AFRO 398

Fall 2014 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Spec Topics Afro-Am Studies

Credit: 3 hours.

Advanced seminar on selected topics with particular emphasis on current research trends.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Junior status and one of the following: AFRO 224, or HIST 275 or HIST 276, or ENGL 259 or ENGL 260.

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AFRO 398 class schedule data for fall 2014
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
63175	Lecture-Discussion	EM	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	Gregory Hall	McDuffie, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Title: Urban History Section Info: HIST 381/AFRO 398 Black Midwestern Urban History This class will look at US urban history, with special attention on twentieth century black Midwestern urban history in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland. We will read classic texts such as St. Clair Drake and Horace Cayton?s Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City (1945), as well as recent, cutting edge work on black Midwestern urban history such as Beth Tompkins Bates?s The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford (2012). Gender, sexualities, and women?s voices will receive close attention. The class will also use media to examine the dynamic histories of black urban Midwestern life.
63654	Laboratory	KN	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	Krannert Center for Perf Arts		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Title: African Dance Section Info: Umfundalai is a contemporary African dance technique that comprises its movement vocabulary from dance traditions from the continent of Africa as well as societies throughout the Diaspora. Contemporary African Dance uses Umfundalai to provide students with a rigorous movement experience that will focus on alignment, rhythm, and style as competencies in proficient, African-informed movement practice.
63655	Laboratory	KN2	9:00AM -10:20AM	TR	Dance Studio		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Title: African Dance Section Info: Dances of West Africa is a survey course in neo-traditional African dance. Using the rituals, protocol, and class structure of Umfundalai, a contemporary African dance technique, students will be exposed to three West African dances that originate from the Old Mali Empire.