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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course will familiarize students with important events, developments, personalities and other phenomena that help facilitate the study and understanding of African Americans from their African past to their present existence.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. The course will explore the direct and indirect ways in which racial attitudes are acquired, their effect on the individuals and society, and the institutional and ideological manifestations of racism as a "faith system," as exploitation, and as a form of human conflict. The central focus of interest will be on blackwhite relationships.
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3.00 Credits
Semester courses; 3 lecture hours. 3, 3 credits. A survey of African civilizations from prehistory to the present, emphasizing the events, ideas and institutions that have shaped, influenced and defined Africa's place in the world. First semester: to 1800. Second semester: 1800 to the present.
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2.00 Credits
Semester courses; 1 lecture and 2 studio hours. 2, 2 credits. Beginning study and training in the principles of tap technique with emphasis upon style, body alignment, spatial patterning, flexibility, strength and kinesthetic awareness to move the body in the style required for tap dancing.
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2.00 Credits
Semester courses; 1 lecture and 2 studio hours. 2, 2 credits. Dance based on the movements and rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean.
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2.00 Credits
Semester courses; 1 lecture and 2 studio hours. 2, 2 credits. Prerequisite: DANC 102 or permission of instructor. Study and training in the principles and concepts of jazz technique. Emphasis on body alignment, flexibility, balance, rhythmic awareness and mastery of isolated movements of body parts. The course includes the exploration of the relationship between jazz music and jazz dance.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. This course introduces the student to the African continent, its peoples and cultures. It covers such general characteristics as the physical and geographical features, climate, topography, traditional economies, languages, religions, social systems and other cultural features that are traditional to its people.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: AFAM 200 or permission of instructor. The impact of modern social change upon the traditional aspects of African life. Various aspects of social change as it applies to Africa today will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Focuses on the African American family from the 1940s to the present. Examines the values and the interpersonal/role relationships that are involved in forming and maintaining African American families in the contemporary United States. Topics include dating and sexual relationships, marital relationships, parent-child relationships and relationships with members of the extended family.
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3.00 Credits
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: AFAM 103. This course exposes students to the rich chronicle of the experiences and views of Africans in the United States that has been preserved in the writings of scholars, activists and creative artists. The course introduces students to this body of thought selecting a number of social critics and creative writers whose texts address persistent themes that have shaped African-American life.
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