Afro American Studies
Course Description - Winter 2006

LOWER DIVISION COURSES

History 10B. History of Africa: 1800 to the Present (5)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Exploration of development of African societies from earliest times to the late 18th century. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Cole, G.
Location: Bunche 2209A
MWF 11-11:50
ID#: 221-065-200

AFRO-AM M5. Social Organization of Black Communities. (5)
(Same as Sociology 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.
Location: MS 5200
TR 11:00AM - 12:15PM
ID#: 104-015-200

UPPER DIVISION COURSES

AFRO-AM M103A. African American Theater History: Slavery to Mid-1800s. (4)
(Same as Theater M103A.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of extant materials on history and literature of theater as developed and performed by African American artists in America from slavery to the mid-1800s. Letter grading.
Instructor: Freeman, B.S.
Location: MacGown
F 12:00-2:50PM
ID#: 104-310-200

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.
Location: Haines 220
TR 2:00 – 3:50PM
ID#: 104-316-200

AFRO-AM M114E. Malcolm X and Black Liberation. (4)
(Same as Political Science M114E.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of black radicalism in the mid-20th century, with special attention to contribution of Malcolm X and black nationalism to African American liberation movement. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Wolfenstein, V.
Location: Pub Pol 2270
MW 3:00 – 4:50PM
ID#: 104-366-200

AFRO-AM M118. Student-Initiated Retention and Outreach Issues in Higher Education. (4)
(Formerly numbered M197R.) (Same as American Indian Studies M118, Asian American Studies M168, and Chicana and Chicano Studies M118.) Lecture, four hours. Exploration of issues in outreach and retention of students in higher education, especially through student-initiated programs, efforts, activities, and services, with focus on UCLA as a case. Letter grading.
Instructor: Macias, R.
Location: SAC B2
F 10:00AM – 1:50PM
ID#: 104-408-200

AFRO-AM M144B. Ethnic Politics: African-American Politics. (4)
(Same as Political Science M144B.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Preparation: one 140-level political science course or one upper division course on race or ethnicity from history, psychology, or sociology. Requisite: Political Science 40. Designed for juniors/seniors. Emphasis on dynamics of minority group politics in the U.S., touching on conditions facing racial and ethnic groups, with black Americans being primary case for analysis. Three primary objectives: (1) to provide descriptive information about social, political, and economic conditions of black community, (2) to analyze important political issues facing black Americans, (3) to sharpen students' analytical skills. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Sawyer, M.
Location: Haines 220
TR 12:30 – 1:45PM
ID#: 104-460-200

AFRO-AM M145. Ellingtonia. (4)
(Same as Ethnomusicology M111.) Lecture, three hours. Music of Duke Ellington, his life, and far-reaching influence of his efforts. Ellington's music, known as "Ellingtonia," is one of the largest and perhaps most important bodies of music ever produced in the U.S. Covers the many contributions of other artists who worked with Ellington, such as composer Billy Strayhorn and musicians Johnny Hodges, Cooties Williams, and Mercer Ellington. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Burrell, K.
Location: SMB 1344
R 2:00 – 4:50PM
ID#: 104-465-200

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: Radcliffe, K.
Location: Bunche 3175
MW 2:00 – 3:15PM
ID#: 104-599-200

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.
Location: Rolfe 2135
MW 9:30 – 10:45AM
ID#: 104-685-200

AFRO-AM M167B. Interracial Dynamics in American Society and Culture. (5)
(Same as Asian American Studies M167B and Chicana and Chicano Studies M167B.) Seminar, two hours. Enforced corequisite: GE Clusters 20B 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.
Instructors: Decker, Ortiz, V. / Agamba, J.J.
GE Cluster
DeNeve P350
TR 12:30-1:45PM
    Seminar 1
    Location: DeNeve P349
    T 2:00-3:50PM
    ID#: 104-703-201
    Seminar 2
    Location: DeNeve P349
    R 2:00-3:50PM
    ID#: 104-703-202

