Students will take courses in three thematic areas: history of the United States (including the colonial period), American culture (the arts, cinema, music, theater), and American literature (fiction, poetry, and drama). The subjects studied in these courses will vary from year to year. A list of planned topics is given below. Most courses, except for an overview of American history, do not aim to cover the whole of American culture or literature, but are intended to deal with specific topics in depth.