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ADMPS 1001 - SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students in the course have the opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of the dynamics of schooling in society by addressing the cultural aspects that underlie society’s educational ideas and practices. Through an interdisciplinary approach, readings and activities are designed for school practitioners, or those contemplating careers in education, to engage in the study of those cultural aspects and consequences. The general intent of foundational study is to introduce students to interpretive uses of knowledge Germane to education and to establish a basis for lifelong learning through normative and critical reflection on education within its historical philosophical, cultural and social contexts. Special emphasis is focused on the role of schooling in cultivating the habits necessary for democratic citizenship which include ongoing efforts to secure equitable and just social relations, and to advance the common good.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ADMJ 0100 - SOCIETY AND THE LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Every society regulates behavior and the means, i.e., either informal or formal, with which this is done varies according to level of social development. This course examines the regulation of behavior in primitive, transitional, and modern societies and traces the development of law and legal systems and their relationship to different characteristics of social development. We will examine legal jurisprudence and the application of the principles of these philosophies and explore how they have shaped legal action.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 0500 - INTRODUCTION TO ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory course designed to provide the student with basic information on the criminal justice system. Views the criminal justice system as consisting of six sub-systems; police, prosecution, courts, corrections, probation and parole. Explores law and society in general, the history, structure, function and contemporary problems in each major sub-system. Also explores the trend of the criminal justice system and the directions and implications involved.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 0600 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the study of the causes and social responses to crime. It examines legal definitions and elements of crime; surveys major categories of crime, i.e., Predatory and non-predatory acts; reviews major measures of crime; identifies major correlates and theories of crime; differentiates types of offenders and evaluates the working of the criminal justice system.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1100 - CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides students with an overview of crime scene investigative issues and problems, as well as techniques used in the collection, preservation, analysis, and utilization of physical and testimonial evidence in criminal prosecutions. Topics include forensic photography, crime scene collection equipment, canvassing, and interrogation techniques in investigations of robbery, burglary, assault, and homicide crimes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1115 - CRIMINALISTICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the scientific tools of analysis of crime scene evidence. Topics include toxicology, hair, fiber, blood, DNA, fingerprint, and firearms analysis, as well as cause of death issues such as sexual homicides, suicides, and assisted suicides, drug and carbon monoxide poisoning, accidental deaths, and blunt force trauma deaths. The class consists of integrated lecture and lab each week. The laboratory activities require only basic calculations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1118 - CRIMINALISTICS LAB
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This is an optional lab for students enrolled in administration of justice 1115. Designed for non-science majors, the lab will introduce students to the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and physics as they are used on a daily basis in criminal investigations. Topics include: identification of hair and fibers, DNA, and chromatography. These and other techniques are then applied to a simulated drug bust, a kidnapping case, and a suicide/homicide investigation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: ADMJ 1115
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ADMJ 1200 - INTRODUCTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduces various historical and philosophical approaches to law enforcement. Course explores origins of policing; philosophical positions on nature of law enforcement and its justification; comparisons of various types of policing in different historical epoch; and emergence of bureaucratized urban force. Topics include development of law enforcement from ancient times with emphasis on philosophical approaches to policing in U.S.; Introduction to constitutional issues and problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1205 - INTRODUCTION POLICE MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the management of police organizations. Topics include the evolving community expectations, alternative organizational models, recruitment, training and education, performance evaluations, technology and communications, research and planning, internal and external police accountability, and police culture and ethics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ADMJ 1210 - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides an overview of the field of juvenile delinquency. Topics covered include theories and research on causes of juvenile delinquency; law enforcement practices encountered in attempts to control delinquency; juvenile treatment under law; correctional philosophy and practices in juvenile justice; and impacts of juvenile criminality upon the rest of society. Students emerge from the course with knowledge of causes, prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency and should be prepared to move into more detailed study of this subject.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1220 - DEVIANCE AND THE LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the concept of deviant behavior and how departing from socially acceptable norms in legal, social and institutional settings sparks certain emotional reactions from those who encounter or experience it. The course will also, identify what is deviancy, types of deviant behavior, who engages in it, what causes it and how in certain circumstances it violates the law by considering the characteristics of the deviant person from both a socio-cultural and historical perspective. In addition, it will outline various theories to deviant behavior.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1225 - THE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Presentation, discussion and analysis of the nature of the juvenile justice process, legal steps required in processing juveniles, nature and operation of juvenile justice institutions, interrelationships between parts of the system, and problems and prospects for their solution.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1230 - WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the meaning, varieties, and extent of “white collar crime” in America. It investigates the developmental history of this concept, theories of white collar crime causation, specific types of white collar crime, empirical and theoretical controversies surrounding white collar crime, and the probable future directions for this type of criminal behavior.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1234 - INTRODUCTION TO CYBERCRIME
