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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Examines the literatures of people in Africa and the Caribbean. Establishes the theoretical, historical, cultural and imagistic framework within which that literature operates. Thematic analysis of the literatures with respect to both their comparative experiences and their specifically different backgrounds. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the thematic patterns in autobiographies from the slave narrative through the present, focusing on the continuity of the African-American experiences from a psychological, sociological and historical point of view.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PAS, CHS, or ENGL 155; completion of the lower- division writing requirement. Study of selected works by contemporary Black women writers, including Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Ntozake Shange, and Maya Angelou. Themes explored include correcting the images, movement from masking to self-revelation, male-female relationships, and search for wholeness. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the Lower Division writing requirement. Advanced course emphasizing alternative strategies in expository writing skills development. Focus on such purposeful forms of discourse as reports, the research paper, critiques, the essay examination, and selected forms of correspondence. Cursory review of grammar, mechanics and syntax is offered as needed. More intensive review of such basics are available on an individualized basis in the Writing Center. Course, though equivalent to, is not a substitute for ENGL 305 or BUS 305.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Supervised work on a newsletter published 3 times a semester. Students work as writer reporters, photographers and editors. Includes analysis of Black urban press and Black college newspapers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Introduction to the politics of the African-American, including political socialization, voting, interest groups, political parties and the political behavior within the sub-cultural context. (Available for General Education, Social Sciences)
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the theory and practice of non-violent direct action. Examines theoretical perspective and the practical applications as implemented by William Whipple, Gandhi, Albert Luthuli, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Comprehensive overview of the motives of the European colonizers of Africa and the methods they used in their colonial pursuits. Consequences of the colonization of Africa and the slave trade. African liberation movements. Case studies of colonialism in specific regions and/or specific countries. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the theory and practice of African-American social movements designed to introduce students to the various approaches and models used to study social movements and apply them to the African American experience. Theories that promulgate non-violent direct action, the use of violence and other non-systemic activity will be assessed within the context of African American movement activity. Although the focus is on the Modern Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, we will also examine the early abolition and Negro Convention Movement for historical context. Contemporary grass roots activism in the African-American community, African American global initiatives, including African American involvement in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of African-American youth and society through the medium of Hip Hop. This course also explores the connection between the Hip Hop community and the various political, corporate, and institutional actors that influence society both locally and globally. Special emphasis is placed on the impact of Hip Hop on African identity, culture and politics. Required for the PAS Minor.
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