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19 courses with the subject APST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

APST 200Introducing Appalachia (GE)3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 300Diversity in Appalachia3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 410The Power of Dialogue (POD): Deconstructing the Rural-Urban Divide Part I2
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 420The Power of Dialogue (POD): Deconstructing the Rural-Urban Divide Part II1
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
APST 410 . This is the second part of an immersive learning experience for Georgetown, Radford, Columbia, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania undergraduates from a range of backgrounds and disciplines. While the students engaged in various hands-on experiential learning activities in Radford and D.C. in Part I, this second part of the course will be conducted virtually and will serve as a reflective conclusion. Students will work individually on online asynchronous responses and in groups to produce synchronous virtual presentations.
APST 480Appalachian Studies Internship3-15
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
15
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
Junior or senior standing; 2.0 minimum overall grade point average and permission of instructor. Each hour of credit will require a total of forty hours on the job. Course counts up to three hours toward fulfillment of course requirements for an Appalachian Studies minor. One-semester internship with public or private agency in Appalachia. Student will receive academic and agency supervision.
APST 490Highland Summer Conference Writers’ Workshop3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
ENGL 111 and ENGL 112 Cross-Listed: ENGL 490 This intensive creative writing workshop provides students opportunities to craft fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with the guidance of and feedback from published authors and peers.
APST 495Research in Appalachia3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when content differs.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
Permission of instructor. This course offers students an opportunity to engage in a substantive community-based research group project in Appalachia. Field research and community interaction are generally major components of the course, supplemented by appropriate secondary resource materials. Students present project findings and work to community members and at various conferences. REAL Area A
APST 496Seminar: Current Issues in Appalachian Studies3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when content differs.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 498Independent Study1-6

(1-6) Will vary as topics vary. See “Independent Study.”

Subject
APST
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 560Seminar in Appalachian Studies3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when content differs.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 590Highland Summer Conference Writer’s Workshop3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 595Research in Appalachia3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when content differs.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
Permission of instructor and/or chair. Will vary as topics vary. Currently the course focuses on research in communities served by the Appalachian Arts and Studies in the Schools program (AASIS).
APST 610Foundations of Appalachian Studies3

(3) In this required course of the Appalachian Studies Certificate curriculum, students will be exposed to an overview of the history of the Appalachian Region from its earliest European explorers and their interaction with Native Americans to its settlement by various ethnic groups. There will be a heavy historical emphasis on events in the late 19th century up to the latter 20th century and how those events have shaped the formation of the Appalachian region as well as the creation and continual evolution of a formal Appalachian Studies discipline that began in the late 1960s.

Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 620New Perspectives in Appalachian Studies3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
APST 610 or instructor permission. Drawing from various postmodern theories and critiques, the course will explore tensions and debates that exist in Appalachian Studies. Students will evaluate how scholars avoid essentialism and recognize diversity while still maintaining a regional disciplinary focus. The course will employ comparative analyses, tools of historiography, and contemporary theoretical lenses for students to come to an understanding of Appalachia and Appalachian Studies in this global 21st century.
APST 630Political Economy & Community Development in Appalachia3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 640Community-Based Research & Grant Writing3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 650Appalachian Cultural Responsiveness Training for Professionals3

(3) With a focus on several sub-regions of Appalachia, students will gain an historical understanding of how local color writers, stereotypes, natural resource extraction, and political economies in these areas have influenced their current conditions. Students will be exposed to an overview of the history of the Appalachian Region from its earliest European explorers and their interaction with Native Americans to its settlement by various ethnic groups. There will be an emphasis on events in the late 19th century up to the latter 20th and early 21st centuries and how these events have shaped the formation of the Appalachian region, residents’ identities, and the creation and continual evolution of a formal Appalachian Studies discipline that began in the 1960s.

Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
APST 680Appalachian Studies Internship3
Subject
APST
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite
At least two 3-credit APST graduate courses, or one 3-credit course undergraduate APST course and one 3-credit APST graduate course. Each hour of credit will require 40 hours on the job. This course counts up to three hours toward fulfillment of requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Appalachian Studies and is a one-semester internship with a public or private agency in Appalachia. Student will receive academic and agency supervision.
APST 698Directed Study

Variable credit, (1-6) Directed Study courses are offered by several departments and are designed to permit students to investigate independently specific problems or areas of interest under the direction of a faculty advisor. A Directed Study course must be approved by the appropriate department chairperson prior to the deadline for adding courses in the term in which the study is to be undertaken.

Subject
APST
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source
catalog.radford.edu

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