Students will examine specific groups in depth and in comparison, exploring racial and ethnic history, political struggles, creative and cultural practices, and individual and collective modes of identity formation. Courses will especially focus on the conflicts between popular culture as a site of creativity and democratic empowerment on the one hand, and as a product of dominant commercialized cultural industries on the other. Students will study popular cultural forms, their reception, and the history of their production in the United States. In consultation with an advisor and with approval of the program, students will develop an interdisciplinary concentration in one of these areas: Popular Culture ConcentrationsĬoncentrations must bring together coherent clusters of four courses that address particular themes, periods, movements, or modes of thought and expression. Honors will be based on a student’s cumulative AMST record and the quality of their AMST 0701 project. Senior work is one of the requirements for departmental honors (see Honors section of AMST major requirements). The senior project may take the form of a formal written document, a multi-media project such as a video, a web project, a creative activity such as a performance, or an installation project. Normally, AMST senior projects will be completed in one semester. Students who envision an AMST 701 project requiring collaboration must be granted departmental approval. Research projects are subject to approval by the AMST faculty, who will pair each approved project with an appropriate faculty adviser. Senior Project (AMST 0701)ĪMST majors may enroll in AMST 0701, where they will complete a substantial research project in consultation with an AMST faculty adviser. Where compelling circumstances make doing this impossible, arrangements to take the course as a senior may be made with the director of the American Studies program. Students should normally take this seminar in the Fall of their Junior year. Courses may not count toward both the elective and concentration requirements. These courses must be listed or cross-listed as AMST courses in the course catalog. Three AMST electives, two of which must be numbered 0200 or higher. ↑ Top Program in American Studies Requirements for the MajorĪ minimum of eleven courses including AMST 0209, AMST 0210, AMST 0400, three AMST electives, four courses in a concentration designed in consultation with a faculty advisor, and AMST 0701 or one additional elective numbered 0200 or higher. Students who plan to minor in African Studies must take five courses on Africa (as determined by the director of the African Studies minor, in consultation with the African Studies faculty), three of which must be taken at Middlebury This program offers a minor in African Studies to students who complete the following requirements: Professors: Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron (French), Jacob Tropp (History), Michael Sheridan (Anthropology) Associate Professors: Nadia Horning (Political Science), Damascus Kafumbe (Music) Assistant Professors: Obie Porteous (Economics), Natasha Ngaiza (Film and Media Culture) GIS Teaching Fellow: Niwaeli Kimambo (Geography) The director or minor advisor will also approve courses to count in category 3. Other appropriate courses offered during the fall and spring semesters, or during the winter term, may be substituted for courses in category 2 at the discretion of the program director. (3) One advanced, relevant 0400 level course or an independent 0500-level project.
*AMST/GSFS 0208 Unruly Bodies: Black Womanhood in Popular Culture *AMST 0107 Intro to African American Culture * HIST/AMST 0226 The Civil Rights Revolution * ENAM/AMST 0252 African American Literature (2) Two of the following courses, which are more focused explorations of a part of the African American experience: (1) The following core courses, designed to offer theoretical perspectives and broad background:
This program offers a minor in African American studies to students who complete the following requirements: Professors: William Nash (American studies and English and American literature) Ellen Oxfeld (sociology/anthropology), James Ralph (history) Associate Professors: William Hart (history) Jessyka Finley (American Studies) Program Coordinator: Diane Burnham Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.
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