Afro American Studies
Course Description - Summer 2005

Session A

AFRO-AM 99. Student Research Program. (1-2)
Tutorial (supervised research or other scholarly work), three hours per week per unit. Entry-level research for lower division students under guidance of faculty mentor. Students must be in good academic standing and enrolled in minimum of 12 units (excluding this course). Individual contract required; consult Undergraduate Research Center. May be repeated. P/NP grading.
Instructor: VonBlum, P.
ID# 104297201

AFRO-AM M158B. Introductory to Afro-American History. (4)
(Same as History M150B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). 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: Stevenson, B.
Public Policy 1246
TR 1:00–3:05 pm
ID# 104596110

Session B

***No Course Offer***

Session C

AFRO-AM 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: Johnson, B.J.
SMB 1439
TR 1:00–2:20 pm
F 1:00-2:00 pm
ID# 104328130

AFRO-AM M158E. African American Nationalism in First Hall 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 10:00–1:50 pm
ID# 104599130

AFRO-AM 199. Directed Research or Senior Project in Afro-American Studies. (2-4)
Tutorial, to be arranged with faculty member who directs study. Preparation: 3.0 grade-point average in major. Limited to juniors/seniors. Supervised individual research or investigation of large project under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. Eight units may be applied toward major requirements. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: VonBlum, P.
ID# 104894201