Princeton University

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.

 

 

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 
 

 

 

401    Theories of Housing and Urbanism
 

 

 

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

 

 

 

109    Computers in Our World

 

 

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

 

 

277    Technology and Society

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

  

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

200    Latinos in American Life and Culture


Latin American Studies

318    Passive Aggressive Diplomacy: US-Latin American Relations

  

 

Music
 

242    Music Since 1945

 

 

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  

 

 

201    Introduction to Urban Studies

 

 

 

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