American Studies is an established interdisciplinary "field" both in the United States and in several other countries, including England and Japan. This cluster uses Americanist materials ranging from literature, through landscapes, to art, music and court cases, to explore both the tensions and the traditions of American culture and society.
Cluster Coordinator:
Dr. Tom Fisher
CH 117T
tfisher@pdx.edu
(503) 725-8994
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of American Studies, provides a focus through which to explore sources in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and performing arts, and offers an opportunity to acquire a variety of skills important in college and the work worlds. As the interdisciplinary study of American Culture, the course focuses on a comparison of "voices" or perspectives as a way of knowing American artifacts, policies, and places. Although the focus of each class may differ, they will all use their subjects as a laboratory for learning the methods and perspectives of American Studies. In the process, students will become familiar with something of the culture, character, and environment of the United States. Each class will focus on several main "texts" or projects during class and students will do an additional project either outside class and/or in their mentor sections.
This SINQ leads to the American Studies Cluster.
ANTH 313U Indian/White Relations
ANTH 314U Native Americans
ANTH 315U American Culture
ANTH 355U Historical Archaeology and the Origins of the Modern Pacific Northwest
ANTH 410U Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 417U Indians of North America
ArH 486U American Art and Architecture: Colonial Period
ArH 487U American Art and Architecture: Jacksonian to 20th Century
BST 302U African-American 20th Century
BST 412U Oregon African-American History
BST 414U Racism
BST 424U African-American/African Culture in Cinema
BST 427U African/American Films and Film Makers
BST 484U African American Community Development
CHLA 375U Southwestern Borderlands History
CHLA 399U The History of Race in the New World
EC 399U Family Values and American Economic Decline
EC 411U Cultural Economics
EC 417U Women in the Economy
EC 419U Economics of Race and Ethnicity (Course Proposal)
ENG 305U Film and Social Justice
ENG 305U Topics in Film: Asian American Film and Video
ENG 305U The Films and Times of Charlie Chaplin
ENG 306U The Sixties
ENG 306U Topics in Literature and Popular Culture: American Fiction in Film
ENG 306U Topics in Literature and Popular Culture (e.g., Fiction and Film, Practice of Everyday Life)
ENG 306U Topics in Literature and Popular Culture: Politics in the 50's
ENG 306U Topics in Literature and Popluar Culture: Cyber/Hyper Literature
ENG 308U American Jewish Literature
ENG 308U Cultural Studies in Literature: Native American Women's Writers
ENG 308U Cultural Studies in Literature: Native American Women's Literature
ENG 308U Gay and Lesbian Fiction
ENG 308U Cultural Studies in Literature: Literature of Slavery
ENG 308U Asian-American Writers
ENG 308U Writing A Jewish Woman's Life
ENG 308U Cultural Studies in Literature (when content is appropriate)
ENG 309U American Indian Literature (when content is appropriate)
ENG 313U The American Short Story
ENG/BST 351U Early African American Literature (Course Proposal)
ENG 360U American Literature to 1865
ENG 363U American Literature
ENG 365U American Fiction II
ENG 367U Topics in American Literature - Immigrant Experience and American Lit/Film
ENG 445U American Women Writers
ENG 447U Major Forces in Literature: American Sentimentalism
G 344U Geology of National Parks
GEOG 351U Pacific Northwest
GEOG 366U Historical Geography of North America
GEOG 368U U.S. and Canada
HST 337U History of American Cities
HST 338U Oregon History
HST 340U Women and Gender in America (to 1865)
HST 341U Women and Gender in America (1865 to present)
HST 343U American Family History
HST 346U The American Revolution
HST 399U American Values/Conflict
HST 399U Culture, Religion, Politics: Jews and Judaism in American Since WWII (becomes 344U)
INTL 321U Globalization & Identity: Humanities
INTL 322U Globalization & Identity: Social Science
INTL 323U Tradition & Innovation: Humanities
INTL 324U Tradition & Innovation: Social Science
MUS 355U Jazz History
MUS 361U History of Rock Music I
MUS 362U History of Rock Music II
MUS 376U American Musical Traditions
PHL 399U American Values/Conflict
PHL 422U American Philosophy
PS 313U The Power Game
PS 380U Women and Politics
PS 431U State and Local Politics
PSY 310U Psychology of Women
PSY 410U Women in Contemporary Film
SOC 337U Minorities
SOC 350U The United States in Comparative Perspective
SOC 436U Social Movements (Course Proposal)
SP 410U Women in Contemporary Film
SP 457U The Language of Violence
TA 330U Multicultural Theater
TA 361U Contemporary Dance 1920 - Present
TA 370U American Cinema/American Culture
TA 370U American Cinema/American Culture II
TA 457U The Language of Violence
TA 471U 20th Century American Theater & Drama
USP 385U History of American Cities
WS 310U Psychology of Women
WS 340U Women and Gender in America (US to 1865)
WS 341U Women and Gender in America (1865 to1920))
WS 342U Women and Gender in America (1920 to present)
WS 343U American Family History
WS 380U Women and Politics
WS 410U Women in Contemporary Film
WS 410U Power and Knowledge
WS 417U Women in the Economy
WS 445U American Women Writers
WS 457U The Language of Violence
Sophomore Inquiry & Clusters
