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Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2017-18 (and planned offerings in future years)

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  • AAST 072 - Blues Aesthetic: Continuity and Transformation


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The emphasis of this course is upon the thesis that the Black or `Blues Aesthetic’ is a cultural perspective that emerges from within the experiences of Black people, facing the socio-political and economic conditions of modern and contemporary America. Our focus will be upon the traditions of African American music, literature, theater/film, and specifically the visual arts. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Coleman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information Cross-Listed with ARTS 071
  

  • AAST 101 - Introduction to Africana Studies


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    An interdisciplinary exploration of key aspects of Black history, culture, and life in Africa and the Americas. The course attempts to provide students with a fundamental intellectual understanding of the universal Black experience as it has been described and interpreted by humanists and social scientists. Included in the course will be such topics as: the Africana Studies movement, the African heritage of Afro-Americans, Pan-African relations, racism and sexism, the family, the role of religion in Black life, class structure and class relations, the political economy of African American life, and Black political power.
    Enrollment Limit: 39
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith, C. Peterson
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Declared majors are given priority for this course
  

  • AAST 122 - Caribbean Survey: Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic Part I: Introductory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    The course provides an introduction to the history of Caribbean nations beginning in Africa to the mid-20th century. The class explores the geography of the Caribbean, the indigenous population, and the role of Africa in providing laborers for the region?s plantation work and its enduring impact on the region?s cultural traditions. Students will examine resistance movements against slavery and imperialism. The class investigates the various methods individuals have used in recording moments of the past.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Y. Alexis
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 123 - Caribbean Survey: Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic Part II: Introductory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course continues its examination of these three Caribbean nations from the mid 20th century to the early 21st century. The class reflects on the nations’ political, social, and cultural contributions while discussing some of its major contradictions and challenges. The course addresses the nations? independence struggles, systems of governance, and interactions with the global world. We will investigate the various methods individuals have used in recording moments of the past.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Y. Alexis
  

  • AAST 132 - Introduction to African Studies: Patterns, Issues and Controversies


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    This course introduces students to the study of Africa. It examines the often negative media representation of Africa as a continuation of a long pattern established by colonial anthropologists, officials and literary writers. It also examines the destabilizing impact of colonialism on pre-colonial African political institutions, social organizations, patterns of belief, etc. Africa’s current difficulties can more fully be understood within this context, which contemporary media portrayals of Africa often ignore.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Opoku
  

  • AAST 141 - The Heritage of Black American Literature


    Next Offered: Course Offered in a Future Term
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    A survey of Black American literature from its inception in the 18th century to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s. Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, David Walker, Maria Stewart, and others up to DuBois and Anna Julia Cooper, including related slave songs, sermons, spirituals, blues, slave narratives and other folk expressions.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Preference for declared majors and department credit students.
  

  • AAST 158 - Something from Something


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Studio Art
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is a ‘hands on’ exploration of vernacular visual traditions existing within African American Culture. We will examine design choices/material processes used to define and describe the specificity of lived experience within African American culture. Our focus is upon elders within black communities and the stories that they tell through their work. These ‘folk artists’ function as influences upon contemporary African American artists ranging from Alison Saar, to Renee Stout. These vernacular traditions will serve as resources that extend our own working processes as we tell our own stories. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Coleman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Counts as Visual Concepts and Processes for Art majors.
    Cross List Information Cross-listed with ARTS 074
  

  • AAST 171 - Introduction to African American Music I


    Next Offered: Fall Semester
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms.
    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Instructor: F. Hadley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290 and MHST 290.
  

  • AAST 172 - Introduction to African American Music II


    Next Offered: Spring Semester
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The second semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. This semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms.
    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Instructor: F. Hadley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 291 and MHST 291.
  

  • AAST 190 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora I: Survey


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is an introduction to the fundamentals and basic movements of West African Dance. Traditional dance and rhythmic structures of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, and Mali will be studied to develop skills in beginning African Dance. Culture, history and philosophy of West African dance will also be explored through song, music, performance and academic discourse. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and Pan-African world view in the context of their social, occupational, and religious functions. Prerequisites and notes:
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Campbell
    Cross List Information Cross-listed with DANC 190
  

  • AAST 191 - West African Dance II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is an expansion to the fundamentals, basic movements, forms, and techniques explored in African Dance I.  Traditional dance and rhythmic structures of Casamance, Cuba, Guinea and Mali will be studied in depth to develop skills in advanced African Dance. This class will be explored in total context with traditional costumes, music, culture and customs. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and African world view. Students will perform in a final culminating studio concert.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Campbell
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC/AAST 190 or previous dance experience.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with DANC 191.
  

