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131-018 Searching for the American Dream | |
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Note | Students who have completed 131-200 or 131-300 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Semester 2 subject with fieldwork to be held in June/July. Special entry conditions apply. A quota of 34 students applies. Itinerary and travel arrangements are available from the subject coordinators. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 25 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Katherine Ellinghaus & Glenn Moore |
Prerequisites | Fifty points of first year from any area of study within the Faculty of Arts. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Four weeks in the United States in the winter non-teaching period. Eight 1-hour lecture/workshops and at least 30 site visits |
Subject Description | In this subject we trace the American Dream from its origins in Puritan Boston, to the present day. We spend time in Boston, New York, and Washington, with day trips to Salem, Lowell and Baltimore. In each city we visit museums, historic sites, and a range of current day organisations. For example, in Boston we speak with the Public Defender about the American legal system, and we explore the role sport plays in American culture by seeing a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. In New York we take walking tours of Harlem and the Lower East Side, and we visit NBC studios. In Washington, we talk with a senator about the American political system, and we visit the FBI building, where we are given a guided tour before talking with an agent about law enforcement. On return to Australia, students are required to write an essay based on one of the visits. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 8000 words. This will consist of exercises totalling 2000 words written in Boston and New York, and research essay/s of 6000 words submitted in Semester 2. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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