2010 - 2011 Undergraduate Catalog | BA in American Studies

AM ST 300 : Literature and Cultures of the American West. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Literature and cultural representations of the American West and the frontier.

AM ST 360 : Film in American Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Selected readings, lectures, and analysis of specific motion pictures as social documents, reflecting different facets of the American experience.

AM ST 390R : Topics in American Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Multidisciplinary study of a carefully defined problem in American culture. Topics vary.

AM ST 395 : Theories and Methods in American Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	AM ST 303
DESCRIPTION:	Readings/discussion seminar introducing students to theories, definition, and practice of American Studies.

AM ST 399R : Academic Internship. (.5-6:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	Program coordinator's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Examining the American experience from a variety of standpoints. Honing skills in writing; literary criticism; historical research; and social, political, and economic analysis.

ANTHR 317 : Native Peoples of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Indian groups at the time of the European arrival; social organization, beliefs, values, economy, and adaptation to environment.

ANTHR 345 : American Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Perspectives and methods for making sense of mainstream middle-class American society; American ways of being-in-the-world, of believing, behaving, and belonging; American cultural themes.

ANTHR 346 : Anthropology of Mormonism. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Intensive analysis of Mormon society and culture using a range of anthropological perspectives.

ANTHR 390R : Special Topics in Regional Anthropology. (.5-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Offered when unique opportunities or needs arise.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Subjects related to a particular area or people.

ARTHC 345 : American Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
PREREQUISITE:	ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	American painting and sculpture from colonial through modern times.

ARTHC 365 : American Architecture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Major figures, monuments, and movements in American architecture from colonial period through "Gilded Age."

COMMS 301 : Mass Media History and Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	Major or minor status.
DESCRIPTION:	Historical and philosophical development of today's media. Approaches may include theories of media change, social responsibility, economic factors, and influential pioneers.

ECON 274 : American Economic History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	ECON 110
DESCRIPTION:	Impact on households, firms, and government of America's transformation from a rural, agricultural colony to a major industrial nation.

ENGL 293 : American Literary History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	Engl 251 or 252 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Development of ideas, movements, genres, and styles in American literature as illustrated through representative texts.

ENGL 336 : The American Novel. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251; or ENGL 252
DESCRIPTION:	Representative novels of the American tradition from the late eighteenth century to the present.

ENGL 337R : Advanced Studies in Genre. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251; or ENGL 252
DESCRIPTION:	Advanced studies in fiction, drama, poetry, or creative nonfiction.

ENGL 358R : Ethnic, Regional, and Other Literatures in English. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251; or ENGL 252
DESCRIPTION:	Sections stressing Native American, African American, Chicano, third-world, regional, or other literatures in English.

           : Native American Literature.
           : African American Literature.
           : Asian American Literature.
           : Latino/a American Literature.
           : Post-Colonial Literature.

ENGL 360 : American Literature to 1800. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295; or ENGL 252 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295
DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from the colonial and early national periods.

ENGL 361 : American Literature 1800 - 1865. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295; or ENGL 252 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295
DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1800 to 1865.

ENGL 362 : American Literature 1865 - 1914. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295; or ENGL 252 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295
DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1865 to 1914.

ENGL 363 : American Literature 1914 - 1960. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295; or ENGL 252 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295
DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1914 to 1960.

ENGL 364 : Literature and Cultures of the American West. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Literature and cultural representations of the American West and the frontier.

ENGL 365 : American Literature 1960 to Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295; or ENGL 252 & ENGL 293 & ENGL 295
DESCRIPTION:	Major and selected minor writers and literary trends from 1960 to the present.

ENGL 368 : Literature of the Latter-day Saints. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251; or ENGL 252
DESCRIPTION:	Fiction, poetry, drama, folklore, personal essay, and other literature emerging from the LDS experience and expressing various perspectives on it.

ENGL 384R : Major Authors. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251 & ENGL 295; or ENGL 252 & ENGL 295
DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary.

           : Early British Authors.
           : Later British Authors.
           : American Authors.