  • AAST 195 - Jazz Improv


    Next Offered: Course Offered in a Future Term
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: 2HU, CD

    The dynamics of this course will involve movement to jazz music as the physical expression of spirituality and emotions. Basic jazz dance forms combined with historical Black vernacular dance will be the technique through which the improvisational movements will develop.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: AAST 190 or 191.
  

  • AAST 199 - Dance Forms of the African Diaspora


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance of new works through the African-American experience. This course will explore the history, development, and core elements of dance forms of the African Diaspora: Modern Fusion, Afro-beat, Soukous, and Hip-Hop.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: T. Campbell
    Cross List Information Cross-listed with DANC 199
  

  • AAST 201 - African American History to 1865


    Next Offered: Course Offered in a Future Term
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4 SS, CD

    A survey of the cultural, social and political development of African peoples in the United States from their pre-seventeenth century origins to the end of the Civil War. Coverage includes: African culture, the transatlantic slave trade, the slave and free communities, abolitionism and emancipation.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: G. Gill
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
  

  • AAST 203 - Pre-Modern African History


    Next Offered: Course Offered in Future Terms
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This class will trace the development of human civilization in Africa from ‘Lucy’ to the European Age of Exploration in the 15th and 16th century. The Sahara desert will be used as a centerpiece for connecting not only West, East, and North African experiences, but also connecting these experiences with Mediterranean, Islamic and Indian Ocean regions. Key themes include the Agricultural Revolution, the Bantu Migration, the spread of Christianity and Islam, trade and state construction
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: Staff
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with Hist 125
  

  • AAST 204 - Modern African History


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits: 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD

    This course explores the historical roots of the present situation in the continent of Africa . Case studies include Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa, countries representing some of varied African experiences with modernity. Themes encompass: Christianity, Islam, trade, empire building, colonialism, neocolonialism, ethnicity and race. The course provides a general understanding of modern African history that can be used as a foundation for further inquiry.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: B. Yates
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 141
  

  • AAST 213 - Long Walk to Freedom: South Africa Since 1948


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    This course underscores the Black struggle in SA to bring about a peaceful transition to democracy.  Several constituencies figure in this transition, including the ANC, PAC, Inkatha, COD, COSATU, and others whose roles in bringing about freedom from Afrikaner rule are explored. Students gain a fuller appreciation of the racialized class- and gender-based dynamics of the struggle for Black liberation through 1994 and beyond.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  

  • AAST 219 - Freedom Movements: Civil Rights and Black Power


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course offers an analysis of the many singular and communal acts waged by Black people in the U.S. in pursuit of justice from 1955-1968 and beyond. It illuminates the philosophical, moral, political, and practical meanings of freedom as interpreted by communities, organizations and individuals. Using a host of personal testimonies, as well as important secondary works, this course considers questions of leadership, organization, tactics, goals, gender relations, politics, and the economic implications of such a critical moment in African American and U.S. history.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  

  • AAST 224 - Beginning Choreography in Cultural Traditions


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Dance
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This class focuses on the study of choreography, cultural traditions, performance, and participation in the mounting of traditional dance works from inception through rehearsal to performance. Weekly Readings are assigned, exploring the use of space, ritual, rhythm, shape and culture. Classes will emphasize the creative process and the working, artistic relationship between the choreographer and dancers. Repertory rehearsals are geared to enrich and develop personal expression and performance skills in a class setting in order that the final choreographic work is a dynamic experience for both group and individual performance.  Readings, discussions and performances are required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: T. Campbell
    Prerequisites & Notes
    DANC/AAST 190 or 191
    Cross List Information DANC 224
  

  • AAST 227 - Saint Domingue/Haiti in the Atlantic World


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course introduces students to the history of the Atlantic World through an in-depth examination of one of its richest and violent colonies, Saint-Domingue. The course begins with the disdcussion of the indigenous population, pre-1492 and ends in 1805, with the issuance of Haiti’s first Constitution. Students will explore the diverse population of St. Domingue (indigenous, African and European); the structure of colonial society; and St. Domingue?s participation in the Age of Revolution that produced Haiti.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Y. Alexis
  

  • AAST 229 - Radical Thinkers and Movements in the Caribbean


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    This course engages the works of Caribbean people to document the history of radical thought and movements from the 18th to the mid 20th century. Students are exposed to different areas of the Caribbean and its Diaspora (Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Martinique, and the United States, etc.), and its people (Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Arturo Schomburg, Fernando Ortiz, Amy Jacques Garvey, and Shirley Chisholm, etc.) in an examination of revolutionary and nationalist ideologies
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Y. Alexis
  

