2024 Fall AMERSTD C112 001 LEC 001

2024 Fall

AMERSTD C112 001 - LEC 001

The American Landscape: Place, Power and Culture

Alexander Benjamin Craghead

Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024
Tu, Th
09:30 am - 10:59 am
Class #:31522
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

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

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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

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