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Traditionally, crime has taken place in the physical world. Since the dawn of the internet, criminal activities on the web have been continually increasing. Crime is no longer restricted to a town, city, state or even country as the internet crime transcends all different types of jurisdictions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1235 - ORGANIZED CRIME
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to examine the history of organized crime not only within the United States, but from an international perspective as well. The emergence of “non-traditional” groups which are competing for power and profits will be examined, as well as the alliances between various criminal groups that have evolved, resulting in the phenomenon of “transnational” organized crime. Those “non-traditional” groups include, but are not necessarily limited to, domestic and international terrorist organizations, the reasons for their development as well as the perceived risk to American citizens both in a domestic environment and abroad. Neither organized crime nor a terrorist organization can be effectively discussed without integrating the evolution of US drug policy, which will be included. Finally, the various government tactics implemented to counter the threats mentioned herein as well as the impact on the private sector will be integrated into lectures throughout the program.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1236 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Organized crime is no longer confined to a few countries such as Italy, the United States, and Japan. During the 1980s and 1990s it has become much more pervasive, and has had a major impact in countries in transition; turkey, Mexico, and South Africa. This course looks at the dynamics of organized crime, explains why it develops in particular countries, the various forms it takes, and the responses of law enforcement agencies and international institutions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ADMJ 1238 - CYBER SECURITY, LAW, AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the scope of cyber-crime and its impact on today’s system of criminal justice. Similarly, the vulnerabilities to cyber-assault will be examined. Topics include the use of computer technology to commit crimes such as “hacking” and other computer based criminology, as well as means of committing more traditional violations of law. Also included will be an analysis of the legal considerations facing law enforcement and other cyber-security professionals who are tasked with meeting the challenges of discovering, investigating and prosecuting cyber-crimes. Since our economy and security enterprises are so dependent on the electronic dissemination of information, effective measures to secure this vital resource will be explored. Given the fact that funds are transferred electronically, the electronic transmission of finances will be examined as well as the more basic methods of raising funds and laundering same to advance terrorist activities throughout the world.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1242 - GENDER, RACE, CLASS, AND CRIME
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Gender, race and class are overlapping categories of experience that affect all aspects of life. There is perhaps no other context in which the effects of gender, race and class are as acutely evident as in the criminal justice system. That is, the people who are processed through the criminal justice system are disproportionately male, nonwhite, and from the lower classes. This class is designed to examine the cumulative and interlocking effects of gender, race, and class on crime.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1245 - TERRORISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses upon the social, political, economic and philosophical reasons for the development and spread of terrorism throughout the world, and examines potential dangers inherent in these practices and possible means of solutions to them. Special attention will be given each term to domestic and international acts of terror that affect American citizens, interests, and policies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1246 - FINANCING TERRORISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of how terrorists and insurgents fund their activities and finance their operations. The course analyzes the relationship between states and non-state actors, U.S. And international responses to terrorist financing, and anti-terror strategies. Selected topics include the political economy of terrorism financing, the ‘HAWALA’ system, various mechanisms and policy dilemmas associated with terrorism financing, warning indicators, and terrorist organizations’ vulnerabilities and inefficiencies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1260 - RESOURCE PROTECTION PLANNING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will enable students to build on the preventive nature of thorough resources protection planning and develop policies, programs, and procedures to minimize the impacts of severely detrimental events or activities. Acts of terror, the flu pandemic, natural disasters, and major crime incidents are some of the critical incidents facing public safety and private sector security personnel today. This course will provide students with an overview and understanding into the importance of preparation, planning, training, and response to critical incident when protective and preventive measures fail. It will also cover public and media issues and coordination between not only government agencies, but between public and private sectors as well. The course is highlighted by an off-site mock scenario utilizing a model city and a “hands on” response to a critical incident. Completion of the course will include a certification by FEMA’S emergency management institute in an on-line course available for state and local officials and responders.