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Public Culture and Civic Engagement
This area of concentration (for the AMS major) focuses on the practices and activities of civic engagement, the construction of shared identity and public memory, and the interpretation, presentation, and preservation of cultural resources.
Students must select and take 18 credit hours with at least 12 hours at the 200 level and above, incorporating at least 3 different disciplines, from among the following courses.
[View course descriptions (The Miami Bulletin, 2012-2013).]
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ATH 212 | Intro to Archaeological Theory and Methods |
| ATH 322 | The American Community |
| ATH 371 | Anthropology of National Parks and Protected Areas |
| ATH 441 | Museum Development, Philosophy, and Social Context |
| ATH 443 | The Museum Exhibit |
| ATH 444 | Museum Collections Management and Conservation |
| ARC 188 | Ideas in Western Architecture |
| ARC 321 | History of Interiors |
| ARC 427 | The American City Since 1940 |
| ARC 445 | Vernacular Architecture |
| CFA 201 | Introduction to Arts Management |
| CFA 410 | Advanced Topics in Arts Management |
| COM/HST 389 | Great Issues in American History: Rhetoric and Reality |
| COM 437 | Advocacy in Contemporary America |
| COM 438 | Political Communication |
| ECO 331 | Public Sector Economics |
| ECO 332 | Health Economics |
| ECO 435 | Urban and Regional Economics |
| ECO 451 | Economic History |
| EDL 204 | Sociocultural Studies in Education |
| EDL 282 | Cultural Studies, Power, and Education |
| EDL 344 | Youth Subcultures, Popular Culture, & Non-Formal Education |
| FSW 201 | Intro to Social Work |
| FSW 206 | Social Welfare, Impact on Diverse Groups |
| FSW 309 | Social Welfare Policy II |
| FSW 362 | Family Poverty |
| FSW 462 | Family Policy |
| FST/HST 252 | Representations of History in Film and Video * |
| GEO 451 | Urban and Regional Planning |
| GEO 454 | Urban Geography |
| HST/AMS 204 | Introduction to Public History |
| HST/AMS 304 | History, Memory, Tradition |
| HST 311 | Public Transportation in Early America |
| HST/AMS 433 | Oral Tradition: History and Practice |
| HST/AMS 435 | Public History Practicum |
| JRN 421 | Capstone in Journalism |
| PHS 276 | The Meaning of Leisure |
| POL 248 | Urban and Community Politics |
| POL 261 | Public Administration |
| POL 307 | Public Opinion Laboratory |
| POL 355 | Public Opinion and Political Behavior |
| POL 411 | American Political Thought |
| POL 419 | Civil Society and Modern Politics |
| POL 406 | Public Policy Analysis Laboratory |
| POL 466 | Public Policy Analysis |
| POL 467 | Public Budgeting |
| SOC 201 | Social Problems |
| SOC 202 | Social Deviance |
| SOC 234 | Historic Preservation: Social, Economic, and Physical Aspects |
| SOC 240 | Contemporary Problems in the United States |
| SOC 335 | Sociology of Education |
| SOC 347 | Urban Sociology |
| SOC 411 | Social Conflict |
| SOC 417 | Economy and Society |
| THE 391 | Modern American Theatre |
| THE 493 | American Theatre |
* Contingent on semester topic