AMST Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
12093	AMST 89 - 001 First Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Kita Douglas	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
14694	AMST 89 - 002 First Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	KEITH RICHOTTE	Alumni Bldg-Rm 0207	6/24	Seats filled	6/24
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
12135	AMST 102 - 001 Myth and History in American Memory	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Tim Marr	Murphey Hall-Rm 0116	77/100	Seats filled	77/100	0/999
Description: Examines the role of memory in constructing historical meaning and in imagining the boundaries of American cultural communities. Explores popular rituals, artifacts, monuments, and public performances. Previously offered as AMST 384. 3 units.
14124	AMST 102 - 601 Myth and History in American Memory	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Rebecca Bernstein	Gardner Hall-Rm 0309	23/25	Seats filled	23/25	0/999
Description: Examines the role of memory in constructing historical meaning and in imagining the boundaries of American cultural communities. Explores popular rituals, artifacts, monuments, and public performances. Previously offered as AMST 384. 0 units.
14125	AMST 102 - 602 Myth and History in American Memory	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Rebecca Bernstein	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0305	19/25	Seats filled	19/25	0/999
Description: Examines the role of memory in constructing historical meaning and in imagining the boundaries of American cultural communities. Explores popular rituals, artifacts, monuments, and public performances. Previously offered as AMST 384. 0 units.
14126	AMST 102 - 603 Myth and History in American Memory	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Emily McDonnell	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	23/25	Seats filled	23/25	0/999
Description: Examines the role of memory in constructing historical meaning and in imagining the boundaries of American cultural communities. Explores popular rituals, artifacts, monuments, and public performances. Previously offered as AMST 384. 0 units.
14127	AMST 102 - 604 Myth and History in American Memory	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Emily McDonnell	Graham Memorial-Rm 0038	12/25	Seats filled	12/25	0/999
Description: Examines the role of memory in constructing historical meaning and in imagining the boundaries of American cultural communities. Explores popular rituals, artifacts, monuments, and public performances. Previously offered as AMST 384. 0 units.
14130	AMST 202 - 001 Historical Approaches to American Studies	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Khalil Dalton	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0318	19/25	Seats filled	19/25	0/999
Description: A study of interdisciplinary methods and the concept of American studies with an emphasis on historical and cultural analysis. 3 units.
15020	AMST 210 - 001 This Place Called "The South"	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Zachary Faircloth	Murphey Hall-Rm 0115	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: An examination of both the mythical and real American South and its diverse peoples through the study of the region's archaeological, geographical, and environmental history integrated with the study of the region's sociology and its economic, political, intellectual, and religious history. 3 units.
14131	AMST 211 - 001 Approaches to Southern Studies: The Literary and Cultural Worlds of the American South	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Kelly Alexander, Lauren Rekhelman	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	0/999
Description: An examination of Southern cultural identity, literary imagination, and sense of place with an emphasis on the fiction, folklore, foodways, art, architecture, music, and material culture of the American South. 3 units.
9394	AMST 235 - 001 Native America in the 20th Century	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Daniel Cobb	Fetzer Hall-Rm 0109	48/68	Seats filled	48/68	0/999
Description: This course deals with the political, economic, social, and cultural issues important to 20th-century Native Americans as they attempt to preserve tribalism in the modern world. 3 units.
9395	AMST 235 - 601 Native America in the 20th Century	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Paige Mcclure	Murphey Hall-Rm 0112	16/17	Seats filled	16/17	0/999
Description: This course deals with the political, economic, social, and cultural issues important to 20th-century Native Americans as they attempt to preserve tribalism in the modern world. 0 units.
9396	AMST 235 - 602 Native America in the 20th Century	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Paige Mcclure	Davie Hall-Rm 0101	13/17	Seats filled	13/17	0/999
Description: This course deals with the political, economic, social, and cultural issues important to 20th-century Native Americans as they attempt to preserve tribalism in the modern world. 0 units.
9397	AMST 235 - 603 Native America in the 20th Century	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Shannon Wheeler	Murphey Hall-Rm 0204	11/17	Seats filled	11/17	0/999
Description: This course deals with the political, economic, social, and cultural issues important to 20th-century Native Americans as they attempt to preserve tribalism in the modern world. 0 units.
9398	AMST 235 - 604 Native America in the 20th Century	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Shannon Wheeler	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	8/17	Seats filled	8/17	0/999
Description: This course deals with the political, economic, social, and cultural issues important to 20th-century Native Americans as they attempt to preserve tribalism in the modern world. 0 units.
15015	AMST 251 - 001 The Jewish American Experience	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Emily Katz	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0205	15/20	Seats filled	15/20	0/999
Description: A survey of the Jewish experience in the United States from colonial times to the present, that examines connections and disjunctures with the experiences of Jews in the Americas more broadly. Topics include the social patterns and communal constructs of the various Jewish immigrations; modes of political engagement; and the diverse cultural practices through which American Jews have shaped their identities. 3 units.
