AFRO 298

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Spec Topics African-Am Studies

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Credit: 3 hours.

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

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: AFRO 100 or AFRO 101, or consent of instructor.

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AFRO 298 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
61058	Lecture-Discussion	RW	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Bailey, R McMillion, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Title: Exploring the Civil Rights Mov Section Info: Exploring the Civil Rights Movement provides an opportunity to students participating in the Civil Rights Pilgrimage to deepen their study of theCcivil Rights Movement in the U.S. South. The objectives of the course are to 1) study how youth got involved in key Civil Rights campaigns in several cities (Greensboro, Little Rock, etc.) and the development of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; 2) explore scholarship on social movements as a whole and how social change occurs; and 3) examine the Civil Rights Movement in broader historical context, and to better understand what came before and what came after. The course is restricted to students who have signed up for the Civil Rights Pilgrimage tour over Spring Break and who have gotten departmental approval from the Department of African American Studies. For course enrollment information contact: January Boten, Ikenberry North Area Coordinator UNIVERSITY HOUSING \| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mail: 207 East Gregory Drive \| Office: 1118 Nugent Hall 207 E. Gregory Drive \| Champaign, IL 61822 Phone: (217) 244-2020 \| Direct Line: (217) 244-2020 \| Fax: (217) 333-8043 botenja@illinois.edu\|www.housing.illinois.edu Also see: www.uoficivilrightspilgrimage.blogspot.com.
61998	Lecture-Discussion	S	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	FAR Meeting Space	Smith, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Health, Wellness & Blk Exp Section Info: This course provides students with an introduction to health and wellness issues in the Black community. This course will provide a framework for understanding health status across the lifespan, social and environmental challenges, chronic diseases, lifestyle behaviors, and intervention, research and policy implications for health-related issues and disparities plaguing the African American community. Students will learn how to integrate and situate these complexities in a broader systemic framework through readings, videos, and critical analyses. In addition, students will understand how this population exhibits resiliency in the face of these adversities.
63760	Lecture-Discussion	X	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	Foreign Languages Building	Maddox, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Constr Afr and Carib Identity Section Info: This course will introduce students to the diverse religions and expressions of folk spirituality among peoples of the Afro-Atlantic world, with special attention to religious and spiritual practices of the French-Creole circum-Caribbean. Special attention will be devoted to the French/Creole-speaking populations of the former French colonies (i.e. Haiti, Martinique, Louisiana). Using historical and anthropological approaches, we will explore the core concepts of religious syncretism and how the religious identities of Africans and their descendants developed under New World conditions. We will also draw upon interdisciplinary scholarship (i.e. dance studies, ethnomusicology, cultural studies) to examine the relationship between religious expression and cultural production. This will include discussions of music and dance expression, visual arts, and literature, as well as religious commodification, tourism, and critiques of media portrayals. Text, film, audio, and explorations of performance will be used in the course format.