. The Ohio State University
. www.osu.edu
Help Campus Map Find People Webmail Search Ohio State

Graduate Programs: MA Sample Programs

Thesis titles & coursework for recent graduates of the MA program

Resignifying AIDS: Locating Agency in the Context of the Epidemic
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 693 Independent Research in Comparative Studies
Comparative Studies 730 Culture, Science, and Technology
Comparative Studies 830 Science and Difference
English 876 Seminar in Critical Theory (10 cr)
English 879 Seminar in Rhetoric
German 850 German Proseminar
Women’s Studies 620 Topics in Feminist Studies

Revolution and Restoration, Resolution and Revelation: Authority and Social Change among Zionists and Japanese Nativists
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 651 Topics in Comp St: Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion
Religious Studies 620 Approaches to the Study of Religion
Religious Studies 641 The Japanese Religious Tradition
Religious Studies 651 Topics in Rel St: Secrecy in the History of Religions
Hebrew 693 Independent Research in Hebrew
History of Art 770 Studies in Buddhist Art
History of Art 970 Seminar in Buddhist Art
Japanese 792 Interdepartmental Studies

Acquiring Fathers: Crow Indian Appropriation of the Shoshone Sun Dance in 1941 and the Agency of Their Performative Worldviews
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 651 Topics in Comp St: Indians: Real and Imagined
Comparative Studies 790 Foundations of Contemporary Critical Theory
Comparative Studies 792 Interdepartmental St: The Phenomenological Method
Religious Studies 620 Approaches to the Study of Religion
Religious Studies 651 Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion
Anthropology 620.11 Anthropology of Religion
Anthropology 810Q Seminar in Cultural Anthropology
English 870 Seminar in Folklore

Between the Lines: An Analysis of the Epistemology of Development Discourse in Mainstream Press Reports of Suicides by Indian Cotton Farmers
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 651 Postcolonial Autobiography: Writing New Subjectivities
Comparative Studies 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
Comparative Studies 730 Culture, Science, and Technology
Comparative Studies 792 Non-Linear Sciences and the Liberal Arts
Communication 870 Advanced Critical and Cultural Studies
English 870 Seminar in Folklore
Journalism 643 International Commerce and the World Press
Journalism 801.03 Content Analysis

Brazilian Candomblé and the Legitimization of African Religion
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 677.02 Themes in World Folklore
Comparative Studies 651 Topics in Comp St: Plagues, Priests, & Demons: Missionary Discourse
Comparative Studies 792 Interdepartmental St: Studies in Literary Translation
Anthropology 810F Seminar in Cultural Anthropology
English 770.01 Folklore Research Methods
Portuguese 510 Portuguese Translation
Portuguese 552 Portuguese and Brazilian Literature
Portuguese 650 Topics in Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World

The Death of God and the Commodification of Existentialism
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 660 Modernism: Origins & Development in 20th-Century Culture & Politics
Comparative Studies/African American & African St/Anthropology 792 The Culture Concept
Comparative Studies 890 Interdepartmental Studies in Critical Theory
African American & African St 757.02 African American Literature
English 766 20th-Century Literature: 1900-1945
English 767 20th-Century Literature: 1945-Present
English 790 Contemporary Critical Theory
German 850 German Proseminar

Decode-ing the Vikings: The Icelandic HSD, Population Genomics, and Scientific Discourse on Progress, Disease, and Race
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 677.02 Folklore and the Disciplines
Comparative Studies 693 Independent Research in Folklore
Comparative Studies 693 Independent Research in Science and Technology Studies
African American & African Studies/Anthropology/Comparative Studies 792 Culture Concept
African American and African Studies 756 Theorizing Race
English 770.02 Folklore Research Methods
English 890 Interdepartmental Studies in Critical Theory
Women’s Studies 710 Theorizing Difference

An Ethics of Enchantment: The Poetics and Politics of Nature and Science in Discourses of Development
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
Comparative Studies 651A Topics in Religious Studies
Comparative Studies 830 Science and Difference
English 870 Seminar in Folklore
English 883 Studies in Literacy
History of Art 690.02 Topics in NonWestern Art
Natural Resources 716 Choices for the Environment
Women’s Studies 620 Topics in Feminist Studies

