Approved non-AMST Courses

American Studies @ VWC

Approved non-AMST courses*

 

CATEGORY 1: Social scientific approaches

CJ 360	Courts in the Am. Criminal Justice System	POLS 112	Introduction to American Government
CRFRELS 355	Law and Religion in America	POLS 201	State & Local Government & Politics
HHS 380	Aging in America	POLS 202	Ethnicity and Politics: Latinos in America
HHS 410	Homeless in America	POLS 203	Local Politics: S. Hampton Roads
HIST 220	The Civil War & Reconstruction	POLS 205	Law in American Politics & Culture
HIST 250	Topics in History (American Topics only, check with instructor)	POLS 207	The American Presidency
HIST 286	Banned Books	POLS 237	American Legislative Process
HIST 303	17th- and 18th-Century America	POLS 239	American Political Thought
HIST 313	19th-Century America	POLS 270	The Constitution and Criminal Procedure           [ = CJ 270]
HIST 314	First and Second Great Awakenings	POLS 302	Ethnicity and Politics: Latinos in America
HIST 317	History of Virginia	POLS 305	Law in American Politics & Culture
HIST 322	Religion & Social Issues in America History	POLS 307	The Presidency and the American Political System
HIST 325	Radicalism, Terrorism, and Violence in American History	POLS 308	Elections in American Politics
HIST 328	U.S. Foreign Relations,1763-1919	POLS 335	American Government
HIST 352	U.S. Women's History	POLS 337	American Legislative Process
HIST 380	Dos Passos's USA	POLS 360	The Media and 20th Century American Foreign Policy
HIST 381	The South of Erskine Caldwell	POLS 371	Constitutional Law I: The Federal System
HIST 405	"Born to Shop?" The History of Modern Consumer Culture in the U.S.	POLS 372	Constitutional Law II: Substantive Rights
HIST 417	History of the Old South	POLS 440	Seminar: American Foreign Policy
HIST 418	History of the New South
HIST 425	Brother Can You Spare a Paintbrush? The Arts Projects of the WPA
HIST 428	Atlantic Slavery
HIST 433	Globalization and Empire in American History
HIST 440	Seminar in American History

 

CATEGORY 2: Humanistic approaches

ARTH 341	American Art	INST 126	Music and Folk Culture of the Southern Appalachians
COMM 333	Special Topics in Media Studies (approved as appropriate)	INST 420	The American Wilderness
COMM 336	Filmmaking on Hollywood, In Hollywood	RELST 140	Religion in American Culture
ENG 251	Diversity in American Literature	RELST 157	Bible in American Culture/Life
ENG 258	African-American Literature	RELST 232	Religion & American Politics
ENG 261	American Women Writers	RELST 233	Religious Battles in Court
ENG 266	Transatlantic Romanticism	RELST 250	Religion & Popular Culture
ENG 271	Southern Literature	RELST 327	Religion, Law, & the Schools
ENG 284	American Literature	RELST 363/463	Sports & Religion
ENG 285	Contemporary American Literature	SPAN 265	U.S. Latino Culture
ENG 286	Banned Books	SPAN 350	Hispanic American Women Writers
ENG 303	Topics in American Literature	SPAN 365	U.S. Latino Culture
ENG 310	Distinctive Voices in Contemporary American Poetry	SPAN 422	Modern Spanish-American Fiction
ENG 378	The American Novel	WGS 219	Women in Culture and Society
ENG 385	American Protest Literature

 

Theories & Methods courses:

COMM 321	Mass Communication Theories and Research Methods	SOC 345	Foundations of Sociology
ENG 311	Theory & Criticism	SOSCI 351	Research Methods for the Social Sciences
HIST 360	Junior Research Seminar	WGS 319	Feminist & Gender Theory

* Course list subject to change without notice. For most accurate list, please contact the Program Director, Prof. Eric Mazur