Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
ASRC 1201
Course Description
This two-course sequence assumes no previous knowledge of Arabic and provides a thorough grounding in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It starts with the alphabet ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1201
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF Hollister Hall 372
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Shahda, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1201
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF Uris Hall 438
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Younes, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1201
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF Uris Hall 438
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Shahda, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1201
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF Uris Hall 438
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Shahda, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1203
Course Description
In this two-course sequence learners continue to develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and grammar foundation through the extensive use of graded materials on a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1203
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B04
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Al-Omar, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1203
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR Goldwin Smith Hall 348
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Al-Omar, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1500
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas. This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 1500, GOVT 1503
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.
ASRC 1595
Course Description
Focusing on political and social history, this course surveys African-American history from Emancipation to the present. The class examines the post-Reconstruction "Nadir" of black life; the mass black ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 1595, HIST 1595
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 122
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Rickford, R
- T Lincoln Hall B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1816
Course Description
An examination of selected works by Zora Neale Hurston which allows the students to study this writer and simultaneously address issues of self-invention, creativity, the imagination and the writing of ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
ASRC 2003
Course Description
An introductory interdisciplinary course focusing on Africa's geographical, ecological, social and demographic characteristics; indigenous institutions and values; multiple cultural heritage of Africanity, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr B07
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2543
Course Description
World War II was one of the most transformative periods in the history of the 20th century. As a result, scholars, writers and filmmakers continue to re-examine the war from multiple angles. Nonetheless, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2543
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Byfield, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2650
Course Description
This course will introduce students to African American literary traditions in the space that would become North America. From early freedom narratives and poetry to Hip-Hop and film, we will trace a range ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2650, ENGL 2650, SHUM 2650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Spires, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3010
Course Description
When sugar "was king," that is, when it was valued in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as we might value petroleum today, European nations went to war in order to possess the sugar producing islands ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3015, LATA 3015, ROMS 3010, SHUM 3010
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Africana Ctr 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Aching, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3100
Course Description
In this two-semester sequence, learners will be introduced to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials ranging from short stories, and poems, to newspaper articles dealing with social, political, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 3201
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR Uris Hall 438
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Younes, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3333
Course Description
The course looks at the connection between ethics and society. It does so by focusing on the issues raised by the phenomenon of aid, giving or receiving it, and how we understand and react to it. We ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 2441
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3434
Course Description
This course offers undergraduates a unique approach to exploring the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad in Central New York. It is an experiential course that includes visits to specific known ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3434, SHUM 3434
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Africana Ctr 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Aching, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3570
Course Description
If the lion would tell its story, it would be vastly different from that told from the hunter's perspective. In this course, we will read texts where European and African authors have been in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3570
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3999
Course Description
This course explores the rich and diverse history of African American filmmaking. Focusing on films written and/or directed by African Americans, this seminar traces the history of filmmaking from the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3461, PMA 3461, VISST 3461
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4002
Course Description
Rates of chronic disease and other health conditions, including mental illness and substance use disorders, have surged over the past three decades, owing largely to structural factors associated with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4002, SOC 4010
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Ezell, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4509
Course Description
In this course, we will engage in close and reflective critical readings of Toni Morrison's eleven novels. Morrison's writing style is characterized by highly distinctive strategies in the development ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4519, AMST 6513, ASRC 6513, ENGL 4509, ENGL 6513, FGSS 4509, FGSS 6513
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4560
Course Description
This course will look at how Black women writers negotiated enslavement, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow era segregation while also managing to find avenues of joy, escapism, and a certain kind of freedom ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4560, ENGL 4560, FGSS 4560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 404
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Warren, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4900
Course Description
For senior Africana Studies majors working on honors theses, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
ASRC 4902
Course Description
For students working on special topics, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASRC 6003
Course Description
This course covers the basic epistemology for social sciences research, integrating an explicit focus on applied mixed methods approaches (quantitative and qualitative) for conducting original "real world" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6003, SOC 6000
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Ezell, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6015
Course Description
Confined to the figure of the "care-giver," the concept of care has long been seen as apolitical. This course explores African aesthetic works in the light of recent debates that have taken "care" seriously ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 6015
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Terhmina, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6132
Course Description
This graduate seminar seeks to familiarize students with some of the most recent takes on transnational history that have emphasized the experiences of individuals and groups whose lives were affected ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6132
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall B06
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Bassi Arevalo, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6212
Course Description
This course will explore the ways in which Michel Foucault's oeuvre transitions from a concern with sovereignty to a preoccupation with biopolitics. Foucault's early work (one understands that there is ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6212, ENGL 6912, FREN 6212, GOVT 6215
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Africana Ctr B07
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Farred, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6321
Course Description
This seminar explores the international and transnational dimensions of the Black Power Movement, broadly defined. Beginning with an examination of transnationalism in the early 20th century, it examines ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6321, HIST 6321
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall B04
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6380
Course Description
Design Justice Workshops bring students and faculty in the humanities and the design disciplines together around a common and pressing urban issue related to race, social justice, and the urban environment. ... view course details
ASRC 6511
Course Description
Theories and texts of the African Diaspora have become critically important in intellectual, media and popular communities. Among them, Sylvia Wynter is today considered to be one of the leading theorists ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 6511
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Africana Ctr 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6513
Course Description
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison received her M.A. in English at Cornell University in 1955. To study her, in a way, is to gain a deeper understanding of how she journeyed on from her days as a student here ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4519, AMST 6513, ASRC 4509, ENGL 4509, ENGL 6513, FGSS 4509, FGSS 6513
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6900
Course Description
Independent study course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details
ASRC 6902
Course Description
This class is the first in a two-part course sequence offered in the fall and spring semesters annually. In this hybrid theory and methods course, students will read historiographic, ethnographic, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: History, Political and Social Analysis
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Africana Ctr B07
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Grovogui, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person