Links to Course Outlines
Below is a set of links to syllabi for American Studies courses and some courses taught in affiliated departments by Washington State University American Studies faculty.
Where noted, some of these coures are avaiable in online version through WSU's Distance Degree Program.
The rest are versions of courses offered face-to-face.
While a course will change some each time it is taught, these examples give a very good indication of general content and requirements.
Brief course descriptions for all American Studies courses can be found under Undergraduate Program, or Graduate Program.
AMST 216: American Cultures: Introduction to American Studies [online version]
WST 460: Race, Gender and Nature in American Culture.
AMST 471: American Popular Culture.
AMST 472: Ecological Issues and American Nature Writing [online verson].
AMST 475: Digital Diversity [online version] .
AMST 502: Readings in American Studies II [US Imperialism]
AMST 503: Contemporary Theories of Race and Ethnicity [pdf download]
AMST 513: Theory & Method in Cultural Studies.
AMST/ENGL 514: The Fiction of Postmodern America.
AMST 590: Digital Cultures, Digital Divides [pdf download]
NOTE: More than 75 graduate courses of use to American Studies graduate students are available through our ten allied departments. Check out a list of those courses.
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