HIST 138 - The Development of Modern American Culture

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

This course draws on documentary sources that illustrate and dissect American ways of life from the late 1800s to the present. It analyzes popular novels, movies, oral histories, art, and social criticism to determine the changing shape of American culture, the various subcultures that compose it, and the relationship of culture to social and economic forces. Special attention will be given to race, region, class, gender, and religion as agents of diversity, and conversely, the influence of ideology, mobility, consumerism, and mass culture in unifying Americans. Offered in alternate years.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding; AD - American Diversity

Course credits: 1