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American Studies Arts in Context Courses

The following list is intended to help you think about how to plan your American Studies journey around the theme of Arts in Context. You will find many other courses related to this theme.

AA 193N The Craft of Comics
AFAM 208 Theatre in Diverse Cultures
AMST 106N The Mass Media and Society
ARTH 226 The Comic Book: A History of Sequential Art
COMM 100N The Mass Media and Society
COMM 150 The Art of Cinema
COMM 151N Film and Extraterrestrial Life
COMM 168 American Journalism: Values, Traditions, and Practices
ENGL 133 Modern American Literature to World War II
ENGL 135 Alternative Voices in American Literature
ENGL 170N Introduction to American Folklore
ENGL 182 Literature and Empire
ENGL 183N The Cold War in Literature, Politics, and History
ENGL 184 The Short Story
ENGL 208N The Music of the Beatles and American Popular Culture
ENGL 232 American Literature from 1865
ENGL 400 Authors, Texts, Contexts (Some sections are suitable for this theme; check with the instructor.)
ENGL 401 Studies in Genre (Some sections are suitable for this theme; check with the instructor.)
ENGL 402 Literature and Society (Some sections are suitable for this theme; check with the instructor.)
ENGL 403 Literature and Culture (Some sections are suitable for this theme; check with the instructor.)
ENGL 433 The American Novel: 1900-1945
ENGL 435 The American Short Story
ENGL 436: American Fiction Since 1945
HIST 459Y Social and Cultural History of the United States Since 1783
ENGL 490/WMNST 490 Women Writers and Their Worlds
INART 10 The Popular Arts in America: Mass Media Arts
INART 115 The Popular Arts in America: Popular Music
THEA 207 Gender and Theatre
THEA 412 African American Theatre
WMNST 225N Sexuality and Modern Visual Culture
WMNST 270 207N LGBTQ+ Identity, Culture and the Arts
WMNST 455 Gender Roles in Communication

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