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Accounting 010
African Area Studies 016
Africana Studies
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Departmental Honors Program
The Africana Studies Scholars Project
African Diaspora Field Study
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Courses (014)
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American Literature
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Greek 490
Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489
Hindi 505
History
History/French Joint Major 513
History/Political Science Joint Major 514
Hungarian 535
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Japanese 565
Jewish Studies 563
Journalism and Media Studies 567
Junior Year Abroad
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Political Science 790
Portuguese 810
Psychology 830
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Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies 836
Religion 840
Russian 860
Russian, Central and East European Studies 861
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Sociology 920
South Asian Studies 925
Spanish 940
Statistics 960
Statistics-Mathematics
Study Abroad 959
Theater Arts 965, 966
Ukrainian 967
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New Brunswick/Piscataway Undergraduate Catalog 2005-2007 Programs of Study For Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses Africana Studies Courses (014)  

Courses (014)

01:014:103Introduction to Africana Studies (3) Interdisciplinary survey of the social, economic, political, and historical aspects of the black experience in America and abroad.
01:014:107African-American Folklore (3) Introductory course on the forms and applications of African-American folklore.
01:014:130African-American Literature (3) Contemporary African-American expressive literatures-poetry, critical essays, novels, films, folklores, plays-analyzed for cosmology, style, structure, and content.
01:014:132Black Experience and Film Medium (3) Critical evaluation of images of blacks in films. Screening of films.
01:014:140Introduction to American Cultures (1.5) Develops an understanding of the historical, social, and political factors that distinguish the diverse cultures of present day America. Credit not given for both this course and 01:512:140.
01:014:201African Belief Systems and the Latino Community (3) Historical examination of ancestor worship, Santeria (Cuba), Vodun (Santa Domingo), Espiritismo (Puerto Rico), and other African-based belief systems. Formation from African to slave societies and use in contemporary period. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:201.
01:014:203,204The Black Experience in America (3,3) Interdisciplinary examination of African-Americans within the context of American political economy, special conditions of oppression, responses to exploitation, and resultant social changes.
01:014:205Islamic Civilization (3) Survey of Islamic societies from 7th-century Arabia to modern times. Religious, political, military, social, economic, and cultural institutions and organizational patterns. Credit not given for both this course and 01:508:201.
01:014:206The Black Woman (3) Role of black women in survival and evolution of the black race as presented in fictional and nonfictional literature. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:206.
01:014:208The Sociology of Black Economic Development (3) Socioeconomic, spatial, and political development of alternatives to minority or black capitalism within the local, regional, and national development strategies of the United States.
01:014:212Politics and Power in Modern Africa (3) Social and political changes in 20th-century Africa, with an emphasis on South Africa since 1950.
01:014:213Blacks in History (3) Roles played by Africans and people of African descent in world history. An African-centric approach to historical inquiry.
01:014:215Contemporary Issues and Their Background (3) Key controversial issues important to understanding the contemporary black experience. Primary focus on three basic dimensions: double-consciousness, decolonization and neocolonialism, and cultural control. Systematic conceptual analysis.
01:014:222The Black Elite (3) Emergence of a black elite; social relationships with the white community and the black masses.
01:014:223,224Independent Study (1-4,1-4) Prerequisites: 01:014:103, a minimum of 9 credits in department or approved equivalent, and good academic standing. Faculty proctor required. Registration by permission only.
01:014:230Psychology of the Black Experience (3) Evaluation of psychological principles, theories, and assessment techniques in relation to the personality and behavioral development of African Americans.
01:014:233Introduction to the Methodology of Africana Studies (3) Introduction to Africana studies through lectures, multidisciplinary approaches to the study of Africana materials, original research projects, and introduction to major archival resources.
01:014:240Third-World Creative Writing (3) Third-world contemporary prose classics as models of creative expressions and as a basis for creative writing exercises, geared to meet individual aptitudes, needs, and interests.
01:014:255History of Black Education in the United States (3) Principles and policies underlying the educational process among blacks; social and political impact.
01:014:258Intellectual Thought in the African Diaspora (3) Basic social and political ideas in the history of black ideology.
