Afro American Studies
Course Description - Fall 2004

LOWER DIVISION:

Sociology M5. Social Organization of Black Communities. (5)
REQUIREMENT FOR AFRO-AM MINOR
(Same as Afro-American Studies M5.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; field trips. Analysis and interpretation of social organization of black communities, with focus on origins and development of black communities, competing theories and research findings, defining characteristics and contemporary issues. Letter grading.
Instructor: Hunt, D. M.
100 Moore
TR 11:00 - 12:15 p.m.
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UPPER DIVISION:

AAS M104A Early Afro-American Literature. (5)
(Same as English M104A.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of black American literature from the 18th century through World War I, including oral and written forms (folktales, spirituals, sermons; fiction, poetry, essays), by authors such as Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Frances Harper, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chesnutt, Booker T. Washington, and Pauline Hopkins. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Yarborough, R. A.
2270 Pub Pol
MW 2:00 - 3:50 p.m.
ID# 104-314-200

AAS M107 Cultural History of Rap. (4)
(Same as Ethnomusicology M119.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to development of rap music and allied forms, 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: Keyes, C. L.
1100 SMB
MW 9:00 -10:50 a.m.
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AAS M158D Afro-American Urban History: Funk Music & Black Pop Culture. (4)
(Same as History M150D.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of black social and political life in selected American urban settings from 1945 to the present, with emphasis on impact of recent social and political movements such as civil rights, black power, black feminism, and hip hop. Use of secondary historical literature as well as primary source materials from that period. P/NP or letter grading. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Brown, S. D.
121 Dodd
MW 3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
ID# 104-598-200

AAS M167A Seminar 1 Interracial Dynamics. (5)
(Same as Asia Am M167A, Chicano M167A, GE CLUST 20A) Seminar, two hours. Enforced corequisite: GE Clusters 20A lecture. Not open to freshmen or students with credit for GE Clusters 20A and/or 20B. Examination of nature and meaning of race, racism, and interracial dialogues in the U.S. through various disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, literary criticism, and film studies. Race as social and historical category that shapes contemporary American life. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Zhou, M.
P349 De Neve
R 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
ID# 104-702-200

AAS M167A Seminar 2 Interracial Dynamics. (5)
(Same as Asia Am M167A, Chicano M167A, GE CLUST 20A) Seminar, two hours. Enforced corequisite: GE Clusters 20A lecture. Not open to freshmen or students with credit for GE Clusters 20A and/or 20B. Examination of nature and meaning of race, racism, and interracial dialogues in the U.S. through various disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, literary criticism, and film studies. Race as social and historical category that shapes contemporary American life. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Zhou, M.
P349 De Neve
R 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
ID# 104-702-202

AAS M179A Neo-Slave Narratives of the African Diaspora. (5)
(Same as English M179A.) Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in Afro-American literature. Topics include the Harlem Renaissance; Afro-American Literature in the Nadir, 1890 to 1914; Contemporary Afro-American Fiction. This course looks at contemporary novels about slavery - a genre that has been called neo-slave narrative. We will examine the interest in recovering the imaginative universe inhabited by slaves, as well as concerns about the ability of contemporary writers to recover forgotten voices of slaves. We will also look at their anxieties about the status of fiction in relation to testimony, history, and ethnography. The course juxtaposes historical and contemporary representations of slavery to try and understand the cultural politics at work in neo-slave narratives. We will look at some canonical slave narratives and analyze theories about slavery, memory, and the literary imagination. Taking up Toni Morrison’s suggestion that slavery is the site of the violent birth of modernity, this course will raise questions about relationships between race and the realist novel, cultural nationalism and diaspora, and history, historiography, and literature. Frequent class participation is required in addition to a series of short papers, an oral report, and a final paper. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Goyal, Y.
3114 Rolfe
M 12-2:50 p.m.
ID# 104-774-200

