American Studies Courses, Academic Year 2008-2009
Please be aware that course offerings are subject to change for reasons beyond our control, and that in particular the list of course offerings for Spring 2009 is tentative. However, we hope you find it helpful to have those courses in mind as you register for Fall 2008. We will update the course offerings and descriptions online at http://www.fordham.edu/AmericanStudies (click on “Courses Offered”); you should also check in OASIS for possible changes. And please feel free to contact program director Glenn Hendler with any questions (718-817-4773, or better, amerstudies@fordham.edu). You may also want to contact individual instructors with questions about their courses.
The course listings below are organized first by semester, then by campus. So, starting on this page you’ll see courses offered at Rose Hill in Fall 2008; courses offered at Lincoln Center in Fall 2008 start on page seven; Spring 2009 Rose Hill courses start on page eleven; Spring 2009 Lincoln Center courses start on page fifteen. Note that American Studies majors and minors can take courses on either campus. Also, the fact that a course is listed here means that it will count toward the major or minor (even if it doesn’t seem so on OASIS), but it does not guarantee that you can get into that course.
About the letters, in bold print, following each course description
(except the three required American Studies courses):
Majors must take four courses in one concentration. Aside from the three AMRU or AMLU courses (2000, 3010, 3500), all the courses described below are followed by letters in bold indicating which concentration(s) the course can be used to complete. The concentrations are:
Cultural Products (C): This concentration focuses on American literature, arts, media, and thought, examining their history and place in American culture and society. Students primarily take courses in literature, film, media, music, the visual arts, the performing arts, popular culture, philosophy, and intellectual history.
Diversity and Difference (D): This concentration takes up the problem of American social and cultural pluralism. Students will consider the place of such categories as race, ethnicity, class, gender, and religion in American history. Students primarily take courses in literature, philosophy, African-American studies, history, political science, Urban Studies, Women’s Studies, religion, American Catholic Studies, and sociology.
Power, Politics, and Institutions (P): This concentration focuses on American society and institutions such as politics and religion. Students primarily take courses in political science, history, sociology, American Catholic Studies, African-American Studies, and Urban Studies.
