(Offered as AMST 361, BLST 361, and ENGL 276) Through a close reading of texts by African American authors, we will critically examine literary form and technique alongside the representation of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Coupled with our explication of poems, short stories, novels, and literary criticism, we will explore the stakes of adaptation in visual culture. Students will analyze the film and television adaptations of twentieth-century fiction. Authors will include Toni Morrison, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Walker, and Gloria Naylor.

(Offered as REL 334, AMST 331 and LLAS 234) From sanctuary cities and states to sanctuary campuses and churches, declarations of sanctuary sites have swept the nation in recent years. The U.S. Sanctuary Movement, established in 1982 to harbor Central American asylum seekers fleeing civil wars, has today assumed broader social implementations in the New Sanctuary Movement. Beginning with an examination of antecedents to the U.S.

(Offered as REL 334, AMST 331 and LLAS 234) From sanctuary cities and states to sanctuary campuses and churches, declarations of sanctuary sites have swept the nation in recent years. The U.S. Sanctuary Movement, established in 1982 to harbor Central American asylum seekers fleeing civil wars, has today assumed broader social implementations in the New Sanctuary Movement. Beginning with an examination of antecedents to the U.S.

EDST 210/AMST209: The United States is in a moment of heightened conflict over what is taught in schools and universities and who should control those decisions. This course studies these “culture wars” in U.S. education in the present, and their historical antecedents in the past. Americans have long disagreed about how religion, sex, race, parental authority, gender, science, ethnicity, language, and free speech should feature in education, and this class will examine how schools became a central battleground in cultural disagreements.

Asians and Pacific Islanders are increasingly visible in the realms of American and global
competitive sports. These athletes, however, represent only the current state of the sports world
and its transnational nature. In this course, we will consider the longer histories from which these
athletes emerge: modern sports’ diffusion across and around the Pacific. A robust transnational
flow of athletes dates to the late nineteenth century and includes Hawaiian surfers and
swimmers, Chinese Ivy-League soccer stars, and barnstorming Asian baseball teams, as well as

(Offered as AMST 130 and BLST 130[D]) The hustle and flow of bodies, ideas, inequalities and solidarities is core to our increasingly globalized world. This course offers an introduction to the Americas as a transnational space. We will explore the interplay of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality from interdisciplinary perspectives. We will draw examples from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Students will learn through a variety of methods including textual analysis, feminist ethnography, archival research, and cultural studies.

For honors candidates in theater and dance. Open only to senior theater and dance majors with prior approval of the Chair. A double-credit course that may be taken in either semester, but only if no Senior Honors course is taken in the other semester of the major's senior year: when elected, normally taken in the second senior semester. The Department.

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For honors candidates in theater and dance. Open only to senior theater and dance majors who have been approved by the department Chair. Fall semester. The Department.

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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Advanced research and/or creative project work with accompanying documentation.

Independent reading course. Admission with consent of the instructor, and upon approval of an appropriate, original course of study. Approval is not guaranteed. A special topics course should be contemplated and approved in the semester prior to undertaking it. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.

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A course in integrating previously studied skills, while developing collaborative and leadership roles in the making of Theater and Dance works, within the Department’s producing structure.  With permission, each enrolled student will accept a specific assignment within a departmental production team. Attendance at weekly production meetings, rehearsals as needed, and additional meetings to complete duties related to successful completion of a production are required. A half-course. Admission with consent of the Chair. Normally not open to first-year students.