AMST 3760: Advanced Studies in American Identities

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102

Examines the construction of individual identities and identity groups in American culture. Students survey and critique a range of texts expressing and representing the formation of identity constructions around such categories as race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, class, and sexuality. Students consider the various historical, cultural and social forces that shape (and sometimes resist) diverse views of American identity both within and outside the U.S.

Notes: Course may be repeated with a change in content.