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American Studies

• AMS 330 American Society (3).
• AMS 522 American Racial and Ethnic Relations (3).
• AMS 534 Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations (3).

AMS 330 American Society (3).

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The social structure and organization of American society with special reference to recent social changes. (Same as SOC 330.) Prerequisite: an introductory course in sociology or American studies. Required online readings. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Ten written assignments; paper; final examination. View the AMS 330 course preview. Instructor: Christy Craig.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Eichstedt and Small. Representations of Slavery: Race and Ideology in Southern Plantation Museums, Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.
• Ravitch (ed). The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation, Harper Collins, 2000.
• Wyle (ed). Revisiting America: Readings in Race, Culture and Conflict, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.

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AMS 522 American Racial and Ethnic Relations (3).

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Analysis of the basic sociological concepts that apply to majority/minority relations; with special emphasis on racial and ethnic interaction in the United States. (Same as SOC 522.) Prerequisite: A distribution course in sociology or American studies. Required online readings. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Three written assignments; final examination. View the AMS 522 course preview. Instructor: Uros Petrovic.

Only available for undergraduate credit.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Feagin and Feagin. Racial and Ethnic Relations, 7th ed. Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Takaki. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultual America, Little Brown, 1993.

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AMS 534 Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations (3). NW

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An examination of constructions of race and ethnicity around the world. Emphasis is on the social, political, historical, cultural and economic factors that lead to the creation of ethnic and racial identities, ethnic conflict and accommodation, ethnic movements, and ethnic political organization. Racial and ethnic relations in the U.S. are compared with other countries. Major focus is placed on ethnicity in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and/or the Middle East. (Same as AAAS 510 and SOC 534.) Required online readings. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Four written assignments; final examination. View the AMS 534 course preview. Instructor: Uros Petrovic.

Only available for undergraduate credit.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Marger. Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives, 6th ed., Wadsworth. 2003.

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