Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

ASRC 1100

Elementary Swahili provides a foundation in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Swahili (Kiswahili) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7940 ASRC 1100   LEC 001

ASRC 1101

Elementary Swahili provides a foundation in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Swahili (Kiswahili) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7376 ASRC 1101   LEC 001

ASRC 1105

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 19073 ASRC 1105   LEC 001

    • W
    • Bulugu, H

ASRC 1107

This course is intended for students whom will be spending the summer in Tanzania for the Global Health Program.  To prepare students to live and learn in Tanzania, this course will provide an introduction ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7881 ASRC 1107   LEC 001

ASRC 1109

A two-semester beginner's course in Yoruba language and culture. Organized to offer Yoruba language skills and proficiency in speaking, reading, listening, writing, and translation. Focus is placed on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6074 ASRC 1109   SEM 101

    • MTWRF
    • Ademoyo, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6783 ASRC 1109   SEM 102

ASRC 1116

IsiZulu is the most widely spoken language in the Southern African region and it is an official language of South Africa. This two-semester beginners' course emphasizes speaking and listening, and trains ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8935 ASRC 1116   LEC 001

    • MTWRF
    • Feldman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This class will be taught distance learning via teleconference from Columbia University.

ASRC 1118

Wolof is an African language. It is widely spoken in West Africa in countries such as Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania. Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal.  There are strong historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8934 ASRC 1118   LEC 001

    • MTWR
    • Feldman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This class will be taught distance learning via teleconference from Yale University.

ASRC 1202

Provides a thorough grounding in all language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It starts with spoken Arabic and gradually integrates Modern Standard Arabic in the form of listening and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16971 ASRC 1202   SEM 101

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5133 ASRC 1202   SEM 102

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5134 ASRC 1202   SEM 103

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5135 ASRC 1202   SEM 104

ASRC 1500

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 1500GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17097 ASRC 1500   LEC 001

  • This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.

ASRC 1813

This seminar will examine autobiographical writings and advocacy statements and speeches by selected freedom fighters from Black America, Africa and the Caribbean. Through written and oral communication, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17672 ASRC 1813   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ASRC 1831

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18863 ASRC 1831   SEM 101

ASRC 1900

The digital revolution has made an enormous amount of information available to research scholars, but discovering resources and using them effectively can be challenging. This course introduces students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: LSP 1101

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 14942 ASRC 1900   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Library B05
    • Mar 21 - May 11, 2016
    • Cosgrave, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: LSP 1101

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 14966 ASRC 1900   LEC 002

ASRC 2003

Introductory interdisciplinary course focusing on Africa's geographical, ecological, and demographic characteristics; indigenous institutions and values; the triple cultural heritage of Africanity, Islam, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8801 ASRC 2003   LEC 001

ASRC 2006

This course is a seminar focused on a service-learning approach to understanding the history of neoliberal transformations of the global economy through the lens of an island (Jamaica) and a community ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2006

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18009 ASRC 2006   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Baptist, E

ASRC 2111

Intermediate Yoruba II is a follow-up to Intermediate Yoruba I. It is a fourth-semester Yoruba language course. The course assists students to acquire advanced level proficiency in reading, speaking, writing, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6075 ASRC 2111   SEM 101

ASRC 2117

The course is structured around IsiZulu Sanamuhla, a set of web-based learning materials that features Zulu-speaking students and families in South Africa. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9021 ASRC 2117   LEC 001

    • MTWRF
    • Feldman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This class will be taught distance learning via teleconference from Columbia University.

ASRC 2119

The course is structured around IsiZulu Sanamuhla, a set of web-based learning materials that features Zulu-speaking students and families in South Africa. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8936 ASRC 2119   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This class will be taught distance learning via teleconference from Yale University.

