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3.00 Credits
A seminar-style course in which seniors demonstrate, through their participation in a variety of activities, their mastery of knowledge bases, skills and concepts central to the discipline and critical to post-baccalaureate opportunity. Students also work in small groups to conduct, analyze, write and publicly present the social research studies they designed in AF-AM S 2255: Introduction to Research Methods and each student submits a Senior Portfolio that contains documents and demonstrates skills commonly expected/demanded of new college graduates.Note: Capstone course for majors. Offered in Spring only.
Prerequisite:
AF-AM S 2255 (0155): Introduction to Research Methods
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3.00 Credits
A comparative exploration of the nature, form, themes, and techniques of major Black women writers from Africa, the U.S., and the Caribbean.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of African American literary forms with certain emphasis on poetry, drama, fiction, and autobiography. Texts from earlier decades and contemporary movements are included. The aim is to develop an understanding and appreciation of African American literary experience. Phillis Wheatley, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Chester Himes, James Baldwin, Henry Dumas, Paul Laurence Dunbar, John Killens, Wallace Thurman, Ann Petry, Alice Walker, Bebe Moore Campbell, and Nikki Giovanni are among writers whose works are studied.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the development and socialization of the African American child. Discussion of family, peer group relationships, formal and informal education, and early racial consciousness.
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3.00 Credits
The course will explore interracial interactions from an African centered conceptual framework. It will examine various theoretical approaches to racial prejudice and will analyze the prejudiced personality. The course will examine the historical growth of racism and racist thought as well as seek common explanations for and effects of racism on African Americans. Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core Studies in Race (RS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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3.00 Credits
Seminar in Community Service allows African American Studies majors to acquire hands-on experience in, and provide unpaid on-site services to, a community-based agency, organization, or program selected and pre-screened by the instructor. The selected community site must provide a significant social service to the larger community. Students will spend Phase I of the course in class reading and discussing empirical and theory-based literature relevant to the services provided by the instructor-selected site. Students will spend Phase II in service to the agency, and will return to the classroom in Phase III to deliver the final report--an empirically-based research report analyzing agency goals and processes, and where appropriate, making evidence-based suggestions for improving agency policy as it affects successful delivery of services.
Prerequisite:
AF-AM S 2248 & 2255
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1.00 Credits
A survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Featured topics include: mission and organization of the Air Force, officership and professionalism, military customs and courtesies, Air Force career opportunities, group leadership problems, and an introduction to communication skills. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for Air Force ROTC cadets, and it complements this course by providing cadets with hands-on experience.Note: This course is taken at St. Joseph’s University.
Corequisite:
AIRF ST 1012
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0.00 Credits
LLAB is an interactive environment that constitutes up to 50 percent of the contact hours of the AFROTC college curriculum. It is an integral part of preparing cadets to serve as Air Force officers. LLAB provides the opportunity for cadets to practice their officership and develop leadership and management techniques. LLAB centers on the organized cadet wing where activities are planned and conducted by cadets and supervised by detachment officers.Note: This course is taken at St. Joseph’s University.
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1.00 Credits
A survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Featured topics include: Air Force Core Values, teambuilding, interpersonal communications, diversity, and the Oath of Office. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for Air Force ROTC cadets, and it complements this course by providing cadets with followership experiences.Note: This course is taken at St. Joseph’s University.
Corequisite:
AIRF ST 1022
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0.00 Credits
LLAB is an interactive environment that constitutes up to 50 percent of the contact hours of the AFROTC college curriculum. It is an integral part of preparing cadets to serve as Air Force officers. LLAB provides the opportunity for cadets to practice their officership and develop leadership and management techniques. LLAB centers on the organized cadet wing where activities are planned and conducted by cadets and supervised by detachment officers.Note: This course is taken at St. Joseph’s University.
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