2024 Fall
AMERSTD C112 001 - LEC 001
The American Landscape: Place, Power and Culture
Alexander Benjamin Craghead
Class #:31522
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
14
Enrolled: 11
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 25
Waitlist Max: 8
Open Reserved Seats:
11 reserved for American Studies Majors
Also offered as:
GEOG C160
Hours & Workload
4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 7 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Final Exam
TUE, DECEMBER 17TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Giannini 141
Other classes by Alexander Benjamin Craghead
+ 1 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
What is America as a landscape and a place, and how do we know it when we see it? This course seeks to address such questions, to introduce ways of seeing and interpreting American histories and cultures, as revealed in everyday built surroundings—homes, highways, farms, factories, stores, recreation areas, small towns, city districts, and regions. It does so through the lens of cultural geography, an interdisciplinary practice that developed, in part, here at Berkeley. Our goal in this course is thus twofold: First, to develop literacy in the role of space and place in American culture, and second to develop a working knowledge of cultural geography as a practice.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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