American Studies
Errata
| item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. | Honours units: the unit AMST4111 American Studies: Theory and Practice 12 cp has been replaced with the unit AMST4115 American Studies: Theory and Practice 6 cp. Honours students need to enrol in AMST4115. | 8/1/2018 |
| 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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Major |
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| A major in American Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
| (v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
| (vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in American Studies requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points 3000-level core units | |||
| (v) 6 credit points 3000-level selective units | |||
1000 level 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 |
| HSTY1023 Emerging Giant: The Making of America This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | N HSTY2634 |
Semester 1 |
| USSC1201 America and Australia: the issues compared |
6 | Semester 1 |
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2000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| AMST2601 American Foundations This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023) |
Semester 1 |
| AMST2701 American Dreams |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in American studies |
Semester 1 |
Selective |
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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 or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Intensive June Semester 2 |
| USSC2602 US Politics: Elections, Presidents, Laws |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Semester 1 |
| USSC2603 Americanism and Anti-Americanism |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Semester 1 |
| 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 or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies Note: Department permission required for enrolment US citizens cannot be placed in an US Consulate General internship. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARHT2614 Pollock to Psychedelia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2657 Contemporary Hollywood This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in English or 6 Junior credit points in English and AMST1001 or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023)) or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011 N ENGL2017 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2660 Reading the Nation: American Literature This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 2 |
| GOVT2445 American Politics and Foreign Policy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N GOVT2405 |
Semester 2 |
| GCST2605 Representing Race and Gender |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies or Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013 |
Semester 1 |
| GCST2607 Bodies, Sexualities, Identities |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013 N WMST2007 |
Intensive July Semester 1 |
| GCST2612 Youth and Youth Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies, Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013 or 12 Senior credit points in Digital Cultures N WMST2012 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| GCST2630 Consumer Cultures |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies or Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013 or 12 senior credit points in Digital Cultures N GCST3603 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| GOVT2445 American Politics and Foreign Policy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N GOVT2405 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2609 African-American History and Culture This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points of History or Ancient History |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| HSTY2611 America in World Affairs: A History This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points of History, Ancient History or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2656 A House Divided: The American Civil War |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in Ancient History or Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies N HSTY2056 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2666 American Revolutions |
6 | P (12 junior credit points in History or 12 junior credit points in Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N HSTY2066 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2670 Black Manhattan |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in Ancient History or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2671 Law and Order in Modern America This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P (12 junior credit points of History or 12 junior credit points of Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2702 Gender and Medicine in Modern America |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies N HSTY2619, HSTY2697 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2654 Popular Music This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MUSC2666 Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 18 junior credit points. N SSCP1002 |
Semester 2 |
3000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| AMST3601 American Perspectives |
6 | P 12 Senior Credit Points of AMST including AMST2601 or 12 credit points at 2000 level in American Studies |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| USSC3703 US Studies Internship |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in American Studies Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| USSC3601 Public Opinion and Voting in the U.S. |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points and USSC2602 )or 12 credit points at 2000 level in American Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ENGL3609 Mapping American Literature This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 2018 |
6 | P (18 Senior credit points from English or Australian Literature) or (ARHT2656 and 6 credit points from (ARHT2652 or ARHT2653 or ARHT2655 or ARHT2657 or ASNS3616 or ENGL2627 or ENGL2638 or ENGL3604 or FILM2601 or HSTY2608 or ICLS2637 or MUSC2663)) N ENGL2035 or ENGL2635 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL3706 African American Literature |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Australian literature or 12 credit points at 2000 level in English Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in American Studies |
Semester 1 |
| GOVT3672 American Politics and Foreign Policy |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR American Studies OR Politics and International Relations stream N GOVT2405, GOVT2445 |
Semester 2 |
| PHIL3615 Contemporary Pragmatism This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 credit points in Philosophy N PHIL3015 |
Semester 2 |
Interdisciplinary Project unit of study |
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| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P 18 credit points at 2000 level Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
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Honours seminar |
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| Honours in American Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 4000-level Honours seminar units | |||
| (ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level Honours thesis units | |||
| AMST4111 American Studies: Theory and Practice |
12 | Semester 1 |
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| AMST4112 Cultural Capital: Kant to Kardashian |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Honours thesis |
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| AMST4113 American Studies Honours Thesis Part 1 |
12 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| AMST4114 American Studies Honours Thesis Part 2 |
24 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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