21&62:050:300Introduction to American Studies (3) A survey of approaches to the interdisciplinary study of the culture of the United States; folk, popular, and elite culture; American myth, folklore, folk music, fine arts, architecture, science and technology, community study, and popular arts and culture. |
21&62:050:301Documentation and Research in American Studies (3) Methods and techniques of research and documentation in the library and in the field pertaining to a current issue in American studies; old and new disciplines draw upon actual resources of the metropolitan area and approaches of two or more related areas. |
21:050:306The Vietnam War and America (3) Explores the interrelations between the U.S. war in Vietnam and
American culture--before, during, and after. Attempts to challenge the
student's perceptions of historical and cultural reality through a
variety of mediums. |
21&62:050:311,312Popular Culture and the Media (3,3) Popular arts, attitudes, folklore, and myths in print, broadcast, electronic, and commercial media; relationship of popular culture to vogues, movements, censorship, audience, leisure, politics, business, and technology; content analysis of actual texts, and examples balanced with a survey of theory, history, and criticism. |
21&62:050:363American Folklore (3) Oral tradition in America in its cultural context; folklore from regional, occupational, and ethnic groups; genres include folk songs, folktales, proverbs, folk beliefs, customs, games, and folk ceremonies; collecting folklore in the Newark area required. |
21&62:050:391,392Fieldwork in American Studies (3,3) Oral history, photographic surveys, historical preservation, or other practical exercises in the collection, analysis, and description of evidence of American culture. The focus each term is a team project. |
21:050:395Nuclear War and Literature (3) The development of nuclear weapons in culture and history from their first appearance as fiction in the first decade of the 20th century. Examines the imagined futures that now form part of everyday life. Equivalent to 21&62:350:395. Credit not given for both this course and 21&62:350:395. |
21&62:050:403,404Technology and Culture in America (3,3) Design and function of computers and technological systems in America, popular and aesthetic responses to them, and the relationship between American culture and American industrialism; course materials drawn from literature, the arts, popular culture, social commentary, political writings, design, and engineering. These courses fulfill the technology course requirement in the teacher certification program. |
21&62:050:488,489Topics in American Studies (3,3) Each term the course offers a different topic for intensive, interdisciplinary study in a seminar format; seminar paper required. For specific topics in any term, consult the American studies advisers. One of these courses required of majors; open to nonmajors. |
21&62:050:498,499Individual Study in American Studies (3,3) Supervised arrangement for readings, a research paper, fieldwork, or an internship in such institutions as the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey Historical Society, the Newark Public Library, or the Newark Museum. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor or program director. |
