Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 15, 2016 6:14PM EDT
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Classes
ASRC 1100
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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 375A
Instructors
Bulugu, H
ASRC 1101
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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 254
Instructors
Bulugu, H
ASRC 1107
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall 204
Instructors
Bulugu, H
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
ASRC 1109
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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
- MTWRF Uris Hall 204
Instructors
Ademoyo, A
ASRC 1116
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASRC 1118
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASRC 1202
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1202
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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
Instructors
Huntley, L
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1202
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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
Instructors
Huntley, L
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1202
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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
Instructors
Owayez, K
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1202
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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
Instructors
Owayez, K
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 Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
Farred, G
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Additional Information
This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.
ASRC 1813
Course Description
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
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 Africana Ctr B07
Instructors
Edmondson, L
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
ASRC 1831
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS 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 Uris Hall 331
Instructors
Taiwo, O
ASRC 1900
Course Description
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
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: LSP 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Library B05
- Mar 21 - May 11, 2016
Instructors
Cosgrave, A
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: LSP 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Olin Library 106G
- Mar 21 - May 11, 2016
Instructors
Acree, E
ASRC 2003
Course Description
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
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
- MW Africana Ctr B07
Instructors
Edmondson, L
ASRC 2006
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2006
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASRC 2111
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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 White Hall B04
Instructors
Ademoyo, A
ASRC 2117
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASRC 2119
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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 Uris Hall G44
Instructors
Feldman, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
This class will be taught distance learning via teleconference from Yale University.
ASRC 2200
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2200
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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
Instructors
Huntley, L
ASRC 2204
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2204, RELST 2204
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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
- MWF White Hall 114
Instructors
Younes, M
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
- M Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
ASRC 2235
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2235, ENGL 2935
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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 G44
Instructors
Diabate, N
ASRC 2353
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2353, HIST 2353
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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 350
Instructors
Rickford, R
ASRC 2380
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2380
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Lincoln Hall 140
Instructors
Appert, C
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Additional Information
Instructor consent required. Please contact course instructor Catherine Appert at cma249@cornell.edu
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASRC 2411
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2411, HIST 2411
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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 White Hall 104
Instructors
Greene, S
ASRC 2504
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2504, GOVT 2604, SOC 2520
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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 Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Gosa, T
ASRC 2512
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2512, FGSS 2512, HIST 2512
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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 Rockefeller Hall 230
Instructors
Washington, M
ASRC 2525
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2535, HIST 2525, MUSIC 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
- TR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Gaines, K
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 Rockefeller Hall 132
Instructors
Byfield, J
ASRC 2650
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2650, ENGL 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 Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Mangrum, K
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. 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
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
Instructors
Fahmy, Z
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Additional Information
For students interested in an optional 1-credit section taught in Arabic, please enroll in NES 3366.
ASRC 3010
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 3015
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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 Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Aching, G
ASRC 3101
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3202
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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
Instructors
Owayez, K
ASRC 3103
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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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 204
Instructors
Bulugu, H
ASRC 3111
Course Description
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
ASRC 3114
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASRC 3120
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Introduction to Africana
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 312
Instructors
Ademoyo, A
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Additional Information
Conducted in Yoruba. Co-requisite ASRC 1500.
Department Consent Required (Add)
ASRC 3400
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3402, ANTHR 3400, LSP 3400
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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 Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
LaBennett, O
ASRC 3401
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3401, GOVT 3211
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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 124
Instructors
Grovogui, S
ASRC 3404
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3404
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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 438
Instructors
Taiwo, O
ASRC 3410
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3414
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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 498
Instructors
Grovogui, S
ASRC 3480
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 3480, MUSIC 3480, PORT 3480
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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 Lincoln Hall B20
Instructors
Pond, S
ASRC 3501
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3510
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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
Instructors
Hassan, S
ASRC 3512
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3512, ENGL 3912
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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 111
Instructors
Richardson, R
ASRC 3590
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3590, HIST 3590
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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 Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Rickford, R
ASRC 3892
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3892, ROMS 3892
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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 Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Joubert, C
ASRC 4110
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4105, ASRC 6110, ENGL 4510
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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 111
Instructors
Farred, G
ASRC 4211
Course Description
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
ASRC 4303
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6303, HIST 4303, HIST 6303
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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 145
Instructors
Byfield, J
ASRC 4390
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4039, ASRC 6391, HIST 4390, HIST 6391
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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
- R McGraw Hall 1M01F
Instructors
Washington, M
ASRC 4402
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4402, ANTHR 4102, FGSS 4402, LGBT 4402
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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 Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
LaBennett, O
ASRC 4406
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4642, ARTH 6506, ASRC 6506
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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
Instructors
Hassan, S
ASRC 4509
Course Description
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
ASRC 4516
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4516, ASRC 6516, SOC 4520
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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 104
Instructors
Gosa, T
ASRC 4551
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4509, SHUM 4510
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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 A D White House 110
Instructors
Ray, C
ASRC 4602
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6602
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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 B07
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
ASRC 4901
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
ASRC 4903
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
ASRC 6110
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4105, ASRC 4110, ENGL 4510
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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 111
Instructors
Farred, G
ASRC 6211
Course Description
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
ASRC 6303
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4303, HIST 4303, HIST 6303
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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 145
Instructors
Byfield, J
ASRC 6320
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6302
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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 Sibley Hall 115
Instructors
Gaines, K
ASRC 6391
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4039, ASRC 4390, HIST 4390, HIST 6391
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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
- R McGraw Hall 1M01F
Instructors
Washington, M
ASRC 6506
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4642, ARTH 6506, ASRC 4406
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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 B07
Instructors
Hassan, S
ASRC 6513
Course Description
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
ASRC 6516
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4516, ASRC 4516, SOC 4520
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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 104
Instructors
Gosa, T
ASRC 6600
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: EDUC 5020
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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 160
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
ASRC 6602
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4602
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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 B07
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
ASRC 6901
Course Description
No description available. view course details
ASRC 6903
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Cultural, Literary, Visual Analysis
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Africana Ctr 111
Instructors
Rooks, N
ASRC 7315
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 7315
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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
- T Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Appert, C
ASRC 8901
Course Description
No description available. view course details