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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Classes focusing on specific issues and/or topics of interest in International Studies. Previously INTST 285.
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3.00 Credits
Individual project in a specific area of International Studies. By arrangement with instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission, based on evaluation of students' educational and work experience. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
Students will develop a personal and historical understanding of issues related to race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities & culture; and how these issues are used in the distribution of power and privilege in the U.S. Previously IASTU 103. Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 100 or placement into ENGL& 101. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
Historical, cultural, social and stylistic study of American popular idioms from their African and European roots to the present. Focus on contemporary styles such as early Rock and Roll, Folk, Blue Grass, Country-Western, Blues, Heavy Metal, Rap and Jazz. Key artists and their contributions will be discussed. The influence of various facets of the music industry will be examined. Dual listed as MUSC 109. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
A course designed to develop an understanding of the contemporary Filipino-American history, values, social kinships, problems and survival strategies and recognize the contributions of Filipino-Americans in the development of U.S. society. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines issues in American Indian Studies including native cultures, theories of American Indian origins, demographics, the formation of American Indian stereotypes, the resistance of Native peoples to racism and oppression, and contemporary issues (music, literature, health, etc.) Prerequisite: Concurrent or successful completion of ENGL& 101 recommended. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
Historical, cultural, social and stylistic study of jazz history fromAfrican and European roots to the present. Focus on beginnings in New Orleans to present day avant-garde. Emphasis on form, structure, social background and the contribution of Jazz to American music. Extensive writing requirements. Dual listed as MUSC 211W. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
Survey of ancient, medieval and modern peoples of Africa. Emphasis on social, religious, political institutions and contributions of Africans to World Culture. Student option grading.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines the culture of hip hop from its South Bronx (NYC) beginnings in the early 1970's to its globalization. Students explore the musical, visual, spoken word and literary elements of hip hop.Topics include the role of race, class, gender, politics, appropriation and commodification. Student Option Grading.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines shifting attitudes toward nature during various historical periods by studying how North Americans attached meanings to the physical world and how humans reshaped landscapes and developed environmental policies. Mandatory decimal grading.
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