01:014:269Black Religion (3) Social, philosophical, historical, and sociopsychological understanding of black America's oldest and largest institution. Influence in economic, political, social, and spiritual life of the black community.
01:014:274Black Civilizations (3) Introduction to ancient and medieval black African civilizations with emphasis on the political and religious thought and technological achievement of African empires.
01:014:276Black Social and Political Development (3) Survey of the recent trends regarding health, unemployment, poverty, economics, electoral politics, and international relations.
01:014:285African-American Narrative Analysis (3) Collection and analysis of African-American narrative material. Evaluation based on various analytical structures and approaches.
01:014:304Afromusicology (3) Various forms of African-American music: spiritual, gospel, blues, folk, and jazz. African and Western influences: role, development patterns, and function in sociocultural context.
01:014:306The Black Woman in Political Context (3) Takes political-historical approach from precolonial traditional African women to contemporary black feminism and liberation; emphasis on the black woman's distinct consciousness, family relationships, organizations, institutions, political activities, and revolutionary ideologies.
01:014:316Caribbean Society in Literature (3) Introduction to the political, social, and historical life of the Caribbean (Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, and St. Lucia) through the novels, poems, and essays of its writers.
01:014:317Black Profiles (3) Portrayal of the movements and events of Africa and dispersion through studies of black leaders-their lives, works, and writings.
01:014:318Bigotry, Prejudice, and Racism: Psychological Foundations (3) Basic conscious and unconscious psychological factors in racist behavior and attitudes. Evaluation of explanatory theories and empirical data as presented by contemporary psychiatrists and psychologists.
01:014:321African Presence in American Cultures (3) Examination of African influence on black life and culture in the New World-on language, art, music, and cuisine.
01:014:323Seminar in the Philosophy of Africana Studies (3) Disciplinary problems involved in constructing a paradigm for the philosophy of the discipline.
01:014:330Contemporary Issues in Southern Africa (3) Examines contemporary events in South Africa and Namibia within the neocolonial problems of the frontline states (Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, and Botswana).
01:014:340Third-World Writing and Criticism (3) Essays in literary criticism with third-world prose classics as basis for critiques. Study of the short story and exercises in short-story writing.
01:014:341,342Supervised Community Placement (3,3) Supervised study and experience in a black community of the United States, the Caribbean, South America, or Africa.
01:014:347Health Issues in the African-American Community (3) Health problems affecting black communities and their relevance to understanding black political, social, and psychological attitudes.
01:014:349Topics in American Politics (3) Special topics in American politics that vary with the instructor. Prerequisite: Special permission. Credit not given for both this course and 01:790:349.
01:014:350African-American Linguistics (3) Historical and varying manifestations of black English in the Western hemisphere.
01:014:353Black Community Law and Social Change (3) Origins of racism in the judicial process and its effects on the black community since slavery.
01:014:355Blacks and Economic Structures (3) Scope and organization of economic activity in the black commu- nity; investments, ownership of capital, exploitation of the consumer and wage earner.
01:014:356Muslims and Islamic Institutions in America (3) Explores the bonds of Muslim community, the meaning of Muslim- American identity, how immigrant groups are assimilating into American society, and institutional frameworks being adopted for national integration. Credit not given for both this course and 01:685:355.
01:014:357Islam in the Global Black Experience (3) Examination of the sociopolitical dimensions of Islam in Africa and the African diaspora, and the interactions between Islam and such ideologies as nationalism and race consciousness in black communities internationally.
01:014:359Blacks and Jews in American History (3) Explores the history of blacks and Jews in America with an eye on three centuries of cooperation and conflict. Credit not given for both this course and 01:512:359 or 01:563:359.
01:014:360Writers of Africa and the New World (3) Comparison of black writers of Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean, with focus on areas of commonality and divergence.
01:014:362Black Identity, Religion, and Politics (3) Analysis of social, psychological, and institutional forces shaping group and individual identity of blacks.
01:014:363Race, Class, Gender, and Schooling (3) Examines racial and gender differences in adolescents' school performance. Structural, historical, and cultural foci. Ethnographic and autobiographical cases of black students and other students of color. Pre- or corequisite: 01:070:101 or permission of instructor. Credit not given for both this course and 01:070:363 or 01: 988:363.
