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Courses: ElectivesDepartments with Approved CoursesThe following departments offer pre-approved courses that count towards the American Studies major. Because course offerings change so frequently, please contact the American Studies director if there is a class that seems appropriate for AMST, but is not on this list. Note that not all of the following courses are taught every semester.
Course Listing
AAS 101 Afro-American Culture AAS 102 Afro-American Culture AAS/ANTH 250 Health of Black Folks AAS/RELC 305 Black Theology of Liberation AAS/HIUS 323 Rise and Fall of the Slave South AAS 350 Black Theology AAS 352 20th-Century South AAS/HIUS 365 African American History to 1865 AAS/HIUS 366 African American History after 1865 AAS 405 African American Education Post-Emancipation AAS 405B Geographies of the Black Atlantic AAS 406 Violence and American Democracy AAS 406 Race in 20th Century America AAS 406 Afra-American Indians American Sign Language
ASL 101-102 Elementary ASL ASL 201-202 Intermediate ASL ASL 301 Conversational ASL ASL 481 Topics in Deaf Studies
ANTH 225 Nationalism, Racism, Multiculturalism ANTH 226 Poverty and Meritocracy ANTH 227 Race, Gender, and Medical Science ANTH 235 Introduction to Folklore ANTH/AAS 250 Health of Black Folks ANTH 253 North American Indians ANTH 268 Reading the New York Times ANTH 285 American Material Culture ANTH 290 Cultural Politics of American Family Values ANTH 328 Race, Progress and the WEST ANTH 335 The Museum in Modern Culture ANTH 339 American Ethnography and Fieldwork Method ANTH 345 Native American Languages ANTH 354 Indians of the American Southwest ANTH 355 Everyday Life in America ANTH 357 Peoples, Cultures, and Societies of the Caribbean ANTH 358 Native American Mythology ANTH 361 Native American Women ANTH 365 Asian-American Ethnicity ANTH 368 Colonizations of the American West ANTH 383 North American Archaeology ANTH 385/ARH 355 Material Culture Studies ANTH 385 Folklore in America ANTH 387 Archaeology of Virginia ANTH 389 Southwestern Archaeology ANTH 401 Anthropology of Colonialism in Virginia ANTH 401 Ethnography of Blacks in America ANTH 505 Qualitative Research Methods ANTH 525 The Experience of Illness and Health in American Society ANTH 529 Whiteness ANTH 533 Folklore and Ethnohistorical Research Methodology ANTH 565 Creole Narratives ANTH 566 Conquest of the Americas ANTH 581 Archaeology of the Eastern U. S.
ARCH 268 Lessons of the City
ARH 150 Thomas Jefferson's Architecture ARH 180 Architecture of Thomas Jefferson ARH 351 Early American Architecture ARH 352 Later American Architecture ARH 353 19th-Century American Architecture ARH 354 20th-Century American Architecture ARH 355/ANTH 385 Material Culture Studies ARH 357 Theories of Modern American Urbanism ARH 592 Community History Workshop
ARTH 258 American Art ARTH 259 American Modernism ARTH 280 Art Since 1945 ARTH 358 Material Life in Early America ARTH 370 New York School ARTH 387 West Coast America ARTH 491 American Art Seminar (topics vary) ARTH 491 Public Monuments and Memory in America
CCFA 202 Arts and Cultures of the Slave South
DRAM 208 The Circus: A Historical Overview DRAM 307 African American Theatre DRAM 360 Modern American Theatre and Drama DRAM 404 Early American Theatre and Drama DRAM 507 The History of American Popular Entertainments, From Minstrelsy to Madonna DRAM 508 Performance in the Postmodern Era
ECON 206 American Economic History ECON 304 Economics of Education ECON 305 Economics of Welfare Reform ECON 307 Economics of Gender ECON 309 Latin American Economic Issues ECON 333 Public Choice ECON 416 Economics of Health ECON 439 Economics of Advertising ECON 440 Topics in Economic History ECON 489 Current Policy Issues in Historical Perspective ECON 431 Economics of the Public Sector ECON 433 Economics of Taxation ECON 439 Economics of Advertising
EDLF 555 Multicultural Education