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1265 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN CRIMINOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an advanced course that examines specific and controversial issues related to crime and the criminal justice system. While the exact topics change from year to year, those that have been studied include: the death penalty, mandatory sentencing, jail and prison overcrowding, victims’ rights, and white collar crime.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1300 - INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduces various historical and philosophical approaches to corrections. Course explores origins of correctional institutions and evolution of correctional practices in contemporary society. Emphasis on modifications of institutional practices in contemporary society and development of new strategies as alternatives to incarceration. Various methodologies applicable to homogeneous and heterogeneous population groupings of offenders are examined taking into account individual characteristics and differences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1350 - PROBATION AND PAROLE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Presents and evaluates the nature and impact of probation and parole, research on effects of both, and strategies for their most effective use. The course examines the nature of parole; factors affecting grant of denial or probation; structure and operation of probation services; differences between juvenile and adult probation services; and impacts of probation and parole upon both the criminal justice system and larger society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1400 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Acquaints the student with basic principles of criminal law derived from our English common law heritage and from more recent statutory penal code revisions in the American states. Course examines the meaning of crime and of criminal complicity and conspiracy; sentencing alternatives; and the decriminalization of some crimes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1410 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the procedural effects of criminal law, including constitutional rights, state criminal procedure, and appellate decisions and rules.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1425 - PRINCIPLES OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the new problems facing our domestic public service and justice personnel — the borderless world of globalization and technology. Attention is paid to problems of terrorism, incident management systems, violence incident response procedures, planning for violence, changing federal, state, and local roles and response planning, weapons of mass effects, mass casualty programs, crime scene operations, technology and emergency responses, the evolving role of the intelligence community, and government, private, and non-government security issues.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1450 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Analyzes contemporary issues relating to policies, goals, and procedures of all criminal justice agencies. Topics covered include trends and controversies regarding law enforcement activities, the changing role of police, police court controversies, standards and goals, future trends in criminal justice, manpower utilization, organizational changes, long-range planning, and projections for future of police agencies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ADMJ 1900 - PRESERVICE INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
This course is a supervised placement with specific agencies in the criminal justice system.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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ADMJ 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Allows advanced students to pursue topics and research of special interest which are not otherwise available.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0025 - YORUBA 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The greatest part of the first term will be devoted to the presentation and practice of the basic sound patterns of the language, its fundamental sentence patterns, and sufficient vocabulary to illustrate and practice them. An introduction to the writing system will be offered together with the opportunity to acquire elementary writing and reading skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0026 - YORUBA 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
At the end of the second term of the first year of study the student should be able to produce all the significant sound patterns of the language. To recognize and use the major grammatical structures within a limited core vocabulary. The student should be able a) to engage in simple conversations with native speakers about a limited number of everyday situations and b) to read and write simple material related to the situations presented.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0031 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a survey course for Africana studies. An Afrocentric approach will be used to review the eight basic subject areas of the multidisciplinary focus; black history, black religion, black creative productions, black politics, black economics, black social organizations, black psychology and black education. Two alternative views will be pursued; a theoretical review of the literature and a summation of the practical experiences of black life.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0032 - YORUBA 3
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The first term of the second year will concentrate on the further development of fluency in oral production and the improvement in the student’s ability to understand the flow of speech as uttered by a native speaker. Increased attention will be paid to reading as a means of augmenting a recognition vocabulary and writing as a drill and as a means of consolidating and communicating the knowledge gained.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0033 - YORUBA 4
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
