Lecture
American West in Media
Course and term details
- Sequence
- 04A
- Part of term
- 1
- Term
- Fall 2026
- Delivery
- Traditional
- Delivery code
- TR
- Linked section
- No
- Open section
- No
Fall 2026
STEP1000 CRN 13131American West in Media
LectureMainRiedl, David WMon Wed Fri 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
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Schedule
Mon, Wed, Fri
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
College of Business 10
08/31/2026 – 12/11/2026
Meeting type
Class · LEC
Faculty
Riedl, David WPrimary
driedl1@uwyo.edu
Seats
0
open of 3 seats
Enrollment and waitlist
- Enrollment
- 3
- Maximum enrollment
- 3
- Seats available
- 0
- Wait capacity
- 0
- Wait count
- 0
- Wait seats available
- 0
Course description
Have you ever been curious about the cultures that underlie your passions? In this class, we will study the world around you and the cultures that make up our play, work, relationships, and sense of self. Whatever your passions are - stories, natural environment, activism, food, film, or history - you can find a place for it in Culture & Community. The course will begin with an exploration of pressing topics, then transition into researching contemporary issues and problems-largely be determined by student interest. Our course will culminate with individual multi-modal research projects where you put your cultural literacy and research skills to the test.
Credits
3
3
All credit fields
- Credit range
- 3
Section information
**Please note: This class has ENGL 1010-32A (TR, 11:00-12:15) as a co-requisite.** We usually picture the American West by thinking of a rugged, horseback cowboy on sagebrush-dotted plains. This Western identity lives on in film and in television (think Longmire or Yellowstone). But, more importantly, it lives on in perceptions of Western identity, nationally and globally. Anyone who has lived in the American West can confirm this story of a mythicized West is not always accurate. If the portrayal of Western identity isn’t right, why is it still so common in film, TV, and other popular media? Is there value in maintaining a classic Western mystique? These questions, and others, are the focus of our class. We will examine more accurate and more complex representations of Western identity through media portrayals of the American West. If you have interest in sociology, archival work, American Studies, Indigenous studies, or film and media studies, this class is for you!
Attributes
1
U5H · USP15-H Human Culture
Full attribute list
- U5H
USP15-H Human Culture
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