Afro American Studies
Course Description - Spring 2005
LOWER DIVISION:
AFRO-AM 6 Trends in Black Intellectual Thought (4)
Lecture, three hours; Seminar. Overview of major intellectual
trends that have shaped ways in which Afro-American thinkers
have interpreted experiences of blacks in the U.S., drawing
from such fields as history, philosophy, and literature.
Letter grading.
Instructor: Radcliffe
Dodd 167
MW 3-4:50 pm
ID# 104-018-200
UPPER DIVISION:
AFRO-AM M104B. Afro-American Literature from Harlem
Renaissance to the 1960s. (5)
(Same as English M104B.) Lecture, four hours; discussion,
one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition
3 or 3H. Introductory survey of 20th-century black American
literature from New Negro Movement of post-World War I period
to the 1960s, including oral materials (ballads, blues,
speeches) and fiction, poetry, and essays by authors such
as Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Sterling
Brown, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright,
Ann Petry, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison. P/NP or letter
grading.
Instructor: Yarborough, R.A.
118 Haines Hall
MW 10-11:50 am
Register under discussion section.
Dis 1A
5138 MS
W 12:00-12:50P
ID # 104-316-201
Dis 1B
3178 Bunche
W 12:00-12:50P
ID # 104-316-202
Dis 1C
1749 PAB
W 1:00-1:50P
ID # 104-316-203
Dis 1D
1256 Public Policy
W 1:00-1:50P
ID # 104-316-204
AFRO-AM CM110A. African American Musical Heritage. (4)
(Formerly numbered M110A.) (Same as Ethnomusicology CM110A.)
(Concurrently scheduled with course CM210A.) Lecture, four
hours; discussion, one hour. Study of African music and
its impact on Americas; survey of development of various
African American musical genres from slave era to the present,
including traditions in West Indies and Central and South
America. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Djedje, J.C.
1420 SMB
(Lec) TR 11-12:50 pm
Dis 1A
1344 SMB
F 1-1:50 pm
ID # 104-340-201
AFRO-AM CM112D. African American Art. (4)
(Same as Art History CM112D.) (Concurrently scheduled with
course CM212D.) Lecture, three hours. Detailed inquiry into
work of 20th-century African American artists whose works
provide insightful and critical commentary about major features
of American life and society, including visits to various
key African American art institutions in Los Angeles. P/NP
or letter grading.
Instructor: Von Blum, P.
161 Dodd
MW 12-1:50 pm
ID # 104-355-200
AFRO-AM M158C. Introduction to Afro-American History.
(4)
(Same as History M150C.) Lecture, three hours; discussion,
one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of Afro-American
experience, with emphasis on three great transitions of
Afro-American life: transition from Africa to New World
slavery, transition from slavery to freedom, and transition
from rural to urban milieus. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Brown, S.D.
1209B Bunche
MW 3:30-4:45 pm
Register under discussion section.
Dis 1A
1256 Public Policy
M 5:00-5:50pm
ID # 104-597-201
Dis 1B
2288 Franz
T 10:00-10:50am
ID # 104-597-202
Dis 1C
1256 Public Policy
T 1:00-1:50pm
ID # 104-597-203
Dis 1D
3115 Rolfe
R 3:00-3:50pm
ID # 104-597-204
Dis 1E
3115 Rolfe
R 4:00-4:50pm
ID # 104-597-205
Dis 1F
2288 Franz
W 5:00-5:50pm
ID # 104-597-206
AFRO-AM M159P. Constructing Race. (4)
(Same as Anthropology M159P and Asian American Studies M169.)
(May be substituted for Anthro M164 from Winter 05.) Lecture,
three hours. Examination of race, a socially constructed
category, from anthropological perspective. Consideration
of development of racial categories over time and in different
regions, racial passing, multiracial identity in the U.S.,
whiteness, race in popular culture, and race and identity.