AFRO-AM M179A. Topics in Afro-American Literature. (5)
Seminar: Slavery and Black Women Writers.
(Formerly numbered M179A.) (Same as English M179A.) Seminar, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in Afro-American literature. Topics include Harlem Renaissance; Afro-American Literature in Nadir, 1890 to 1914; Contemporary Afro-American Fiction. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
Instructor: Goyal, Y.
Location: Pub Pol 2319
W 3:00 – 5:50PM
ID#: 104-774-200

AFRO-AM C191. Sem 1: Intraracial Differences in 20th Century Black America. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. 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. Letter grading.
Instructor: Nelson, V (Berky).
Location: Bunche 3150
MW 10:00 – 11:50AM
ID#: 104-846-201

AFRO-AM C191. Sem 2: Narrative Knowing in African America: A Psychology of the Self. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Philosophical traditions in the African and the African American community reflect a constructivist paradigm of social inquiry. Multicultural critiques of the conventional paradigm of inquiry used in the academy describe epistemological shortcomings that frustrate rigorous attempts to understand the lived experience of African American research subjects. The individual is embedded in an intrapersonal, familial, social, political, and historical context. The agency and human potential of African Americans can be appreciated from a systematic examination of the subject’s attempts to make meaning of these contexts. The gap between social science and humanities is traversed when narrative methods are allowed to serve the human and philosophical needs of the subject. In this class you will review the multicultural critiques and explore the use of narrative methods to illustrate the relationship between autobiographical memory, identity and community. The class texts and readings will address the theoretical and practical issues involved in conducting qualitative research generally and narrative procedures specifically. Seminar, four hours. Variable topics. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C201. Letter grading. Letter grading.
Instructor: Cones, J.
Location: Hershey 1601
W 6:00 – 8:50PM
ID#: 104-846-202

AFRO-AM C191. SEM 3: Advanced Historiography: Afro-American. (4)
(Concurrent with History M200A.) Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit.
Mandatory for Afro-American Studies M.A. students. Seminar includes a literature view of crucial texts in African American history. Letter grading.
Restriction: Juniors and Seniors
Instructor: Ayele, N.
Location: Haines A82
TR 2:00 – 3:50PM
ID#: 504-010-200

AFRO-AM C191. Sem 4: Los Angeles Journalism. (4)
This course will examine principles of sound journalistic practice; evolving concepts of journalism and new manifestations of journalism. Working journalists and editors will present real world assessments of where journalism is heading. Journalistic representation of the ethnic communities of Los Angeles will be of particular interest. Students will be expected to develop a journalistic/literary piece worthy of publication. Letter Grading
Instructor: Tervalon, J.
Location: Rolfe 154
T 6:00-8:50PM
ID#: 104-846-204

AFRO-AM C191. Sem 5: Black in the West. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Seminar, two hours. Research seminar on selected topics in Afro-American studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C291. Letter grading.
Instructor: Brenda Stevenson
Location: Public Policy 2242
TR 9:30-10:45AM
ID#: 104-846-205

AFRO-AM C191. Sem 6:
(NO UNDERGRAD SEMINAR. BUT THERE IS A C291 GRAD SEMINAR FOR THIS COURSE THAT IS CONCURRENT WITH AFRO-AM M166 AFRO-AMERICAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS: BLACK ENGLISH. SEE C291 SEM 6 BELOW.)

