Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2017-2018 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - February 16, 2018 10:59AM EST
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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 104
Instructors
Lawandow, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 1201
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF White Hall B02
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 B02
Instructors
Owayez, K
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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 110
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
Instructors
Owayez, K
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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 106
Instructors
Barakat, R
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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 B02
Instructors
Barakat, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1500
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas. This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 1500, GOVT 1503
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.
ASRC 1816
Course Description
An examination of selected works by Zora Neale Hurston which allows the students to study this writer and simultaneously address issues of self-invention, creativity, the imagination and the writing of ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
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 Africana Ctr 111
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://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
ASRC 1846
Course Description
The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan and the protests at Standing Rock are among the recent moments of social unrest concerning development. Communities around the globe are facing rising inequalities, and ... 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 189
Instructors
Pendergrast, T
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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://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
ASRC 1847
Course Description
In the context of this course, we will "remap" the cartographical boundaries of the circum-Caribbean to include the U.S. Gulf South. Historically speaking, the Caribbean and the American South have been ... 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 G22
Instructors
Smith, M
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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://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
ASRC 1996
Course Description
This seminar and its accompanying immersion offer undergraduates the unique opportunity to explore the abolition movement of upstate New York. This course provides an introductory examination of antebellum ... view course details
Seven Week - Second.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Africana Ctr 111
- Oct 9 - Dec 1, 2017
Instructors
Aching, G
Miller, A
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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
- MTWF White Hall 110
Instructors
Younes, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2160
Course Description
Prepare to be challenged in this course exploring the historic and contemporary dynamics of the African American family in U.S. society. From the African Diaspora to the Cosby Show, we will focus on the ... view course details
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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
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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
- TR Africana Ctr B07
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2350
Course Description
This course explores the history and significance of musical performance in the African Diaspora. What specific cultural practices survived the Middle Passage, and how were they transformed in the New ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2350
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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 Lincoln Hall B21
Instructors
Appert, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2674
Course Description
This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2747, HIST 2674, NES 2674
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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 M Van Rensselaer Hall G73
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 Lincoln Hall B08
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
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 181
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 G19
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
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 110
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 Lincoln Hall 117
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 114
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 2770
Course Description
This team-taught course uses literature and popular culture, alongside literary, social, and cultural theory to consider how people from different cultures encounter and experience each other. The course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2770, ENGL 2770, LSP 2770
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Diaz, E
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3031
Course Description
This course will examine the "age of democratic revolutions" in the Americas from the perspective of the Black Atlantic. During this momentous era, when European monarchies were successfully challenged ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3032, HIST 3031, LATA 3031
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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 122
Instructors
Washington, M
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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
Instructors
Weatherspoon, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3340
Course Description
Ideas change the world. Sometimes the same ideas can do tremendous good and also cause great suffering. In this course we will consider violence and revolutionary changes through the prism of British 17th ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3340
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3350
Course Description
Beyoncé's trajectory from Houston, Texas as a member of the group Destiny's Child to international fame and superstardom and a successful career as a solo singer, actress, clothing designer and entrepreneur ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3355, ENGL 3950, FGSS 3350
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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 G76-Lewis
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3470
Course Description
To what extent is New York City part of the Caribbean? This course explores the ways in which writers from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic write New York, whether as tourists, residents, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3475, LATA 3470, LSP 3470, SPAN 3470
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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 366
Instructors
McDaniel, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3501
Course Description
This course is a survey of the visual artistic traditions of Africa. It investigates the different forms of visual art in relation to their historical and socio-cultural context. The symbolism and complexity ... 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 B07
Instructors
Hassan, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3511
Course Description
In this debate-format exploration of the most polarizing topics in hip hop, we'll examine the intersection of urban culture and American values. Does hip hop glorify violence, or simply reflect the reality ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3511
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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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3652
Course Description
What impact did Africa's involvement in the slave trade and its colonization by Europe have on its long-term economic health? What role have post-independence political decisions made within Africa and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3652
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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 McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Greene, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3975
Course Description
Are you an Afropolitan? Are you a Cosmopolitan? Perhaps yes, perhaps no? How is afropolitanism different from cosmopolitanism, diaspora, or pan-africanism? How about finding it out while exploring the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3975, ENGL 3975
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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 Morrill Hall 404
Instructors
Diabate, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3999
Course Description
This course explores the rich and diverse history of African American filmmaking. Focusing on films written and/or directed by African Americans, this seminar traces the history of filmmaking from the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3461, PMA 3461, VISST 3461
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4212
Course Description
Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during the antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4212, ENGL 4912, FGSS 4212
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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
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
In Fall 2017 this course will run as The Rabinor Seminar in American Studies.
ASRC 4514
Course Description
This course examines the intersection of Africana/Black Studies and Postcolonial Studies. Although the two fields are often perceived as being distinct from one another, in reality they overlap in significant ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4514, ARTH 6514, ASRC 6514
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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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4547
Course Description
In this seminar we will explore the Ottoman Empire's presence in the continent, and the continent's influence on the rest of the Ottoman Empire. In addition to the focus on the history of Ottoman North ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6547, HIST 4547, HIST 6547, NES 4547, NES 6547
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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 Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Minawi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4606
Course Description
The family, as a social institution, is structured according to historical, socio-economic, political, and cultural factors. Course topics include the concepts of the nuclear and extended family, the roles, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6066, SOC 4780
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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 Africana Ctr 111
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4733
Course Description
How should decent, anti-racist people respond to the new racialized white identities that have emerged recently in Europe and the United States? What alternative conceptions of whiteness are available? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4733, AMST 6733, ENGL 4733, ENGL 6733
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Mohanty, S
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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
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
ASRC 6010
Course Description
This graduate seminar will examine direct and indirect claims by W.E.B. DuBois, Franz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter, and Hortense Spillers for sociogeny as both a critique of and supplement to psychoanalytical ... 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
- T Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Aching, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6011
Course Description
We will consider a selection of recent scholarship on some of the main issues of African American and Africana Studies. The African American Intellectual tradition is so vast, that our readings ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6011
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Africana Ctr 111
Instructors
Gaines, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6066
Course Description
The family, as a social institution, is structured according to historical, socio-economic, political, and cultural factors. Course topics include the concepts of the nuclear and extended family, the roles, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4606, SOC 4780
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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 Africana Ctr 111
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6514
Course Description
This course examines the intersection of Africana/Black Studies and Postcolonial Studies. Although the two fields are often perceived as being distinct from one another, in reality they overlap in significant ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4514, ARTH 6514, ASRC 4514
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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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6547
Course Description
In this seminar we will explore the Ottoman Empire's presence in the continent, and the continent's influence on the rest of the Ottoman Empire. In addition to the focus on the history of Ottoman North ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4547, HIST 4547, HIST 6547, NES 4547, NES 6547
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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 Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Minawi, M
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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
- M Morrill Hall 404
Instructors
Rooks, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person