Syllabi and Assignments

by Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler

Since the publication of the first edition in 2007, thousands of students have read Keywords for American Cultural Studies in courses across a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields, and at every level from first-year writing courses to advanced graduate seminars.

The materials on this page supplement our “Note on Classroom Use” by providing examples of how instructors have used Keywords for American Cultural Studies.

If you have found a way to use the publication in your courses, please send your syllabus or assignment to keywords@fordham.edu, along with the information included in other sample syllabi and sample assignments on this site.

Course Planning: Questions and Considerations

New! Asynchronous Online Syllabus and Assignment

“American Studies Principles and Methods”, Kennesaw State University, Rebecca Hill

“Keyword Assignment Appendix”, Kennesaw State University, Rebecca Hill

Sample Syllabi and Assignments

Undergraduate
“Major Developments in American Culture,” Fordham University, Glenn Hendler

“Reading Fiction (Survey Literature Course),” University of Washington Seattle, Deborah Kimmey

“Diversity and Power; Gender, Race, and Class in the United States,” University of Iowa, Naomi Greyser, Aniruddha Dutta, and Aimee Carrillo Rowe

Graduate
“Formations of Cultural Studies,” University of Washington Bothell, Bruce Burgett and Ron Krabill

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Special thanks to Deborah Kimmey who developed or compiled many of the materials published on this page, including the note on course planning and several of the sample syllabi and assignments.