American Studies Courses

Courses Fulfilling American Studies Clusters
Spring 2011

Please see the list below for courses currently being offered by American Studies and other departments and the appropriate cluster(s) that the course can satisfy. Please note that courses taken to fulfill a cluster cannot be used to satisfy other American Studies requirements. Limited access courses are marked with an asterisk.

Please see the individual department website for details regarding course descriptions, time blocks, etc. In addition, please confirm course offerings by visiting the registrar's website as courses may be added or canceled throughout the registration process.

Community Based Studies

CD130 Fieldwork with Young Children	Mary Eisenberg
CH180 Community Health Internship	Linda Sprague-Martinez
CH181 Community Health Internship Seminar	Linda Sprague-Martinez
CH182 Community Health Education: Theory and Practice	Linda Sprague-Martinez
ELS101 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning: American Entrepreneurship	John Hodgman
SOC102 Qualitative Methods in Action (available only to double majors with Sociology)	Sarah Sobieraj
SOC11 Making Social Change Happen	Susan Ostrander
SOC130 Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	Susan Ostrander

Comparative Race and Ethnicity

AMER12 Race in America	Jean Wu
AMER182 Asian America	Jean Wu
AMER184 Viewing African American Dance	Alice Trexler/Francie Chew
ANTH16 Intro to Latino Cultures	Deborah Pacini Hernandez
CD164 Cultural Diversity in Child & Family Services	Martha Sellers
CD177 Bilingual Children in US Schools	Calvin Gidney
CH55 Race, Ethnicity and Health	Linda Sprague Martinez
ED161 Sociology of the School	Sabina Vaught
ED167/AMER186 Critical Race Theory Seminar: Issues in Urban Education	Sabina Vaught
ENG64 American Fiction 1950 to present	Ronna Johnson
ENG154 American Indian Writers	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG160 Environmental Justice and US Literature	Elizabeth Ammons
HIST35 African American History since 1865	Peniel Joseph
JS65 Introduction to Yiddish Culture	Sol Gittleman
MUS42 History of Jazz	Michael Ullman
MUS72 Gospel Choir	David Coleman
MUS97 Queer Pop	Stephan Pennington
PHIL125 Racism and Social Inequity	Lionel McPherson
SOC187 Children of Immigrants & Immigrant Children	Paula Aymer

Health, Environment and Society

AMER182 Asian America	Jean Wu
ANTH148 Medical Anthropology	Sarah Pinto
BIO2 Biology and the American Social Contract	L. Michael Romero
BIO10 Plants and Humanity	George Ellmore
CE158 Occupational and Environmental Health	David Gute
CH2 Health Care in America	Kevin Irwin
CH55 Race, Ethnicity and Health	Linda Sprague Martinez
CH185 Community Health and Drugs	Kevin Irwin
EC30 Environmental Economics and Policy	Ekaterina Gnedenko
EC48 Health Economics	Andreea Cohen
ED1 School and Society	Steven Cohen
ENG160 Environmental Justice and US Literature	Elizabeth Ammons
GEO2 Environmental Geology	John Ridge
PHIL124 Bioethics	Mitchell Silver
PHIL125 Racism and Social Inequity	Lionel McPherson
PS102 Congress, Bureaucracy and Public Policy	Jeffrey Berry
PSY55 Human Sexual Behavior	Joseph DeBold
PSY56 Drugs and Behavior	Carolyn Cohen
SOC130 Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	Susan Ostrander
SOC141 Medical Sociology	TBA
UEP/ENV94 Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics	RObert Russell
WS72 Introduction to Women’s Studies	Ronna Johnson

Institutions and Power in the US

AMER12 Race in America	Jean Wu
AMER182 Asian America	Jean Wu
ANTH16 Introduction to Latino Cultures	Deborah Pacini Hernandez
CD167 Children and the Mass Media	Julie Dobrow
CH2 Health Care in America	Kevin Irwin
CH55 Race, Ethnicity and Health	Linda Sprague Martinez
CH99 Issues in Global Health	TBA
CH185 Community Health and Drugs	Kevin Irwin
EC5 Principles of Economics	TBA
EC30 Environmental Economics and Policy	Ekaterina Gnedenko
EC48 Health Economics	Andreea Cohen
EC62 Economics of International Migration	Anna Hardman
ED161 Sociology of the School	Sabina Vaught
ED162 Class, Race and Gender in the History of US Education
HIST35 African Americans in US History since 1865	Peniel Joseph
PHIL125 Racism and Social Inequity	Lionel McPherson
PS113 Seminar: Non-profits and Civic Society	Jeffrey Berry
PS116 Judicial Politics	Kent Portney
PS119 Political Representation in the US	Deborah Schildkraut
PS195 Seminar: Politics of Sustainable Identities	Kent Portney
REL40 History of Religion in America	Heather Curtis
SOC40 Media and Society	Sarah Sobieraj
SOC111 Making Social Change Happen	Susan Ostrander
SOC130 Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	Susan Ostrander
SOC135 Social Movements	TBA
UEP94 Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics	Robert Russell

Issues in US Education

AMER182 Asian America	Jean Wu
ANTH16 Introduction to Latino Cultures	Deborah Pacini Hernandez
CD7 The Child and the Educational Process	Lisa Kuh
CD177 Bilingual Children in US Schools	Calvin Gidney
ED1 School and Society	Steven Cohen
ED161 Sociology of the School	Sabina Vaught
ED162 Class, Race and Gender in the History of US Education
ED167/AMER186 Critical Race Theory Seminar: Issues in Urban Education	Sabina Vaught
HIST35 African American History since 1865	Peniel Joseph
PHIL125 Racism and Social Inequity	Lionel McPherson
PS119 Political Representation in the US	Deborah Schildkraut
SOC130 Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	Susan Ostrander
WS72 Introduction to Women’s Studies	Ronna Johnson

Representation and Performance in the Arts and Humanities

AMER184 Viewing African American Dance	Alice Trexler/Francie Chew
ANTH16 Introduction to Latino Cultures	Deborah Pacini Hernandez
CD167 Children and the Mass Media	Julie Dobrow
DR43 Gay and Lesbian Theater and Film	Lauren Senelick
ENG37 20th Century African American Literature	Radiclani Clytus
ENG64 American Fiction 1950 to present	Ronna Johnson
ENG154 American Indian Writers	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG160 Environmental Justice and US Literature	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG164 Representing the Jew	Joseph Litvak
FAH61 American Art 1776 to 1900	Eric Rosenberg
JS65 Introduction to Yiddish Culture	Sol Gittleman
MUS42 History of Jazz	Michael Ullman
MUS97 Queer Pop	Stephan Pennington
MUS185 Studies in Women and Music: Black Divas	Stephan Pennington
SOC40 Media and Society	Sarah Sobieraj