American Studies Courses: Spring 2024
Courses available for American Studies credit in Spring 2024 are listed below, along with the course delivery formats. Please use the following guide for understanding course format listings.
- In-Person: Course will meet in person at scheduled time.
- Connect: Course will meet on Zoom, with an instructor present at a specific campus classroom. Students living near the location of the campus classroom may attend class in-person if they wish, while students located at other campuses meet on Zoom.
- Virtual: Course meets on Zoom at a specific day/time.
- Online: Coursework will be delivered asynchronously in an online format, with no synchronous attendance.
American Literature and Folklore
ENGL:
2140: LGBTQ+ Literature — In-person
2150: Intro to Science Fiction — In-person, Connect
2230: Intro to Film — In-person
2630: Intro to American Studies — In-person, Connect
2640: Race and Ethnicity in the US — In-personn
3610: Multicultural American Literature — Connect
3630: The Farm in Literature and Culture — In-person
3365: Nineteenth-Century American Literature — In-person
3375: Literary History of the Americas since 1900 — In-person
4260: US Languages: Diversity and History — In-person
4370: Native American Literature — In-person
5330: Race and Ethnicity in Literature — In-person
SPAN:
3300: Intro to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis — In-person
3560: Intro to US Latino/a Culture — In-person
3620: Survey of Hispanic-American Literature I — In-person
3630: Survey of Hispanic-American Literature II — In-person
PORT:
3700: Film Studies in Portuguese — In-person
4200: Brazilian Media in Global Contexts — In-person
American History and Government
HIST:
2700: United States to 1877 — Online
2710: United States 1877 to Present — In-person
2170: Navajo History and Culture — Connect
3850: History of Utah — In-person, Online
4600: History of the American West — Online
4650: Women and Gender in the US West — Online
4720: The Civil Rights Movement — In-person
4810: American Military History — In-person
POLS:
3120: Law and Politics — In-person
3130: United States Legislative Politics — In-person
3140: The Presidency — Online
3270: Latin American Government and Politics — In-person
4130: Constitutional Theory — In-person (prereq. POLS 1100)
4160: The First Amendment — In-person
5140: Law, Politics, and War — In-person
Social Sciences
ANTH:
3160: Anthropology of Religion — Online
3310: Intro to Museum Studies — Connect
CJ:
1010: Introduction to Criminal Justice — Connect
1330: Criminal Law — Connect
2340: Survey of Criminal Procedure — Connect
PSY:
3110: Health Psychology — Connect
3120: Abuse, Neglect, Psychological Dimensions Intimate Violence — Online
3510: Social Psychology — In-person, Online
3700: Mental Health Advocacy and Awareness — In-Person, Online
4230: Psychology of Gender — In-Person, Online
4240: Multicultural Psychology — In-Person, Online
SOC:
2630: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity — Online
3010: Social Inequality — In-Person, Online
3200: Population and Society — Online
3410: Juvenile Delinquency — Online
3420: Criminology — In-person
3400: Tribal Criminal Justice Systems — Connect
3430: Social Deviance — Online
3520: Sociology of Mental Illness — Online
3610: Rural People and Places — Online
3750: Sociology of Aging — Online
SW:
1010: Introduction to Social Welfare — In-Person, Online
2100: Human Behavior in the Social Environment — Connect
2400: Social Work with Diverse Population — Online
3350: Child Welfare — Online
3360: Adolescents: Theories, Problems, and Issues — Online
3650: Mental Health — Online
SW 3750: Community Health and Society — Online
Environmental Studies
ENVS:
2340: Natural Resources and Society — Online
3010: Fundamentals of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy — Online
3320: Archeology of Climate Change — Online
3600: Living with Wildlife — Online
4000: Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management — In-person
4020: Foundations of Environmental Studies — Online
4700: Communicating Sustainability — Online
5000: Environmental Nonprofit and Volunteer Management — Online
HIST:
3950: Environmental History — In-Person
ENGL:
3640: Reading and Writing the Environment: Nature Writing
SOC:
4620: Sociology of the Environment and Natural Resources — In-person
AMERICAN ART, MEDIA, AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
CMST:
1330: Introduction to Global Communication — In-Person
3230: Organizations and Social Change — In person
3330: Intercultural Communication — In-Person
4200: Language, Thought, and Action — In-Person
4800: Qualitative Research in Communication Studies — In person
FILM:
3220: Bad Cinema — In-Person
JCOM:
1500: Introduction to Mass Communication — Online
2010: Media Literacy — In-person
2300: Introduction to Public Relations — In-person
2400: Introduction to Social Media — In-person
3100: Reporting Public Affairs — Online
4030: Mass Media Law — Online
4350: Popular Culture in Society — In-person
5410: Social Media and Public Health — In-person
MUSC:
3020: History of Jazz — In-Person
3030: Rock and Roll-Catalyst for Social Change — Online
ELECTIVES
The following courses may also be taken for American Studies credit. They do not fall under one of the official Disciplinary Categories, but they may be taken as one of the additional six elective courses in the AS major.
ENGL:
3420: Fiction Writing — In-Person
3430: Poetry Writing — In-Person
3440: Creative Nonfiction — In-Person
TCR:
2100: Intro to Technical Writing and Rhetoric — Online
2110: Digital Writing Technologies — Online
2100: Workplace Research — In-person
3220: Technical Editing — In-person
3230: Community Grant Writing — In-person
4230: Project Management — In-person
4250: User Experience Design — In-person
5490: Special Topics: AI and Writing — In-person
PHIL:
2400: Ethics — In-person
3500: Medical Ethics — In-person
3580: Ethics and Economic Life — In-person
4310: Philosophy of Science— In-person
RELS:
1010: Introduction to Religious Studies — In-Person, online
3010: Introduction to Buddhism — Online
3080: Mormonism and the American Religious Experience — In-person