CS185 - Introduction to American Cultural Studies
This interdisciplinary course is one of the two required courses for the American cultural studies minor, but is open to all students who wish to take it. The goals of the course are to introduce students to the history and experiences of four major ethno-cultural groups of the United States: Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, and their interactions with European Americans; to help students develop an understanding of the legal, social, and cultural constructions of racial categories in the United States and the implications of these constructions for policies, social relationships, and cultural production; and to introduce students to the ways in which scholars in different disciplines theorize and study race in the United States. (Required for the American cultural studies minor.) (Meets the Alternative Perspectives: B requirement.) 1 unit.
Example Syllabus.
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CS200 - Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in US History
This course aims to introduce students to the history and
significance of immigration and migration in the US.
Because time is short, we will focus our efforts on
exploring this topic as it unfolded during the twentieth
century.
Over the course of the block, we will attend to a wide
range of ethnic and ethnoracial groups in order to investigate
the intersection of race and ethnicity with immigration and
migration.
Our survey will include a multitude of African,
European, Asian, and American groups.
The goal is to achieve a richer sense of the legal,
social, and cultural consequences of migration and
immigration, especially as they related to constructions of
racial and ethnic categories in the United States. To achieve
these goals, we will be drawing broadly from historical,
literary, and theoretical sources.
More often than not, however, we will be focusing on
narrative: stories that open windows onto the key questions at
hand.
We will focus especially on the issues of assimilation,
citizenship, generational change, economic mobility, and the
ongoing negotiation of identity.
Example
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CS210 - Race, Class and Gender
We will examine theories of race, class, and gender construction in the United States and other societies, focusing on their intersections in such areas as labor, sexual relations, community, law, and other forms of cultural production. We will analyze identity politics as a standpoint and as vehicle for, or obstacle to, social change. Prerequisite: ES 185 or WS 110. (Required for the American cultural studies minor.) 1 unit. Example Syllabus 1. Example Syllabus 2. Example Syllabus 3. (Require the free Adobe Reader to view.)
THEMATIC CONCENTRATION
ANTHROPOLOGY
204 - Prehistory: North America
211 - The Culture Area: Eskimos
213 - The Southwest
242 - The Anthropology of Food
243 - Hispanic Folklore of the Southwest
ART HISTORY
180 - Native American Art
CHINESE
250 - Asian-American Literature.
DRAMA
200 - Women and Theatre in Africa
200 - Asian and Asian-American Drama
200 - The Plays of August Wilson
ENGLISH
175 - Heritage and Variety: A Sense of Place
280 - Topics: Asian-American Literature
280 – Paul Robeson: The Life and Art of an American Radical
280 - African American Literature: Reparations and Repair - Example Syllabus
280 - Poetic Traditions of the African World
280 - Introduction to African Fiction
385 - 20th-Century African-American Literature: Harlem Renaissance
385 - “Home” in African American and Asian Literature
387 - African American Women Writers
393 - African American Folklore
370 - 19th Century African-American Literature
385 - The Harlem Renaissance.
GENERAL STUDIES
220 - Blacks and the Cinema
HISTORY
217 - American Frontiers
220 - The American Past (when appropriate)
203 - Studies in American Social History: Native American History
224 - Survey in Latin American History
230 - Recent U.S. History 1920–1970
232 - American Women in Industrial Society
243 - Slavery and Anti-Slavery Movements to 1860
244 - Black People in the U.S. Since the Civil War
245 - Slavery and Freedom: The African-American Experience
250 - Social Movements in U.S. History
267 - History of the Southwest under Spain and Mexico
268 - History of the Southwest since the Mexican War
340 - History of Brazil
362 - Civil War and Reconstruction
364 - American Colonies, 1492–1763
365 - American Revolution and Constitution, 1763–1789
366 - The New Republic, 1789–1848
MUSIC
104 - World Music
205 - Jazz
294 - Latino Musics of the United States
393 – Music Theory in the Non-Western World
POLITICAL SCIENCE
250 - African-American Feminist Thought
323 - Minority Politics
FRENCH
308 - Cultures and Civilizations of French Speaking Regions: Africa and the Caribbean
SPANISH
338 - Latino Literature in the United States
SOCIOLOGY
223 - Racial Inequality
SOUTHWEST STUDIES
275 - The Southwest: The Heritage and the Variety
WOMEN’S STUDIES
210 - Race, Class, Gender
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