ASRC 2200

Sequel to NES 1201-NES 1202. Continued development of the four language skills through extensive use of graded materials on a wide variety of topics. Increased attention is given to developing native-like ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5157 ASRC 2200   SEM 102

ASRC 2204

This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2204RELST 2204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7568 ASRC 2204   SEM 101

ASRC 2212

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2512LSP 2212

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17094 ASRC 2212   SEM 101

ASRC 2235

This undergraduate course introduces the formal and topical innovations that African cinema has experienced since its inception in the 1960s. Sections will explore, among others, Nollywood, sci-fi, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2235ENGL 2935

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17329 ASRC 2235   SEM 101

ASRC 2353

This course explores the changing meaning of American freedom and citizenship in the context of the long struggle for black liberation. Relying on social and political history, it confronts the promise, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2353HIST 2353

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17073 ASRC 2353   SEM 101

ASRC 2380

This course is a hybrid seminar/performance forum that combines scholarly exploration of hip hop musical aesthetics with applied performance. Students will engage in online and in-class discussions of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2380

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18389 ASRC 2380   LEC 001

  • Instructor consent required. Please contact course instructor Catherine Appert at cma249@cornell.edu

ASRC 2411

In this course, we will read and analyze select texts (both oral and written) that were composed between the late 18th century and 2005 by individuals who were enslaved in Africa, and in the United States.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2411HIST 2411

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17076 ASRC 2411   SEM 101

ASRC 2504

The election of Barack Obama to the presidency has raised new questions in the American debate on race, politics, and social science. Has America entered a post-racial society in which racism and inequality ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2504GOVT 2604SOC 2520

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18270 ASRC 2504   LEC 001

ASRC 2512

This course focuses on African American women in the 20th century. The experiences of black women will be examined from a social, practical, communal, and gendered perspective. Topics include the Club ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2512FGSS 2512HIST 2512

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17089 ASRC 2512   LEC 001

ASRC 2525

The course introduces students to the history of African American and African diaspora social movements during much of the twentieth century through a focus on the social and cultural origins of various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2535HIST 2525MUSIC 2525

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17104 ASRC 2525   SEM 101

ASRC 2543

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2543

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17980 ASRC 2543   LEC 001

ASRC 2650

This course will introduce students to the African American literary tradition. Through aesthetic and contextual approaches, we will consider how African American life and culture has defined and constituted ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2650ENGL 2650

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16077 ASRC 2650   SEM 101

ASRC 2670

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2673HIST 2672NES 2670

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8082 ASRC 2670   LEC 001

  • For students interested in an optional 1-credit section taught in Arabic, please enroll in NES 3366.

ASRC 3010

Rice, wheat, and maize are examples of crops that sustained the civilizations in which they were cultivated for centuries. Sugar is different. Not only is sugar cane a relatively recent transplant, originating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 3015

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18345 ASRC 3010   LEC 001

ASRC 3101

Introduces students to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials ranging from poems, short stories, and plays to newspaper articles dealing with social, political, and cultural issues. Emphasis is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7137 ASRC 3101   SEM 101

ASRC 3103

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18322 ASRC 3103   LEC 001

ASRC 3111

This course will help students expand their understanding of the Yoruba language through the communicative approach. We will focus on the four skills, speaking, listening, learning, and writing. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6935 ASRC 3111   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Ademoyo, A

ASRC 3114

The course is structured around IsiZulu Sanamuhla, a set of web-based learning materials that features Zulu-speaking students and families in South Africa. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7969 ASRC 3114   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Feldman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This class will be taught distance learning via teleconference from Columbia University.

ASRC 3120

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Introduction to Africana

  • 18938 ASRC 3120   SEM 101

  • Conducted in Yoruba. Co-requisite ASRC 1500.

ASRC 3400

This course is about being Black throughout the Atlantic world. What constitutes Blackness? What experiences, cultural understandings and social problems shape the identities of people of African descent? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3402ANTHR 3400LSP 3400

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8803 ASRC 3400   SEM 101

ASRC 3401

At the conclusion of World War II, the US ushered in a new international order based on the principles of the Atlantic Charter, which became the basis for the United Nations Charter: including but not ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3401GOVT 3211

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17112 ASRC 3401   SEM 101

ASRC 3404

In recent times there has been a lot more than usual criticism of aid and its consequences in Africa. Many have argued that aid does more harm than good in the recipient countries. At the same time, supporters ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3404

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18698 ASRC 3404   LEC 001

ASRC 3410

In 2007, six members of the French charity organization Zoe's Ark were charged by the government of Chad for child abduction, along with presumed accomplices. The incident highlighted the plight of children ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3414

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17111 ASRC 3410   SEM 101

ASRC 3480

Few areas of cultural expression can rise to the importance of music in Brazilian life.  This seminar-style course employs discussion, critical reading and listening – and hands-on music-making – to investigate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 3480MUSIC 3480PORT 3480