ENAM 311-312 American Literature Survey ENAM 313-314 African-American Survey ENAM 315 American Renaissance ENAM 321 American Romanticism ENAM 322 Major American Authors (topics vary) ENAM 330 American Poetry ENAM 332 Contemporary African-American Drama ENAM 355 American Sentimentalism ENAM 355 American Fiction to 1900 ENAM 370 The 1970s ENAM 382 Black Protest Fiction ENAM 382 Reading the Black College Campus ENAM 383 American Introspection ENAM 385 Folklore in America ENAM 386 American Film ENAM 387 Literature of the West ENAM 388 Literature of the South ENAM 389 Mass Media and American Culture ENAM 481-482 Advanced Studies in American Literature (topics vary) ENAM 483-485 American Studies Sequence ENAM/ANTH 734 Life History & Oral History ENMC 312 20th-C. American literature ENMC 315 Literature of the Americas ENMC 355 Asian American Fiction ENMC 481-482 Advanced Studies in 20th-Century Literature (topics vary) ENGN 550 Gender, Sexuality, and Genre in Hollywood
EVSC 230 Politics, Science, and Values EVSC 376 Watersheds of Lewis & Clark EVSC 465 Environmental Policymaking in the United States
INST 351 Sally Brown Seminar in Environmental Literature
HIUS 201 American History to 1865 HILA 201 Colonial Latin America HIUS 202 American History From 1865 to the Present HIUS 205 Survey of American Military History 1600-1900 HIUS 206 American Economic History HIST 215 The U.S. and Latin America HIUS 220 Nature and Technology in America HIUS 229 American Wests HIUS/RELC 240 History of American Catholics HIUS 301 The Colonial Period of American History HIUS 303 The Era of the American Revolution HIUS 305 The Age of Jefferson and Jackson HIUS 307 The Coming of the Civil War HIUS 309 The Civil War and Reconstruction HILA 311 Public Life in Latin America HIUS 313 The Emergence of Modern America HIUS 315 United States Society and Politics, 1900-1945 HIUS 316 Viewing America, 1940 to the Present HIUS 317 United States Society and Politics, 1945-1990 HIST 320 History, Museums, and Interpretation HIUS 323 Rise and Fall of the Old South HIUS 324 The South in the Twentieth Century HIUS 327 20th Century West HIUS 329 History of Virginia Since 1865 HIUS 330 UVa in the 20th-Century HILA 330 South Atlantic Migrations HIUS 340 Development of American Science HIUS 341 U.S. Business History HIUS 346 The American City 1901-2001 HIUS 347 American Labor HIUS 351/352 US Diplomatic History Since 1914 HIUS 356 Modern American Law HIUS 357 Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States to 1865 HIUS 358 Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States Since 1865 HIUS 359 Popular Culture in Modern America HIUS 360 American Families 1770-Present HIUS 361 History of Women in America, 1600 to 1865 HIUS 362 History of Women in America, 1865 to Present HIUS 364 Native America HIUS/AAS 365 African American History to 1865 HIUS/AAS 366 African American History after 1865 HIUS 367 History of the Civil Rights Movement HIUS 401 American History Seminar (topics vary) HIAF 402 Race and Popular Culture in South Africa and the United States HIUS 403 The Meaning of Community in America, 1607-2003 HIUS 403 Reading Alexis de Tocqueville
LAR 513 History of American Landscape Architecture LAR 514 Theories of Modern Landscape Architecture LAR 522 Race, Space, Culture
LNGS 222 Black English
MDST 321 Films Of Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock MDST 331 Women and TV MDST 341 Media Ethics MDST 348 Photographic Representation MDST 350 History of Media MDST 354 Media & the Mythic West MDST 356 Jim Crow and American Cinema MDST 357 Race & Media in 20th Century America MDST 361 Film and Television in the 1960s MDST 376 News History & Criticism MDST 382 History & Digital Media MDST 385 Media Industries
MUSI 207 Music as Culture MUSI 208 Black Popular Performance/Afro-American Popular Music MUSI 212 History of Jazz Music MUSI 305 Music in the 20th Century MUSI 308 American Music MUSI 408/AMST 401 Bluegrass: Musical Populism, Mediation, and Commodity MUSI 419 Music and Gender in Hollywood Cinema
PHIL 206 Justice, Law, and Morality PHIL 252 Bioethics PHIL 365 Justice and Healthcare PHIL 369 Justice, Law, and Morality
