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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits ( Social Science Core) Covers the major social problems of contemporary American society. Attention is given to the problems of poverty, racism, sexism, war, the environment, overpopulation, drug use, and crime. An analysis is made of the structural causes and consequences of these issues. Same as SOC 323.
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1 semester, 3 credits Focuses on sociological analyses of the constructions and reconstructions of African-American women, examining the interrelationships of gender, race, caste, class, racism, and sexism in the United States, past and present.Topics include the family,male-female relations, poverty, discrimination, social movements, with particular emphasis on origins, consequences, social and individual changes and resistance to change, sociological, and feminist theories. Same as AMS 325, SOC 325, andWMS 325.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits Analysis of government and politics in selected African countries, focusing on issues of economic liberalization, democratization and good governance, ethnicity, class, gender, youth, conflicts, and civil wars. Emphasis on evolving state-society and civil-society relations within the context of new political structures and democratic institutions. Fulfills the Comparative Government and Politics requirement. Same as PSC 334.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits This course surveys theories and policies of developing nations. Attention is given to geography, natural and human resources, the rural and industrial sectors, governmental administration and planning,monetary and fiscal policies, foreign trade and aid, balance of payments, sustainable development (environment and development), integration, and prospects of further development. Same as ECN 335. Prerequisite: ECN 101 or ECN 102.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits This survey course will examine the partition of Africa, colonialism, the growth of African nationalism, independence movements, and the politics of the ColdWar. Social and cultural issues also will be considered. Same as HIS 344.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits This course examines the African-American experience from the beginning of the slave trade through Reconstruction. Topics include the establishment of slavery in North America, the development of the cotton economy of the South, the rise of anti-slavery, the experience of free blacks, African-American religious development, and slave resistance. Same as HIS 346.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits This course will examine slavery as a cause of the Civil War, emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, black intellectuals and black history, the migration of African Americans from the South, the emergence of the civil rights movement, desegregation, the role of Martin Luther King, the Black Power movement, the persistence of racism, and affirmative action programs. Same as HIS 347.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits A reading-intensive introduction to 20th century African American fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry,with particular attention to social and cultural contexts.Writers include Nella Larsen, Ralph Ellison,Amiri Baraka,Toni Morrison, John EdgarWideman, and Anna Deavere Smith. Focus on race, class, and gender, and on the authors' approaches to the role of literary art in society. Same as ENG 365.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits Advanced, in-depth survey of racial politics in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Considers analytical perspectives such as postcolonialism, pan-Africanism, negritude, indigenismo, critical race theory, racial patriarchy, and the "racial contract." Examinesthe politics of Indigenous, African-descent, Latino, and Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Fulfills either the American Politics or the Comparative Government and Politics requirement. Same as PSC 416.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits The Capstone Seminar in Black Studies offers reading, writing, and small-group discussion in a particular aspect of black studies. Seminar topics will vary. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status, or instructor's permission.
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