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Electives

2011-2012

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    Introduction to the Study of African American Cultural Practices
245    Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements
310    Music from the Hispanophon Caribbean
349    Liberating Literacy
353    African American Literature: Origins to 1910
358    Sexuality and Religion in America
359    African American Literature: Harlem Renaissance to Present
360    Ain't I a Woman? Women of Color and the Politics of Feminism
362    Race and the American Legal Process
387    "Run the World": Black Women and Popular Music Culture from Modernity to the Millennium
407    Race, Social Inequality, and Eduction
 
 
Anthropology 
                        
207    The American Family in Law and Society
211    Cultural Property and the Arts of Native North America
304    Political Anthropology
350    Desire and Repression:  Economic Anthropology and American Pop Culture 
 
 
Architecture
 
401    Theories of Housing and Urbanism
 
 
Art and Archaeology
 
248    History of Photography     
344    The First Pop Age:  From Warhol to Koons and Beyond
348    Masters and Movements of the 20th Century Photography
                                
                                 
Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
102A, B    Engineering in the Modern World
262A, B    Structures and the Urban Environment
 
 
Computer Science
 
109    Computers in Our World
 
Dance
 
211    The American Dance Experience anAfricanistst Dance Practices
321    (Sp. Topics) Social Conscience in Modern Dance
 
 
Economics     
             
100    Introduction to Microeconomics
101    Introduction to Macroeconomics
324    Law and Economics
329    Environmental Economics
331    Economics of the Labor Market
342    Money and Banking
 

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 
321    Introduction to Population and Community Ecology
 
Engineering
 
277    Technology and Society
 
 
English
 
201    Introduction to the American Literary Tradition
220    Crime, Fiction, and Film
221    Words vs Music:  The Song in Modern Times
350    Literature of the American Renaissance, 1820-1860
356    Topics in American Literature: Pound's London, Hemingway's Paris
368    American Literature:  1930-Present
375    Topics in Film: All About Hitchcock
399    Literature and Culture after 9/11
402    Forms of Literature: Introduction to U.S. Latina/o Literature
403    Forms of Literature:  Literature and War
404    Forms of Literature: The Art of Comedy
419    Rise of the Graphic Novel
 
 
Environmental Studies
 
201A,B   Fundamentals of Environmental Studies
304         Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy
305         Building American Style:  Land-Use Policies and Rules
306         Topics in Environmental Studies: American Environmental History
310         Environmental Law and Moot Court
 
  
Gender and Sexuality Studies
 
201    Introduction to the Study of Gender
 
  
History 
  
280    Approaches to American History
371    The Colonization of North America
372    Revolutionary America
373    The New Nation
374    History of the American West
376    The American Civil War and Reconstruction
379    History of American Capitalism              
380    The United States and World Affairs
383    The United States, 1920-1974
384    Gender and Sexuality in Modern America
393    Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in America
399    In the Groove: Technology and Music in American History, from Edison to the iPod
401    Artifacts, Images, and History:  the American Southwest
405    Native American History to 1838
468    The American Corporation
 
 
Journalism
 
400    The Media in America
442    Investigative Viewing:  The Art of Television Criticism
445    Investigative Journalism:  National Security Reporting
445    Investigative Journalism: Watchdog Reporting
448    The Media and Social Issues:  Writing About Race
 
 
Latino Studies
200    Latinos in American Life and Culture


Latin American Studies

318    Passive Aggressive Diplomacy: US-Latin American Relations
  
 
Music
 
242    Music Since 1945

 
Philosophy
 
338    Philosophical Analysis from 1900 to 1950
419    Seminar in Normative Ethics


Politics                       
 
304    Conservative Political Thought
311    Political Psychology
314    American Constitutional Development
315    Constitutional Interpretation 
316    Civil Liberties
318    Law and Society
324    Congressional Politics
327    Mass Media and American Politics
332    American Statesmanship
332    Democratic Statesmen:  Life-Stories and Speeches
379    Intelligence, National Security and the Constitutional Democracy
416    Moral Conflicts in Public and Private Life
420    Seminar in American Political Presidential Power: Strategies of Governance
 
 
Psychology     
            
252    Social Psychology
307    Educational Psychology
317    Health Psychology
 
 
Religion    
 
257    Religion and American Movies
313    Pragmatism and Religion: James and Dewey
356    Religion and War in America
367    The American Jeremiad and Social Criticism
371    Religious Radicals
373    Holy Ordinary:  Religious Dimensions in Contemporary Fiction                
 
 
Sociology   
 
216    The Ghetto
225    Sex, Sexuality, and Gender
227    Race and Ethnicity
240    Families
352    The Sociology of American Political History
357    Sociology of Technology  

 
Urban Studies
 
201    Introduction to Urban Studies
 
 
Woodrow Wilson School 
 
300    Democracy
301    Ethics and Public Policy
307    Economics and Public Policy
309    Media and Public Policy
324    Education Policy
326    Environmental Regulation: Law, Economics and Public Policy
340    The History of Financial Crises
460    The Great Society and Social Policymaking
465    Secrecy, Accountability and the National Security State
482    Special Topics in Public Affairs: Business, Politics, and Public Policy