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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Explores the complex and diverse experiences of African American males in contemporary U.S. society by examining the various factors impacting their lives such as family, education, prison, sports, relationships, etc. This allows a better understanding of the thoughts and practices of African American males as well as the impact they have on society as a whole. Include an intersectional lens of analysis that includes race, gender, sexuality, age, disability, and socio-economic class.
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3.00 Credits
A sociologically oriented course that integrates the substantive areas of sport from this and other academic disciplines. We also take a feminist, interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective. The course interrogates issues of masculinity that impact the institution of sports in American society. The course will examine selected sport & society topics of intellectual interest. Applying these lenses to the study of sport focuses our attention on sports as a major American institution.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to popular musical styles that connect the transatlantic diaspora and inform the diversity of music genres from the Global South; introduces music as a cultural device and an aspect of political and sociological struggles for democracy and a cultural space for racial integration.
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3.00 Credits
History of African American popular music in the United States from World War II to the present. In the first half of the semester, we will trace the history of the various artists and styles of soul music through to the 1970s; in the second half, we will move more conceptually through the landscape of hip hop of the last four decades. The music will be examined in its historical and political contexts, and also on its own terms as musical texts. No musical background or experience with the background is required, however students must be prepared to devote time to listening carefully and critically to a large number of musical works.
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3.00 Credits
In order to challenge discrimination and oppression, it is vital to understand how systems of discrimination develop and are perpetuated and how these are challenged. This class will familiarize students with key concepts and issues in social justice, including: social construction, discrimination, privilege, systemic oppression, implicit bias and social activism. Because issues of social justice span the globe, this class will emphasize the links between both American and global social justice issues.
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3.00 Credits
Culminate in the creation of new theatrical works based in African American History using Theatre, Music, Dance, Writing, Literature, Painting, Sculpture, Sets, Costumes, Lighting, Sound, and Multi-media.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the fine arts produced by people of African descent in the United States. Explores issues regarding identity and aesthetics with a focus on their negotiation of the art world given its history of racial exclusion. RESTRICTIONS: ARTH230 or ARTH231 are highly recommended.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on visual, literary, and sonic representations of black womanhood of the 20th and 21st centuries in the context of black woman-authored speculative fiction and discourses of futurity. Through closely looking at and listening to visual, literary, and sonic texts by black women, we will consider social constructions of race, gender, and sexuality; the significance of self-fashioning; and notions of community and belonging.
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3.00 Credits
Through an interdisciplinary lens this course explores current social, political, educational and economic inequities facing the black community and critically assess their causes, effects, and possible solutions (i.e. disenfranchisement, the school-to-prison pipeline, mass incarceration, policing, and poverty).
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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