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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines African Americans' struggle for the right to an education in the United States, focusing on the content (historical and sociopolitical) of specific struggles. Selected topics include: the pursuit of literacy by enslaved Africans; the ex-slave's campaign for universal education in the South African American literary societies, African American education in the Jim Crow South, Black education in the post-civil rights era and African Americans' struggle for the right to maintain their language. Perry.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines historical, theoretical and empirical studies to understand, explain, predict and intervene in the school performance of students of color in the United States. Studies variables affecting the school performance of African Americans, West Indian Immigrants, Chinese Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexican Americans. Examines educational practices and institutional and cultural formations that promote school achievement among Black and Latino students. Perry.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Using Black narratives as data, students will examine how Black people have experienced, interpreted, and resisted racial oppression in the United States. Attention will be given to variables (individuals, institutional and cultural formations) that have contributed to the development of resiliency in a people. We will also consider the ways in which racial oppression leaves its mark on members of oppressed and oppressor classes. In discussing the narratives, we will draw on scholarship from the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, and social psychology. Perry.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq: One of the four 100-level WGST courses, or AST 101, or SOCI 101; junior standing; or consent of the instructor. Examines the scope and variety of violence in the family from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes: (a) a theoretical framework of economics, law, public policy, psychology, and sociology; (b) a cross-cultural understanding of family violence against girls and women; and (c) an exploration of the sociopolitical, legal, and cultural response to family violence. Discussion of the theories used to describe and research family violence that include: violence against women, children, intimate partners, and elderly family members. Thomas
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Consent of the instructor. Supervised by a member of the department. Directed study addresses coursework required for the major or degree not being offered formally that semester. Students work under the close supervision of a faculty member. Consent is required for a directed study, which does not count toward the independent learning requirement. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Consent of the instructor.
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8.00 Credits
8 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Consent of the instructor. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4-8 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Consent of the AST chair. In collaboration with the Career Education Center and under supervision by a department faculty member, students intern for 10 to 15 hours per week (for four credits) in workplace sites connected to their major. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Not a prerequisite for further courses in the department. Explores human development across the life span and the issues and processes that recur throughout that span. Examines human development from the embryonic period through aging and provides a practical understanding of individual growth and change. Includes lecture and laboratory sessions. Owen.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Focuses on breakthrough ideas concerning the universal laws of nature, the origin and composition of the universe, the nature of matter, and the origin and evolution of life. Encourages learning through inquiry and cooperative strategies to foster an appreciation of the processes, accomplishments, and limitations of science. Weekly laboratory. Designed for non-majors. Jordan.
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