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AMS 2030 Introduction to American Studies SS HP (3) AS AMS
An overview of American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Analysis of the arts and literature, including music; social issues; popular culture; material culture; cultural diversity; and social change. These approaches will be applied to a specific cultural era.
AMS 2201 Colonial American Culture HP (3) AS AMS
An examination of cultural patterns in America as they developed between 1600 and 1780 with an emphasis on the texture of everyday life.
AMS 2212 Nineteenth-century American Culture HP (3) AS AMS
An examination of cultural patterns in America from 1776 to 1900 with an emphasis on the texture of everyday life.
AMS 2270 Twentieth-century American Culture HP (3) AS AMS
An examination of cultural patterns in America from 1900 to the present with emphasis on the texture of everyday life.
AMS 2363 Issues in American Civilization (1-4) AS AMS
An examination of selected topics such as natural environment and the quality of life, sports and American society, popular music, American communities, vigilante tradition, jazz music, role of the family, American success myth, youth in America. Topic varies.
AMS 3001 American Culture 1880-1915 6A HP (4) AS AMS
Integration of major aspects of American life between the 1880s and World War I.
AMS 3210 Regions of America HP (4) AS AMS
The pattern of American culture as revealed through an examination of selected writings and other pertinent materials dealing with selected American regions. Topic varies.
AMS 3230 America During the 20s and 30s (4) AS AMS
Selected interdisciplinary materials are used to examine the relationships among regionalism, nationalism and internationalism during the twenties and thirties. Emphasis is placed on the measure of cultural nationalism attained by the United States during this period.
AMS 3260 American Culture, 1830-1860 6A HP (4) AS AMS
Examines the patterns of American culture in the years leading up to the Civil War. Topics include religion and social reform, race relations, and the impact of industrialization.
AMS 3370 Southern Women: Myth and Reality 6A HP (3) AS AMS
This course will identify the myths surrounding Southern Women, discern their sources and purposes, and contrast them with history.
AMS 3601 Material Culture and American Society SS HP (3) AS AMS
By means of slides, lectures and student projects, examines connections between artifacts and American cultural attitudes from 17th century to present. Topics include: architecture, furniture, gravestones, toys, and the material subcultures of women, African-Americans and communal societies.
AMS 3700 Racism in American Society SS HP (3) AS AMS
An introduction into the causes and effects of racism in American history, literature, art, the media, and folklore. Related concepts of ethnocentrism and class conflict will also be studied.
AMS 3930 Selected Topics in American Studies (1-4) AS AMS
Offerings include Cultural Darwinism in America, America Through Foreign Eyes, and The Female Hero in American Culture.
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AMS 4152 Film in American Culture (3) AS AMS
Surveys the contributions to American culture of major films, studios, directors, stars, theaters, and controversies from the perspectives of genres and styles, critical methodologies and theories. Variable topics such as: series on a region, director, performer, subject, or period of time.
AMS 4804 Major Ideas in America MW (3) AS AMS
Investigates the role of one or more influential ideas in American culture, for example: individualism, identity, community, dissent, reform, utopianism, democracy. Emphasizes the critical analysis of a variety of primary texts. Topic varies.
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AMS 4910 Individual Research (1-4) AS AMS
The content of the course will be governed by student demand and instructor interest. Instructor approval required prior to registration.
AMS 4930 Selected Topics in American Studies (1-4) AS AMS
PR: Senior in American Studies or CI. Offerings include the social implications of American painting, Technology in Twentieth Century America, American Environmental Problems, Popular Culture in America, American Military Experience, and Labor in America.
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AMS 4935 Senior Seminar in American Studies (4) AS AMS
PR: Senior in American Studies or CI.
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AMS 4940 Internship in American Studies (1-2) AS AMS
A structured, out-of-class learning experience designed to provide first-hand, practical training in careers related to American Studies. Restricted to American Studies majors. Repeatable up to 4 credit hours.
HUM 1020 The Arts FA (3) AS HUM
Analysis of selected works of literature, music, film, and visual art, representing artists of diverse periods, cultures, genders, and races. Especially recommended for students who later take 4000-level Humanities courses.
HUM 2211 Studies in Culture: The Classical Through Medieval Periods HP (3) AS HUM
A survey of literature and the arts of ancient Greece, Rome, and medieval Europe. Issues to be examined may include the dialogue between local traditions and cosmopolitan cultures, the relationship of the individual to society, and the bases for moral values.