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18390 ASRC 3480   LEC 001

ASRC 3501

This course is a survey of the visual art and material cultural traditions of sub-Saharan Africa. It aims at investigating the different forms of visual artistic traditions in relation to their historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3510

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17113 ASRC 3501   LEC 001

ASRC 3512

Since its establishment during the antebellum era in the slave narrative, autobiography has been a foundational genre in African American literary and cultural history.  Fifty years after the 1966 founding ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3512ENGL 3912

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17123 ASRC 3512   LEC 001

ASRC 3590

This course provides a critical historical interrogation of what Black Marxism author Cedric Robinson called "the Black Radical Tradition." It will introduce students to some of the major currents in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3590HIST 3590

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8662 ASRC 3590   LEC 001

ASRC 3892

The class proposes an introduction to literary theory, with special focus on cultural, postcolonial, and subaltern studies. The comparative reflection will engage between English and French, starting with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3892ROMS 3892

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18020 ASRC 3892   SEM 101

ASRC 4110

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4105ASRC 6110ENGL 4510

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8838 ASRC 4110   SEM 101

ASRC 4211

This course will read the historical archive as literature alongside contemporary and canonical theoretical texts that attempt to negotiate ideas of being and blackness. We will interrogate the position ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17127 ASRC 4211   SEM 101

ASRC 4303

This course examines the rise of nationalism as well as the process and aims of decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa.   It draws on films and a variety of primary and secondary materials in order to illuminate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6303HIST 4303HIST 6303

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17799 ASRC 4303   SEM 101

ASRC 4390

This course focuses on the American South in the nineteenth century as it made the transition from Reconstruction to new forms of social organization and patterns of race relations. Reconstruction will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17805 ASRC 4390   SEM 101

ASRC 4402

This course will explore how women are portrayed in hip hop music and culture, addressing women both as consumers and producers. We will draw on texts that analyze misogyny in hip hop music and music videos, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8886 ASRC 4402   SEM 101

ASRC 4406

The goal of this course is to investigate in-depth the principles of aesthetics and philosophy of African visual arts. The course will offer a critical survey of the different writings and the growing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4642ARTH 6506ASRC 6506

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17115 ASRC 4406   SEM 101

ASRC 4509

Toni Morrison is best known for her body of novels that began with publication of The Bluest Eye in 1970. We will focus on reading novels by Morrison, including The Bluest Eye, Sula (1973), Song of Solomon ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17124 ASRC 4509   SEM 101

ASRC 4516

We will undertake an in-depth study of racial inequality and its relationship to schooling. The course content is centered primarily on the schooling challenges facing Black, Latino, Asian, and Native ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4516ASRC 6516SOC 4520

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18274 ASRC 4516   SEM 101

ASRC 4551

In the seminar "Black in Time" we will explore temporally specific, yet often interconnected iterations of blackness, in an attempt to account for how blackness has been experienced, conceptualized, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4509SHUM 4510

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17500 ASRC 4551   SEM 101

ASRC 4602

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6602

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7840 ASRC 4602   SEM 101

ASRC 4901

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6147 ASRC 4901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Edmondson, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6148 ASRC 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Boyce Davies, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6149 ASRC 4901   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6150 ASRC 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6151 ASRC 4901   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Farred, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6572 ASRC 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6152 ASRC 4901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Richardson, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6153 ASRC 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Byfield, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6785 ASRC 4901   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Gosa, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7336 ASRC 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aching, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7337 ASRC 4901   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Rooks, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7882 ASRC 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • LaBennett, O

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7883 ASRC 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Taiwo, O

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7938 ASRC 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Grovogui, S

ASRC 4903

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6125 ASRC 4903   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Edmondson, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6126 ASRC 4903   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Boyce Davies, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6127 ASRC 4903   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6128 ASRC 4903   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6129 ASRC 4903   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Farred, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6130 ASRC 4903   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Richardson, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6131 ASRC 4903   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Byfield, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6791 ASRC 4903   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Mazrui, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6878 ASRC 4903   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Gosa, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6879 ASRC 4903   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Ademoyo, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7338 ASRC 4903   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Aching, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7339 ASRC 4903   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Rooks, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7623 ASRC 4903   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Bulugu, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7884 ASRC 4903   IND 623