Modern German Theology at the Crooked Crux: Theological Foundations of the Protestant Kirchenkampf during National Socialism
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 651 Idea of Religion
Comparative Studies 660 Modernism: Origins & Development in 20th-Century
Culture & Politics
Comparative Studies 693 Independent Research in Religious Studies
Comparative Studies 792 Modern Japanese Philosophy
History 731 European History; 1914 to Present
History 791 Topics in History
History/Comparative Studies 792 Non-linear Science and the Liberal Arts

Money, Merit, and Luck: A Comparative Cultural Interpretation of the Religious Practices of the Cult of King Chulalongkorn Rama V
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Religious Studies 620 Approaches to the Study of Religion
Religious Studies 651 Topics in Rel St: Southeast Asian Religions
Religious Studies 651 Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion
Comparative Studies 694 Group Studies: Sacred Biography
Comparative Studies 792 Decolonizing Culture: from Anti-Imperialism to Post-Coloniality
Comparative Studies 792 The Phenomenological Method
History 845 Seminar in East Asian History (10 cr.)
Political Science 741 Politics of the Developing World

Quests for Healing and Redemption: Locating the Celtic Moment in Imagined Histories
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
Comparative Studies 792 Interdepartmental St: The Phenomenological Method
Arabic 672 Folk Narrative in Translation
English 693 Independent Research in English (Celtic)
English 710 Old English Language and Literature
English 870 Seminar in Folklore
German 792 Interdepartmental Studies
Medieval & Renaissance St 694 Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Rationalizing Welfare Reform: Citizenship, Knowledge, and the Politics of Transparency
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 693 Independent Research in Science and Technology Studies
Comparative Studies 790 Foundations of Contemporary Critical Theory
Comparative Studies 830 Science and Difference
Public Policy 801 Public Policy Administration
Women’s Studies 710 Theorizing Difference
Women’s Studies 720 Gender, Power, and Change
Women’s Studies 740 Theorizing Gender Representation
Women’s Studies 796.20 Women and Law

Spectacular Regimes and Political Drama: Comparative Study of Greek and Turkish Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
Comparative Studies/Near Eastern Langs & Cultures 672 Poetics & Politics of the Mediterranean
Comparative Studies 693 Independent Research in Comp Studies
English 870 Seminar in Folklore
Political Science 590A Topics in Political Science
Theatre 673 Theatre Topics III (since the rise of Realism)
Theatre 893 Independent Research in Theatre
Theatre 802.03 Theatre Seminar: Dramatic Literature

Symbolism in the Suburbs: A Study of the Relationship of the "Postcard” Image to Reality in Worthington, Ohio
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 677.01 Genres of Folk Literature
Comparative Studies 677.03 Folk Custom, Art, and Material Culture
Comparative Studies 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
Comparative Studies 792 Autoethnography
Comparative Studies/African American African Studies/Anthropology 792 Culture Concept
English 770.01 Folklore Research Methods
English 770.02 Folklore Research Methods
English 880 Seminar in Composition

Technology and Male Escape in the American Horror Film: Four Horror Films, 1931-1935
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 792 Identity Politics in Quebec Literature and Film
French 671 French Cinema to 1945
History of Art 649 Recent Cinema: 1948-Present
History of Art 710 Art Theory and Criticism
History of Art 715 Historical Conceptual Bases of Art History
History of Art 737 Studies in Modern Art
English 578 Studies in Film
English 762 Studies in Drama

Unity and Universalism: A Comparison of Vladimir Solov’ev and Slavoj Zizek as Critics of Nationalism and Ideology
Comparative Studies 710 and 711 Approaches to Comparative Cultural Studies I and II
Comparative Studies 651 Topics in Comp St: Black Utopia: Diaspora Thought, African Renewal
English/Comparative St 792 Theory and Practice of Literary Translation
Comparative St 792 Cultural Philosophies of Relationship
Comparative St 792 Autoethnography
Comparative Studies 890 Interdepartmental Studies in Critical Theory
African American & African Studies 756 Theorizing Race
History 740 Studies in Soviet Russia
Russian 750 Pushkin and His Time
Russian 852 Russian Literature 1917-Present

Graduate Programs
PhD
. MA
. PhD Minor