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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: One 200-level course in photography or consent of the instructor. Offers students the experience of independent art practice and study of photography theory. Students will develop and complete semester-long independent projects using photographic media (alone or in a combination with other art media). Reading will include Barthes, Sontag, and other writers on photography. Sills.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Introduces the study of peoples of African descent using analytical tools derived from and/or applicable to those experiences. Provides a critical examination of those concepts, theories, methodologies, and models of inquiry of the traditional disciplines that have suffered from Eurocentric biases in their treatment of the African world experience. Ward.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Focuses on current theory and research pertaining to the psychological development of black children, adolescents, and adults. Topics include educational achievement, sex role differences, and the development of gender and ethnic identities. Also examines traditional African American institutions, especially the church. Ward.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Emphasizes a sociological perspective that explores the intersection of biography, history, and the social structure in the lives of African American women of various geographic and class backgrounds. Topics include economic status and work, artistic creativity, family roles and sexuality, and social activism. Thomas, Ward.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines the unique perspective of healthcare from the cultural lens appropriate to women of color. Historical, social, environmental, and political factors that contribute to racial and gender disparities in healthcare are analyzed. Students will develop cultural competency tools for more effective healthcare delivery with individuals and families of color. Thomas.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. See page 59 for description.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Introduces a critical sociological approach to understanding race, class, and gender inequality. Examines the historical origins of oppression in the United States by exploring how slavery, colonialism and immigration have differentially shaped various groups' access to power. Explores contemporary struggles in South Africa. Examines impediments to the notion of the United States as a "mecca for diversity," including critical explorationsof how injustices manifest themselves in the economy, education, the family, the arts, the media, and other key institutions. Thompson.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Studies the history, culture, and language diversity of Belize with focus on the Garifuna people, descendents of Carib Indians and escaped Black African slaves. Examines migration patterns, religious practices, and musical traditions of the Garifuna. Travel in Belize includes a school-based community project in a Garifuna community, and trips to museums, a Mayan ruin, the rain forest and a butterfly breeding ranch. Ward.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Offers an intensive study of a selected topic in Africana studies. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: AST 101, PHIL 226, SOCI 249, or consent of the instructor. Chronicles critical race theory as an intellectual field created in dialogue with dominant race and legal constructions since the civil rights movement in the U.S. Gives particular attention to key contemporary legal and political debates about affirmative action, assaultive speech, land rights, the punishment industry, violence against women, and multicultural education. Thompson.
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