Afro American Studies
Course Description - Summer 2006

SESSION A

AFRO-AM M166. Afro-American Sociolinguistics: Black English. (4)
(Same as Anthropology M145.) Lecture, three hours. Basic information on Black American English, an important minority dialect in the U.S. Social implications of minority dialects examined from perspectives of their genesis, maintenance, and social functions. General problems and issues in fields of sociolinguistics examined through a case-study approach. Letter grading.
Instructor: Alim, H.S.
Royce 362
W 10:00am - 2:00pm
104-685-110

SESSION B
(none available)

SESSION C

AFRO-AM M107. CULTRAL HISTORY OF RAP. (4)
(Same as Ethnomusicology M119.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to development of rap music and hip-hop culture, with emphasis on musical and verbal qualities, philosophical and political ideologies, gender representation, and influences on cinema and popular culture. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Johnson, B.J.
SMB 1439
TR 1:00-2:20 pm
104-328-130

AFRO-AM M158E. African American Nationalism in First Half of the 20th Century. (4)
(Same as History M150E.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Critical examination of African American search in first half of the 20th century for national/group cohesion through collectively built institutions, associations, organized protest movements, and ideological self-definition. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Hill, R.A.
Royce 162
W 10:00am - 1:50pm
104-599-130