Courses

The list below includes courses offered or cross-listed by American Studies this academic year.  Please note: these are NOT the only courses that may be counted toward the American Studies major or minor.  Because American Studies is an interdisciplinary program, students may take courses from other programs and departments, as long as they are demonstrably appropriate to the major.  To confirm the appropriateness of a course not expressly listed as American Studies, talk with your advisor.

AMSTUD 1B
Autumn

Media, Culture, and Society (COMM 1B)

George, C. (PI) , Tadesse, H. (TA) , Ahuja, A. (TA) , Sarigul, A. (TA)
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
AMSTUD 54
Autumn

The History of Ideas in America, Part I (to 1900) (HISTORY 54)

Clements, A. (TA) , Shah, S. (TA) , Winterer, C. (PI)
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
AMSTUD 61N
Winter

The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson (HISTORY 61N)

Gienapp, J. (PI)
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
AMSTUD 107
Winter

Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (CSRE 108, FEMGEN 101, TAPS 108)

Butler-Wall, A. (TA) , Verghese, N. (TA) , Crandall, M. (PI) , Cruz, M. (PI)
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
AMSTUD 110D
Spring

War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (INTNLREL 110D, POLISCI 110D, POLISCI 110Y)

Schultz, K. (PI) , Slate, D. (TA) , Hintson, J. (TA) , Tchaouchev, D. (TA)
Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
AMSTUD 123X
Spring

Introduction to American Politics and Policy: In Defense of Democracy (POLISCI 102, PUBLPOL 101, PUBLPOL 201)

Bonica, A. (PI) , Fikejs, E. (TA) , Bethlendy, L. (TA) , Rhee, K. (TA) , Jefferson, H. (PI)
Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
AMSTUD 124A
Spring

The American West (ARTHIST 152, ENGLISH 124, HISTORY 151, POLISCI 124A)

Kennedy, D. (PI) , Fishkin, S. (PI) , Cain, B. (PI) , Elliott, E. (TA) , Kennedy, R. (TA) , Gale, B. (TA) , Spikol, A. (TA) , Freyberg, D. (PI)
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
AMSTUD 137
Autumn

The Dialogue of Democracy (COMM 137W, COMM 237, POLISCI 232T, POLISCI 332T)

Fishkin, J. (PI) , Kim, Y. (TA)
Tuesday
4:30 PM
7:20 PM
AMSTUD 139C
Winter

American Literature and Social Justice (ENGLISH 139C, FEMGEN 139C)

Fishkin, S. (PI)
Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
AMSTUD 150A
Autumn

Colonial and Revolutionary America (HISTORY 150A)

Gienapp, J. (PI) , Depew, J. (TA) , MacPhee, C. (TA) , Powell, M. (TA)
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
AMSTUD 150B
Winter

Nineteenth Century America (AFRICAAM 150B, CSRE 150S, HISTORY 150B)

Olivarius, K. (PI) , Halom, B. (TA)
Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
AMSTUD 150C
Spring

The United States in the Twentieth Century (AFRICAAM 150C, HISTORY 150C)

Regalado, P. (PI)
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
AMSTUD 154
Autumn

The History of Ideas in America, Part I (to 1900) (HISTORY 154)

Clements, A. (TA) , Shah, S. (TA) , Winterer, C. (PI)
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
AMSTUD 156H
Spring

Women and Medicine in US History: Women as Patients, Healers and Doctors (FEMGEN 156H)

Horn, M. (PI)
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM
AMSTUD 161
Spring

The Politics of Sex: Gender, Race, and Sex in Modern America (CSRE 162, FEMGEN 61, FEMGEN 161, HISTORY 61, HISTORY 161)

Iker, T. (PI)
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
AMSTUD 165
Winter

History of Higher Education in the U.S. (EDUC 165, EDUC 265, HISTORY 158C)

Levine, E. (PI)
Tuesday
9:00 AM
11:50 AM
AMSTUD 201
Spring

History of Education in the United States (EDUC 201, HISTORY 258B)

Bullock, E. (TA) , Ali, A. (TA) , Hines, M. (PI)
Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
AMSTUD 253F
Winter

Thinking the American Revolution (HISTORY 253F, HISTORY 353F)

Gienapp, J. (PI)
Wednesday
4:30 PM
7:20 PM
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