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IAH 201-210 Courses - Summer 2008

American Studies emphasis. Focuses on the influence of cultural forms on our understanding of nation, empire, identity, public diplomacy, and globalization. Includes discussion of literature, music and the arts, while emphasizing the importance of media content and popular culture forms. Comparative study of cultural influence, with modules on Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

This course offers students common opportunities to explore both the unities and diversities of American experience through study of historical, literary, and other materials. It draws on primary source readings, some video texts, an interactive cd-rom, class discussions, and substantial student writing to broaden understanding of the processes by which the American nation, the American people, and American identity/ies have been made and remade in time and of some of the enduring issues and tensions in American life.

Major issues in the development of Latin American societies and cultures, presented in relation to European and other cultures. Influences from indigenous peoples, Europeans, Africans, and others. Organized thematically and historically, through study of written texts, literature, and film. Includes unconventional ways of representing history. (i.e., testimonials, documentaries, essays).

This class explores major issues in the development of Latin American societies and cultures, presented in relation to European and other cultures. Influences from indigenous peoples, Europeans, and others. Organized thematically and historically, through study of written texts, literature, and the films. Includes unconventional ways of representing history (i.e., testimonials, documentaries, essays).

Music and Culture in the Western World from Classical Antiquity to the Present. Survey of general characteristics of Western arts and culture in Prehistory, Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras, exploration of culture's effects on music, and music's effects on culture.