01:014:365Black Migration and Urbanization (3) Black migration to industrial-urban centers; problems of urbanization. Present interrelationships among racial demography, ecology, social psychology, and the planning process within cities.
01:014:366The History of Race and Sex in America (3) Examines how race and gender have independently and jointly determined life chances throughout American history. Credit not given for both this course and 01:512:366.
01:014:367African Labor History (3) Precolonial and colonial labor mobilization, control, and resistance; working class formation; the labor process and worker consciousness. Credit not given for both this course and 01:508:420.
01:014:369Black Theology (3) Exploration into theological concepts, terms, and expressions as they relate to the African and the African American. Pre- or corequisite: 01:014:269.
01:014:370The Afro-Atlantic Diaspora (3) Introduction to history of African diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean. Traces origins and development of the Atlantic slave trade and the creation of new African-based cultures in the Americas.
01:014:371African Development (3) Analysis of the historical, political, demographic, economic, and sociocultural problems of African underdevelopment within world spatial structure and the contemporary scene. Prerequisite: 01:014:212.
01:014:376Pan-African Movement (3) Pan-Africanism and its development among the black elite on both sides of the Atlantic from the early 19th century to the present.
01:014:380Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern (3) Lost sciences of inner Africa; African contributions to early dynastic Egyptian science and, with Arabs, to medieval Moorish science; African-American science and invention. Pre- or corequisite: 01:014:274 or 321.
01:014:404Seminar on Contemporary Race Relations (3) Analysis of the theoretical structure of race relations and evaluation of its relevance to research in contemporary situations.
01:014:410Afro-Brazilian History (3) Overview of history of largest African diaspora community in world. Encourages critical analysis of major issues in African-Atlantic diaspora studies. Principal scholarship supplemented with selected readings in literature, oral history, Afro-Brazilian movement documents, and iconography. Open to juniors and seniors only. Credit not given for both this course and 01:590:410.
01:014:413Colonialism and Neocolonialism (3) Political and economic aspects of colonialism. Colonized mind and behavior as portrayed by such authors as Mannoni, Balandier, Memmi, and Fanon. Neocolonialism as a technique of control.
01:014:418Major African-American Writers (3) Study of one to three major African-American writers, such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and Imamu Baraka; social implications of their creative work.
01:014:423Black Thought: A Philosophical Inquiry (3) Investigation into a notion of a black philosophy as various philosophical terminologies explored. Prerequisite: 01:014:323.
01:014:460Methodology in Africana Studies Research (3) Techniques of research. Historical and contemporary research models used. Methodologies and theories of research.
01:014:461African Political Economy (3) Examination of the explanation for the contradictions between Africa's wealth and apparent poverty. Analysis of various national development paths, such as capitalism, African socialisms, Ujamaa, and communism.
01:014:481The Black Family (3) Consideration of the black family in historical and contemporary contexts: nuclear versus extended families; two-parent and female-headed households; rural and urban environmental effects. Prerequisite: Junior, senior, or graduate standing. Recommended: Previous seminar course work.
01:014:490Seminar in Africana Studies (3) Independent research under faculty guidance, or classroom orientation focusing on a major topic exploring the black experience.
01:014:491,492Independent Study (1-4,1-4) Prerequisites: 01:014:233, a minimum of 18 credits in department or approved equivalent, and good academic standing. Faculty proctor required. Registration by permission only.
01:014:495African Diaspora Field Study (3) Social and cultural study of selected communities of the African diaspora including African heritage, historical development, and analysis of contemporary issues. Prerequisite: Appropriate foreign language competence for non-English speaking locations.
01:014:497-498Africana Studies Scholars Project (6,6) To graduate with highest honors, students must participate in this departmental honors project or, with approval, substitute the Mabel Smith Douglass Honors Project, the Livingston College Paul Robeson Project, the Henry Rutgers Scholars Program, or the University College-New Brunswick Honors Program. Both terms must be completed to receive credit.
 
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