Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2016-2017 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - October 16, 2017 11:09AM EDT
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Classes
ASRC 1100
Course Description
Provides an introduction to the Swahili language and culture. In this course, students engage in short conversations and communicative tasks in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes on ... 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 494
Instructors
Bulugu, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1101
Course Description
Increases the ability to comprehend, express, and respond to the communicative tasks assigned inside and outside the classroom on topics pertaining to daily life settings. All listening exercises aim at ... 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 303
Instructors
Bulugu, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 M Van Rensselaer Hall 166N
- Jan 25 - Mar 26, 2017
Instructors
Bulugu, H
- M
- Mar 27 - May 10, 2017
Instructors
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 331
Instructors
Ademoyo, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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: 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 104
Instructors
Huntley, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Huntley, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Huntley, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Alhabian, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 B14
Instructors
Weatherspoon, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1790
Course Description
What is the Caribbean? How did its native inhabitants fared in the aftermath of the arrival of Europeans? How did the region shift from a Spanish Lake to a heavily contested geopolitical site where all ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1970
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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 Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Bassi Arevalo, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 498
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 Ives Hall 217
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 McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 1822
Course Description
The short story is an ideal genre through which one might gain a basic introduction to African American literature and its major themes. As a form and genre, the short story's specific origins within African ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 331
Instructors
Richardson, R
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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 1830
Course Description
We will examine the phenomenon of the global dimensions of post-World War II African American struggles for equality through the writings of black expatriates in Europe and Africa, and the international ... 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 G20
Instructors
Staff
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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 1840
Course Description
No description available. 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 Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Deets, 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 1841
Course Description
No description available. 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
- MW Uris Hall 331
Instructors
Lenoble, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
ASRC 1842
Course Description
This seminar explores issues of injustice constructed around race, class, and food in the United States. Students think critically about real-world problems related to food access and security while studying ... 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
- MW Uris Hall G20
Instructors
Smith, B
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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 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 20 - May 10, 2017
Instructors
Cosgrave, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 20 - May 10, 2017
Instructors
Acree, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
ASRC 2102
Course Description
Intermediate Swahili levels I and II in general impart speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills beyond Swahili elementary level to participate with ease and confidence in familiar topics and exchange ... 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
- MTWR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Bulugu, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Columbia University.
ASRC 2200
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: 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
Wahba, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Wahba, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 106
Instructors
Wahba, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Taught in English. Does not count towards Arts and Sciences language requirement.
ASRC 2220
Course Description
This course begins with the hypothesis that there is not one version of masculinity but rather multiple masculinities, as influenced by race, ethnicity, class, nationality, sexuality, disability and produced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 2230, LGBT 2230
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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
Snorton, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Woubshet, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Rockefeller Hall 230
Instructors
Fahmy, Z
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For students interested in an optional 1-credit section taught in Arabic, please enroll in NES 3366.
ASRC 2870
Course Description
This course examines some major justice movements of the modern era, introducing students to a submerged history that should neither be idealized nor forgotten. One goal will be to connect the ongoing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2870
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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 236
Instructors
Sawyer, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3020
Course Description
Hip Hop Brooklyn. Hipster Brooklyn. Immigrant Brooklyn. Brownstone Brooklyn. This course borrows from hip hop's notion of "representing" to explore popular and cultural understandings of race and place ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3020, ANTHR 3020
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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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3101
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: 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 Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Weatherspoon, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
This 1-credit optional course aims to expand the students' vocabulary, and advance their speaking and reading skills as well as enhance their knowledge and deepen their cultural understanding by supplementing ... 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 494
Instructors
Ademoyo, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Conducted in Yoruba. Co-requisite ASRC 1500.
