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AMSTUD 1B: Media, Culture, and Society (COMM 1B)

The institutions and practices of mass media, including television, film, radio, and digital media, and their role in shaping culture and social life. The media's shifting relationships to politics, commerce, and identity.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Turner, F. (PI)

AMSTUD 2: Introduction to American National Government and Politics (POLISCI 2)

The role and importance of the ideal of democracy in the evolution of the American political system. American political institutions (the Presidency, Congress, and the Court) and political processes (the formation of political attitudes and voting) are examined against the backdrop of American culture and political history. The major areas of public policy in the current practice of the ideal of democracy.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI

AMSTUD 15: Global Flows: The Globalization of Hip Hop Art, Culture, and Politics (CSRE 15)

This course consists of film screenings, dialogues, and performances that examine and engage Hip Hop Cultures and artists from around the world. We will explore diverse scenes and artists, from the formation of new musical genres such as hiplife in Ghana, to the impact of the first Hip Hop concert in Morocco, to comparative investigations of race and citizenship in Japan, Cuba, Palestine, France, and the United States (including Black, Mexican and Arab-Americans).
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-2
Instructors: Alim, H. (PI)

AMSTUD 35N: A Union of Diversities: Charles Ives and American Musical Traditions (MUSIC 35N)

Preference to freshmen. The life and work of Charles Ives, and the polarized reception his compositions received. Music includes Ives' Victorian songs and his symphonic works; his philosophical and political writings, historic recordings, oral and photographic histories, and live performances. Hands-on work with original manuscripts and editions. Recommended: ability to read music.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Barth, G. (PI)

AMSTUD 69SI: Last Exit to Springfield: The Simpsons and American Society

Explores the ways in which the animated television sitcom "The Simpsons" reflects and critiques American culture and society. The course will examine episodes from the series as well as secondary sources. Course topics include the dynamics of humor, parody and satire as social commentary; perspectives on American politics, democracy, and gender roles in the nuclear family. Weekly interactive discussions on episodes, and articles. Final presentations.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2
Instructors: Fishkin, S. (PI)

AMSTUD 101: American Fiction into Film: How Hollywood Scripts and Projects Black and White Relations

Movies and the fiction that inspires them; power dynamics behind production including historical events, artistic vision, politics, and racial stereotypes. What images of black and white does Hollywood produce to forge a national identity? How do films promote equality between the races? What is lost or gained in film adaptations of books?
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors: Mesa, C. (PI)

AMSTUD 114N: Visions of the 1960s

Preference to sophomores. Introduction to the ideas, sensibility, and, to a lesser degree, the politics of the American 60s. Topics: the early 60s vision of a beloved community; varieties of racial, generational, and feminist dissent; the meaning of the counterculture; and current interpretive perspectives on the 60s. Film, music, and articles and books.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors: Gillam, R. (PI)

AMSTUD 120: Digital Media in Society (COMM 120)

(Graduate students register for 220.) Contemporary debates concerning the social and cultural impact of digital media. Topics include the historical origins of digital media, cultural contexts of their development and use, and influence of digital media on conceptions of self, community, and state. Priority to Juniors and Seniors.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors: Turner, F. (PI)

AMSTUD 121: Masterpieces of American Literature (ENGLISH 21, ENGLISH 121)

(English majors and others taking 5 units, register for 121.) A survey of some of the definitive texts of American writing, such as Leaves of Grass, Benito Cereno, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Waste Land, The Sun Also Rises, The Golden Apples, and The Crying of Lot 49.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP

AMSTUD 121X: Hip Hop, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language (AFRICAAM 121X, ANTHRO 121A, CSRE 121X, EDUC 121X, LINGUIST 155)

Focus is on issues of language, identity, and globalization, with a focus on Hip Hop cultures and the verbal virtuosity within the Hip Hop nation. Beginning with the U.S., a broad, comparative perspective in exploring youth identities and the politics of language in what is now a global Hip Hop movement. Readings draw from the interdisciplinary literature on Hip Hop cultures with a focus on sociolinguistics and youth culture.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-4
Instructors: Alim, H. (PI)
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