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3.00 Credits
Description: This course evaluates the experience of peoples of African descent in the United States after the Civil War. Reconstruction, "Jim Crow" segregation, "New Negro" Movement, Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, and the "Great Society" are the main subjects addressed in this class. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Typical structure: 2 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Introductory survey of the literature, history, culture and social issues affecting Black Americans. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: SOC 220. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is concerned with the history of oppression of African and other Indigenous peoples in the world and examines ideas by radical philosophers and scholars from the African Diaspora directed toward liberation from oppression. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option. Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101, 102, 103, 104). Approved as: General Education Diversity Emphasis. Identical to: PHIL 222, ANTH 222. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Course acquaints students with the theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas is examined. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: There were actually several "Souths" during the Holocaust of Enslavement. However, courses taught in the era of African enslavement have tended to focus on the northern most regions, such as Virginia, which are often taken to represent-if not constitute-the South. This course looks at the other "South" and the French and Spanish colonizers of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana. It offers a different perspective of the beginnings of the Great Enslavement and compares and contrasts the lives and struggles of enslaved, freed, and self-emancipated Africans in the Southwest during the tenure of Spain. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option. Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104). Identical to: HIST 224. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Anglophone and Francophone literature. Focuses on major authors; Achebe, Soyinka, Head, Wa Thiong'O, Brutus, Emecheta. Employs bio-literary analysis. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: ENGL 230. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Introduction to Francophone African literature coming from the Western part of the African continent, which forms a geographical and cultural entity. Taught in English. Does not count toward fulfillment of language requirement, or the major or minor in French. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Humanities. Identical to: FREN 245; FREN is home department. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Introduction to African life and culture through explorations in the following areas: history, geography, institutions, the arts, and language and literature. Taught in English. Does not count toward fulfillment of language requirement, or the major or minor in French. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Humanities. Identical to: FREN 249; FREN is home department. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to illumine the political economy of the African American community in the United States, with special attention to issues of race, politics, class and gender. Major themes in the course will focus on the struggles of African American people for justice from the period of reconstruction through the civil rights and post-civil rights eras. The question of Black political organizing and institution building both within and outside the dominant structures of the U.S. political economy will be discussed throughout the course. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Humanities. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Analysis of minority relations and mass movements in urban society; trends in the modern world, with special reference to present-day race problems and social conflict. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103). Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies. Identical to: SOC 260; SOC is home department. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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