American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

AMST 1601

This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 1110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2081 AMST 1601   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2082 AMST 1601   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2083 AMST 1601   DIS 202

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2084 AMST 1601   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2000

This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2677 AMST 2000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3445

Is the U.S. college system a great equalizer or a cause of growing inequality? Improved access to higher education has brought millions of Americans into the middle class, and yet rising selectivity has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3770ILRLE 3445

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1300 AMST 3445   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Riehl, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3820

As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the Americas? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  2547 AMST 3820   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3885

Across twentieth-century history, race and war have been dynamic forces in shaping economic organization and everyday livelihoods. This course will approach labor and working-class history, through a focus ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 3885HIST 3884ILRGL 3885

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1253 AMST 3885   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Nagaraja, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3911

This course reviews the changing relations between science, technology, and the state in America, focusing on the period from 1960 to the present. We will explore science-intensive policy controversies. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3091STS 3911

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2790 AMST 3911   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hilgartner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4066

Artificial intelligence (AI), computers, and digital technologies including robotics, machine learning, large language models (LLMs), internet-enabled platforms, and other “high-tech” drivers of automation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 4066ILRGL 6066PUBPOL 5411

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1216 AMST 4066   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Litwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person