P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Park
Pub Pol 1222
W 11 am–1:50 pm
ID # 104-640-200
AFRO-AM M173. Nonviolence and Social Movements. (4)
(Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M173 and Labor and
Workplace Studies M173.) Lecture, three hours; discussion,
one hour. Overview of nonviolence and its impact on social
movements both historically and in its present context in
contemporary society, featuring lectures, conversations,
films, readings, and guest speakers. Exploration of some
historic contributions of civil rights struggles and role
of nonviolent action throughout recent U.S. history. Examination
of particular lessons of nonviolent movements as they impact
social change organizing in Los Angeles. P/NP or letter
grading.
Instructor: Lawson, J.M.
1234 Public Policy
M 2-4:50 pm
Register under discussion section number.
Dis 1A
2238 Public Policy
T 10:00-10:50am
ID # 104-738-201
Dis 1B
2242 Public Policy
M 9:00-9:50am
ID # 104-738-202
Dis 1C
3134 Rolfe
W 10:00-10:50pm
ID # 104-738-203
Dis 1D
2242 Public Policy
R 1:00-1:50pm
ID # 104-738-204
AFRO-AM M178. Sociology of Caribbean. (4)
(Same as Sociology M178.) Lecture, three hours; discussion,
one hour. Limited to juniors/seniors. Historical sociology
of Caribbean, with emphasis on colonialism and decolonization,
development and underdevelopment, race-making institutions
and evolution of race relations, nationalism and migration.
P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Ayala, C.J.
2214 Public Policy
MW 10-11:50 am
ID# 104-768-200
AFRO-AM C191. Variable Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 1: Afrocentricity (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C291.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on Afrocentricity.
Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project.
This course is designed to introduce Afrocentric School
of Thought or Discipline of Africalogy to Upper division
and Graduate students in the IDP Program of the UCLA bunche
Center for African American Studies. Letter grading.
Instructor: Ayele, N.
A 139 Fowler
TR 9-10:45 am
ID# 104-846-201
AFRO-AM C191. Variable Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 2: African Ritual Arts of the North American Diaspora
(4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C291.) Seminar, four hours. Examination of the changes and
transformations African religious sensitivities underwent,
as it became an African-American religious expression and
experience. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating
project. Letter grading.
Instructor: Flores-Pena, Y.M.
1234 Pub Pol
MW 12-1:50 pm
ID# 104-846-202
AFRO-AM C191. Variable Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 3: Race & Representation (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C291.) Seminar, four hours. This seminar examines televisual
discourses of race, both historical and contemporary. It
analyzes links between the representation of race relations
on television and the social practices beyond it. (Restricted
to Seniors only.) Letter grading.
Instructor: Kim, L.S.
2134 Rolfe
W 2-4:50 pm
ID# 104-846-203
AFRO-AM C191. Variable Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 5: Introduction to Afro-American Studies (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C291)
Seminar, four hours. This course is an overview of African
American culture. It examines the rich heritage that began
long before slavery and has continued long after it. The
course also trends in African American Studies as a discipline.
Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project.
Letter grading.
Instructor: Gant-Britton, L
3126 Rolfe
F 10:00-12:50pm
ID # 104-846-205
AFRO-AM C191. Variable Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 6: Creative Non-Fiction (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C291)Seminar, four hours. Introduction to the methods of
writing the personal essay in many of its various forms:
documentary, biographical and journalistic. Reading, discussion,
and development of culminating project. Letter grading.
Instructor: Tervalon, J.
A 74 Haines
T 6:00-8:50pm
ID # 104-846-206
GRADUATE:
AFRO-AM M200E. Studies in Afro-American Literature.
(4)
(Same as English M262.) Lecture, four hours. Intensive research
and study of major themes, issues, and writers in Afro-American
literature. Discussions and research on aesthetic, cultural,
and social backgrounds of Afro-American writing. May be
repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.
Instructor: Yarborough, R.A.
