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Fall 2019 | AMST 2031 Section 001: Chasing the American Dream: Economic Opportunity & Inequality in the U.S. (20190)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 335
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (28 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course begins by focusing on the historical origins and meanings of the American dream. How did this dream of unlimited opportunity come about? What has it meant in different historical moments and to divergent social groups? And, why does it continue to be such a powerful and compelling idea in the United States and around the world?
- Class Description:
- This course begins by focusing on the historical origins and meanings of the American dream. How did this dream of unlimited opportunity come about? What has it meant in different historical moments and to divergent social groups? And, why does it continue to be such a powerful and compelling idea in the United States and around the world?
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Undergraduates
- Learning Objectives:
- assessed by theability of students to independently locate research on the course topics, evaluate their scholarly merits, lines of argument, data, analysis, and theoretical rigor, and then apply this work in their own understanding through written papers.
Different theoretical frameworks will be discussed and students must demonstrate that they understand these approaches in the analysis of different aspects of American society. For instance, Critical Race Theory, approaches in critical media studies, including feminist analysis, and structuralist analysis will be used to analyze cultural and policy debates about inequality in American society. These approaches are used in relation to readings in American culture, such as Langston Hughes and Ralph Waldo Emmerson, Arlie Hochschild, and George Packer.
Students are required to participate in classroom discussion as part of their grade. They are also required to collaborate on and present a group research project to the class. Both of these assessments will be used to determine if students can communicate effectively in verbal and/or visual presentation.
- Grading:
- Student Option
- Exam Format:
- Written assignments, take home essays, class participation, group projects. Written assignments are 5-7 pages essays and require clear, effective writing. Thus, effective communication will be evaluated multi-dimensionally throughout the semester.
- Class Format:
- Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20190/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 July 2019
Fall 2019 | AMST 2031 Section 002: Chasing the American Dream: Economic Opportunity & Inequality in the U.S. (35392)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 3
- Enrollment Status:
Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course begins by focusing on the historical origins and meanings of the American dream. How did this dream of unlimited opportunity come about? What has it meant in different historical moments and to divergent social groups? And, why does it continue to be such a powerful and compelling idea in the United States and around the world?
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35392/1199
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