    • TBA
    • LaBennett, O

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7885 ASRC 4903   IND 624

    • TBA
    • Taiwo, O

ASRC 6110

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4105ASRC 4110ENGL 4510

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8894 ASRC 6110   SEM 101

ASRC 6211

This course will read the historical archive as literature alongside contemporary and canonical theoretical texts that attempt to negotiate ideas of being and blackness. We will interrogate the position ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17890 ASRC 6211   SEM 101

ASRC 6303

This course examines the rise of nationalism as well as the process and aims of decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa.   It draws on films and a variety of primary and secondary materials in order to illuminate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4303HIST 4303HIST 6303

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17802 ASRC 6303   SEM 101

ASRC 6320

This seminar represents a sampling of both classic and recent works in the Africana Studies intellectual tradition.  While it is impossible to do justice to such a long, rich, and interdisciplinary body ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6302

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17106 ASRC 6320   SEM 101

ASRC 6391

This course focuses on the American South in the nineteenth century as it made the transition from Reconstruction to new forms of social organization and patterns of race relations. Reconstruction will ... view course details

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  • 17808 ASRC 6391   SEM 101

ASRC 6506

The goal of this course is to investigate in-depth the principles of aesthetics and philosophy of African visual arts. The course will offer a critical survey of the different writings and the growing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4642ARTH 6506ASRC 4406

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17885 ASRC 6506   SEM 101

ASRC 6513

Toni Morrison is best known for her body of novels that began with publication of The Bluest Eye in 1970. We will focus on reading novels by Morrison, including The Bluest Eye, Sula (1973), Song of Solomon ... view course details

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  • 17887 ASRC 6513   SEM 101

ASRC 6516

We will undertake an in-depth study of racial inequality and its relationship to schooling. The course content is centered primarily on the schooling challenges facing Black, Latino, Asian, and Native ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4516ASRC 4516SOC 4520

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18277 ASRC 6516   SEM 101

ASRC 6600

In the 1950s and 1960s, the human capital theory that emphasizes the importance of formal education for achievement of full productive potential of individuals and economic growth and development of countries ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EDUC 5020

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7839 ASRC 6600   SEM 101

ASRC 6602

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4602

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8848 ASRC 6602   SEM 101

ASRC 6901

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6132 ASRC 6901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Edmondson, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6573 ASRC 6901   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Harris, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6133 ASRC 6901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Boyce Davies, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6134 ASRC 6901   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6135 ASRC 6901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6136 ASRC 6901   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Farred, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6574 ASRC 6901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6137 ASRC 6901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Richardson, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6138 ASRC 6901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Byfield, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6792 ASRC 6901   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Gosa, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7340 ASRC 6901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aching, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7341 ASRC 6901   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Rooks, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7886 ASRC 6901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • LaBennett, O

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7887 ASRC 6901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Taiwo, O

ASRC 6903

The seminar is coordinated and supervised by one professor but team taught by three or four faculty members per semester. Each participating faculty member is responsible for a topical segment of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Cultural, Literary, Visual Analysis

  •  8802 ASRC 6903   SEM 101

ASRC 7315

This course traces the ideological legacy of colonialism in the modernizing projects of African nation states and explores how African populations have at times appropriated, negotiated, and resisted this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 7315

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18391 ASRC 7315   SEM 101

ASRC 8901

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6139 ASRC 8901   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Edmondson, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6140 ASRC 8901   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Harris, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6141 ASRC 8901   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Farred, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6142 ASRC 8901   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Boyce Davies, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6143 ASRC 8901   RSC 708

    • TBA
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6144 ASRC 8901   RSC 709

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6145 ASRC 8901   RSC 710

    • TBA
    • Makki, F

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6146 ASRC 8901   RSC 712

    • TBA
    • Richardson, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6793 ASRC 8901   RSC 713

    • TBA
    • Byfield, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6794 ASRC 8901   RSC 714

    • TBA
    • Gosa, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7188 ASRC 8901   RSC 715

    • TBA
    • Aching, G

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7342 ASRC 8901   RSC 716

    • TBA
    • Rooks, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7343 ASRC 8901   RSC 717

    • TBA
    • Woubshet, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7344 ASRC 8901   RSC 718

    • TBA
    • Crawford, M