USF 1996-97 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 150

AMERICAN STUDIES COURSES

AMS 2030 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES -SS -HP (3)

An overview of American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Analysis of the arts and literature, including music; social issues; popular culture; material culture; cultural diversity; and social change. These approaches will be applied to a specific cultural era.

AMS 2363 ISSUES IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION (1-4)

An examination of selected topics such as natural environment and the quality of life, sports and American society, popular music, American communities, vigilante tradition, jazz music, role of the family, American success myth, youth in America. Topic varies.

AMS 3001 AMERICAN CULTURE 1880-1915 -6A -HP (4)

Integration of major aspects of American life between the 1880s and World War I.

AMS 3201 COLONIAL AMERICAN CULTURE -HP (4)

An examination of cultural patterns in America as they developed between 1600 and 1780 with an emphasis on the texture of everyday life.

AMS 3210 REGIONS OF AMERICA -HP (4)

The pattern of American culture as revealed through an examination of selected writings and other pertinent materials dealing with selected American regions. Topic varies. Repeatable up to eight credit hours.

AMS 3230 AMERICA DURING THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES (4)

Selected interdisciplinary materials are used to examine the relationships among regionalism, nationalism and internationalism during the twenties and thirties. Emphasis is placed on the measure of cultural nationalism attained by the United States during this period.

AMS 3260 AMERICAN CULTURE, 1830-1860 -6A -HP (4)

Examines the patterns of American culture in the years leading up to the Civil War. Topics include religion and social reform, race relations, and the impact of industrialization.

AMS 3302 ARCHITECTURE AND THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT (3)

By means of slides, lectures and discussion the course examines 350 years of American architectural history. Architectural styles, aesthetics and the relation between a building and its social environment are stressed.

AMS 3370 SOUTHERN WOMEN: MYTH AND REALITY -6A -HP (3)

This course will identify the myths surrounding Southern Women, discern their sources and purposes, and contrast them with history. (Also offered under Women's Studies.)

AMS 3601 MATERIAL CULTURE AND AMERICAN SOCIETY -SS -HP (3)

By means of slides, lectures and student projects, examines connections between artifacts and American cultural attitudes from 17th century to present. Topics include: architecture, furniture, gravestones, toys, and the material subcultures of women, African-Americans and communal societies.

AMS 3700 RACISM IN AMERICAN SOCIETY -SS - HP (3)

An introduction into the causes and effects of racism in American history, literature, art, the media, and folklore. Related concepts of ethnocentrism and class conflict will also be studied. (Also offered under Africana Studies.)

AMS 3930 SELECTED TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES (1-4)

Offerings include Cultural Darwinism in America, America Through Foreign Eyes, and The Female Hero in American Culture.

AMS 4152 FILM IN AMERICAN CULTURE (3)

Surveys the contributions to American culture of major films, studios, directors, stars, theaters, and controversies from the perspectives of genres and styles, critical methodologies and theories. Variable topics such as: series on a region, director, performer, subject, or period of time.

AMS 4804 MAJOR IDEAS IN AMERICA -XMW (3)

Investigates the role of one or more influential ideas in American culture, for example: individualism, identity, community, dissent, reform, utopianism, democracy. Emphasizes the critical analysis of a variety of primary texts. Topic varies. May be repeated up to 6 credit hours.

AMS 4910 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH (1-4)

The content of the course will be governed by student demand and instructor interest. Instructor approval required prior to registration.

AMS 4930 SELECTED TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES (1-4)

Offerings include social implications of American Painting, Technology in Twentieth Century America, American Environmental Problems, Popular Culture in America, American Military Experience, and Labor in America.

AMS 4935 SENIOR SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES (4)

PR: Senior in American Studies or CI.

AMS 4936 SENIOR SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES (4)

PR: Senior in American Studies or CI.

PGY 3000 PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICAN CULTURE (3)

A survey of photography as an art and a craft in America since the mid-nineteenth century. Attention devoted to technological innovations, leading personalities, major movements, and memorable icons. Open to majors and non-majors.

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Effective Date: Semester I, 1996