Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
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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 White Hall B06
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Weatherspoon, 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 White Hall B06
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Weatherspoon, 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 White Hall B04
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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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 B02
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Shahda, A
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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 White Hall B04
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Shahda, A
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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 132-HEC Aud
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Chresfield, M
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.
ASRC 1825
Course Description
This course deals with educational innovations geared to promoting equal opportunity based on gender, race and class, in Africa and the African Diaspora. After an introduction of the concepts and theories ... 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
- TR Rockefeller Hall B15
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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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 1849
Course Description
The dearth of trans-Saharan slave narratives should not deter us from undertaking the task of recovering the voices of the enslaved. The absence of an African body of narratives written by slaves that ... 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
- TR Uris Hall 331
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Ltifi, A
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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 1975
Course Description
This course is the first in a two-course sequence that studies the role of migration in the historical configuration of the Caribbean. This first part focuses on migrations to the Caribbean from the fifteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1975, LATA 1975
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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 Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Aching, G
Bassi Arevalo, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Morrill Hall 102
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 110
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G24
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall B16
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Rockefeller Hall 231
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2020
Course Description
The central questions of philosophy are perennial and universal, but the answers that are given to them are always historical and idiomatic. This course will introduce its enrollees to how these questions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 2525
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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 B01
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2105
Course Description
This course is designed for students who can speak and understand a spoken Arabic dialect (Egyptian, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, etc.) but have little or no knowledge of written Arabic, known as Classical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 2201
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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 114
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Younes, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2212
Course Description
This introductory course to the study of the Caribbean will begin with examinations of what constitutes the Caribbean and an understanding of Caribbean space. We will then study its peoples, contact between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2512, LSP 2212
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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
- MW Statler Hall 351
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2542
Course Description
Most people learn about Africa through the media. However, media critics note that coverage is disproportionately skewed toward negative stories - poverty, war and corruption. While these factors are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2542, SHUM 2542
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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 McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
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 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Spires, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASRC 2670
Course Description
This lecture class will explore the socio-cultural history of modern Egypt from the late 18th century to the 21st century "Arab Spring." We will explore Egyptian history under the Ottomans and the Mamluks, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2673, HIST 2672, NES 2670
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Fahmy, Z
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 162
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2955
Course Description
"Why no socialism in America?" Scholars and activists have long pondered the relative dearth (compared to other industrialized societies) of sustained, popular, anticapitalist activity in the United States. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2955, HIST 2955
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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 G22
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3025
Course Description
Using a combination of philosophical tracts (Fanon, Cabral, Lenin, Derrida) and literary texts (Soyinka, Ngugi, Coetzee, Mafouz, Gurnah), this course will take up the difficulty of the failure that is ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3925
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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 Malott Hall 206
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Farred, 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 White Hall B02
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Shahda, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3353
Course Description
This is an introductory course on the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal is to provide students with historical background and theoretical tools to understand present-day politics on the continent. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3353
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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 Rockefeller Hall 122
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
van de Walle, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall 110
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 231
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3434
Course Description
This seminar offers students the unique opportunity to explore the abolition movement of upstate New York and to visit and research some of the Underground Railroad routes in Ithaca and the Central New ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3434, ASRC 6464, 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
- W Klarman Hall K155
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Aching, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3508
Course Description
In 1940, with the publication of his novel Native Son, Richard Wright helped to launch the protest era in African American literature. This course focuses on the development of key fiction and nonfiction ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3508
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3700
Course Description
This course focuses on the study of race, class, gender, sexuality and popular culture through the examination of scholarly works and creative writings by one of the most compelling and legendary voices ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3775, FGSS 3701
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3947
Course Description
This is the course about the role of race and racism in international politics. Scholars of international politics have long neglected the role of race and racism in world affairs, even though the origins ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3947
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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 142
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Ba, O
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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 6022
Course Description
This course examines racial and ethnic politics in the United States, highlighting its fundamental and constitutive role in shaping American politics more broadly. We will explore the political origins ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6122, GOVT 6022
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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 Uris Hall G22
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Michener, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Undergraduates must receive permission of instructor in order to enroll.
ASRC 6207
Course Description
This course examines black feminist theories as they are articulated in the cross-cultural experiences of women across the African Diaspora. We will explore a variety of theories, texts and creative encounters ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6465, ENGL 6207, FGSS 6207
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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 Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6322
Course Description
This graduate seminar will explore major currents in historical writing about African-American life and culture in the twentieth century. Focusing on social, intellectual, and labor history, we will identify ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6322, HIST 6322
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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 McGraw Hall 366
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6464
Course Description
This seminar offers students the unique opportunity to explore the abolition movement of upstate New York and to visit and research some of the Underground Railroad routes in Ithaca and the Central New ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3434, ASRC 3434, SHUM 3434
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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
- W Klarman Hall K155
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Aching, G
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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
- W Africana Ctr 203
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Grovogui, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person