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3.00 Credits
Obeng A study of the creation of images and their power to influence the reality of race and gender in the American experience. Viewing and analysis of American cinema as an artistic genre and as a vehicle through which cultural and social history are depicted. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Issues and perspectives in the study of the psychological development of Black people in America, past and present. Special consideration is given to such issues as the Afrocentric and Eurocentric ethos, the nature of Black personality as affected by slavery and racism, psychological assessment, treatment and counseling techniques, and the relationships between psychological re-search and social policy in American research. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
t Stead y An investigation of the extent to which the causes and consequences of environmental degradation are influenced by social inequality and the devaluation of indigenous peoples. The course will examine how the poor, indigenous peoples and people of color are subjected to environmental hazards. Topics include the link between negative environmental trends and social inequality; the social ecology of slums, ghettos and shanty towns; the disproportionate exposure of some groups to pollutants, toxic chemicals, and carcinogens; dumping of ha-zardous waste in Africa and other Third World countries; and industrial threats to the ecology of small island states in the Caribbean. The course will evaluate Agenda 21, the international program of action from the Earth Summit designed to halt environmental degradation and promote sustainable development . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Cudjoe NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course examines the African-American poetical tradition from its roots in African oral literature to its con-temporaneous manifestation in rapping, a showcase for African-American braggadocio, and the art of verbal dexterity and storytelling. The connection of this literary tradition with American cultural values will also be explored. The course will examine the works of Phyllis Wheat-ley, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Melvin Tolson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Derek Walcott, Gill Scott-Heron, the Last Poets, Nikki Giovanni, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Tupac, and other artists. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Cudjoe NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. A survey of contemporary prose and poetry from the English-speaking West Indies. Special attention is paid to the development of this literary tradition in a historical-cultural context and in light of recent literary theories offer. Authors to include V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Wilson Harris, Jean Rhys, and others. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Steady NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. The objective of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the richness, diversity, and complex-ity of African societies and cultures while appreciating their unifying features. Topics to be discussed include forms of social organization, the importance of kinship and marriage systems, the centrality of religion, the position of women, urbanization and problems of develop-ment, democratization, and political transformation, political instability, and armed conflicts. In order to understand a people's view of themselves and of their relationship to the outside world, an in-depth case study will be made of one ethnic group-the Yoruba of south-western Nigeria . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. An investigation of politics across sub-Saharan Africa since the defeat of Portuguese colonialism in the mid-1970s. The economic stagnation of the 1980s, the impact of structural adjustment programs, the end of the Cold War, the genocide in Rwanda and the resulting wars will be discussed along with the liberation of Southern Africa and the recent wave of democratization. Em-phasis on developing the method of empathetic understanding to become knowledgeable about the opportunities and constraints faced by African citizens and governments. Students may register for either POL2 203 or AFR 236 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: One unit in political science, economics, history, or Africana Studies. Open to juniors and seniors without prerequisite. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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0.00 Credits
Patterson NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course commences with a detailed exploration of Islamic worship practices transferred and retained during slavery. The course continues by chronicling the historical and sociopolitical implications of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Islam-ic practice as it relates to African-American communities. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Obeng NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. With readings, documentary films, discussions, and lectures, this course will examine the complex spiritual beliefs and expressions of peoples of African descent in Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, and North America. The course surveys African di-asporic religions such as Candomble, Santeria, Voodoo, Shango, and African-American religions. Attention will be paid to how diasporic Africans practice religion for self-definition, community building, sociocultural critique, and for reshaping the religious and cultural land-scapes of the Americas. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Obeng An examination of African experience and expression of religion, the course surveys African religions among the Akan of Ghana, Yoruba of Nigeria, Nuer of the Sudan, the Zulu of South Africa, and the Bemazava-Sakalava of Madagascar. The course will focus on how gender, age, status, and cultural competence influence Africans' use of architecture, ritual, myth, dance, and music to communicate, elaborate on the cosmos, and organize their lives. Special attention will be paid to the resiliency of African deities and indigenous cultural media during their encounter with Christianity and Islam. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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