ENGL 392 : American Folklore. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	American folk art and literature and the historical and cultural circumstances from which they developed.

ENGL 395R : Studies in Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 251
DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary.

GEOG 250 : United States and Canada. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Analysis of the natural environment, historical development, cultural patterns, economic systems, and political structures of geographic regions.

HIST 317 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	The interaction of families with law and government as illustrated in original American sources; individual family histories reconstructed in the broader perspective of history.

HIST 360 : American West to 1900. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	The American West as a place of great diversity. Topics include Native American societies, European colonization, explorations, the fur trade, overland migrations, Indian relations, mining, settlement, and the environment.

HIST 361 : The American West Since 1900. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Pivotal developments in the twentieth-century West, including urbanization, Sun Belt migration, political protest, labor history, Native American history, immigration, water policy, tourism, military-industrial complex, Hollywood.

HIST 362 : France and the Atlantic World to 1804. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	French exploration and colonization; relations with native peoples; colonial societies in the Caribbean, Louisiana, the Mississippi Valley, and Canada; slavery and the Haitian Revolution; persistence of French territories and francophone populations.

HIST 364 : Utah. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Contributions of Native Americans, explorers, mountain men, miners, government officials, Mormons, and other groups in the nineteenth century. Impact of national movements, various peoples, politics, economics, and social and cultural change in the twentieth century.

HIST 365 : American South. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Political, economic, and cultural history of the southern states from colonial times to the present.

HIST 368 : Sport, Society, and American Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Development of sports in American society, emphasizing ethnic and racial groups, social classes, gender, gambling, politics, and social mobility.

HIST 370 : Colonial America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Establishment, growth, and development of the American colonies to 1763.

HIST 371 : Revolutionary America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Causes and consequences of the American Revolution, the confederation era, and the framing of the Constitution.

HIST 372 : U.S. History from 1815 to 1848. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Maturation of the early republic to the Civil War era, including the market revolution, Jacksonian politics, sectionalism, territorial expansion, religion, and reform.

HIST 373 : Civil War Era, 1848-1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Causes of the war, major military events (leaders, campaigns, soldiers), war on the home fronts, why the South lost, Reconstruction, the legacy of the war.

HIST 374 : U.S. History from 1890 to 1945. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 220 & HIST 221
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social movements and ideas that trace rise of U.S. as a world power in first half of twentieth century.

HIST 375 : Joseph Smith in Mormon History and Historiography. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Exploring the life and thought of Joseph Smith and crucial moments in Mormon history through primary source documents and subsequent historiography.

HIST 376 : U.S. History from 1945 to 2000. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Movements and ideas that shaped society, politics, economy, and diplomacy of the United States from 1945 to 2000.

HIST 377 : American Social History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Methods and issues of social history; emphasizing gender, social class, race, and ethnicity.

HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

History of American families from colonial period to the present.

HIST 381 : U.S. Religious History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Religious developments in America from colonial times to the present.

HIST 382 : Mormonism in the American Experience. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Social, economic, political, intellectual, and religious environment in which Mormonism flourished; contributions of Mormon men and women to American culture and history.

HIST 384 : United States Women's History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Survey course of women's experience in American culture and society from the Puritans to the present.

HIST 385 : Latinos in the United States. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	The place of Latin Americans within the context of U.S. history. The growth and development of the largest Latino communities from pre-colonial times to present day and how Latinos may influence future policies within the U.S.

HIST 386 : Nineteenth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	History of various Indian tribes, their cultures, and their relationships with European nations and the United States, including military campaigns.

HIST 387 : Twentieth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Sociocultural factors that affect twentieth-century native Americans in both urban and reservation settings, including current challenges facing Indian communities.

HIST 388 : Indians in Colonial America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	North American Indian culture, Indian/European interactions, demographic, social, political factors among Indians prior to contact with Europeans through colonization and the American Revolutionary War.

HIST 390R : Special Topics in History. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Presented by visiting or regular faculty. Varied topics include oral history, demographics, psychohistory, Christianity in history, etc.

