printer friendly pageAFRICAAM 40SI: We Are Never Radical Enough. The Personal Philosophy and Politics of Radical Thought
This course seeks to present students with a more accessible view of radical thinks and activists throughout history. This course will examine the politics, philosophy and personal lives of eight scholars, activists and leaders, the course will challenge students to question what radicalism means, where it is rooted and how history and memory create the saints and sinners of the past.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 1-2
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
AFRICAAM 45: Dance Improvisation Techniques and Strategies Lab: From Hip Hop to Contact (DANCE 45)
By learning various dance improvisation forms across cultures, students will develop techniques to gain a deep understanding of generating movement from the inside-out, harnessing that potential for creating dances. Guest dancer/choreographer workshops and Dance Jams enhance the learning experience.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 1
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors:
Hayes, A. (PI)
AFRICAAM 47: History of South Africa (HISTORY 47)
(Same as
HISTORY 147. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 147.) Introduction, focusing particularly on the modern era. Topics include: precolonial African societies; European colonization; the impact of the mineral revolution; the evolution of African and Afrikaner nationalism; the rise and fall of the apartheid state; the politics of post-apartheid transformation; and the AIDS crisis.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Samoff, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 54N: African American Women's Lives (HISTORY 54N)
Preference to freshmen. The everyday lives of African American women in 19th- and 20th-century America in comparative context of histories of European, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women. Primary sources including personal journals, memoirs, music, literature, and film, and historical texts. Topics include slavery and emancipation, labor and leisure, consumer culture, social activism, changing gender roles, and the politics of sexuality.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum, GER:ECGender
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Hobbs, A. (PI)
AFRICAAM 75E: Black Cinema
How filmmakers represent historical and cultural issues in Black cinema.
Terms: offered occasionally
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Units: 2
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
AFRICAAM 105: Introduction to African and African American Studies
Interdisciplinary. Central themes in African American culture and history related to race as a definitive American phenomenon. African survivals and interpretations of slavery in the New World, contrasting interpretations of the Black family, African American literature, and art. Possible readings: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Alice Walker, and bell hooks. Focus may vary each year. This course is a WIM course.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum, GER:ECAmerCul
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Ball, A. (PI)
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Brown, C. (PI)
AFRICAAM 127A: Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History Of The Hip-Hop Arts (CSRE 127A)
This course explores the history and development of the hip-hop arts movement, from its precursor movements in music, dance, visual arts, literature, and folk and street cultures to its rise as a neighborhood subculture in the Bronx in the early 1970s through its local, regional and global expansion and development. Hip-hop aesthetics, structures, and politics will be explored within the context of the movement¿s rise as a post-multicultural form in an era of neoliberal globalization.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Chang, J. (PI)
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Murali, K. (TA)
AFRICAAM 130: Discourse of Liberation and Equity in Communities and Classrooms (EDUC 322)
Issues and strategies for studying oral and written discourse as a means for understanding classrooms, students, and teachers, and teaching and learning in educational contexts. The forms and functions of oral and written language in the classroom, emphasizing teacher-student and peer interaction, and student-produced texts. Individual projects utilize discourse analytic techniques. Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of instructor.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
AFRICAAM 147: History of South Africa (HISTORY 147)
(Same as
HISTORY 47. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 147.) Introduction, focusing particularly on the modern era. Topics include: precolonial African societies; European colonization; the impact of the mineral revolution; the evolution of African and Afrikaner nationalism; the rise and fall of the apartheid state; the politics of post-apartheid transformation; and the AIDS crisis.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Samoff, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 166: Introduction to African American History: The Modern African American Freedom Struggle (AMSTUD 166, HISTORY 166)
This course is an introduction to African-American Political movements of the period after 1930, with special emphasis on mass protest and civil rights activism as well as leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama. The lectures will utilize audio-visual materials extensively, and the exams will cover these materials as well as the traditional lectures. In addition to attending lectures, students are encouraged to undertake research projects.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECAmerCul
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Carson, C. (PI)
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