At the end of the second term of the second year the student should be able to converse comfortably with a native speaker on a variety of non-specialized subjects. The student will be offered an opportunity to experience and more fully understand the culture of the people who use the language through readings of various types. More complex writing tasks will be expected at this level.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0120 - AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE SPORTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines blacks in sports. It focuses on sport as a microcosm of the larger society and also addresses sport’s relationship to politics, economics, race relations, and South African apartheid. It looks at the history of blacks in sports as well as three aspects of sports that appear to be racially biased; position allocation, performance differentials, and rewards and authority structure.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0127 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Multidisciplinary introduction to Africa emphasizing the richness, diversity and dynamism of the African experience and presented through lecture discussions of culture, social structure, history, economy, politics and other aspects of Africa’s development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0150 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to black American literature from its oral traditions to the written form from the 18th to 20th century interrelated to historical social and political movements. Special emphasis will be placed upon the Harlem Renaissance period, the literature of the 1960’s, and a work by the Pulitzer Prize winners (Gwendolyn brooks, James Alan McPherson, Alice Walker, or Toni Morrison).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0212 - WEST AFRICAN DANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To pursue at an introductory level specific ethnic dance forms of West Africa.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0242 - AFRICANA URBAN WOMAN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Writings by African and Afro-American women writers reveal similar problems inherent in a move from a rural to an urban setting. A look at how the women characters adjust to loneliness, economic, educational, and cultural changes, and the quest for self-fulfillment is to be discussed within the context of the literary works.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0311 - INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course has 2 objectives: (1) it seeks to describe and analyze the organization of black families in American society and changes in them over time, and (2) it brings together the scholarly sources available to students of black families to assess the contribution each makes to a more theoretically and conceptually sophisticated description of the structure and interaction in black families.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0313 - THE BLACK CHURCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the course and historical development of the black church in America, its contribution to the social and religious progress of black people, black leadership, and struggles including the civil rights movement, black theology and other social movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0316 - INTRODUCTION AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATER
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course leads the student thru the social and historical development of black theater in North America from pre-Civil War to the present. It traces this development thru the writers, performers, companies, institutions and social movements which helped to shape the theater movements. The ultimate goal is to arrive at the understanding and appreciation that black theater is a testament to the life and vitality of a people.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0318 - HISTORY OF AFRICA BEFORE 1800
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Surveys history of Africa from earliest times to eve of European colonization. Looks at Africa from the inside out and aims at promoting an appreciation of Africa’s contribution to world civilization and an understanding of the historical processes that have shaped modern Africa. Major themes and topics include the ancient kingdoms, Islam, the slave trade and the European contact.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0352 - AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to African-American dance influence of West Africa and the Caribbean upon the black American experience in a comparative and historical perspective. These two perspectives are based upon those devised by African-American dance artists, such as Katherine Dunham, Alvin Ailey and Bob Johnson. The physical component of African-American dance emphasizes body placement and the relationship of movement to its music.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0385 - CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines historical roots of modern Caribbean. Examines major historical developments from period of subjugation of indigenous population through era of slavery to rise of modern nationalism and impact of American intervention. Also analyzes related socioeconomic systems and institutions. Selected country case studies included.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0434 - PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course examines black female behavior from both psych historical and contemporary perspectives. The model for classroom interaction consists of lecture and group discussions by presenting relevant information and/or conducting specific exercises.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0454 - MAN/WOMAN LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Through prose and poetic works one will note how black men are viewed and characterized by female writers as well as how black women are treated by male writers. The basis for the difference lies in racial and sexual stereotyping in Afro-American literature.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0508 - SWAHILI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IMMERSION
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0517 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to an overview of the poetry by focusing on both male and female writers and their works that illuminate the Afro-American poetic tradition and those pivotal moments or transitions within the development of the tradition. The instructor recognizes that black female poetry especially, is a complex whole that can be analyzed in terms of style, structure and that it has a coherent history.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0520 - INTRODUCTION TO KISWAHILI LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 0522 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will use a comparative approach to modern African creative writing in three major European languages; English, French, and Portuguese; bringing together writers from east, West, South and North Africa.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0523 - SWAHILI 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The greatest part of the first term will be devoted to the presentation and practice of the basic sound patterns of the language. Its fundamental sentence patterns, and sufficient vocabulary to illustrate and practice them. An introduction to the writing system will be offered together with the opportunity to acquire elementary writing and reading skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0524 - SWAHILI 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
