American Studies
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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American Studies |
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| A major in American Studies requires 36 credit points from senior units of study, including at least 6 credit points from core units of study at 2000 level and at least 6 credit points of core units at 3000 level. | |||
Junior units of study |
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| AMST1001 Global America |
6 |
Students intending to do a major in American Studies must complete AMST1001 and either HSTY1023 or HSTY1076 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY1076 American History from Lincoln to Obama |
6 | N HSTY2035 |
Semester 1 |
Senior units of study |
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Core |
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| AMST2601 American Foundations |
6 | P AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023) |
Semester 1 |
| AMST3601 American Perspectives |
6 | P 12 Senior Credit Points of AMST including AMST2601 |
Semester 2 |
Elective |
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| AMST2606 Stand Up USA: American Comedy and Humour |
6 | P AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023) |
Semester 2 |
| USSC2601 US in the World |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| USSC2602 US Politics: Elections, Presidents, Laws |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| USSC2603 Americanism and Anti-Americanism |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| USSC2604 Sex, Race and Rock in the USA |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from one of the following subject area; American Studies, Anthropology, Music, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, English, European Studies, Government and International Relations, History, International and Global Studies, Media and Communications, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Economy or Sociology N HSTY2057 |
Semester 2 |
| USSC2605 US Studies Internship |
6 | P At least one of USSC2601, USSC2602, USSC2603, USSC2604 Note: Department permission required for enrolment US citizens cannot be placed in an US Consulate General internship. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| USSC3601 Public Opinion and Voting in the U.S. |
6 | P 12 senior credit points and USSC2602. |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2614 Pollock to Psychedelia This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2657 Contemporary Hollywood |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or (18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011) or ((AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N ARHT2057 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2603 Imagining America |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from English) or (6 Junior credit points from English and AMST1001) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023)) N ENGL2003 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2617 Postmodernism This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from English) or (6 Junior credit points from English and AMST1001) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023)) or (18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011) N ENGL2017 |
Semester 1 |
| ENGL2627 Screening Sexuality This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from English) or (6 Junior credit points from English and AMST1001) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023)) or (18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011) or (12 Junior credit points from GCST, SCLG, ANTH, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013) N ENGL2027 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2660 Reading the Nation: American Literature This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P ((12 junior credit points from English) or (6 junior credit points from English and AMST1001)) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2664 Transpacific American Literature 1838-99 This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P ((12 junior credit points from English) or (6 junior credit points from English and AMST1001)) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076) and (ENGL2617 or ENGL2660)) |
Semester 1 |
| ENGL3609 Mapping American Literature |
6 | P (18 Senior credit points from English or Australian Literature) or (12 Senior credit points of American Studies including AMST2601) |
Semester 1 |
| ENGL3616 Reading Contemporary America This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (18 Senior credit points from English or Australian Literature) or (ARHT2656 and 6 credit points from (ARHT2652, ARHT2653, ARHT2655, ARHT2567, ENGL2627, ENGL2638, ENGL3604, FILM2601, HSTY2608, ICLS2637 or MUSC2663)) N ENGL2035 or ENGL2635 |
Semester 1 |
| GOVT2445 American Politics and Foreign Policy |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N GOVT2405 |
Semester 2 |
| GCST2605 Race and Representation |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from (Gender and Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013) |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| GCST2607 Bodies, Sexualities, Identities |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from (Gender and Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013) N WMST2007 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
| GCST2612 Youth and Youth Culture |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from (Gender and Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013) N WMST2012 |
Semester 1 |
| GCST2630 Consumer Cultures |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from (Gender and Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013) N GCST3603 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2656 A House Divided: The American Civil War |
6 | P 12 junior credit points of History, Ancient History or Asian Studies N HSTY2056 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2662 Atlantic World in the Age of Empire This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of History or 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N HSTY2062 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2667 Politics and Cultures of US Imperialism This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History N HSTY2067 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| HSTY2671 Law and Order in Modern America |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2687 Alliance Anxiety: Australia-USA-Asia |
6 | P (12 junior credit points of History or 12 junior credit points of Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2694 New Orleans: From Mardi Gras to Katrina This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and HSTY1023) |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2654 Popular Music |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PHIL3615 Contemporary Pragmatism This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P 12 credit points in Philosophy N PHIL3015 |
Semester 1 |
Honours |
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| AMST4011 American Studies Honours A |
12 | P A credit average or better in 48 senior credit points of American Studies, including AMST2601 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| AMST4012 American Studies Honours B |
12 | P A credit average or better in 48 senior credit points of American Studies, including AMST2601 C AMST4011 |
Semester 1 |
| AMST4013 American Studies Honours C |
12 | P A credit average or better in 48 senior credit points of American Studies, including AMST2601 C AMST4012 |
Semester 2 |
| AMST4014 American Studies Honours D |
12 | P A credit average or better in 48 senior credit points of American Studies, including AMST2601 C AMST4013 |
Semester 2 |