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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENL 102 When the subject matter is related to the minor: an examination of the relationship between the woman writer and her work through a study of literature by and about women. Satisfies literature distribution requirement. Cross-listed as ENL 246
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3.00 Credits
Study of and practice in the oral interpretation of literary works with heavy emphasis on acting and the Stanislavski method. Applicable to AAS minor when offered with the Black Literature emphasis. Cross-listed as ENL 271
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3.00 Credits
Survey of Africa’s modern history, beginning especially after 1800. It looks at the beginnings and expansions of European and African-American settlements there, the Zulu and Islamic Revolutions, the conquest and colonization of Africa, and post-colonial developments. Cross-listed as HST 290
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3.00 Credits
A critical analysis of selected topics or issues in American history which are not otherwise offered in the standard catalogue courses. Applicable to AAS minor when offered with the Black Literature emphasis. Cross-listed as HST 300
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3.00 Credits
A study of the politics of civil rights and the various philosophical approaches that have been used to extend such rights to groups that have traditionally had no access to the agenda setting processes within the legislative system. Emphasis is placed on the philosophy of nonviolence and on the political effectiveness of such organizing strategies as marches, sit-ins, and public demonstrations; and how the American experience with civil rights has influenced civil rights movements in other parts of the world. Cross-listed as PSC 306
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3.00 Credits
Field research in the area by individuals or groups is encouraged but not required. Cross-listed as PSC 313
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the history of the American city: its people, its culture, and its politics. The course examines why cities look the way they do, why they are disproportionately poor in relation to suburbs, and why they are home to disproportionately large minority populations. Students consider such questions as: Are cities are in crisis? Can and should they be saved? The course looks at why cities are the way they are, and whether they still matter in an increasingly suburban nation. The course will also consider how these larger issues apply to nearby cities, such as New Bedford, Fall River, and Providence. Cross-listed as PST 369, HST 369
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3.00 Credits
Survey of African-American Literature from colonial times to the turn of the twentieth century. Course surveys genres of poetry, slave narrative, fiction, essay, and drama with attention to the social, political, and cultural histories of African-Americans from slavery to freedom to Reconstruction. This course may also include sections on oral narratives (oral slave narratives, speeches, folktales, and sermons) and music (such as sorrow songs and spirituals). Cross-listed as ENL 327,WMS 327
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3.00 Credits
Survey of African American Literature from the turn of the twentieth-century to the present. The course begins with the work of DuBois and Washington and continues through the Harlem Renaissance, the post-war period, the Black Arts Era, and into the present, paying particular attention to the women writers who led the post-1970s Renaissance. The course examines all genres of literature and may also include sections on oral literature (such as spoken word poetry) and music (such as jazz, rap, and hip hop). Like the Survey of African American Literature I, this course pays particular attention to the social, political, intellectual, and cultural climate surrounding the literature. Cross-listed as ENL 329, WMS 329
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor The theory of labor markets and the problem of discrimination. Current problems facing women and minorities will be examined. Existing programs and trends will be explored. Cross-listed as ECO 343
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