Course Offerings (CAS Bulletin)
Concepts in Social and Cultural Analysis
V18.0001 Offered every semester. 4 points.
A gateway to all majors offered by SCA. Focuses on the core concepts that intersect the constituent programs of SCA: Africana Studies, American Studies, Asian/Pacific/ American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latino Studies, and Metropolitan Studies. Surveys basic approaches to a range of significant analytical concepts (for example, property, work, technology, nature, popular culture, consumption, knowledge), each one considered within a two-week unit.
Senior Research Seminar
V18.0090 Prerequisites: V18.0001, and one of the following introductory courses: V18.0101, V18.0201, V18.0301, V18.0401, V18.0501, or V18.0601. 4 points.
An advanced research course in which students work individually and/or collaboratively on a research project pertaining to the major in social and cultural analysis or the programs in Africana Studies, Asian/Pacific/American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latino Studies, or Metropolitan Studies. Majors should enroll in the fall semester of their senior year.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Internship Fieldwork
V18.0040 Corequisite: V18.0042. Ten hours of fieldwork are required. 2 points.
Internship Seminar
V18.0042 Corequisite: V18.0040. Prerequisites: majors must have taken one course in the introductory sequence and one elective. Open to juniors and seniors. Interview and permission of the director of internships required. 2 points.
The internship complements and enhances the formal course work of the SCA majors. Students intern at agencies dealing with a range of issues pertaining to their major and take a corequisite seminar that enables them to focus the work experience in meaningful academic terms. The goals of the internship are threefold: (1) to allow students to apply the theory they have gained through course work, (2) to provide students with analytic tools, and (3) to assist students in exploring professional career paths. Open to juniors and seniors. Interview and permission of the director of internships required.
ELECTIVE COURSES WITHIN SCA PROGRAMS
Please see electives under:
Africana Studies (18)
American Studies (18)
Asian/Pacific/American Studies (18)
Gender and Sexuality Studies (18)
Latino Studies (18)
Metropolitan Studies (18)
