American Studies Courses

Courses Fulfilling American Studies Clusters
Fall 09

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.

Community Based Studies

CD0130-Fieldwork with Young Children (permission)	Heidi Given
CD0143- Homelessness in America	Roberta Rubin
*CH0180-Community Health Internship	Linda Sprague-Martinez
*CH0181-Community Health Internship Seminar	Linda Sprague-Martinez
CH0182-Community Health Education: Theory and Practice	Linda Sprague-Martinez
ELS0101-Entrepreneurship and Business Planning: American Entrepreneurship	John Hodgman
SOC0102-Qualitative Methods in Action (available only to double majors with Sociology)	Susan Ostrander
SOC0111-Social Change and Community Organizing	TBA
SOC0130-Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	TBA

Comparative Race and Ethnicity

AMER0182-Asian America	Jean Wu
AMER0184-Viewing African American Dance	Alice Trexler/Francie Chew
ANTH0017-Latino Music, Migration and Identity	Deborah Pacini
FAH0071-Arts of the Afro Atlantic Diaspora	Peter Probst
CD0164- Cultural Diversity in Child & Family Services	Martha Sellers
CH0055-Race, Ethnicity and Health	Linda Sprague-Martinez
ED0161-Sociology of the School	Sabina Vaught
ENG0064-American Fiction 1950-present	Ronna Johnson
ENG0154-American Indian Writers	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG0160-Environmental Justice and US Literature	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG0161-Memory for Forgetting	Christina Sharpe
HIST0096-African American History since 1865	Colleen Worrell
MUS0042-History of Jazz	Michael Ullman
MUS0072-Gospel Choir	David Coleman
PSY0136-Stereotypes, Prejudices and Discrimination	Keith Maddox

Health, Environment and Society

AMER0182-Asian America	Jean Wu
ANTH0148-Medical Anthropology	Stephen Bailey
BIO0002-Biology and the American Social Contract	Michelle Romero
BIO0010-Plants and Humanity	George Ellmore
CD0193- Pediatric Psychology	Margaret Powers
CH0002-Health Care in America	Kevin Irwin
CH0055-Race, Ethnicity and Health	Linda Sprague-Martinez
CH0104-Women and Health	Alissa Spielberg
CH0185-Community Health and Drugs	Kevin Irwin
EC0030-Environmental Economics and Policy	Ekaterina Gnedenko
ED0001-School and Society	Steven Cohen
ENG0160-Environmental Justice and US Literature	Elizabeth Ammons
ENV0094-Environmental Policy, Planning and Ethics	Robert Russell
GEO0002-Environmental Geology	John Ridge
PHIL0124-Bioethics	Mitchell Silver
PS0011-Introduction to American Politics	Deborah Schildkraut
PS0102-Congress, Bureaucracy and Public Policy	Jeffrey Berry
PSY0055-Human Sexual Behavior	Joseph DeBold
PSY0056-Drugs and Behavior	Carolyn Cohen
PSY0136-Stereotypes, Prejudices and Discrimination	Keith Maddox
SOC0130-Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	TBA
SOC0141-Medical Sociology	Sean O’Donnell
UEP0094-Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics	Robert Russell
UEP0122-Biotechnology: Social and Environmental Issues	Sheldon Krimsky
UEP0181-Homelessness in America	Roberta Rubin
WS0072-Introduction to Women’s Studies	Ronna Johnson

Institutions and Power in the US

AMER0182-Asian America	Jean Wu
AMER0194-American Sixties and it’s Legacies	Ronna Johnson
CD0167- Children and the Mass Media	Julie Dobrow
CH0002-Health Care in America	Kevin Irwin
CH0055-Race, Ethnicity and Health	Linda Sprague-Martinez
CH0099-Introduction to Global Health	TBA
CH0104-Women and Health	Alissa Spielberg
CH0185-Community Health and Drugs	Kevin Irwin
EC0005-Principles of Economics	TBA
EC0030-Environmental Economics and Policy	Ekaterina Gnedenko
EC0062-Economics of International Migration	Anna Hardman
ED0161-Sociology of the School	Sabina Vaught
ED0162-Class, Race and Gender in the History of US Education	Colleen Worrell
HIST0093-Women in Twentieth Century America	Virginia Drachman
HIST0096-African American History since 1865	Colleen Worrell
HIST0099-US Foreign Relations 1900-present	David Ekbladh
PS0011-Introduction to American Politics	Deborah Schildkraut
PS0113-Seminar: Non-Profits and Civic Society	Jeffrey Berry
PS0116-Judicial Politics	Kent Portney
PS0195-Seminar: Politics of Sustainable Identities	Kent Portney
REL0040-History of Religion in America	Heather Curtis
SOC0040-Media and Society	Sarah Sobieraj
SOC0111-Social Change and Community Organizing	TBA
SOC0130-Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	TBA
SOC0184/UEP0273-Nonprofits, States and Markets	Susan Ostrander
UEP0094-Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics	Robert Russell

Issues in US Education

AMER0182-Asian America	Jean Wu
CD0007-The Child and the Educational Process	Pamela Kuhs
ED0001-School and Society	Steven Cohen
ED0161-Sociology of the School	Sabina Vaught
ED0162-Class, Race and Gender in the History of US Education	Colleen Worrell
HIST0093-Women in Twentieth Century America	Virginia Drachman
HIST0096-African American History since 1865	Colleen Worrell
PSY0136-Stereotypes, Prejudices and Discrimination	Keith Maddox
SOC0130-Wealth, Poverty and Inequality	TBA
UEP0181-Homelessness in America	Roberta Rubin
WS0072-Introduction to Women’s Studies	Ronna Johnson
WS0073-Introduction to Queer Studies	Jennifer Burtner

Representation and Performance in the Arts and Humanities

AMER0184-Viewing African American Dance	Alice Trexler/Francie Chew
ANTH0017-Latino Music, Migration and Identity	Deborah Pacini
CD0167 – Children and the Mass Media	Julie Dobrow
DNC0092-Intermediate Salsa (half-credit) prereq: salsa dance experience	Mila Thigpen
ENG0064-American Fiction 1950-present	Ronna Johnson
ENG0154-American Indian Writers	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG0160-Environmental Justice and US Literature	Elizabeth Ammons
ENG0161-Memory for Forgetting	Christina Sharpe
ENG0164-Representing the Jew	Joseph Litvak
MUS0044-History of Rock and Roll	Julie Strand
MUS0042-History of Jazz	Michael Ullman
MUS0072-Gospel Choir	David Coleman
SOC0040-Media and Society	Sarah Sobieraj