American Studies Courses
Fall 2011 Course Listings
American Studies requirements may be fulfilled by a variety of courses offered by both the American Studies Program and other interdisciplinary studies. Below is a list of courses offered this semester that meet the American Studies requirements.
For more information on Degree Requirements and Interdisciplinary Clusters lfor the American Studies Program, please see American Studies Program Main section.
For classroom assignments, please visit the Student Services website at http://uss.tufts.edu/stuServ.
Fall 2011 Courses
AMER 0012-01 |
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AMER 0083-01 |
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AMER 0088-01 |
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AMER 0099-01 |
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AMER 0141-01 |
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AMER 0180-02 |
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AMER 0183-01 |
Seminar: Urban Borderlands |
AMER 0188-01 |
Seminar:Slavery's Optic Glass |
AMER 0193-01 |
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AMER 0194-01 |
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AMER 0194-02 |
Special Topics: American Women Writers |
AMER 0194-03 |
Special Topics: Asian American Writers |
AMER 0194-04 |
Special Topics: Latino Music, Migration and Identity |
AMER 0194-05 |
Special Topics: Literature of the Sixties |
AMER 0194-06/07 |
Special Topics: Researching Race |
AMER 0198-01 |
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AMER 0199-01 |
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Fall 2010 Course Descriptions
| AMER 0183-01 Seminar: Urban Borderlands | |
Co-listed as ANTH 0183-01
Pre-reqs: sophomore standing or consent Wed 4:00-6:30PM |
This community-based research seminar integrates academic and experiential learning in an ongoing (since 2001) project documenting the history and development of Cambridge and Somerville’s Latino communities, and their interactions with other resident and new immigrant groups. In Fall 08 student research will concentrate on the arts and cultural (re)production, an aspect of Somerville’s Latino community that has not yet been documented. In collaboration with arts-related and/or immigrant-centered agencies, Tufts students will explore various forms of Latino/a cultural production (e.g. murals, music and dance) taking place in Somerville in order to interpret how and to what extent Latinos/as are contributing to maintaining their cultural heritage, and at the same time, creating opportunities for them to participate in Somerville’s active arts environment. Students working independently or in teams will identify and design an oral history-based project related to Latino/a arts-related activities; conduct and transcribe in-depth interviews with relevant individuals; and document, via photography, tape recording or video, the variety of artistic expression being created by Somerville’ Latinos/as. After analyzing and interpreting and their findings, they will present their findings to the community in a public event, and add their reports to the growing Urban Borderlands oral history archives. (See Digital Collections and Archives) |
Co-listed as ENG155-01
Block:
Instructor: Christina Sharpe |
What is American Women’s writing? Who is an American Woman writer? The texts in this course will emphasize the heterogeneity of American women’s writing by reading a variety of texts that trace and retrace the contours and concerns of race, nation, belonging, and representation from the end of the nineteenth-century to the present. Texts may include but are not limited to: Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives; Kate Chopin’s The Awakening; Nella Larsen’s Quicksand and Passing; Toni Morrison’s Beloved; Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus; excerpts from Anna Julia Cooper’s A Voice From the South; Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina; Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone; Alison Bechdel's graphic novel/comix Fun Home; among others. This is a seminar. Class will be run on a discussion basis and active student participation is required. In addition to reading novels we may also view film and other visual arts as we think through "American women writing" and the practice, poetics, and politics of representation |
| AMER 0194-03 Special Topics: Asian American Writers | |
Co-listed as Eng 0091-05 Block: |
Description coming soon....... |
| AMER 0194-05 Special Topics: Literature of the Sixties | |
Co-listed as Eng 0091-01 Block: |
Description coming soon....... |
pre-reqs: Seniors only Block: 13+, Thurs, 6:00-9:00 PM Instructor: STAFF |
The Senior Special Project (SSP) will include a preparation of an analytic essay, a research paper, or a project such as an oral history, a life story, a film, or a play. The SSP may also be based, in part, on a documented internship, or on leading an Exploration. The SSP should utilize more than one disciplinary approach and should seek to develop connections and integration among the disciplines employed. Detailed information is available in the American Studies office. The completed project should be given to your readers no later than Thursday, December 1, 2011. Your final manuscript should be free of misspellings and/or typographical errors. The oral defense of your SSP should be completed no later than Friday, December 9, 2011. You must submit an electronic copy of your SSP to the American Studies Office no later than December 21, 2011, one day before the end of final exams. It is your responsibility to meet these deadlines, which will allow for relatively minor revisions, if necessary. |
| AMER 0199-01 Senior Honors Thesis | |
Pre-reqs: Seniors only, Deans List Once, Eng 2 Instructor: STAFF |
This Senior Seminar, which provides support and guidance for seniors in the process of completing their Honors Thesis, is open only to American Studies majors with permission to continue their Senior Honors Thesis research into the spring. Participation in the seminar is required for all American Studies seniors undertaking the Senior Honors Thesis. For seniors expecting to graduate in May 2012, the completed thesis manuscript should be submitted to readers by Friday, April 13, 2012. The oral defense should be arranged by the student and his or her committee to take place no later than Thursday, April 26, 2012 at which time it will most likely be graded. The final Honors Thesis manuscript should be free of errors. Remember, it is the student's responsibility to meet these deadlines and to file a copy with Digital Collections & Archives in Tisch Library and email a final hard-copy to the American Studies office. Note to Seniors: please remember to fill out the American Studies Grade Sheet |