11745	AMST 253 - 001 A Social History of Jewish Women in America	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Jillian Hinderliter	Dey Hall-Rm 0203	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	0/999
Description: This course examines the history and culture of Jewish women in America from their arrival in New Amsterdam in 1654 to the present and explores how gender shaped this journey. 3 units.
12781	AMST 265 - 001 The Black Interior	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Antonia Randolph	Graham Memorial-Rm 0038	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: What aesthetics and politics do Black people produce when their gaze is turned inward? This course examines representations of the inner lives of African American people in media such as film, visual art, and music to understand the Black private sphere. This survey course is intended for intermediate level undergraduate students. 3 units.
14132	AMST 277 - 001 America's Role in the Global Environment	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Rachel Willis	Carolina Hall-Rm 0220	32/50	Seats filled	32/50	0/999
Description: Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course explores the historical role and implications for the US and other nations with respect to transnational environmental issues including climate change, sustainability, and migration. 3 units.
15047	AMST 284 - 002 Visual Culture	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	John Bechtold	Woollen Gym-Rm 0301	33/40	Seats filled	33/40	0/999
Description: This course investigates how we make and signify meaning through images, ranging from art to advertising to graffiti, and provides the critical tools to understand the visual worlds we inhabit. 3 units.
15018	AMST 336 - 001 Native Americans in Film	We 3:35PM - 6:35PM	Daniel Cobb	Gardner Hall-Rm 0008	37/42	Seats filled	37/42	0/999
Description: This course is about Hollywood's portrayal of Indians in film, how Indian films have depicted Native American history, and why the filmic representation of Indians has changed over time. 3 units.
14134	AMST 339 - 001 The Long 1960s in Native America	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Daniel Cobb	Dey Hall-Rm 0306	20/25	Seats filled	20/25	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of Native America during the "long 1960s" (1954-1973), this course focuses on how American Indian experiences intersected with and diverged from those of non-native groups via topics such as the youth movement, women's rights, nationalism, civil rights, radical protest, and creative expression. 3 units.
14698	AMST 365 - 001 Women and Detective Fiction: From Miss Violet Strange to Veronica Mars	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Michelle Robinson	Peabody Hall-Rm 2094	22/25	Seats filled	22/25	0/999
Description: Traces the origins of detective fiction and major developments in the history of the genre with a focus on women authors and protagonists. Examines literary texts including fiction and film, with close attention to historical and social contexts and to theoretical arguments relating to popular fiction, genre studies, and gender. 3 units.
14696	AMST 486 - 001 The Jewish South: Race, Region, and Religion	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	MARCIE FERRIS	Love House-Rm 0112	11/12	Seats filled	11/12	0/999
Description: This course explores ethnicity in the South and focuses on the history and culture of Jewish Southerners from their arrival in the Carolinas in the 17th century to the present day. 3 units.
14695	AMST 498 - 001 Advanced Seminar in American Studies	Th 3:30PM - 6:30PM	Kelly Alexander	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0241	20/25	Seats filled	20/25	0/999
Description: Graduate or junior/senior standing. Examines American civilization by studying social and cultural history, criticism, art, architecture, music, film, popular pastimes, and amusements, among other possible topics. 3 units.
15033	AMST 510 - 002 Federal Indian Law and Policy	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	KEITH RICHOTTE	Dey Hall-Rm 0202	16/24	Seats filled	16/24	0/999
Description: This course gives an introduction to the American government's law and policy concerning tribal nations and tribal peoples. We examine a number of legal and political interactions to determine how the United States has answered the "Indian problem" throughout its history and the status of tribal peoples and nations today. 3 units.
14137	AMST 641 - 001 Communicating Water Challenges of Climate Change with the Visual and Performing Arts	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Rachel Willis	Carolina Hall-Rm 0104	4/25	Seats filled	4/25	0/999
Description: Climate change means water challenges that threaten people, property, and the existence of nation states. Severe precipitation events from warmer air holding more water, sea-level rise, and more intense hurricanes, mean flooding, water quality, and foodshed issues for more than half the world's population. Drought, resulting wildfires, and the availability of life-sustaining water is a problem in others. The visual and performing arts are used to explore more effective ways to communicate this growing crisis. 3 units.
4235	AMST 701 - 001 Interdisciplinary Research Methods	We 3:35PM - 6:35PM	Tim Marr	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 526A	4/12	Seats filled	4/12	0/999
Description: This course will focus on techniques of American studies investigation. Various faculty members will make presentations highlighting approaches including Southern studies, American Indian studies, Material Culture studies, and new media. 3 units.
9399	AMST 902 - 001 Ph.D. Research Seminar	Mo 3:35PM - 6:35PM	Michelle Robinson	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 526A	1/12	Seats filled	1/12	0/999
Description: A review of current scholarship in American Studies, with the aim of creating the final reading list for the comprehensive exams, and an introduction to dissertation design. 3 units.