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AFS 339: Recent African American Histor
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course
DEC: K SBC: SBS+; USA
A study of recent African American history. Topics will include the dramatic increase in the number of black elected officials, rise of the black middle-class, the urban crisis, contemporary civil rights struggles, affirmative action, the decline of black radicalism, and the incorporation of black leadership. Enables students to examine the relationship between African Americans and American society during the past 100 years, particularly since 1970. This course is offered as both AFS 339 and HIS 339.
SessionSession 1 Class #65865 Section30 InstructorBrenda Ford ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × -
AFS 340: Human Rights and Africa
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 status
SBC: CER; DIV; SBS+
A study of the significance of Africa in the development of international human rights. The courses focuses on the images of Africa generated by international human rights organizations and activists, the conceptions of human rights developed by African states and people, and the variable impact of human rights discourse and practice on African quests for equality and justice. This course analyzes the political, historical, and ethical complexity of international human rights' engagement with Africa.
SessionSession 1 Class #65776 Section30 InstructorGeorge Osei ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × -
AFS 369: Religion and Politics/Africa
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course
DEC: J SBC: CER; SBS+
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many religions' indigenous belief systems, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam It is also arguably a region with a history of peaceful coexistence until recent decades. This course examines African religious transformations, encounters, exchanges, and conflicts. Topics to be covered include medieval and modern theocracies, reformism and jihad, literacy, gender hierarchies, education, European colonialism and Christian proselytization, Islamic evangelism, and religion and resistance to foreign domination. We will also explore theories about charismatic leadership, modernization, secularization, and radicalism. This course is offered as both AFS 369 and HIS 369.
SessionSession 2 Class #65809 Section30 InstructorBrenda Ford ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × -
AFS 370: African-American Family
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing
DEC: K SBC: HFA+; USA
The African-American family from the early 1800's to the present day. The nature and structure of that family, the obstacles it has faced, and its interrelationships with the African-American community and the diversity of American society.
SessionSession 1 Class #63073 Section30 InstructorBrenda Ford ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes ×SessionSession 2 Class #63952 Section31 InstructorFahiym Wasi ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × -
AFS 374: Environ/Dev in African History
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 status
DEC: J SBC: GLO; SBS+
Provides a critical exploration of the history and political-economy of environmental changes and human activities in Africa from earlier times to the present. It examines the ways in which the dynamics of human-environment relationship have shaped the development of African societies and economies from the rise of ancient civilizations to the contemporary problems of war and famine. Although significant attention will be given to the pre-colonial era (like the impacts of iron-working, irrigation, deforestation and desertification), the focus of the course will be on the 20th and century and after, looking at the impacts of imperialism, colonialism, globalization and the postcolonial quest for development on the state of the environment in Africa. In the discussion, we will demonstrate that the shaping of African environments and ecologies is a product of complex, evolving and interconnected developments between humans and nature within and beyond the African continent. Offered as both AFS 374 and SUS 374. Not for credit in addition to SBC 320 or SBC 374.
SessionSession 1 Class #63262 Section30 InstructorShimelis Gulema ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × -
AFS 380: Race & Ethncty Lat Am & Caribb
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing Advisory Prerequisite: AFS 240 or LAC 200
DEC: J SBC: GLO; SBS+
Concepts and theories of race and ethnicity in Latin American and Caribbean settings. The historical evolution and the contemporary social and cultural significance of racial and ethnic identities within the region are explored. Specific examples of social relations characterized by ethnic or racial conflict are presented. This course is offered as both AFS 380 and ANT 380.
SessionSession 1 Class #65065 Section30 InstructorJose Baeza ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes + ×Note: Offered as ANT/AFS 380
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AFS 381: AIDS, Race, Gender/Black Cmmty
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; one D.E.C. E or SNW course
DEC: H SBC: SBS+
Review of current biological and epidemiological knowledge about the HIV virus, and examination of the virus' social impact on the Black community. This course is offered as both AFS 381 and WST 381.
SessionSession 2 Class #63782 Section30 InstructorBrenda Ford ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × -
AFS 383: Global African Diaspora
Undergraduate 3 credits
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 status
DEC: J SBC: DIV; GLO; SBS+
Provides a conceptual and thematic exploration of the principal issues and forces in the socio-cultural and political history of the global African diaspora. Temporally, the course focuses the pre-16th century, the 16th-20th centuries, and the more recent period. Spatially, the course investigates, by comparing, the experiences of both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean/Red Sea African diasporas and teases out their commonalities and divergences. Thematically, the course will help students develop a deeper and critical understanding of how and why African diasporic identities emerged, converged and diverged over the centuries. Students will engage in class discussions and debates, making presentations, and writing reflective/evaluative papers on the issues as well as on readings, documentaries, and movies used in the class.
SessionSession 2 Class #63949 Section30 InstructorOriana Riley ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen Notes × - Modify search