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 in the Graduate Program section.
AM ST 216: American Cultures: Introduction to American Studies
W ST 460: Race, Gender and Nature in American Culture.
AM ST 472: Ecological Issues and American Nature Writing [online verson].
AM ST 475: Digital Diversity [online version] .
AM ST 501: Readings in American Studies I (Racism and Technologies of Time and Space)
AM ST 502: Readings in American Studies II (U.S. Imperialism)
AM ST 503: Contemporary Theories of Race and Ethnicity [pdf download]
AM ST 513: Theory & Method in Cultural Studies.
AM ST/ENGL 514: The Fiction of Postmodern America.
AM ST 590: Digital Cultures, Digital Divides [pdf download]
AM ST 590: Social Movements and Culture.
AM ST 596: Foundations of U.S. History, 1877–Present [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.