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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

AMST 152 - Surfing and American Culture


(3 units)

Prerequisites: One GE Foundation course and ENGL 100  or GE Composition (Area A1)
Examines a popular recreational activity, industry, and lifestyle associated with Southern California. Traces the history of surfing and surf culture, connecting it to themes including colonialism, capitalism, race and gender, the military industrial complex, subcultural studies, environmentalism, and globalization.