Wom Std 185 Special Topics-Women’s Studies. (4)
(Concurrent with C191 Seminar 6) Lecture, three hours. Preparation: one prior women's studies course. Designed for juniors/seniors. Specialized or advanced study in an area within women's studies. May be repeated for credit with topic and/or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Cones, J.
2333 Pub Pol
W 4:00 – 6:50 p.m.
ID# 367-810-200

****NO C191 SEM 1 Cancelled****

C191 Seminar 2 Intraracial Differences in 20th Century Black America. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) This course is designed to discuss the evolution of black divergence within the African American community by focusing essentially on the evolution of differences--specifically class differences--that have minimized black progress when compared with other races and cultures like Asians and Jews. Considerable time will be spent discussing the origins and plight of lower class blacks in stark juxtaposition with black leadership and African Americans occupying a higher socioeconomic level. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. Letter grading.
Instructor: Nelson, V. H.
3175 Bunche
TR 3:00-4:30 p.m.
ID# 104-846-202

C191 Seminar 3 Race and the Law. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Seminar, four hours. Selected topics. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. Letter grading. Selected topics regarding racial elements of key contemporary legal issues in the U.S.
Instructor: Harris, C. I.
2238 Pub Pol
T 3:00-4:50 p.m.
ID# 104-846-203

C191 Seminar 4 Undergraduate Advanced Historiography: Afro-American. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101. Concurrently scheduled with course C291.) Seminar, four hours. Selected topics. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading. Research systems and methodologies in African American history. Undergraduate study concurrent with graduate Advanced Historiography seminar.
Instructor: Stevenson, B.
3134 Rolfe
M 9:00 a.m. - 11:50 p.m.
ID# 104-846-204

C191 Seminar 5 African American Film. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Seminar, four hours. Examination of history and development of African American cinema and television. Primary emphasis is on analysis of treatments of blacks in film. Selected topics. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. Letter grading.
Instructor: VonBlum, P.
A139 Fowler
MW 2:00 – 3:50 p.m.
ID# 104-846-205

C191 Seminar 6 Psychology of Race and Gender. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Seminar, four hours. Variable topics. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. Letter grading. This course will explore the dynamic influences that form the subjective experience and personal agency of African American men and women. The course focuses on the social context and internal experience of African Americans to illustrate the impact of gender and racial socialization on identity development specifically and human behavior generally. Students will gain an understanding of the personal strivings, coping choices and consequences that comprise the lived experience of many African Americans.
Instructor: Cones, J.
2333 Pub Pol
W 4:00 – 6:50 p.m.
ID# 104-846-206

GRADUATE:

M200A Advanced Historiography: Afro-American. (4)
(Same as History M200V.) Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.
Instructor: Stevenson, B.
3134 Rolfe
M 9:00 a.m. - 11:50 p.m.
ID# 504-010-200

****NO C291 SEM 1****

C291 Seminar 2 Intraracial Differences in 20th Century Black America. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) This course is designed to discuss the evolution of black divergence within the African American community by focusing essentially on the evolution of differences--specifically class differences--that have minimized black progress when compared with other races and cultures like Asians and Jews. Considerable time will be spent discussing the origins and plight of lower class blacks in stark juxtaposition with black leadership and African Americans occupying a higher socioeconomic level. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. Letter grading.
Instructor: Nelson, V.H.
3175 Bunche
TR 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
ID# 504-546-202

C291 Seminar 3 Race and the Law. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) Seminar, four hours. Selected topics regarding racial elements of key contemporary legal issues in the U.S. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C191. Letter grading.
Instructor: Harris, C.
2238 Pub Pol
T 3:00 - 4:50 p.m.
ID# 504-546-203

****NO C291 SEM 4****

C291 Seminar 5 African American Film. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) Seminar, four hours. Examination of history and development of African American cinema and television. Primary emphasis is on analysis of treatments of blacks in film. Selected topics. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C191. Letter grading.
Instructor: VonBlum, P.
A139 Fowler
MW 2:00 – 3:50 p.m.
ID# 504-546-205