Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Fall 2020 / American Studies

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(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
AMST 35A 1
Syllabus
Hollywood and American Culture
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered in-person. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Gerstenzang 123
Open
17 / 28 / 0
Doherty, Thomas View Books
AMST 50B 1 Religion in American Life
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Instruction for this course will be offered in a hybrid combination of in person and remote sessions, which may vary by course and over the duration of the semester. Some courses will have sessions at which in-person and remote students will participate at the same time, and others will arrange for some separate class meetings for in-person and remote students. Enrollment is open to students who will be on campus and students who will be studying remotely up to the enrollment limit.
Instructor's Signature Required.
M,W 6:00 PM–7:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center110
Open
Consent Req.

16 / 19 / 0
Farrelly, Maura Jane View Books
AMST/MUS 55A 1 Music in Film: Hearing American Cinema
[ ca oc ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Closed
22 / 19 / 0
Musegades, Paula Jo View Books
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
AMST 100A 1 Foundations of American Culture
[ ss wi ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Instruction for this course will be offered in a hybrid combination of in person and remote sessions, which may vary by course and over the duration of the semester. Some courses will have sessions at which in-person and remote students will participate at the same time, and others will arrange for some separate class meetings for in-person and remote students. Enrollment is open to students who will be on campus and students who will be studying remotely up to the enrollment limit.
T,Th 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03
Closed
18 / 19 / 0
Farrelly, Maura Jane View Books
AMST 106B 1
Syllabus
Food and Farming in America
[ ss wi ]
Instructor's Signature Required.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Instruction for this course will be offered in a hybrid combination of in person and remote sessions, which may vary by course and over the duration of the semester. Some courses will have sessions at which in-person and remote students will participate at the same time, and others will arrange for some separate class meetings for in-person and remote students. Enrollment is open to students who will be on campus and students who will be studying remotely up to the enrollment limit.
Yields 4.00 credits towards rate of work and graduation in fall 2020.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center101
Closed
Consent Req.

21 / 19 / 0
Donahue, Brian View Books
AMST 131B 1 News on Screen
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered in-person. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 6:00 PM–7:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201
Open
5 / 28 / 0
Doherty, Thomas View Books
AMST 166B 1 American Political Satire
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 4:00 PM–5:30 PM Closed
19 / 19 / 0
Cohen, Sascha View Books
 

Cross-Listed in American Studies

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
AMST/MUS 55A 1 Music in Film: Hearing American Cinema
[ ca oc ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Closed
22 / 19 / 0
Musegades, Paula Jo View Books
ANTH 159A 1 Museums and Public Memory
[ oc ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Open
17 / 25 / 0
Schattschneider, Ellen View Books
ENG 27B 1DL Classic Hollywood Cinema
[ hum ]
Preference given to first year international students.
This course will be conducted using LATTE and Zoom as "remote learning" in real-time EST for the time depicted in the schedule.
Brandeis Abroad session
M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Open
23 / 25 / 0
Morrison, Paul View Books
ENG 167B 1 Writing the Nation: James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison
[ deis-us hum ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM Open
22 / 999 / 0
Callender, Brandon View Books
ENG 177A 1 Hitchcock's Movies
[ hum ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Open
29 / 999 / 0
Morrison, Paul View Books
HIST 153B 1 Slavery and the American Civil War: #1619 Project
[ deis-us dl ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered in a hybrid combination of in person and remote sessions, which may vary by course and over the duration of the semester. Some courses will have sessions at which in-person and remote students will participate at the same time, and others will arrange for some separate class meetings for in-person and remote students. Enrollment is open to students who will be on campus and students who will be studying remotely up to the enrollment limit.
M,W 6:00 PM–7:30 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr101
Open
25 / 28 / 0
Cooper, Abigail View Books
HIST 160A 1 American Legal History I
[ deis-us ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 8:00 PM–9:30 PM Open
51 / 999 / 0
Willrich, Michael View Books
HIST 196A 1
Syllabus
American Political Thought: From the 1950s to the Present
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 8:00 AM–9:30 AM Open
13 / 999 / 0
Hulliung, Mark L View Books
HS 104B 1 American Health Care
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
F 2:00 PM–3:50 PM Open
175 / 200 / 0
Altman, Stuart View Books
HS 110A 1 Wealth and Poverty
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Open
70 / 75 / 0
Shapiro, Thomas M View Books
JOUR 104A 1 Political Packaging in America
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM Closed
11 / 19 / 0
McNamara, Eileen View Books
JOUR 110B 1 Ethics in Journalism
[ ss wi ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:30 PM Open
15 / 19 / 0
McNamara, Eileen View Books
LGLS 10A 1 Introduction to Law
[ oc ss ]
Required sections Wed. 7-8pm or Thurs. 9-10am. Students with academic conflicts on Wednesday evenings will be assigned to the Thursday sections.
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Open
145 / 999 / 0
Breen, Daniel View Books
LGLS 114A 1
Syllabus
American Health Care: Law and Policy
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Closed to first-year students.
Please request consent codes from the LGLS administrator, Ms. Anabela Alfonso (aafonso@brandeis.edu).
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Closed
Consent Req.

25 / 25 / 0
Curi, Sarah Elisabeth View Books
LGLS 138B 1 Science on Trial
[ qr ss ]
Closed to first-year students.
Instruction for this course will be offered in a hybrid combination of in person and remote sessions, which may vary by course and over the duration of the semester. Some courses will have sessions at which in-person and remote students will participate at the same time, and others will arrange for some separate class meetings for in-person and remote students. Enrollment is open to students who will be on campus and students who will be studying remotely up to the enrollment limit.
T,Th 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Gerstenzang 123
Closed
46 / 40 / 0
Breen, Daniel View Books
LGLS 140B 1 Investigating Justice
[ ss ]
Closed to first-year students.
Please request consent codes from the LGLS administrator, Ms. Anabela Alfonso (aafonso@brandeis.edu).
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 12:00 PM–1:30 PM Closed
Consent Req.

24 / 20 / 0
Kabrhel, Rosalind E. W. View Books
NEJS 162B 1 It Couldn't Happen Here: American Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
[ hum ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
T,Th 6:00 PM–7:30 PM Open
24 / 28 / 0
Sarna, Jonathan View Books
POL 105A 1 Elections in America
[ ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered remotely. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Open
56 / 999 / 0
Albert, Zachary View Books
POL/WGS 125A 1
Syllabus
Gender in American Politics
[ deis-us ss ]
Instruction for this course will be offered in-person. Meeting times for this course are listed in the schedule of classes (in ET).
M,W 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr101
Open
24 / 28 / 0
Greenlee, Jill S. View Books