At the end of the second term of the first year of study the student should be able to produce all the significant sound patterns of the language, to recognize and use the major grammatical structures within a limited core vocabulary. The student should be able a) to engage in simple conversations with native speakers about a limited number of everyday situations and b) to read and write simple material related to the situations presented.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0501 or AFRCNA 0523 or SWAHIL 0101; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
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AFRCNA 0525 - SWAHILI 3
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0502 or AFRCNA 0524 or SWAHIL 0102; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
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AFRCNA 0526 - SWAHILI 4
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
At the end of the second term of the second year the student should be able to converse comfortably with a native speaker on a variety of non-specialized subjects. The student will be offered an opportunity to experience and more fully understand the culture of the people who use the language through readings of various types. More complex writing tasks will be expected at this level.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0503 or AFRCNA 0525 or SWAHIL 0103; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR LISTED COURSES
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AFRCNA 0536 - 20TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Using both a chronological and topical format, this course will investigate the history, culture, and activism of African American women in the twentieth century through readings of historical texts and articles, autobiography, and oral testimony. The content of the course includes an exploration of the responses of African American women to racism, sexism, and class and color consciousness within different historical periods.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0586 - EARLY AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course surveys the emergence and growth of early African civilization from the beginnings of the evolution of the human race to the eve of the European colonization of the continent. It introduces students to the multiple disciplines contributing to knowledge about early Africa, and shows the centrality of Africa and Africans for humanity in general. Among the principal themes that the readings and discussions focus on are: pre-history of Africa and the genesis of humankind; the complexity of migration, and state formation; and African and European earlier contact. A fundamental approach will be to look at Africa from the inside out and to analyze African societies from the perspective of their internal development and reaction to external influences. Its basic goal is to promote, first, an appreciation of Africa’s contributions to world civilization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 0628 - AFRO-LATIN AMERICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of black history in the countries of Latin America, from the period of European conquest (c. 1500) To the present.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0629 - AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course surveys the history of Afro-Americans from their African origins to their emancipation during the Civil War.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0630 - AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course surveys the development of black Americans from the time of the Civil War to the present.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0639 - HISTORY OF JAZZ
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course focuses on the chronological development of jazz from its beginnings on the plantation to its present state as a world concert music. Various styles such as ragtime, blues, gospel, spirituals, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, etc., Are examined.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0684 - RACE,CLASS,ETHNICITY:CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course sets out to introduce students to developments: historical, political, cultural, social and economical in the area from the arrival of the Spaniards in 1492 to the mordant bay revolt in 1865.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0787 - BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to the growing body of coherent cultural ideas and beliefs which provide a positive framework for study and interpretation of the black experience in North America. The course is pan-African in scope and context. One of the goals is to enable the student to view the African and the African-American struggles as part of the world struggle of human rights.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 0805 - BLACK PERFORMANCE AESTHTICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1011 - THE RISE MODERN PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will survey the current of pan-Africanist thought from the partitioning of Africa to the independence movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1012 - EARLY 20TH CENTURY BLACK SOCIAL MOVEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an understanding of the social, political cultural and economic context out of which black social movements developed. The main themes of the course concern migration, class differences, racism, and gender relations. The social movements the course examines includes, the Marcus Garvey movement, father divine, labor organization and the black women’s club movement.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1021 - HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
