American Studies Program

University of California, Davis

All information regarding future courses is subject to change.

Course Offerings: 2009–2010

Fall 2009

AMS 5 Smith Technology in American Lives
AMS 10 Wang Introduction to American Studies
AMS 101C Cogdell Special Topics: Perfecting Humans?
AMS 151 Smith Landscapes & Places: Deserts and Redwoods
AMS 190A Wang Senior Thesis Research Seminar

Winter 2010

AMS 10 Sze Introduction to American Studies
AMS 30 Cogdell Images of America & Americans in Popular Culture
AMS 100 Sze Methods in American Studies
AMS 101D Abramsky Special Topics: Crime & Punishment
AMS 101H Wang Special Topics: Immigrant Fictions
AMS 153 Kelman Individual & Community in America
AMS 158 E. Smith Technology and the Modern American Body
AMS 160 Kelman Undergraduate Seminar: Religion in American Lives

Spring 2010

AMS 1E Smith Nature and Culture in America
AMS 59 Kelman Music in American Culture
AMS 101F Smith Special Topic: Ecology of Beauty
AMS 110 TBA A Decade in American History
AMS 155 Biltekoff Symbols & Rituals: Food in the U.S.

Course Offerings: 2008–2009

Fall 2008

AMS 1B Mechling Religion in American Lives
AMS 21 TBA Objects & Everyday Life
AMS 30 Smoodin Images of America & Americans in Popular Culture
AMS 101C Biltekoff Special Topics: Food & Health in the U.S.
AMS 101G Kelman Special Topics: American Jews & the Media
AMS 101 TBA Special Topics: TBA
AMS 130 TBA American Popular Culture

Winter 2009

AMS 10 Wang Introduction to American Studies
AMS 25 Gray U.S. as a Business Culture
AMS 55 Biltekoff Food in American Culture
AMS 100 Biltekoff Methods in American Studies
AMS 101D Abramsky Special Topics: Crime & Punishment
AMS 151 Smith Landscapes & Places: topic TBA
AMS 158 Gray Technology and the Modern American Body
AMS 160 Smith Undergraduate Seminar: topic TBA
AMS 190A Wang Senior Thesis Research Seminar

Spring 2009

AMS 1E Smith Nature and Culture in America
AMS 59 Kelman Music in American Culture
AMS 101C Gray Public History of Davis
AMS 101D Gray Work and Community
AMS 101F Smith Ecology of Beauty
AMS 101G Sze Special Topics: Environmental Justice
AMS 101H Wang Immigration Fictions
AMS 120 Mechling American Folklore & Folklife
AMS 154 Mechling Lives of Men in America
AMS 160 Wang Undergraduate Seminar: topic TBA
AMS 298 Sze Graduate Seminar: topic TBA

Course Offerings: 2007–2008

Fall 2007

AMS 1A Mechling Science and American Culture
AMS 100 Wang Interdisciplinary Skills
AMS 110 Schroeder Decade in American Civilization: the 1960s
AMS 153 Kelman Individual and Community in U.S. Culture
AMS 160 Kelman Undergraduate Seminar: Sound Technologies & American Culture

Winter 2008

AMS 5 Smith Technology in American Lives
AMS 10 Wang Introduction to American Studies
AMS 55 Jameson Food in American Culture
AMS 101D Abramsky Special Topics: Crime & Punishment
AMS 101F Smoodin Special Topics: Banned & Censored
AMS 151 Smith Landscapes & Places: Death Valley
AMS 160 Smoodin Undergraduate Seminar: Walt Disney
AMS 190A Sze Senior Thesis Research Seminar

Spring 2008

AMS 1E Sze Nature and Culture in America
AMS 21 Hannickel Objects & Everyday Life
AMS 30 Kelman Images of America & Americans in Popular Culture
AMS 101F Smith Special Topics: The Ecology of Beauty
AMS 152 Wagner Lives of Children in America
AMS 155 Biltekoff Symbols & Rituals: Foodways
AMS 160 Biltekoff Undergraduate Seminar: Critical Perspectives on Diet & Health
AMS 198 Smith Group Study: Forget the Box… Just Think Outside!