HUM 2243 Studies in Culture: The Renaissance Through the Twentieth Century HP (3) AS HUM
A historical survey of the visual arts, literature, music and thought of Europe from the Renaissance through the Twentieth century. Issues to be examined may include the relationship between science and the arts and the consequences of the growing contacts among world civilizations and the impact of technological change.
HUM 2930 Selected Topics (1-4) AS HUM
An introductory course dealing with a recurrent theme in the arts or focusing on a particular artistic center (a nation or city at a particular time).
HUM 3231 The Renaissance (3) AS HUM
An examination of the arts of the Renaissance, focusing on primary texts and images. Themes include humanism, the revival of antiquity, the concept of the individual, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, and the impact of New World explorations.
HUM 3237 The Seventeenth Century (3) AS HUM
An examination of the development of the art and culture of the Baroque Period, roughly the 17th Century, focusing on primary texts and images. Themes will include mysticism, sensuality, rationalism, science, absolutism, and liberty.
HUM 3240 The Early Middle Ages (3) AS HUM
This course examines the diverse cultures of Europe from the fourth to eleventh centuries. Major issues include the formation of religious cultures, modes of cultural contact, relationships between texts and images, and uses of earlier traditions.
HUM 3241 Central Medieval and Gothic Europe (3) AS HUM
By studying texts and artefacts, this course examines the diverse cultures of Europe from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. A central issue covered will be the efforts of the church to create an all-encompassing Christian culture.
HUM 3242 The Enlightenment (3) AS HUM
By studying late seventeenth and eighteenth century literature, music, visual art, and philosophy, this course examines phenomena such as rationalism, classification systems, the influence of science, utilitarianism, reform, and secularism.
HUM 3244 Nineteenth-Century Arts and Letters (3) AS HUM
By studying 19th century literature, music, and visual art, this course examines phenomena such as the rise of capitalism, colonial expansion, nationalism, urbanism, and the redefinition of public and political life during this period of extreme change.
HUM 3251 Studies in Culture: The Twentieth Century HP (3) AS HUM
PR: HUM 2211 or HUM 2243. Analyses of selected works of twentieth century art, including films, paintings, music, and literature, in the context of major political, social, and economic events, such as war, depression, totalitarianism, and technological change.
HUM 3271 Eastern and Western Culture from Antiquity to 1400 AF (3) AS HUM
A comparative treatment of music, visual arts, theatre, literature, and philosophy in the East and West, proceeding chronologically from Ancient times through the Middle Ages, emphasizing Europe and India.
HUM 3273 Eastern and Western Culture Since 1400 AF (3) AS HUM
A comparative treatment of music, visual arts, theatre, literature, and philosophy in the East and West, proceeding chronologically from the Renaissance through the present, emphasizing Europe, the United States, and India.
HUM 3331 Themes in Humanities (3) AS HUM
PR: HUM 2211 or HUM 2243. A course emphasizing the analysis of primary works in relation to cultural contexts, the integration of secondary sources, and the construction of a written argument. Not restricted to majors. Offered only in fall semester.
HUM 3457 Nineteenth Century American Culture (3) AS HUM
This course explores American art, literature, and cultural life from the early republic through the Gilded Age. Works are studied in their historical context in order to understand how they transmitted important information about American identity.
HUM 3458 Twentieth-Century American Culture (3) AS HUM
A historical survey of American culture since 1900. Literature, music, visual art, film, and intellectual movements are analyzed, to understand how they have reflected and shaped cultural values and responded to changing conditions of American society.
HUM 3463 Latin American Civilization I: Pre-Columbian & Colonial (3) AS HUM
An overview of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Culture through 1700. Topics include literature, music, and art; ethnic diversity; political and religious tension; “high” versus “low” culture; and the clash of European and American cultures.
HUM 3466 Latin American Civilization II: Modern Latin America (3) AS HUM
An overview of the cultural heritage of Latin America since the time of independence. Verbal and visual texts will be used to study the difficult struggle to create a cultural identity that incorporates African, indigenous, and European traditions.
HUM 3930 Selected Topics in Humanities (1-4) AS HUM
PR: HUM 2211 or HUM 2243. Courses offered under this number will always be interdisciplinary, treating more than one art media and relating them historically or in some other way. The interdisciplinary emphasis on literature and the arts, placing them in some larger context of culture or ideas, distinguished HUM courses from related courses offered in other departments of the university. Topics will vary; course may be repeated for credit with change of content.
