Courses

This course will focus on selected American films, from the 1920s to the present, to examine the social and cultural ideas and attitudes that underlie American political and economic structures. It will also examine the influence of the media on the American political world.

An analytical study of American national government with special attention to its structure and operation functions of the President, Congress, the Judiciary; activities of the federal government in promoting the welfare of the people.

An analytical study of American national government with special attention to its structure and operation functions of the President, Congress, and the Judiciary; activities of the federal government in promoting the welfare of the people.

This course will tell the story of mainstream popular music in the United States from the arrival of rock and roll in the 1950s through to the present, including stops along the way for Top 40, soul, arena rock, country, punk, MTV, hip-hop, electronic dance music, American Idol, and the culture of streaming hits on YouTube and Spotify today.

This course explores major writers, performers, works, and themes of American humor that have achieved enduring popularity among mass audiences. It examines the social and historical contexts that reverberate in humor produced in the United States and focuses on three persistently popular mediums: prose and performance; film; and the television situation comedy. Sciences courses or permission of instructor.

An examination and application of music and music performance focused in the American popular music genres. Students will experience and perform popular music styles/genres including rock, R&B, mainstream pop, country, and hip hop among others. In addition, students will experience studio production process and procedure in the recording of music tracks for release through a record label.

This course considers metaphysical and epistemological questions by examining how they were treated by the thinkers who founded pragmatism, America's distinctive philosophical tradition. Philosophers covered may include classical American pragmatists, such as Peirce, James, Dewey, and Mead, as well as the contemporary American pragmatists, such as Rorty.

Examination of the institution of the American presidency, its power, and the forces that shape it. Focus on developing students' ability to think conceptually and critically about the presidency, the president's role in the political system, and American politics in general.

Focuses on the office of the president as a branch of government. Examines the individuals who have occupied and shaped the presidency, and changes in the office itself. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.

A study of American presidents from George Washington to the present that primarily uses biographies and biographical material in analyzing how the presidency has changed as an institution. Prerequisite HIS 110 or HIS 120.