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On Location: Exploring America 2013

Students from diverse disciplines will participate in the summer On Location experience: "Asian & Native Hawaiian Experiences of Americanization."

The Badlands

The Badlands of South Dakota demonstrate the environmental diversity of the United States.  AMCS students traverse its distinctive ridges.

Pruitt-Igoe

An afternoon outing takes AMCS students through the urban forest of Pruitt-Igoe, the highly-publicized failed urban housing project located near downtown St. Louis.

Arlington National Cemetery

In 2011, AMCS students visited Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day weekend.

Welcome to American Culture Studies

American Culture Studies (AMCS) is a multidisciplinary program within Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The program is committed to the notion that people learn best when they draw from a broad range of perspectives. The program emerged from the realization among faculty that their scholarship and their teaching benefited from an extended conversation with people in different disciplines.

Our approach to the study of American culture allows students to explore American culture in a multidisciplinary fashion.  Our approach is inclusive, emphasizing the enormous diversity within American society and the many models of cultural study.  AMCS coordinates offerings across disciplines and departments, and invites students to develop curricular pathways that complement their academic and career plans.

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