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HUM 4402 Humanities in India (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Examples from the arts and letters of India and the relationship of these arts to the Hindu and Buddhist philosophy-religions.
HUM 4404 Humanities in China (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Examples from the arts and letters of China; their relationship to Taoism, Confucianism and other Chinese philosophies; Western influences on twentieth century Chinese arts and letters.
HUM 4406 Humanities in Japan (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Examples from the arts and letters of Japan, their relationship to Zen Buddhism and other Japanese philosophy-religions; Western influences on twentieth century Japanese arts and letters.
HUM 4433 Ancient Greek Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. A study of the poetry, drama, philosophy, historical writing, painting, sculpture and architecture of ancient Greece, including such authors as Homer, Sophocles, and Plato, and monuments such as the Parthenon.
HUM 4435 Early Medieval Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. A study f the culture of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the 4th to 11th centuries through the readings of early Medieval historians, poets, and theologians, as well as the study of illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, painting and architecture.
HUM 4437 Italian Renaissance Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. A study of the painting, literature, music, sculpture and architecture of early modern Italy (1300-1600), emphasizing humanism, the revival of antiquity, the tension between sacred and secular, and artists such as Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael.
HUM 4438 Northern Renaissance Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. A study of the Northern Renaissance, 1400-1580, as exemplified in Germany, France, the Netherlands, England, and Spain. The course includes painting, architecture, literature and music, with special study of Durer, Van Eyck, El Greco, and Bosch.
HUM 4440 Arts and Letters in the 17th and 18th Centuries (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. A study of the visual arts, literature and music from the mysticism and ornament of the Baroque to the rationalism and classicism of the Enlightenment, including such artists, authors and composers as Rembrandt, Gentilleschi, Voltaire, Bach, and Mozart.
HUM 4442 Arts and Letters of the Romantic Period (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Continental masterworks of fiction, painting, and music in the context of European cultural history from the French Revolution to the Revolutions of 1848.
HUM 4444 Nineteenth Century European Arts and Letters (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. A study of continental literary, musical, and artistic masterworks from the Revolutions of 1848 until the outbreak of World War I.
HUM 4445 Twentieth Century Arts and Letters I (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Analysis of selected works of twentieth century art. The course will focus on a particular phase in the development of modernism, a set of themes, or certain stylistic aspects of various arts of the twentieth century.
HUM 4446 Twentieth Century Arts and Letters II (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Analysis of selected works of twentieth century art. The course will focus on a particular phase in the development of modernism, a set of themes, or certain stylistic aspects of various arts of the twentieth century.
HUM 4452 Nineteenth Century American Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Study of selected works of art, tracing the course of American expansionism in civilization, and the interaction between the arts and the sciences in American ways of life and work, 1790-1890.
HUM 4455 Twentieth Century American Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Study of selected works, tracing the course of expansion in the production and enjoyment of works of art, and interaction between the idealistic and pragmatic concerns for development of the arts in the 20th century.
HUM 4462 Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Analysis of selected Latin American works of art in their cultural context, with emphasis on the Pre-Columbian and Colonial periods. The course will focus on a particular historical, geographical, or thematic topic within those periods.
HUM 4464 Modern Latin American Culture (4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. Analysis of selected Latin American works of art in their cultural context, with emphasis on the period since the time of independence. The course will focus on a particular historical, geographical, or thematic topic within that period.
HUM 4905 Directed Study (1-4) AS HUM
PR: CI. Specialized individual study determined by the student’s needs and interests
HUM 4930 Selected Topics in Humanities (1-4) AS HUM
PR: Junior standing and HUM 2211 or HUM 2243, or CI. This course will deal with a recurrent theme in the arts as, for example, love or death, or will focus on artistic centers such as Renaissance Florence or Paris in the 1920s. Topics will vary.
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HUM 4931 Seminar in Humanities 6A (4) AS HUM
PR: HUM 3331 or CI. Seminar focuses on the writing of a substantial research paper in the humanities. Topic varies.
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HUM 4938 Major Issues in the Humanities MW (3) AS HUM
The study of an important topical issue in the Humanities. Materials representing diverse views relating to that issue will be read, and works of art in different media that have relevance to the debate will be studied. Available to majors and non-majors.
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HUM 4940 Internship in Humanities (1-2) AS HUM
A structured, out-of-class learning experience providing firsthand, practical training in Humanities-related professional careers in the community. Restricted to Humanities majors. Repeatable up to 4 credit hours.