3112 Rolfe
T 9-11:50 am
ID# 504-014-200
AFRO-AM CM210A. African American Musical Heritage (4)
(Same as Ethnomusicology CM210A.) (Concurrently scheduled
with course CM110A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one
hour. Study of African music and its impact on Americas;
survey of development of various African American musical
genres from slave era to the present, including traditions
in West Indies and Central and South America. S/U or letter
grading.
Instructor: Djedje, J.C.
1420 SMB
(Lec) TR 11-12:50 pm
Dis 1A
1344 SMB
F 1-1:50 pm
ID # 504-060-201
AFRO-AM M211. Seminar: African American Music (4)
(Same as Ethnomusicology M211.) Seminar, three hours. Requisites:
Ethnomusicology CM110A, CM110B. Designed for graduate students.
Intensive investigation of problems, theories, and methods
of research related to study of African American music.
Emphasis on relationship of problems to representative styles
of African American music. Letter grading.
Instructor: Keyes, C.L.
1846 SMB
M 3-5:50 pm
ID# 504-066-200
AFRO-AM CM212D. African American Art (4)
(Same as Art History CM212D.) (Concurrently scheduled with
course CM112D.) Lecture, three hours. Detailed inquiry into
work of 20th-century African American artists whose works
provide insightful and critical commentary about major features
of American life and society, including visits to various
key African American art institutions in Los Angeles. S/U
or letter grading.
Instructor: Von Blum, P.
161 Dodd
MW 12-1:50 pm
ID# 504-075-200
AFRO-AM M252S. Constructing Race (4)
(Same as Anthropology M252S.) Seminar, three hours. Examination
of social construction of race from anthropological perspective
in order to refine understanding of ways this category has
had and continues to have concrete impact in the U.S. Exploration
of range of topics, including role discipline of anthropology
has played in construction of race, representations of race
in popular culture, instability of race revealed in passing
and debates about multiracial identity, construction of
whiteness, and emergence of identity politics. S/U or letter
grading.
Instructor: Mahon, M.E.
3165 Bunche
W 11:00-1:50 pm
ID# 504-312-200
AFRO-AM 270A Research Methods in African American Studies.
(4)
Seminar, three hours. Overview of research methodologies
in humanities and social sciences, with firsthand reports
from faculty in various fields. Introduction to research
in and related to Afro-American studies and application
of such research. Letter grading.
Instructor: Brown, S.
1222 Public Policy
M 11-1:50 pm
ID# 504-411-200
AFRO-AM C291. Special Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 1: Afrocentricity (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C191.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on Afrocentricity.
Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project.
This course is designed to introduce Afrocentric School
of Thought or Discipline of Africalogy to Upper division
and Graduate students in the IDP Program of the UCLA bunche
Center for African American Studies. Letter grading.
Instructor: Ayele, N.
A 139 Fowler
TR 9:30-10:45 am
ID# 504-546-201
AFRO-AM C291. Special Topics in Afro-American Studies.
Sem 2: African Ritual Arts of the North American Diaspora
(4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C191.) Seminar, four hours. Examination of the changes and
transformations African religious sensitivities underwent,
as it became an African-American religious expression and
experience. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating
project. Letter grading.
Instructor: Flores-Pena, Y.M.
1234 Public Policy
MW 12-1:50 pm
ID# 504-546-202
AFRO-AM C291. Special Topics in Afro-American Studies. Sem
3: Race & Representation (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C191.) Seminar, four hours. This seminar examines televisual
discourses of race, both historical and contemporary. It
analyzes links between the representation of race relations
on television and the social practices beyond it. Letter
grading.
Instructor: Kim, L.S.
2134 Rolfe
W 2-4:50 pm
ID# 504-546-203
AFRO-AM C291. Special Topics in Afro-American Studies. Sem
6: Creative Non-Fiction (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) (Concurrently scheduled with course
C191)Seminar, four hours. Introduction to the methods of
writing the personal essay in many of its various forms:
documentary, biographical and journalistic. Reading, discussion,
and development of culminating project. Letter grading.
Instructor: Tervalon, J.
A 74 Haines
T 6:00-8:50pm
ID # 504-546-206
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