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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.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. Sections 0101 and 0102 are traditional classroom-based courses. Sections 0103 and 0104 are hybrid courses, taught partially online. Section 0105 is taught completely online. Students in 0105 should make sure their email address is listed correctly in Testudo, to ensure they receive introductory communication. AMST203 Popular Culture in America; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. An introduction to American popular culture, its historical development, and its role as a reflection of and influence on our culture and society. AMST204 Film and American Culture Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. Exploration of the American film from a historical perspective, illustrating the motion picture's role as an institutional phenomenon, as a form of communication, and as a source of cross-cultural study. AMST205 Material Aspects of American Life; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE History or Theory of Arts (HA) 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/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. CORE Diversity (D) 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 Diversity in American Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Exploration of the role of 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." AMST260 American Culture in the Information Age; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AMST260 or AMST298I. Formerly AMST 298I. Examines the ways in which content and form of public information interact with the culture, families & individuals. AMST298C Introduction to Asian American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Also offered as AAST 200. AMST330 (PermReq) Critics of American Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For American Studies major only or permission of instructor. Philosophies of American social purpose and promise. Readings from "classical" American thinkers, contemporary social commentators, and American studies scholars. Restricted to majors only. AMST340 (PermReq) Introduction to History, Theories and Methods in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: Two AMST courses. Sophomore standing. For AMST majors only. Introduction to the process of interdisciplinary research, including research literatures, questions, first-hand sources and library and analytic methods in American Studies. Each student will craft a prospectus for original research. 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. Junior standing. Faculty mentored independent learning. Online interaction using WEBCT required. AMST388 (PermReq) Honors Thesis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST398 (PermReq) Independent Studies; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST399 (PermReq) Community-based American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST418A Cultural Themes in America: America: African-American Visual and Material Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST418H (PermReq) Cultural Themes in America: Cultural Themes in America-Honors; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST418L Cultural Themes in America: Asian Religions in American Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST429D Perspectives on Popular Culture: Children and the Media; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST429I Perspectives on Popular Culture: New York Film Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST429P Perspectives on Popular Culture: Disney's World; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AMST450 (PermReq) Seminar in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. CORE Capstone (CS) Course. Prerequisite: Nine hours prior coursework in American Studies, including AMST201. 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. AMST498R Special Topics in American Studies: Race and Cinema in 20th-Century US; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. AMST601 Introductory Theories and History in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Not open to Graduate Advanced Special Students. Explores the formative literature, theories, research approaches, and history of American Studies. AMST628D Seminar in American Studies: Feminist Cultural Criticism of Diasporic Texts; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as WMST698D. AMST629A Seminar in American Studies: Ethnography and American Culture Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AMST698 (PermReq) Directed Readings in American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST798 Non-Thesis Research; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. 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. AMST801 Research Seminar in American Life and Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisites: Successful completion of two American Studies graduate readings seminar. A research writing seminar that provides students with an opportunity to complete an original research project to gain experience in related scholarly activities (proposing and configuring research and making conference-style presentation). Also offered as HIST819M. AMST851 Interpretation of Cultural Landscapes; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. A research seminar that provides students an opportunity to survey the principal approaches to studying a cultural landscape, learn how to apply and adapt a field research method, and produce a primary research report on a cultural landscape of their choice. AMST856 Museum Research Seminar; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: AMST 655. Also offered as HIST 810. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AMST 638D, AMST 856, HIST 810 or HIST 819D. Formerly AMST 638D. A research seminar focusing on the practice and presentation of cultural and historical scholarship in museums and historical sites. Students will complete an original research project on the challenges and opportunities of public exhibition and interpretation of cultural and historical research. The course will meet at the Smithsonian Natural Museum of American History AMST857 Museum Scholarship Practicum; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: AMST856 and Permission of Museum Scholarship Program. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AMST857 or HIST811. Students devise and carry out a research program using the collections at the Smithsonian Institution or some other cooperating museum, working under joint supervision of a museum professional and a university faculty member. AMST898 Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AMST899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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