History of the African diaspora focuses on the historical processes that have shaped, & continue to shape the peoples cultures of the African diaspora. It examines the triangle relationships between the African homeland & its American & European diaspora. Attention will be given to an understanding of the manifold circuits in the trans-Atlantic circulation of peoples, ideas & culture. The dynamism, complexity & global ramifications of the African diaspora will be revealed through discussions of important themes, including race, economic systems & construction of diaspora ID’s.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1026 - AFRICAN PRESENCE IN LATIN AMERICAN LIT/CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a chronological and topical introduction to afro-Latin American culture, making use of literary texts, historical documents, feature films, etc. It aims at providing students with a concrete frame of reference for the African presence in Latin America.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1030 - AFRICAN POLITICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A general introduction to African politics at macro level for freshmen and sophomores with special focus on traditional African political system, European imperialism in Africa, African nationalism, independence and post-independence problems of nation-building and economic development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1033 - AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MASS MEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a critical analysis of mass media content as it pertains to black Americans. The primary media are newspapers, radio, and television. For comparative purposes, media content related to children, other minorities, and women are used.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1039 - HISTORY OF CARIBBEAN SLAVERY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Today’s sounds and tastes of the Caribbean from reggae and salsa music to dishes like mofongo and jerk chicken have deep historical roots in slavery. The Atlantic slave trade transported over four million Africans to the Caribbean ’ eight times the number that arrived in the United States. How did Africans and their descendants persevere under the colonial slave system? How does the legacy of slavery present itself in the 21st century? This course explores these questions by examining the Caribbean from the perspectives of enslaved women and men from the 17th through the 19th centuries, particularly in Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica, and their contemporary manifestations in films, policies, and national identities
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1083 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICANA STUDIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The study of a special topic in Africa studies. Content will vary from term to term, depending on instructor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1108 - AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore several aspects of African American folk culture being defined as non-elite expressions of art, music, dance, theatre, literature, humor, material culture, and religious beliefs. Particular attention will be given to the role of folklore in the perpetuation and transmission of shared cultural knowledge among blacks in the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1145 - AFRICAN AMERICAN RHETORIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purposes of this course are a historical-critical review of scholarship in black American rhetoric; and a theoretical-conceptual framework for the study of black American rhetoric. This course places considerable emphasis on the African roots of black American rhetoric, but the ultimate concern is with black Americans’ behavior. The course covers consequences of African and European inter actions in America, factors that forged the distinctive aspects of black American rhetoric, the effects of culture, racism, colonialism, and social class on communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1150 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Writers in the period spanning the civil rights and black nationalist-humanist movements became a vanguard voice for black people. This course explores the written language of the period as an aid to the creation of student writings. As such, this course is a workshop and continuation of black creative writing on a higher level.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1201 - GLOBAL DIASPORAS: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MIGRATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
What do Akon and Rihanna have in common? They are both part of recent diasporas from Africa and the Caribbean. This course focuses on the issues and experiences of people of African descent in contemporary (20th and 21st centuries) migratory diasporas from both Africa and the Caribbean. The course draws on extensive literature on migration, transnationalism, racial and ethnic identity formation, health, and other topics to illuminate the causes for migration and the experiences that migrants have in different host countries. What experiences do migrants from Africa and the Caribbean share? How do their experiences differ? How do migrants define themselves in new host countries? How do they stay connected to their homelands?
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1240 - AFRICAN LITERATURE AND SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Inquiry into significant aspects of contemporary African social, political, cultural and human problems approached through the detailed study of representative African novels, plays and poetry written by African authors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1245 - STUDIO IN AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY AND POETICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, studio in African American poetry and poetics will be a course in interdisciplinary making, as we investigate the evolving fields of African American poetry and poetics through a critical and a creative lens
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1250 - BLACK EUROPE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1306 - WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines contemporary literature, primarily in English, written in eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, etc. It pays particular attention to its depiction of social, political and moral concerns.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1309 - WOMEN OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A cross-cultural study of women of African descent in West and southern Africa, the United States, brazil, and the Caribbean.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1310 - CULTURES OF AFRICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the traditional cultures and societies of Africa from prehistoric to modern times. Emphasis is on the conditions prior to contemporary changes but some attention is given to modern developments. Concern is with the variety of cultures on the continent. How people make a living. What family life is like? How disputes are settled, and religion. Through lectures, films, and readings, the student gets a feeling for life in this fascinating part of the world.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1334 - MUSIC IN AFRICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The historical, social, and cultural background of music in Africa with particular reference to music in community life, performing groups, the training of musicians, instrumental, resources, structures in African music and the interrelations of music and dance. (Slides, films and recordings will be used to illustrate lectures.)
