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4.00 Credits
Studies the history of West Africa and its struggle for internal unity, economic development, and social justice. The Pan-Africanist ideology, W. E. B. DuBois's writings, African socialism, and the consolidation of power and leadership are some of the topical objectives in this study of African liberation, particularly the rise of West Africa.
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4.00 Credits
Studies precolonial South Africa and the conflict between Africans and the Dutch and English settlers. Focuses on the formation and transformation of colonial policy after World War II, with particular emphasis on racism, neocolonialism, liberation movements, and international involvement in the apartheid system.
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4.00 Credits
Familiarizes students with some of the research methods employed by psychologists and other scientists working in the area of community psychology. Community psychologists study people in their social contexts, with emphasis on the mutual influences that individuals and communities have upon each other. Rather than attempt to understand and treat problems at the individual level, research in community psychology aims to offer practical solutions to social problems, focusing on prevention. Familiarizes students with a particular community, which they utilize for data collection. Students develop survey instruments/interview schedules, collect data, and analyze and interpret the findings with a qualitative design if possible.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the historical stages of globalization as a geopolitical and social phenomenon having significant impact on social change. Focuses on multiple effects of racism and the gradual emergence of human rights as an extension of basic freedoms internationally. Topics and themes include the African and Latino Diaspora, North-South debates, gender, Third World countries, democratization, poverty, health care/pandemic disease, censorship, political repression, new development strategies, and the role of the United Nations and other international organizations in increasingly complex societies.
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4.00 Credits
Covers special topics in African-American history.
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4.00 Credits
Explores special topics in African-American art history in this advanced seminar.
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4.00 Credits
Offers students the opportunity to participate in teams and conduct research on political issues in assigned nations and then represent those nations in a model African Union role-playing exercise in Washington, D.C. Focuses on intra-African relations and the roles of Africans in international affairs, emphasizing the new African Union (AU) that replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Examines the Pan-Africanist origins, challenges, and achievements of the African Union.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys the development and range of black American writers, emphasizing poetry and prose from early colonial times to the Civil War.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys the development and range of black American writers in poetry and prose from the post-Civil War period to the present.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional advanced academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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