  • AAST 231 - African American Politics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    African American Politics is an introductory course that examines the traditions of political engagement by the African American community. The course will discuss the major figures, movements and events of the African American political tradition. Specifically the course interrogates ideological , formal and informal political movements and the historic and contemporary effect of Public Policy on African American life.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Peterson
  

  • AAST 234 - Africana Popular Culture


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    ‘Africana Popular Culture’ is a survey course that explores forms of popular cultural expression in the Africana world. The course will explore the relationship between cultural expression and its relationship to mass popular consciousness, culture and expression. The course will examine popular cultural expression in the fields of music, religion, sport and graphic novels.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Peterson
  

  • AAST 235 - Government and Politics of Africa


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Politics
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    This course examines pre-colonial African political and social systems and how these were weakened by the imposition of colonialism. It also considers the rise of leaders such as Nkrumah, Kenyatta and Nyerere, the liberation struggles and the wave of independence that swept through Africa in the 1960s. While acknowledging Africa’s development challenges, this course also highlights recent developments such as relative political stability, democratic deepening and the emergence of the African Union as constituting grounds for hope.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Opoku
  

  • AAST 244 - Modern African Literature


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    An examination of 20th and 21st century African literature in English with a focus on the political and economic realities of modern day Africa. Keeping in mind that being a writer in Africa is a political act, often punishable by imprisonment and even death, we will appreciate African literature as a platform for political and social critique, as well as the multiplicity of African lives and cultures. Some authors discussed: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo and Ben Okri.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
  

  • AAST 247 - Black Popular Literature


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 3HU

    This Course will examine the emergence of African American popular literature, or literature that exists outside of the widely accepeted canon and will examine the methods used by authors such as Zane, J California Cooper, and Omar Tyree to discuss issues such as sexuality, eroticism, incarceration, poverty, and violence. We will also deal with the politics of canonicity.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AAST 141 or AAST 101
  

  • AAST 248 - Resistance and Voice: Literature of the African Diaspora


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course is a comparative examination of literature written by peoples of African descent internationally. The course will examine the literary expression of peoples of African descent and Africans in the Americas, Europe, South and Central America. Using Paule Marshall’s discussion of ‘taking [one’s] mouth and [making] a gun,’ we will look at the ways in which peoples of African descent write resistance into their literature in creative ways. We will read the work of several authors including, Paule Marshall, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Ama Ata Aidoo, Dorothea Smartt, Kwame Dawes, Toni Morrison, Edwidge Danticat, Amiri Baraka, Suheir Hammad, and Earl Lovelace.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 261 - Framing “Blackness”: African Americans and Film In The United States 1915 to the Present


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Cinema Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Through an interrogation of Hollywood’s construction of Black images and the development of African American independent cinema, this class will examine the multifaceted relationship of African American people to the powerful medium of film. Drawing its title from Ed Guerrero’s book of the same name, ‘Framing Blackness’ will draw on historical and critical readings as well as film viewing. The course will also track the rise of independent Black voice in film and the development of a distinctively Afrocentric aesthetic. Discussions and paper will be used for evaluation.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
  

  • AAST 262 - Capoeira Angola II


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Dance
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This is a continuation in the study of Capoeira Angola. Students will continue to build strength, coordination, rhythm, and balance as well as learn to play rhythms on all the instruments of Capoeira Angola with special attention given to the berimbau. Readings and discussions will further explore the history and emergence of Capoeira Angola as a tool for African spirituality, liberation and Cultural Revolution within the new world. Throughout the semester students will engage in special events and performances that present our work to the campus community.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with DANC 262.
  

  • AAST 263 - Black English and Voice: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    Sociolinguistics studies the relationship between language and society and/or language variation by group and location. Given that it is a highly developed ‘dialect’ that was central to definition of the field, this course examines regularities of Black English (sometimes called Ebonics, to indicate both speaker and sound). Along the way, students will be introduced to key concepts of sociolinguistics (e.g., speech community and speech act as well as semantics, morphology, and phonetics/phonology). The course also re-visits the 1997 debates involving Oakland’s intention to feature Ebonics in English education and culminates with consideration of differently stylized ?literary? renderings of Black speech. Field trips required. Prerequisite: AAST 101, AAST 202, or equivalent.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: G. Johns
    Cross List Information Cross-listed with ENGL 263
  

  • AAST 264 - African American Drama


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    English
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This class surveys plays written by Black Americans from the post-slavery period through the late 20th century. An overview of the history of African-American performance is followed by reading and discussion of current criticism and a wide selection of plays by writers such as James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Adrienne Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, August Wilson, and George Wolfe. Requirements include papers, journals and scene work.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 264.
  

