AFRO 498

Spring 2012 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 2

Spec Topics African Am Studies

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Seminar on selected topics with particular emphasis on current research trends.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Upper level AFRO course (300 or above) or consent of instructor.

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AFRO 498 class schedule data for spring 2012
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
57504	Lecture-Discussion	1	6:00PM -8:50PM	T	Foreign Languages Building	Patterson, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Section Info: African American Studies and Hip Hop in the Obama Age. The purpose of this course is to examine the mission and legacy of African American Studies in the Hip Hop age. We will explore the intersection of the new social realities of the Black community and their reflection in the Black expressive culture of Hip Hop. After establishing a firm grounding in the history of Black Studies and its disciplinary paradigm, the class will explore the intergenerational transference of knowledge at its core and attempt to answer the question: Do we stand at another such point of transference today?
52117	Conference	JL3	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Loewen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Directed Research Section Info: Students allowed to enroll in this course will be expected to work independently. The supervising professor resides off-campus and interaction will be limited to once a week via conference call or through email exchanges. Once in the class, students must build a strong knowledge base on 'sundown towns' (communities that are, or were, all-white on purpose). Course requirements include reading "Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism", researching the professor's database, retrieving population data from census and "manuscript census", and updating the sundown town interactive map on the web. Additional research activities include visiting a 'probable' sundown town to research the claims made for/against the town's diversity (or lack of), updating Wkipedia or other web encyclopedias, and serve as an ambassador and a resource for knowledge on sundown towns long after completing the course.
52118	Conference	JL4	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Loewen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Directed Research Section Info: Students allowed to enroll in this course will be expected to work independently. The supervising professor resides off-campus and interaction will be limited to once a week via conference call or through email exchanges. Once in the class, students must build a strong knowledge base on 'sundown towns' (communities that are, or were, all-white on purpose). Course requirements include reading "Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism", researching the professor's database, retrieving population data from census and "manuscript census", and updating the sundown town interactive map on the web. Additional research activities include visiting a 'probable' sundown town to research the claims made for/against the town's diversity (or lack of), updating Wkipedia or other web encyclopedias, and serve as an ambassador and a resource for knowledge on sundown towns long after completing the course.