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Washington University in St. Louis
American Culture Studies Program
Degrees Awarded: Graduate Certificate for PhD Students in Affiliate Departments; Part Time MA through University College
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: $460.00 per credit unit
Deadlines: Admissions 1/15, Financial Aid 2/25
Financial Aid Available: Graduate fellowships, teaching assistantships and tuition scholarships
Program Specializations: Intellectual history, environmental studies, African-American studies, American politics and rhetoric
American Culture Studies at Washington University is a multi-disciplinary program, drawing on the special training and methods of a wide range of academic disciplines from across the entire University. The program emphasizes the importance of broad intellectual vision along with specific and specialized methods of investigation.
Washington University’s commitment to American Culture Studies grows from our awareness of two fundamental questions about American life. The first of these is what does it mean to be American? The second follows from the first and is both a separate question and a means for approaching the previous one: How might we best study America? Where might we best look to find this place and its people? What are the disciplines and skills that can best equip us to approach this issue in an open and inclusive spirit? How can we develop the intellectual rigor and subtlety so complex a subject deserves?
Recognizing that America is a culture of cultures, that it is both one and many, our approach is inclusive, emphasizing the enormous diversity in the American people and their experiences. We encourage students as they pursue their particular discipline and interests to link those studies to other academic fields and a wider view of the United States and its people. To this end we help coordinate American offerings across the curriculum and sponsor interdisciplinary courses, often team taught, that explore theoretical aspects of cultural studies as well as particular issues and events. American Culture Studies conducts a special film series, panel discussions, colloquia, and lectures, as well as an annual major conference on American culture. Past topics of conferences have included “African Americans and Jews” and “Miles Davis and American Culture.”
Contact
American Culture Studies Program
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1126
St. Louis MO, 63130
Phone: 314/935-5216
Fax: 314/935-8141
E-mail:
http://ascc.artsci.wustl.edu/~acsp/index.html
Chair/Director: Wayne Fields
Graduate Director: Howard Brick
Admissions
Washington University in St. Louis
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Washington University
Campus Box 1187
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130-4899
e-mail:
http://artsci.wustl.edu/GSAS/Admissions/admissions.shtml
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