Electives
Fall 2013
Courses below satisfy the American Studies Program requirement for three (3) one‑term electives in the American field, pass‑fail not acceptable. The electives must be from three different departments or programs. None may be in the student's major department.
African American Studies
201 Study of African American Cultural Practices
321 Black Power and the Theology of Liberation
324 Race, Sex, and the Marriage Plot in American Film Comedies
353 African American Literature: Origins to 1910
362 Race and American Legal Practice
365 Migration and the Literary Imagination
412 Cultures of the Afro-Diaspora
477 The Civil Rights Movement
Architecture
401 Theories of Housing and Urbanism
Civil and Environmental Engineering
102A,B Engineering in the Modern World
Center for Human Values
310 Practical Ethics
Computer Science
109 Computers in Our World
Economics
100 Introduction to Microeconomics
101 Introduction to Macroeconomics
315 Topics in Macroeconomics
324 Law and Economics
341 Public Finance
English
201 American Literary History
356 Topics in American Literature: American LIterature and the Law
357 Topics in American Literature: Henry James and William Faulkner
374 Modern American Women Poets
376 20th Century American Musical Theatre
402 Forms of Literature: Introduction to U.S. Latina/o Literature
Environmental Studies
201A Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Population, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Energy
305 Topics in Environmental Studies -- Building American Style: Land-Use Policies and Rules
Geosciences
197 Environmental Decision Making
Gender and Sexuality Studies
201 Introduction to the Study of Gender
History
372 Revolutionary America
373 Democracy and Slavery in the New Nation
379 History of American Capitalism
383 The United States, 1920-1974
387 African American History - Reconstruction
487 Women in American Higher Education
Journalism
400 The Media in America
Politics
220 American Politics
315 Constitutional Interpretation
322 Public Opinion
324 Congressional Politics
328 American Politics and Democratic Theory
332 Topics in American Statesmanship: Constitution and Democracy
419 The Diverse Society
423 Seminar in American Politics: Politics of Supreme Court Nominations
Psychology
252 Social Psychology
307 Educational Psychology
Religion
219 Business Ethics and Modern Religious Thought
365 Catholics in America
Sociology
101 Introduction to Sociology
210 Urban Sociology: The City and Social Change in the Americas
329 Immigrant America
345 Money, Work and Social Life
346 Sociology of the Cubicle: Work, Technology, and Organization
Urban Studies
201 Introduction to Urban Studies
Woodrow Wilson School
300 Microeconomics for Public Policy
307 Public Economics
330 Population, Society and Public Policy
351 Information Technology and Public Policy
370 Ethics and Public Policy
387 Education and Public Policy in the United States
2012-2013
Courses below satisfy the American Studies Program requirement for three (3) one‑term electives in the American field, pass‑fail not acceptable. The electives must be from three different departments or programs. None may be in the student's major department.
African American Studies
201 Study of African American Cultural Practices
238 American Spectacle: A Theater Conversation Beyond the Proscenium
319 The African American Prophetic Tradition
322 A History of Race in the United States
351 Law, Social Policy, African American Women
353 African American Lit: Origins to 1910
358 Sexuality and Religion in America
359 African American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance to the Present
384 Prejudice: Its Causes, Consequences, and Lures
403 Race and Medicine
407 Race, Social Inequality, and Education
426 Memory, History and the African Diaspora
Anthropology
232 Social Lives, Social Forces
342 The Anthropology of Law
Architecture
401 Theories of Housing and Urbanism
425 The Ordinary
492 American Urbanism
Art and Archeology
214 Contemporary Art: 1950 to the Present
454 History of Photography
463 American Art and Visual Culture: Picturing Limits in American Art and Visual Culture
Civil and Environmental Engineering
102A,B Engineering in the Modern World
232A,B Structures and the Urban Environment
Center for Human Values
321 Ethical and Scientific Issues in Environmental Policy
331 Ethics and Public Health
375 Clues, Evidence, Detection: Law Stories
Computer Science
109 Computers in Our World
Dance
211 The Amerian Dance Experience and Africanist Dance Practices
Economics
100 Introduction to Microeconomics
101 Introduction to Macroeconomics
324 Law and Economics
331 Economics of the Labor Market
332 Economics of Health and Health Care
341 Public Finance
342 Money and Banking
370 American Economic History
384 Economics of Crime and Crime Control
Engineering
277 Technology and Society
English
201 American Literary History
220 Crime, Fiction, and Film
308 American Cinema
335 American Literature before 1825
351 American Literature, 1865-1930
357 American Best-Sellers
368 American Literature: 1930-Present
370 Contemporary Fiction
372 Contemporary Drama
382 African American Literature and Culture
386 Literature and Environment
388 The Female Literary Tradition
Environmental Studies
201A Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Population, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Energy
304 Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy
305 Building American Style: Land-Use Policies and Rules
306 Amerian Environmental History
Gender and Sexuality Studies
201 Introduction to the Study of Gender
315 Sex on Stage
385 LGBT American History
420 Born in the U.S.A.: Culture and Reproduction in America
Geology
197 Environmental Decision Making
History
280 Approaches to American History
361 The United States Since 1974
373 Democracy and Slavery in the New Nation
374 History of the American West
377 Gilded Age and Progressive-Era United States, 1877-1920
385 The Role of Law in American Society
387 African American History: Reconstruction
388 Cities and Suburbs in Amerian History
393 Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in America
399 Technology and Music in American History
Journalism
400 The Media in America
448 The Media and Social Issues: Reporting Inequality
Latino Studies
200 Latinos in American Life and Culture
Latin American Studies
318 US-Latin American Relations
Music
262 Introduction to the Evolution of Jazz Styles
Politics
220 American Politics
307 The Just Society
316 Civil Liberties
320 Judicial Politics
321 American Political Thought
322 Public Opinion
327 Mass Media and American Politics
330 Electing the President: Voter Psychology
332 Topics in American Statesmanship: The Founders in Comparative Context
349 Political Economy
416 Moral Conflicts in Public and Private Life
421 Racial Politics in the U.S.
423 Seminar in American Politics: Latino Politics in the U.S.
Psychology
252 Social Psychology
307 Educational Psychology
Religion
258 Religion in Amerian Society
308 Religion in the Public Square
373 Holy Ordinary: Religious Dimensions in Contemporary Fiction
380 The American Sermon
Sociology
101 Introduction to Sociology
204 Social Networks
209 Sociology of Sports
210 Urban Sociology
211 Sociology of Relgion
215 The Social Organization of Secrecy and Deception
222 The Sociology of Crime and Punishment
225 Sex, Sexuality, and Gender
227 Race and Ethnicity
242 Attitudes, Identities, and Social Interaction
345 Money, Work, and Social Life
261 The Production and Consumption of Culture
310 Gender and Development in the Americas
Theater
331 Playing Latino
337 Community-Based Performance
Urban Studies
202 Documentary Film and the City
Woodrow Wilson School
201 Introduction to Urban Studies
306 Environmental Economics
307 Public Economics
330 Population, Society and Public Policy
331 Race and Public Policy
334 Media and Public Policy
350 The Environment: Science and Policy
351 Information Technology and Public Policy
354 Modern Genetics and Public Policy
363 Public Leadership and Public Policy in the U.S.
370 Ethics and Public Policy
383 Policy Aspects of Federal and State Budgeting and Fiscal Decision-Making
384 Secrecy, Accountability and the National Security State
406 Issues in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
408 Finance and Public Policy
466 Financial History