Department Consent Required (Add)
ASRC 3206
Course Description
This course studies the life experiences and political struggles of black women who have attained political leadership across the African Diaspora. It will study their rise to political power through an ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3606, FGSS 3206
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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 B01
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3220
Course Description
Questions have arisen recently about the wisdom of the 2011 Western intervention in Libya, which resulted in the removal and assassination of Colonel Gaddafi, that country's long-time ruler. The question ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3223, NES 3223
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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
Grovogui, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3330
Course Description
One key question about China's rise as an economic power has been what it does or is doing around the world. In this regard, China observers have taken note of emergence as the largest investors of late ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3333
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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 Uris Hall 204
Instructors
Grovogui, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3333
Course Description
The course looks at the connection between ethics and society. It does so by focusing on the issues raised by the phenomenon of aid, giving or receiving it, and how we understand and react to it. We ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 2941
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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
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3520
Course Description
Drawing on both historical and contemporary readings, this course seeks to reflect on the political and ideological legacies that offer contextualization for the rise of Donald Trump as the leader of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3530, HIST 3502
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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 Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3330
Instructors
Gaines, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- MW Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3740
Course Description
This course will examine a variety of voices in contemporary African American poetry, focusing on works produced in the decades following the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. We will consider how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3742, ENGL 3740
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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 283
Instructors
Woubshet, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 3742
Course Description
When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result. In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3732, ENGL 3742
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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 181
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4066
Course Description
This class considers the capacities and powers of skin in Africa. Students will read classic historical and ethnographic texts about practices involving skin together with range of theoretical approaches ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4106, SHUM 4606
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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 A D White House 110
Instructors
Langwick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4115
Course Description
This course focuses on the complex history related to this famous incident from 1969 and draws on a range of materials, including some of the archival resources available in the John Henrik Clarke Library. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6115
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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 Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4291
Course Description
Marriage was the widely expected norm within African societies. The institution was an important marker of adulthood, linking individuals and lineages in a network of mutual cooperation and support. Marriage ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4291, FGSS 6291, HIST 4291, HIST 6291
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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 Uris Hall 312
Instructors
Byfield, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4310
Course Description
This engaged-learning course offers students a unique chance to gain valuable experience collaborating with a social justice organization in New York City. The class will impart proficiency in the research ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4410, AMST 6410, ANTHR 4711, ANTHR 7711, ASRC 6310
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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 B01
Instructors
LaBennett, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4513
Course Description
A pronounced turn away from utopian discourses has long been felt across multiple academic registers—aspects of queer theory rejecting futurity, portions of the radical left adopting a similar politics ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4513, ENGL 4903
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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 A D White House 110
Instructors
Wilson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 B06
Instructors
Gosa, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 4611
Course Description
The seminar "Screening Blackness" provides a theoretical, cultural, and historical focus on "blackness" in film, media, and visual culture. Considering questions of performance, censorship, embodiment, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4961, SHUM 4611
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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 A D White House 110
Instructors
Sheppard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 6115
Course Description
This course focuses on the complex history related to this famous incident from 1969 and draws on a range of materials, including some of the archival resources available in the John Henrik Clarke Library. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4115
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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 Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6131
Course Description
This course is taught in conjunction with a course of the same title and scope at Yale University with Professor Anne Eller. Over the thirteen weeks, we will engage with new work emerging about the Greater ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6131
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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 Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Bassi Arevalo, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6220
Course Description
What would happen if, instead of taking an instrumentalist view of the ideas of modern African political thinkers, we consider those ideas as indeed they are, attempts by them to proffer answers to the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6461
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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 Africana Ctr B07
Instructors
Taiwo, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6310
Course Description
This engaged-learning course offers students a unique chance to gain valuable experience collaborating with a social justice organization in New York City. The class will impart proficiency in the research ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4410, AMST 6410, ANTHR 4711, ANTHR 7711, ASRC 4310
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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 B01
Instructors
LaBennett, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6322
Course Description
This graduate seminar will explore major currents in historical writing about African-American life and culture in the twentieth century. Focusing on social, intellectual, and labor history, we will identify ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6322, HIST 6322
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Rickford, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 B06
Instructors
Gosa, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Africana Ctr B07
Instructors
Assie-Lumumba, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 6901
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 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 course ... 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 B07
Instructors
Boyce Davies, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASRC 8901
Course Description
No description available. view course details