PLAP 101 Introduction to American Politics PLAP 227 Public Opinion and Political Participation PLAP 230 Introduction to Environmental Policy PLAP 266 Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy PLPT 305 Survey of American Political Theory PLAP 314 Mass Media and American Politics PLAP 315 Political Psyc Of Citizen Politics PLAP 319 Judicial Process and Policy Making PLPT 320 African American Political Thought PLAP 321 Political Parties and Group Politics PLAP 322 President and Congress PLAP 331 American Presidency PLAP 335 American Congress PLAP 336 Gender Politics and Public Policy PLAP 338 Politics and the Presidency PLIR 340 Foreign Policy in the United States PLIR 341 Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy PLAP 344 Urban Politics PLAP 351 Minority Group Politics PLAP 354 Intelligence and National Security PLAP 355 Gender and Politics PLAP 361 Introduction to Public Administration PLAP 363 Science and Technology Public Policy PLAP 370 Racial Politics PLAP 371 State and Local PLAP 375 The Courts and Public Policy PLAP 381 Constitutional Interpretation, Separation of Powers, and Federalism PLAP 382 Constitutional Limitations, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights PLAP 389 Privacy and the Courts PLAP 412 Electoral Behavior and Political Participation PLAP 424 American Politics Seminar (topics vary) PLIR 424 International Relations Seminar (topics vary) PLAP 430 Political Analysis PLAP 434 American Political Leadership PLAP 436 Campaigns and Elections PLAP 438 The Politics of the Policy Process PLAP 471 Values, Resources, and Public Policy PLAP 483 First Amendment PLAP 484 Race and Constitution PLAP 526 Sex Difference Theory and Policy
PSYC 346 Psychological Study of Children, Families, and the Law PSYC 402 Social Stigma PSYC 406 Psychology of Oppression and Empowerment PSYC 406 Stereotyping PSYC 407 The Psychology of Marriage PSYC 449 Sexual Orientation and Human Development PSYC 487 The Minority Family
RELJ 204 American Judaism RELG 216 Religion in America Since 1865 RELC/HIUS 240 History of American Catholicism RELA 275 African Religions in the Americas RELG 280 African American Religious History RELC/AAS 305 Black Theology of Liberation RELG 321 African American Religious History RELC 323 Pentecostalism RELG 338 Judaism in America RELC 345 The Kingdom of God and America RELG 350 American Feminist Theology RELC 368 Social Problems of American Catholicism RELJ 374 Literary Representations of American Jewish Spirituality RELJ 375 American Jewish Theology and Philosophy RELG 382 Nation of Islam in America RELG 408 Religion in the American South RELG 415 Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature RELG 422 American Religious Autobiography RELC 459 Theological Violence in American Democracy RELG 504 American Religion and Social Reform RELG 508 Seminar on Religion and American Culture I RELG 509 Seminar on Religion and American Culture II RELC 511 Black Theology: Theories, Methods, Sources RELC 552 Themes in American Catholic History RELC 5xx History of African-American Christianity
RUTR 232 America Through Russian Eyes
SPAN 488 Contemporary Poetry SPAN 491 Critical Race Theory of the Americas
SOC 220 Death and Dying SOC 222 Contemporary Social Problems SOC 223 Criminology SOC 247 American Society and Popular Culture SOC 252 Sociology of the Family SOC 255 Law and Society SOC 279 Sociology of American Business SOC 310/407 Sociology of Art SOC 341 Race and Ethnic Relations SOC 380 Social Change SOC 381 The Welfare State SOC 410 African American Communities SOC 423 Deviance and Social Control SOC 442 Sociology of Inequality SOC 450 American Society SOC 451 Sociology of Work SOC 453 Sociology of Education SOC 454 Political Sociology SOC 455 Sociology of Law SOC 456 Contempory American Families SOC 457 Family Policy SOC 460 Gender and Culture SOC 464 Urban Sociology SOC 470 Medical Sociology SOC 473 Criminal Justice SOC 487 Immigration
SWAG 210 Women's Lives in Myth and Reality SWAG 218 The Feminine Fifties SWAG 301 Women, Culture and Globalization in the Americas SWAG 315 Race, Gender, and Activism SWAG 381 Feminist Theories and Methods SWAG 589 Issues Facing Adolescent Girls
TCC 201 Thomas Jefferson's Interests in Science and Technology TCC 203 Man and Machine, Visions of Tyranny and Freedom in 19th and 20th-Century Literature TCC 206 American Environmental History TCC 207 Utopias and the Technological Society TCC 210 Technology and Social Change in 19th-Century America TCC 212 Religion and Technology TCC 213 American Technological and Industrial History in the 20th Century TCC 501 Perceptions of Technology in the Western World
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