The University of St. Thomas

Course Offerings

Approved American Culture & Difference Courses,  Fall 2013


Note:  Other courses, including those offered at ACTC schools, may be approved for the minor. Please check with the director (k9chowdhury@stthomas.edu) if you have questions about courses that are not on this list

ACST  200/01                  CRN 42549            Introduction to American Culture & Difference

Lawrence, David T            JRC 126                 SP   09/04-12/20   M W        1335-1510
This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum.


ARTH   352/01                 CRN 42083            Art in the United States

Eliason, Craig D               OEC 203                SP    09/04-12/20  M W       1335-1510 
This course fulfills the Fine Arts requirement in the core curriculum.  


COJO   328/01                 CRN 40836            Communication of Race, Class & Gender

Petersen, Debra L             BEC 113               SP    09/04-12/20   W           1800-2130 
This course fulfills a requirement in American Culture and Difference, Justice and Peace Studies, Women’s Studies, and the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisite: COJO 212, or junior standing, or permission of instructor.

COJO   334/01                 CRN 41965            Literary Journalism

Connery, Thomas B          BEC 114                SP    09/04-12/20   M W       1335-1510  
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor 

COJO   432/01                 CRN 41199            Media Structure and Power

Craig, Robert L                 OEC 306                SP    09/04-12/20   T R         1525-1700
Prerequisite: COJO 211, 212 or 213 or permission of instructor


ENGL   201/40                 CRN 41935            HON: City Lights: Urban Experience

Otto, Lon                         OEC 454               SP     09/04-12/20   M W F     1055-1200 
The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing.

ENGL   201/41                 CRN 41936             HON: City Lights: Urban Experience

Herrera, Olga L                JRC 301                  SP    09/04-12/20   M W F     1055-1200
The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing.

ENGL   202/01                 CRN 41547             Noir in Film and Literature

Scott, Shannon F             MCH 117                SP    09/04-12/20   M W F    0815-092

ENGL   202/02                 CRN 41548             Noir in Film and Literature

Scott, Shannon F             MCH 114                SP    09/04-12/20   M W F    0935-1040

ENGL   202/03                 CRN 42060             Gender, Sex & the City

Greening, Brian W            OEC 308                SP    09/04-12/20   T R         0800-0940

ENGL   203/04                 CRN 41577             Laugh 'Til It Hurts: American Humor

Jones, Daniel G                MCH 234               SP     09/04-12/20   M W F   1215-1320

ENGL   203/07                  CRN 41841            Laugh 'Til It Hurts: American Humor

Jones, Daniel G                 OEC 305               SP    09/04-12/20    M W F   1335-1440

ENGL   204/02                  CRN 41513            Re-Envisioning American Lit

Frandson, Mary E              OEC 204               SP   09/04-12/20     T R        0800-0940 

ENGL   204/04                  CRN 42034            Re-Envisioning American Lit

Frandson, Mary E              MHC 208               SP    09/04-12/20    T R        0955-1135 

ENGL   215/01                  CRN 40719             American Authors II

Jones, Daniel G                 OEC 210                 SP    09/04-12/20   T R        1330-1510 
Prerequisites: ENGL 201, 202, 203, or 204

ENGL   325/61                   CRN 41937             Dark City: Black Mystery Novel

Lawrence, David T              MCH 232                SP    09/04-12/20    M W F     1215-1320
Prerequisites: ENGL 201, 202, 203, or 204

ENGL   371/01                   CRN 41959              19th-Century American Lit

Scheiber, Andrew J             OEC 209                 SP   09/04-12/20    T R         1330-1510
Prerequisites: ENGL 201, 202, 203, or 204


HIST   365/01                    CRN 41980              U.S. Constitutional History

Mega, Thomas B                MHC 203                 SP   09/04-12/20    T R         1330-1510

HIST   368/01                     CRN 41981              Women in the U.S

Osler, Anne L                     MHC 209                 SP    09/04-12/20    M W F    1335-1440 
This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. 


JPST   280/01                    CRN 40642              Active Nonviolence

Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack A    JRC 247                  SP    09/04-12/20    T R         0800-0940 
Usually offered every semester.


MUSC   162/01                   CRN 40932              Roots of Blues, Rock, Country

STAFF                               BEC 110                  SP   09/04-12/20    M W       1335-1510
Designed for the Popular Music minor, this course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity requirements in the core curriculum.

MUSC   216/01                   CRN  40261             Jazz in America

Griffith, Joan E                    BEC 110                  SP   09/04-12/20    T R         1525-1700
This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity requirements in the core curriculum.


POLS   205/01                   CRN 40327              Intro American Public Political Process

High-Pippert, Angela           SCB 325                  SP   09/04-12/20     T R         0955-1135 
Prerequisite: POLS 104 or permission of the instructor

POLS   404/01                   CRN 40694              Seminar in American Politics

High-Pippert, Angela           MHC 207                 SP    09/04-12/20    T            1330-1630
Specific topics or themes of each seminar will vary. Seminars are offered in each of the sub-fields of the discipline.


SOCI   110/01                    CRN 40354              Social Problems

Smith, Buffy                       SCB 327                  SP    09/04-12/20    M W F    0815-0920
This course meets a requirement in the Justice and Peace Studies program and fulfills the Social Analysis and Human Diversity requirements in the core curriculum.  

SOCI   251/01                    CRN 40358              Race and Ethnicity

Smith, Buffy                       SCB 328                  SP    09/04-12/20    M W F    1215-1320
This course meets a requirement in American Cultural Studies and Justice and Peace Studies and fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisite: sophomore standing 


SPAN   332/01                   CRN 41689              Latin American Culture & Civilization

Ehrmantraut, Paola B          OEC 302                 SP    09/04-12/20    M W       1335-1510
Prerequisites: Successful completion of SPAN 300, 301, 305 or their equivalents with a C- or better in each course 


THEO   432/01                    CRN 42647              Black Religious Experience

Brady, Bernard V                 JRC 247                  SP    09/04-12/20    T            1730-2115
This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisite: THEO 101 (or 102 and 103) and one 200-level or 300-level THEO course, and PHIL 115 

THEO   450/01                    CRN 41332               Theology & Mass Media  

Landry, David T                   MHC 203                   SP   09/04-12/20    T R         0955-1135
Prerequisite: THEO 101 (or 102 and 103) and one 200-level or 300-level THEO course, and PHIL 115