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1335 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to familiarize the student with various phases of African-American music existing in North America; blues, gospel-spirituals, work songs, children’s games songs, and classical compositions of ragtime composers Scott Joplin, J.P. Johnson, etc. Students will conduct field projects centered around “street recordings, locations, interviews of local and visiting artists, etc.” A detailed study of great Pittsburgh performers present and past will constitute a major portion of this course.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1347 - FRANCOPHONE AFRICANA LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the cultural, social, and political relationships of French-speaking African and the Caribbean as reflected through different genres from the 1900’s. Reading poetry, folklore, and novels produced by African writers sheds light on the issues confronting them such as polygamy, urbanization, assimilation, rituals, and the marginal man and woman.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1349 - CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study the fiction, poetry, and drama of the English Caribbean in chronological order. Exile, liberation, autonomy, the female voice, cultural, and political identity will be examined in writing from Jamaica, Trinidad, Grenada, Antigua, and Guyana with recordings and films.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1353 - COMPARATIVE DANCE EXPRESSION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the cultural patterns of black dance styles and the similarities and differences in the motor behaviors among blacks in dance from South America, the Caribbean islands, Africa, and North America. Contents of the course will be introduced through films, lecture and videotapes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1402 - LEARNING PARADIGMS AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To examine systemic factors which affect the cultural, social, emotional, and cognitive development of black children.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1415 - RACE AND RELIGION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1420 - POWER AND PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA: FROM HIP-LIFE TO SOUKOUSS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1510 - HEALTH IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1522 - SEX AND RACISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Sex and racism affords an opportunity to explore sex, sexism, and racism, to examine the historical development and economic impact of racism in America, to analyze the conceptual framework, the research methods, and approaches from which past and current studies on sex, sexism racism, have been and are being developed. The course will also explore sex and racism as a multi-dimensional continuum, and solutions to sex and racism.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1535 - DIMENSIONS OF RACISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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AFRCNA 1538 - HISTORY OF BLACK PITTSBURGH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore the role and experiences of black Pittsburghers over the past 200 years of the city’s history.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1555 - AFRO CARIBBEAN DANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on Katherine Dunham as an ethnologist and choreographer politically, socially, and aesthetically. The course discussion will clearly define the contents of Dunham’s dance research and life experiences of Haiti.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1616 - AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An inter-or-cross genre study of the African North American experience thru selected readings in novels, poetry, drama, short stories, and the essay (religious, secular and philosophical).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1644 - THE AFRICAN NOVEL
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The novels studied will be drawn from several parts of the African continent and will all be available in English or translation. The emphasis will be on recurring themes in the works and on the influence of traditional African narrative forms.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1655 - AFRICAN CINEMAS/SCREEN GRIOTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Ousmane Sembene, known as the father of African cinema, popularized the notion of the African director as the modern day griot (oral historian) and traditional storyteller. Therefore, this course is an introduction to a cross-section of post-independence films (1963-2004) as an art form and as a visual space on socio-political, economic and cultural topics by screen griots from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and chad, the democratic republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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AFRCNA 1656 - HISTORY OF AFRICA SINCE 1800
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Surveys history of Africa from 1800 to the present day. Major themes include African statecraft, European colonization, African nationalism and post-independence problems. Processes of African institutional growth within the perspectives of resiliency, change and adaptation will be emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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