AMST2031
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AMST 2031 - Chasing the American Dream: Economic Opportunity & Inequality in the U.S. (3 Cr.) Diversity and Soc Justice US, Historical Perspectives
American Studies (10949)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
Course description
This course begins by focusing on the historical origins and meanings of the American dream. How did this dream of unlimited opportunity come about? What has it meant in different historical moments and to divergent social groups? And, why does it continue to be such a powerful and compelling idea in the United States and around the world?
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Race, Power, and Justice in the United States, Historical Perspectives
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring