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4.00 Credits
4 hours An examination of the history, leadership, and theology of the black church in America with a special attempt to discern whether the black church has been "friend or foe" of black people. Emphasis will beplaced on religious leaders such as Richard Allen, Henry McNeal Turner, and Jesse Jackson. (HB, Hist, Intcl)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course explores the global experiences of people of African descent. Students will study the human experiences of Africans in the Indian Ocean World, the Trans-Saharan trade, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Geographical areas include Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Particular attention will be given to the web of interrelated histories, social dynamics, political, and economic processes affecting and reflecting world cultures and histories. (Same as HIST 271.) (HBSSM, Hist, Intcl)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An introduction to the ideas and movements which developed in efforts to unite African people spread throughout the world by the slave trade The course examines key African and Diasporic African intellectual and ideological responses to enslavement and colonization, and subsequently to economic, social, and political marginalization. The course starts with an exploration of African-American separatist discourse during the Americans' Revolutionary periods, moves through New World emancipation of slaves, colonization in Africa, and concludes with national movements and liberation struggles in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. (Same as HIST 337.) (HB, HEPT, Hist, Intcl)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of slavery in America, tracing the different attempts to understand the peculiar institution from U.B. Phillips through Blassingame and Julius Lester. Slavery will be viewed from the perspective of both oppressed and oppressors. Offered alternate years. (Same as HIST 338.) (HB, Hist)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours In-depth study of a selected topic in African history. Instruction in this course will require students to read and assess monographs by African historians on the topic. Topics may include but are not limited to apartheid in South Africa and Zimbabwe, decolonization, nationalism, environmental history of sub-Saharan Africa. Prerequisite: Previous enrollment in AFRS 171 or AFRS 172 recommended. (HBSSM, Hist)
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4.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A year-long independent research project. Applications are completed on the "Honors Program" formavailable at the registrar's office, requiring the signatures of a faculty supervisor, the department head, the honors program director, and the registrar. Interdisciplinary projects require the signatures of two faculty supervisors. The project must be completed by the due date for senior projects. The completed project is evaluated by a review committee consisting of the faculty supervisor, another faculty member from the major department, and a faculty member from outside the major department. All projects must be presented publicly. Only projects awarded an "A-" or "A" qualifor "department honors" designation. The honorsproject fulfills the all-college senior project requirement. (W, R)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study in what it means to be human, this course uses the concept of culture to account for the tremendous variety of practices and beliefs throughout the world. Students will also examine patterns in human behavior, addressing cultural similarities as well as cultural differences. Course content provides insight into how cultural anthropologists do what they do-what methods they use to study culture and what ethical issues they may encounter while doing so. Students will be expected to engage some of these anthropological methods through completion of an ethnographic research project over the course of the semester. (HBSSM, Intcl, R)
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