African And African American Studies
Departmental Courses
- Spring 2008
Main Themes in African
American Studies (AFST 201)
001 MW 2:00 PM-3:15 PM Ampadu,
L.
An interdisciplinary multimedia course exploring the culture and history
of peoples of African descent. Themes include family, politics,
religion, language, and music.
GenED II.C.3. (UG) 3 credits
Anthropology of South America (ANTH 370)
001 T TH 2:00 PM -3:15 PM Durington, M.
We will explore urbanization, labor migration, housing issues, and the
AIDS crisis and their relationship to the changing nature of kinship,
gender, race, and identity in the 21st century in South Africa. Emphasis
will be placed on dance, art, film, and music and how these cultural
forms mediate shifting notions of identity in the post-apartheid era.
Students who enroll in the course will be given the opportunity to
enroll in a capstone study abroad Course in South Africa, May 27th-June
12th, 2008.
Survey of African-American
Literature (ENGL 233)
001 T TH 11:00 -12:15 PM Tait,
A.
002 T TH 2:00- 3:15 PM Tait, A.
Slave narratives, post-Civil War, and twentieth-century developments,
and such writers as Wheatley, Douglass, Hughes, and King. Prerequisite:
ENGL 102
Major Writers in
African-American Literature (ENGL 234)
001 T TH 3:30--4:45 PM Tait, A.
Literature of slavery, the Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the
Depression and after, with emphasis on Chesnutt, Hughes, Wright, and
Alice Walker. Prerequisite: ENGL 102: ENGL 233 is recommended, not
required as a prerequisite. GenEd II.C.3. (UG) (3 credits)
World Literature Written in
English: African- American Women Writers (ENGL 347/547)
101 MW 5:00 PM-6:15 PM Ampadu, L.
Reading a range of writings by African women writers, including Ama Ata
Aidoo, Mariama Ba, and Buchi Emecheta, representing many regions of the
African continent. We read a variety of genres--fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, and oral traditions in their social, political, cultural, and
literary--historical contexts. We also examine critical writings that
assist us in contextualizing the literature. Films and music will be
liberally used to supplement print texts.
Topics in Black American
Literature: Black Penelope: Black Women in the Odyssey of Hollywood Film
(ENGL 477/577)
101 F 12:30 PM-3:15 PM Tait, A.
The focus in this course will not be on the black Odysseus, but on the
black Penelope within Hollywood. By reading black feminist and film
criticism, as well as viewing films, students will explore the ways in
which Black women such as Hattie McDaniels and Halle Berry have been
depicted in film. Students will also investigate how black women have
been scripted by white and black men within a patriarchal fantasy, hence
begging the question as to how or what could a black
female-scripted-and-directed movie about black women's lives looks like.
(UG) (3 credits)
African History and Culture
(HIST 135)
001 MW 12:30 PM -1:45 PM Romero, P.
Sub-Saharan Africa, including the evolution of traditional societies
into Western-influenced states, supported by archaeological,
anthropological, ecological, geographical, literary, artistic, and
musical evidence. GenED II.D (UG) (3 credits)
African American History
from the Mid-19th Century (HIST 382/564)
101 TH 5:30 PM-8:10 PM Ali, O.
The political, economic, and social history of African Americans from
the Civil War through the present. Prerequisite: HIST 146 or HIST 148.
(3 credits)
Jazz History for Non-Majors (MUSC 123)
001 T TH 9:30 AM-10:45 AM McFalls, J.
002 T TH 12:30 PM-1:45 PM McFalls, J.
003 T TH 2:00 PM-3:15 PM McFalls, J.
101 W 5:00 PM-7:40 PM Fine, R.
Stylistic survey of major currents in the history of jazz. Explores
importance of this musical tradition in American culture. GenED II. B.1
(UG) (3 credits)
Race, Gender and Class (PHIL 204).
001 F 12:30 PM-3:15 PM Mischke, J.K.
Social and political philosophy; contemporary American ideas of race,
class and gender, with a focus on their interrelatedness. GenEd II.C.3.
(UG) (3 credits)
Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSYC 432/532)
001 T TH 12:30 M-1:45 PM Wallace, D.
002 T TH 3:30 PM-4:45 PM Wallace, D.
101 W 4:20 PM -6:50 PM Wallace, D.
Comparison of psychological behavior and theory in Western and
non-Western cultures. Prerequisite: 6 units of PSYC. (UG) (3 credits).
Blacks in America: Myths and Reality (SOCI 241)
001 T TH 9:30 AM -10:45 AM Clifford, E.J.
Prevailing myths regarding black society, development of such myths, and
the reality which contradicts them. GenEd II.C.3. (UG) (3 credits)
Race, Class and Gender
(SOCIOLOGY 243)
001 MW 2:00 PM-3:15 PM Hax, H.
Traditional and contemporary sociological approaches to the nature of
race, class, and gender inequalities. Gen Ed II.C.3.
Sociology of Race and
Ethnicity (SOCI 343/543)
001 T TH 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Clifford, E.J.
An examination of inter-group life as an aspect of society; conflicts
between races, ethnic groups and minorities; prejudice, segregation, and
integration. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. (3 credits)
Cultural Diversity/Contemporary Theatre (THEA 303)
001 MWF 8:00 AM-8:50 AM Cauthen, R.
002 MWF 9:00 AM-9:50 AM Cauthen, R.
An examination of both the construction of cultural identity and issues
of cultural conflict as they are expressed in contemporary theatre.
GenEd II. C. 3. (UG) (3 credits)
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