AFRO-AM C191. Sem 7: Afro-Asian Relations. (4)
(Formerly numbered C101.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar. Concurrently scheduled with course C291.
What is Afro-Asian Studies? This course will examine the burgeoning field of comparative race studies by focusing on the conflicts, collaborations, and cross-racial alliances between the African American and Asian American communities, two racialized groups often defined in extreme opposition to each other. Through an interdisciplinary approach (history, law, literature, popular culture, film), we will investigate how Blacks and Asians in American race relations have been constructed against and alongside each other in order to reveal that individual racial groups cannot be completely understood without their relation to other marginalized group in the evolution of American history and culture. Letter Grading
Instructor: Huh, J.
Location: Lakretz 100
T 1:00 – 3:50PM
ID#: 504-546-207

RELATED COURSE

English 182C Sec 2: Literature of Civil Rights
(PLEASE CONTACT THE PROFESSOR FOR A PTE (Permission to Enter) NUMBER TO ENROLL. FIRST PASS RESTRICTED TO SENIOR ENGLISH MAJORS.)
Instructor: Sundquist, E.
Location: Rolfe 3114
W 9:00-11:50 a.m.
ID#: 196 797 202

GRADUATE DIVISION COURSES

AFRO-AM M200A. Advanced Historiography: Afro-American. (4)
(Same as History M200V.) Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit.
Mandatory for Afro-American Studies M.A. students. Seminar includes a literature review of crucial texts in African American history. S/U or letter grading.
Instructor: Ayele, N.
Location: Haines A82
TR 2:00 – 3:50PM
ID#: 504-010-200

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.
Location: Rolfe 3112
W 9:00 – 11:50AM
ID#: 504-014-200

AFRO-AM M256. Topics in African American Art. (4)
(Same as Art History M256.) Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course CM112D or CM112E or CM112F. Topics in African American art from the 18th century to the present. May be repeated for credit with consent of graduate adviser. S/U or letter grading.
Instructor: Nelson, S.
Location: Dodd 232
T 2:00 – 3:50PM
ID#: 504-336-200

AFRO-AM C291. Sem 1: Intraracial Differences in 20th Century Black America. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on selected topics in Afro-American studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C191. 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. Letter Grading
Instructor: Nelson, V (Berky).
Location: Bunche 3150
MW 10:00 – 11:50AM
ID#: 504-546-201

AFRO-AM C291. Sem 2: Psychology of Race and Gender Among African Americans. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on selected topics in Afro-American studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C191. 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. Letter Grading
Instructor: Cones, J.
Location: Hershey 1601
W 6:00 – 8:50PM
ID#: 504-546-202

**NO C291 SEM 3**

AFRO-AM C291. Sem 4: Los Angeles Journalism. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on selected topics in Afro-American studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C191. Letter Grading
Instructor: Tervalon, J.
Location: Rolfe 154
T 6:00-8:50PM
ID#:504-546-204

**NO AFRO-AM C291 SEM 5**

AFRO-AM C291. Sem 6: Afro-American Sociolinguistics: Black English – Hip Hop Nation Language. (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.
Location: Rolfe 2135
MW 9:30 – 10:45AM
ID#: 504-546-206

AFRO-AM C291. Sem 7: Afro-Asian Relations. (4)
(Formerly numbered C201.) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on selected topics in Afro-American studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C191. What is Afro-Asian Studies? This course will examine the burgeoning field of comparative race studies by focusing on the conflicts, collaborations, and cross-racial alliances between the African American and Asian American communities, two racialized groups often defined in extreme opposition to each other. Through an interdisciplinary approach (history, law, literature, popular culture, film), we will investigate how Blacks and Asians in American race relations have been constructed against and alongside each other in order to reveal that individual racial groups cannot be completely understood without their relation to other marginalized group in the evolution of American history and culture. Letter Grading
Instructor: Huh. J.
Location: Lakretz 100
T 1:00 – 3:50PM
ID#: 504-546-207

AFRO-AM C291. Sem 8: Reading Race with W.E.B. Dubois.
(Formerly numbered C201.) (Same as Poli Sci 217, Seminar 1) Seminar, four hours. Research seminar on selected topics in Afro-American studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit.
Instructor: Wolfenstein, V.
Location: Bunche 4276
T 4:00-6:50PM
ID#: 504-546-208