AMS 205. Issues in American Studies (3)
This foundation course introduces students to both the historical and the theoretical dimensions of American studies. The course will emphasize the variety of projects currently being done in the field, including those that examine questions of nationhood and national identity, ethnography, gender, and popular culture. The course focuses on the characteristics that these projects share, including the commitment to interdisciplinarity, study of the connections and disconnections between elite and popular forms, and the examination of the role of the intellectual in cultural practice. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Fall semester. Marchand. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.

AMS 238. Religion and Race in America (3) (RLG 238) (GEN. ED.#10)
This course explores the complex relationship between religion and race in America. It examines the ways in which religion in America defines and responds to issues of race as well as the way that race shapes religious institutions and theological perspectives. Particular attention is given to Christian responses to issues such as slavery, Jim Crow/segregation, and the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Prerequisite: one 200-level course in religion or permission of instructor.
Spring semester. Douglas. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.

AMS 242. From Puritan Diaries to Oprah's Book Club: Readers and Writers in American History. (3) (HIS 242, ENG 242)
Using insights gleaned from various disciplines, this course examines the history of reading and writing in America. In particular, we will study how written texts are produced, disseminated, and consumed. Topics include Indians and the discovery of print; the sentimental novel; slave narratives; religious readers; the making of an American literary canon; comic books in modern America; and, of course, Oprah’s book club. Prerequisites: sophomore standing or HIS 110 or 111.
Hale. Offered Spring 2008 and alternate years.

AMS 290. Internship (3-4)
Department.

AMS 299. Independent work (3-4)
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100- AND 200-LEVEL COURSES
Students must select eight of the following courses, including at least one from each key theme and distributed among at least four academic departments or major programs. Three 300-level courses are also required.
I. Power and Responsibility
EC 227. Business and Government
ED 215. Issues in Education
HIS 110. American Society and Culture: 1607-1876
HIS/PCE/SOC 262. Native Americans: Then and Now
PCE 148. Nonviolence in America
PSC 202. Contemporary Political Thought
PSC 251. Morality and Power in 20th-Century American Foreign Policy
PSC 270. American Constitutional Law
PSC 271. Civil Rights in the American Constitutional System
SOC 221. Courtship, Marriage, and Family
SOC 228. Social Problems
SOC 245. Wealth, Power, and Prestige
SOC 250. Criminal Justice
WS 100. Confronting Inequality
WS 225. Women and Sexuality
WS 240. Women, War, and Peace
WS 260/PSC 260. Women and the Law
II. Identity
ENG 249. The Legacy of Slavery
ENG 275. Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
HIS 234. England and Colonial America
HIS 235. American Revolution
HIS 255. Architectural Space and the American Family Experience
HIS 260. Civil War and Reconstruction
HIS 269. Women in India and the United States
MUS 109. History of Jazz
PSC 205. American Political Thought
PSC 242. Public Opinion, Propaganda, and the Mass Media
PSC 243. The American Political System
SOC 220. Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 260. Deviance and Social Control
WS 230. Contemporary Feminisms
III. The Natural and Human-Made Environment
ART 278. European and American Architecture, 1750-1900
HIS 271. Baltimore as Town and City
HP 290. Practicum in Historic Preservation
PSC 285. Environmentalism: The Political Dimension
WS 265. Reproductive Technologies: Law, Ethics, and Public Policy
IV. Cultural and Social Expression
ART 284. Fine Art in America
COM 213. Making Sense of Popular Culture
COM 219. History of Television and Radio
COM 234. Critical Analysis of Journalism
COM 237. Media Criticism
DAN 195-196. Chorégraphie Antique
DAN 250. Twentieth-Century American Dance
DAN 255. American Dance Traditions
ED 210. Development of Education in the United States
ENG 250. American Literature I
ENG 254. American Literature II
ENG 255. The Modern American Novel
ENG 276. Modern Poetry
ENG 277. Contemporary American Poets
THE 211. History of American Theater and Drama
SOC 271. Protest! Legacy of the Sixties

300-LEVEL COURSES
Three 300 level courses are required, in addition to AMS 205 and 200-level courses.
I. Power and Responsibility
COM 342. Communication Law and Regulation
PSC 316. Seminar in Scope and Method in Political Science
PSC 342. Seminar in Presidential Politics
PSC 343. Seminar in Congressional Politics
RLG 238/AMS238. Religion and Race in America
II. Identity II
PSC 322. American Philosophy
III. The Natural and Human-Made Environment
HP 320/ART 347 Seminar in Historic Preservation
IV. Cultural and Social Expression
COM 340. Media, Politics, and Civic Engagement
COM 342. Communication Law and Regulation
HIS 305 The Personal Narrative in American History and Culture
HIS 338. Seminar in Modern European and American History
ENG 371. Seminar in American Literature
ENG 372. Seminar in African-American Literature
What are the forms of power in American society? What role do institutions play in wielding power? How have they evolved over time? Who has power and how is it manifested in symbolic and practical ways? How much do one’s answers to these questions depend on one’s position within American society?