historical survey of American material culture. Ways of describing and interpreting accumulated material evidence (e.g., buildings, town plans) introduced by stressing relationship between artifact and culture. AMST207 Contemporary American Cultures; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course. World views, values, and social systems of contemporary American cultures explored through readings on selected groups such as middle-class suburbanites, old order Amish, and urban tramps. AMST212 (PermReq) Diversity in American Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Exploration of the role of ethnic diversity in the shaping of American culture. Special emphasis will be placed on the multicultural origins of American popular and material culture, such as foodways and entertainment, and on the experience of "Americanization." Course will be taught on-line on the internet. Obtain permission from Dr. Paoletti via e-mail: jp4@umail.umd.edu. Course will meet one time per week. AMST298C Selected Topics in American Studies: Asian American Experience; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AMST298I Selected Topics in American Studies: American Culture in the Information Age; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST330 Critics of American Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: prior course in AMST, HIST, or SOCY. Philosophies of American social purpose and promise. Readings from "classical" American thinkers, contemporary social commentators, and American studies scholars. AMST386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: permission of department. 56 semester hours. AMST398 (PermReq) Independent Studies; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST418A Cultural Themes in America: American Humor; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST418D Cultural Themes in America: Growing Up American; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST418S Critical Racism and Whiteness Studies in the U.S.; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AMST428C American Cultural Eras: Film of the 1950's; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST428M American Cultural Eras: Women and Film in the 1950's; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST429D Perspectives on Popular Culture: Children and Television; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST429F Perspectives on Popular Culture: Gender Roles and Media; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST429J Perspectives on Popular Culture: Comic Strips; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST450 (PermReq) Seminar in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: nine hours prior coursework in American Studies, including AMST 201. Senior standing. For AMST majors only. Developments in theories and methods of American Studies scholarship, with emphasis upon interaction between the humanities and the social sciences in the process of cultural analysis and evaluation. AMST601 Introductory Seminar in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. AMST628B Seminar in American Studies: Popular Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AMST628Q Seminar in American Studies: Material Culture Studies Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AMST629A Seminar in American Studies: Ethnography; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AMST638 Orientation Seminar: Material Aspects of American Civilization; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Class meets at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Thursdays from 1-4pm. Class begins on August 24. Taught by Edie Mayo and Bernard Mergen. AMST638C Orientation Seminar: Material Aspects of American Civilization: Introduction to Museum Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Class meets at the Museum of American History, West Conference Room. Taught by B. Finn and E. Hughes. Also offered as HIST 619C. AMST698 (PermReq) Directed Readings in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST899 Doctoral Dissertation Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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