This course is for American studies majors planning to complete senior projects in the spring. The course is designed to help students clarify their research agenda, sharpen their questions, and locate their primary and secondary sources. Through class discussions and a workshop peer review process, each member of the course will enter spring semester with a completed bibliography that will provide an excellent foundation for the work of actually writing the senior essay. The colloquium will meet every other week and is required for everyone planning to do a senior research project. Application due June 15. See American Studies website.
Please refer to the Center for American Studies website for course descriptions for each section.
americanstudies.columbia.edu
Please refer to the Center for American Studies website for course descriptions for each section.
americanstudies.columbia.edu
Please refer to the Center for American Studies for section descriptions
Please refer to the Center for American Studies for section descriptions
Please refer to the Center for American Studies for section descriptions
Please refer to the Center for American Studies for section descriptions
Please refer to the Center for American Studies for section descriptions
The 2024 presidential election poses a dramatic test of both our political system and the media that covers it. The campaign offers us an opportunity to examine, in real time, the critical role the press plays in our democracy and how it has been disrupted in an era dominated by social media and hyper-partisanship. We’ll look back at some iconic pieces of political reporting and compare them to the landscape journalists face today. How are groups that were underrepresented (or misrepresented) in legacy media changing the discourse? Is objectivity obsolete? And what happens to the decisions voters make when disinformation is rampant, and the fact base is under assault?
Join waitlist and attend first class for instructor's permission.