Descriptions, prerequisites and more...
Below you will find information about the many courses offered through the College's schools, departments, and programs. Use the filters to narrow your search. The information was last updated on November 7, 2018.
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Consent of the instructor is an implicit prerequisite for all courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. There are often additional restrictions designated in the course description, which are denoted by the abbreviations below.
- Prerequisite(s) (P). Each prerequisite listed must be completed as specified in order for the student to enroll in the course. For prerequisite courses, if no grade is specified, a grade of D- or higher is required.
- Corequisite(s) (C). Each corequisite listed must be completed as specified before enrolling in the course or the student must be concurrently enrolled in any corequisite courses.
- Recommendation(s) (R). Each recommendation listed should be completed as specified before enrolling in the course. Students who do not complete the recommendation(s) prior to enrolling in the course may find the course difficult to complete.
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- AAAD-A 100 African American Dance Company: Foundations and Practices (2 cr.) P: Consent of instructor by audition. R: Previous dance training desirable but not essential. Emphasis on ethnic and jazz traditions, although other genres are regularly performed. Repertoire varies from semester to semester. Participation in on- and off-campus concerts, workshops, and lecture demonstrations required. May be repeated individually or in combination with AAAD-A 110 or AAAD-A 120 for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- AAAD-A 104 Groups Theatre Workshop (2 cr.) Open to summer Groups Program students only. Through a musical/theatrical piece chosen for study and performance, students are encouraged to explore and develop their abilities and to experience growth and motivation that comes from participating in a unified and motivating group experience.
- AAAD-A 110 African American Choral Ensemble: Foundations and Practices (2 cr.) The ensemble performs music composed by, for and about blacks, including spirituals, gospel, art songs, and excerpts from operas and musicals. Repertoire varies from semester to semester. Participation in on- and off-campus concerts, workshops, and lecture demonstrations required. No audition required. Students meet the first day of class prepared to sing. Vocal evaluations and part assignments will be done during class. Ability to read music is desirable but not essential. May be repeated individually or in combination with AAAD-A 100 or AAAD-A 120 for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- AAAD-A 112 Black Music of Two Worlds (3 cr.) An exploration of the relationships among musics of West and Central African people and their descendants in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Emphasis placed on the conceptual and aesthetic continuities between musical expression in Old and New World contexts—a uniformity which exists because of shared African cultural ancestry. Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 112, FOLK-E 112, or FOLK-F 112.
- AAAD-A 113 Atkins Living-Learning Center Foundational Course (1 cr.) P: Limited to Groups students who live in the Atkins Living-Learning Center. Examines the impact of African American history and culture on the nation as a whole and on the international community.
- AAAD-A 120 Soul Revue: Foundations and Practices (2 cr.) P: Consent of instructor by audition. Introduces the richness and depth of black popular tradition through authentic performance practices. Repertoire varies from semester to semester. Participation in on- and off-campus concerts, workshops, and lecture demonstrations required. Ability to read music desirable but not essential. May be repeated individually or in combination with AAAD-A 100 or AAAD-A 110 for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- AAAD-A 131 Early African American and African Diaspora Literature (3 cr.) Examines historical texts and introduces them and tropes emphasized by writers to articulate issues of freedom, identity, and salvation as perceived by blacks in diaspora communities. Teaches students how to relate literary works to historical and cultural contexts and how to think critically about ideas, images, and master narratives as presented by African American writers and writers of the black diaspora.
- AAAD-A 132 Recent African American and African Diaspora Literature (3 cr.) Examines recent literary texts and introduces students to transnational themes and tropes emphasized by black writers to articulate issues of freedom, identity, and salvation; utilizes interdisciplinary methods to teach students how to appreciate literary artistry; relate literary works to historical and cultural contexts; and think critically about ideas, images, and master narratives as presented by African American writers and writers of the black diaspora.
- AAAD-A 150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans (3 cr.) Required for the major. The culture of blacks in America viewed from a broad interdisciplinary approach, employing resources from history, literature, folklore, religion, sociology, and political science.
- AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas (3 cr.) Exploration of the development of racism and racial ideologies in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes the interaction among cultural, political, and economic factors in shaping patterns of conflict and collaboration, domination and resistance.
- AAAD-A 156 Black Liberation Struggles against Jim Crow and Apartheid (3 cr.) A comparative perspective on American race relations, specifically the similarities and differences of the struggles against Jim Crow in America and against apartheid in South Africa. In both places, the late twentieth century witnessed a revolt against the legal and philosophical framework of white supremacy.
- AAAD-A 169 Introduction to African American Literature (3 cr.) Representative African American writings including poetry, short story, sermons, novels, and drama.
- AAAD-A 197 Topics in African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.) Focuses on issues that have mapped the diasporic experience of blacks in the United States, the world, and continental Africa in order to provide students with broad content to improve comprehension, writing, and analytical skills. Varied topics that cut across departmental concentration areas. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- AAAD-A 198 Special Topics in Social and Historical Studies for African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.) Focuses on issues that have shaped the diasporic experience of blacks in the United States, the world, and continental Africa in order to provide students with broad content to improve comprehension, writing, and analytical skills in preparing them for an interdisciplinary study of social and historical issues. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- AAAD-A 199 Special Topics in Arts and Humanities for African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.) Focuses on issues that have shaped the diasporic experience of blacks in the United States, the world, and continental Africa in order to provide students with broad content to improve comprehension, writing, and analytical skills in preparing them for an interdisciplinary study of arts and humanities issues. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- AAAD-A 201 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.) Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies as a field of study: epistemological considerations, theories, and methods that have come to form what is called Africana studies.
- AAAD-A 203 Studying Blacks of the New World: African Americans and Africans in the African Diaspora (3 cr.) A comparative study of the cultural, historical, and socioeconomic life patterns of African Americans and Diaspora-based Africans in the United States.
- AAAD-A 205 Black Electoral Politics (3 cr.) The course will explore black participation in the formal structures of American government and in the processes by which these structures are accessed. Black participation in local, state, and federal government arenas will be focused upon, and the political benefits to the black community of these involvements will be assessed.
- AAAD-A 210 Black Women in the Diaspora (3 cr.) Interdisciplinary examination of salient aspects of black women's history, identity, and experience, including policies, cultural assumptions, and knowledge systems that affect black women's lives. While the primary focus is North America, the lives of black women in other cultural settings within the African Diaspora are also examined.
- AAAD-A 221 Dance in the African Diaspora (3 cr.) Introduction to the history, culture, music, and body movements of dances in the African American and African Diaspora tradition with a focus on African-derived dances, primarily from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and America. Instruction through classroom lectures, discussions, videos, readings, and movement sessions.