HIST 392 : U.S. Constitutional History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Constitutional traditions and constitution making, federalism, and constitutional notions of political equity and social justice, from the colonial period to the present.

HIST 393 : U.S. Foreign Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	U.S. diplomatic history from the American revolution to the present; examines major themes and critical events within both domestic and international contexts.

HIST 395 : Technology in America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Benefits and liabilities of technological complexity.

HIST 490 : Capstone Research Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 200
DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; critical, analytical, and writing skills in preparation of a senior thesis.
NOTE:	Required of all history majors.

HUM 420R : Studies in Periods and Movements. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of literature, philosophy, and the arts of a particular period or movement. Problems of periodization. Topics vary.
NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.

          : Classical Period.
          : Medieval Period.
          : 12th Century Renaissance.
          : Renaissance.
          : Reformation and Counter Reformation.
          : 14th Century.
          : 17th Century.
          : 18th Century.
          : Fin De Siecle.
          : Romanticism.
          : Later 19th Century.
          : Impressionism.
          : Victorian Art and Culture.
          : Modernism.
          : Postmodernism.
          : Women in the 18th Century.
          : Renaissance Humanism.
          : Character in 17th Century.
          : Women in 19th Century.

HUM 425R : Area Studies in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of literature, philosophy, and the arts of a particular geographical area. Topics include American, Latin American, and Asian humanities. Topics vary.
NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.

          : American Culture.
          : Latin American Culture.
          : Asian Culture.
          : Islamic Culture.
          : Classics and Eastern America.
          : Arts of Japan.
          : Colonial and Federalist America.
          : America Between World Wars.
          : U.S. and Caribbean Culture.
          : Southwestern Native American Culture.
          : Precolumbian Culture.
          : American Immigrant Experience.
          : Poetry of Americas.
          : Women in Americas.
          : Scandinavian Cultural History.
          : Satire in American Culture.
          : American Popular Culture.
          : Maya Art and Culture.
          : Slavery and Americas.

HUM 430R : Genres and Forms in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of genres and forms. Topics include epic, tragedy, narrative, historiography, film, relationship of text and music. Topics vary.
NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.

          : Epic.
          : Tragedy.
          : Comedy.
          : Narrative.
          : Historiography.
          : Film as Art.
          : Text and Music.

HUM 440R : Themes in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of themes. Topics include Eden, Arthur, Don Juan, Faust, Ulysses, Troy. Topics vary.
NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.

          : Arthurian Theme.
          : Don Juan Theme.
          : Eden Theme.
          : Faust Theme.
          : Matter of Troy.
          : Ulysses Theme.
          : Classical Tradition.
          : Don Quixote and the Arts.
          : Gothic and Gothicism.

HUM 460R : Critical Theory and Methodology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Theoretical and practical criticism; problems in critical theory. Topics include aesthetics, interrelations of the arts, models of cultural history, cultural theory, and aspects of contemporary theory. Topics vary.
NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.

          : Art Interrelations.
          : Cultural Theory.
          : Models of Cultural History.
          : Contemporary Theory.
          : Rhetorical Theory.
          : Narratology.
          : Classical Criticism.
          : Aesthetic Theory.
          : Mimesis.
          : Rhetoric and Truth.
          : Theory of Film.
          : Practical Criticism.
          : Native Multiculturism.
          : Gender Theory in Humanities.

HUM 490R : Seminar in the Humanities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
PREREQUISITE:	Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Interdisciplinary study of problems and major figures in the humanities. Topics vary.
NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.

          : Classical Tradition.
          : Nietzsche and Aesthetic.
          : Wagner and Wagnerism.
          : Montaigne and Classical.

MUSIC 204 : Introduction to Jazz. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Honors also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	Non-music major status.
DESCRIPTION:	Fostering an understanding and appreciation of jazz music within the context of American history and culture.
NOTE:	For non-music majors.

PL SC 310 : Theories of American Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall On Demand; Winter On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 110 & PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Major theories and approaches used to explain American politics.

