GRADUATE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES


Courses 2007

Course Titles
Subtitles
Credits
Instructor(s) Semester
Introduction to Research Methods in American Studies 1
 
2
Ikeda
Campbell
Spring
Introduction to Research Methods to American Studies 2
 
2
Not Offered
American Studies Seminar 1  
2
Faculty
Spring
American Studies Seminar 2  
2
Faculty
Fall
American Civilization 1  
2
Campbell Spring
American Civilization 2  
2
Campbell Fall
The African Diaspora  
4
Wilkins Fall
American Thought and Religion  
4
Not Offered
American Literature and Culture  
4
Sasaki Spring
Japanese-American Relations  
4
Hosoya Fall
Multicultural Society in America  
4
Ikeda Spring
Law and Society in America  
4
Not Offered
American Politics in Gloal Perspective  
4
Collet Fall
American History 1  
2
Campbell Spring
American History 2  
2
Campbell Fall
Independent Study (Fieldwork)  
4
Faculty  
Selected Theme 1 Anthropological Approaches to American Society and Culture
2
Not Offered
Selected Theme 2 Corporations, Law and Society in America
2
Not Offered
Selected Theme 3 The South, 1830-1930
2
Campbell Fall
Selected Theme 4 Religious History of Contemporary America
2
Mori Fall
Selected Theme 5 The Politics of the American Immigrant
2
Not Offered
Selected Theme 6 Intercultural Communication
2
Kubota Fall
Selected Theme 7 Economic Systems in Comparative Perspective
2
Fujiwara Spring
Selected Theme 8 What is Legal Equality ?
2
Fujikura Fall
Selected Theme 9 Cultural Crossings: Japonism and Bunmei Kaika
2
Campbell Spring
Selected Theme 10 The American Presidency
2
Collet Fall
Selected Theme 11 International Security Studies
2
Murata Spring
Selected Theme 12 American Social History
2
Yamada Spring
Selected Theme 13 Gender and Lifecourse in America
2
Not Offered
Selected Theme 14 Global Attidudes
2
Collet Spring
Selected Theme 15 American Occupation Policy toward Japan
2
Hosoya Spring
Selected Theme 16 Migration and Education in America
2
Yoshida Fall
Selected Theme 17 The Sixties and World Revolution
2
Wilkins Spring
Selected Theme 18 American Education and Religion
2
Not Offered  
Selected Theme 19 American Identity
2
Collet Spring
Selected Theme 20 American Movies
2
Not Offered
Selected Theme 21 Asian American Politics
2
Not Offered
Selected Theme 22 Black Expressive Culture and Politics in the Modern World
2
Wilkins Fall
Selected Theme 23 US Japan Cultural Relations in the Gloval Age
2
Ikeda Fall
Selected Theme 24 The Culture of American Cities
4
Not Offered
Selected Theme 25 Early American Literature
4
Hayashi Spring
Selected Theme 26 American Literature : Mark Twain
4
Sasaki Fall
Readings in American Studies 1 Major Issues in American History: From the Colonial Era to the Civil War
2
Higomoto Spring
Readings in American Studies 2 Major Issues in American History: From the Civil War to the Present
2
Higomoto Fall
Research Seminar 11  
2
Collet Spring
Research Seminar 12   Hosoya
Research Seminar 13   Ikeda
Research Seminar 14   Not Offered
Research Seminar 15   Sasaki Spring
Research Seminar 16   Wilkins
Research Seminar 17   Campbell
Research Seminar 18   Not Offered
Research Seminar 1   Collet Fall
Research Seminar 2   Hosoya
Research Seminar 3   Ikeda
Research Seminar 4   Not Offered
Research Seminar 5   Sasaki Fall
Research Seminar 6   Wilkins
Research Seminar 7   Campbell
Research Seminar 8   Not Offered
Master's Thesis  

 

   

Course syllabi available upon request. E-mail to: ji-amekn@mail.doshisha.ac.jp or to the faculty member teaching the course.

Required Courses

Introduction to American Studies
American Studies Seminar
American Civilization

Elective Core Courses

The African Diaspora
American Thought and Religion
American Literature and Culture
Japanese-American Relations
Multicultural Society in America
Law and Society in America
American Politics in Global Perspective
American History
Independent Study (Fieldwork)

Elective Courses on Selected Themes (Partial Listing)

Anthropological Approaches to American Society and Culture
Corporations, Law and Society in America
The American South
Religious History of Contemporary America
The Politics of the American Immigrant
Intercultural Communication
Economic Systems in Comparative Perspective
What is Legal Equality?
The American Presidency
International Security Studies
American Social History
Gender and Lifecourse in America
Public Opinion in the United States
American Occupation Policy toward Japan
History of Education and American Culture
American Education and Religion
History of American Civil Rights and Liberties
American Movies
Asian American Politics
Black Expressive Culture and Politics in the Modern World
US Japan Cultural Relations in the Global Age
The Culture of American Cities
Early American Literature
American Literature: Mark Twain

Readings in American Studies
Research Seminar

 

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