PL SC 311 : State and Local Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 110
DESCRIPTION:	Relation of state and national governments, forms of state governments and politics, types of municipal governments and their operation.

PL SC 313 : Interest Groups. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 110 & PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Theories on formation and maintenance of interest groups; tactics of groups in legislative, executive, bureaucratic, and court settings; influence of groups on elections and public policy.

PL SC 314 : The United States Presidency. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 110 & PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Presidential power in the United States, focusing on major roles of the American presidency.

PL SC 315 : Congress and the Legislative Process. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 110 & PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Election process; structure, organization, and procedures of legislative bodies; relations with pressure groups, the president, and executive branch.

PL SC 316 : American Political Parties. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Electoral and policy-making roles of American political parties today and their future in American politics.

PL SC 317 : Public Opinion and Voting Behavior. (3-4:3:Arr.)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 200
RECOMMENDED:	Pl Sc 328.
DESCRIPTION:	Relationship between attitudes, opinion, and voting behavior in American politics and institutions.

PL SC 318 : Campaigns and Elections. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Analyzes electoral process in the United States, including history, significance in governance, campaign strategy, finance, media role, etc.

PL SC 319R : Topics in American Government and Politics. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PL SC 320 : American Politics Through Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

American politics through the novel and other literary works. Developing political concepts and themes that come from significant political novels.

PL SC 321 : The Media in American Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	News media's role in processes of American politics, including electoral process, legislative process, and public policy-making.

PL SC 322 : Early American Political Thought: 1620-1865. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Core principles and seminal texts of American politics from Colonial times through the Lincoln administration.

PL SC 323 : Modern American Political Thought: 1865-Present. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Core principles and seminal texts of American politics from Reconstruction to the present.

PL SC 336 : Government and Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 200
DESCRIPTION:	Christian-Hebraic concepts of state. American experience with church-state relations (First Amendment problems). Policy issues of concern to contemporary religions.

PL SC 360 : Constitutional Law - American Federal System. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 110 & PL SC 200

PL SC 361 : Constitutional Law - Rights and Immunities. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
PREREQUISITE:	PL SC 200

PL SC 369R : Topics in Law and Justice. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:

PL SC 200

PL SC 376 : U.S. Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Formation, implementation, analysis, and criticism of themes in American foreign policy.

PL SC 377 : National Security Affairs. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Foreign policy, defense strategy, and intelligence.

REL C 341 : Joseph Smith and the Restoration, 1805-1845. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Honors also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Life and ministry of the Prophet Joseph Smith, coming forth of the Book of Mormon, organization of the church, foundational revelations, building the Kirtland Temple, Missouri persecutions, establishment of Nauvoo, and events leading to the Martyrdom.

: Honors Joseph Smith and the Restoration, 1805-1845.

REL C 342 : Pioneers and Persecution, 1846-1899. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Honors also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Exodus from Nauvoo, the experience of Mormon Pioneers crossing the plains, establishing Zion in the Great Basin, plural marriage and government persecution, the Manifesto, and events leading to Utah statehood.

: Honors Pioneers and Persecution, 1846-1899.

REL C 343 : The Global Church, 1900 to the Present. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Honors also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	The Church in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, international expansion, significant developments of Church programs and structure, the Church during wartime, the world-wide spread of temples.

: Honors The Global Church, 1900 to the Present.

REL C 353 : American Christianity and the Restored Gospel. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	History, doctrine, and practices of the major Christian faiths of America in light of the restored gospel.

SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
DESCRIPTION:	Social psychological and social structural analysis of racial and ethnic relations; prejudice, discrimination, responses, protests, current issues.

SOC 327 : Sociology of the LDS Church and Its People. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	The LDS Church from a social science perspective, including the Church as a new religious movement; LDS culture; the institutionalization process.

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2010 - 2011

BA in American Studies
(46 hours*)

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WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Origin and development of federal Constitution; national, state, and local governments and politics.

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BA in American Studies (46 hours*)

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