  • AAST 268 - Black Arts Workshop


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The Black Arts Workshop combines theory and performance in African American cultural styles. Readings and discussions encompass Afrocentric philosophy, history, religion and aesthetics, dance, music, visual arts and drama. Classroom exercises focus on meditation, movement, dance and acting skills. In the latter part of the semester there is a focus on Black Theater including scene work. Written work is required. Final projects are to be creative in nature.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be repeated twice for credit.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 268.
  

  • AAST 275 - African-American Performance Theater


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4 HU

    This course is a workshop for creating performance art including drama, spoken word, dance and musical performance that explores the legacy of the African-American Experience in form or content. From Africa through the Middle Passage and into America, students will read essays, stories, poems and plays-while discussing the legacy and aesthetic of the African tradition within the Diaspora. Students will gain academic information as well as develop their own artistic responses to the material. All will read, write and perform. A workshop performance will be presented using the work of the class.
    Instructor: Mr. Emeka
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 275.
  

  • AAST 281 - Practicum in Tutoring


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, CD

    Each student chooses the days, times, subjects, and age groups when she/he is available to tutor black and other children. They critique the professor’s demonstrations and analyze the Master Tutor Concept, which challenges the racist argument of black inferiority and examines the possibility that most children, regardless of race, are endowed genetically with the potential of doing ‘A’ work in school and scoring 2100 plus on the SATs. Tutoring transforms and empowers child/tutor.
    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Repeatable up to eight hours. P/NP grading. TB test required. Obtain and return questionnaires before tutoring.
  

  • AAST 302 - Marxism and the Black Radical Tradition


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    A seminar, Marxism and the Black Radical Tradition is an examination of the analysis, interrogation and implementation of Marxist based theory and praxis within the Black Radical Tradition. Utilizing texts across the fields of history, philosophy, political theory, sociology, fiction and post colonial theory, the course will highlight figures, events, texts and movements that exemplify this area.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Peterson
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 337 - African Capitalists and African Development: Seminar


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Politics
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    The World Bank, backed by the West, has been leading efforts to stimulate capitalism and development in Africa. African capitalists have been conceived as the linchpin of this project, but their ability to spearhead economic growth has been disappointing. This course examines why this is the case, highlighting the political and institutional barriers to the rise of African capitalists, and their implications for development.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: D. Opoku
  

  • AAST 350 - Intermediate Seminar: Research and Practice in Africana Studies


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    Students enrolled in AAST 350 Africana Studies Methodologies will engage in focused study and analysis of Africana Studies methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches to the field as foundation for the advanced research pursued in the Senior Seminar. Students will explore interdisciplinarity in an Africana Studies context, what disciplines inform African American Studies methodologies, and examine the circumstances that led to the establishment of Black/African American/Africana Studies Departments and Programs in the United States.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 357 - Empire and Resistance in the Caribbean (Haiti, Jamaica, Grenada, & Trinidad)


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    The course examines U.S. & European colonialism and imperialism in the Americas.  Students will analyze these occurrences in the Caribbean region specifically (Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, etc.) Additionally, we investigate how Caribbean citizens at home and in their respective Diasporas, act against and ally with, colonialist projects and Empire. Our analysis will incorporate theories and praxis related to race, gender, class, violence, memory, and power, etc. 
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: Y. Alexis
  

  • AAST 370 - Djapo Dance @ Oberlin


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Dance
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Djapo is a Wolof word meaning together. This course is designed to bring individuals together to preserve traditional West African Dance and other African Diasporic forms by acknowledging the spirituality, philosophy, and diversity of African Culture and its global presence. Djapo Dance will function as a semi-professional company that will serve the Oberlin campus and greater Lorain County and the surrounding community through on and off campus performance venues. Djapo Dance is an off-spring to Dance Diaspora, which was formed to provide the Africana student community with the opportunity to develop their art and cultural performance skills using an interdisciplinary model.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: T. Campbell
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    DANC/AAST 190 or 191

    Faculty Directed Student, Community Performance Project - Costume Fee of $50

    Registration is open to the community
    Cross List Information DANC 370
  

  • AAST 378 - Soc of African-Amer Community


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    This course shifts through many of the perspectives and empirical research relating to the condition of the African-American community. This will be aided by our exploration into various cultural, religious, historical, educational, economic, and political indicators of these conditions. We will also critically examine the nature and applicability of various sociological and ?alternative? theoretical paradigms and discuss the implications of our finding for social policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. White
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: One course in Sociology or African-American Studies or consent of the instructor. Cross-listed with SOCI 378.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with SOCI 378.
  

  • AAST 450 - Senior Seminar


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    This course will cover aspects of philosophy, history, methodology and research methods in the discipline.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: P. Brooks
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    AAST 350. Note: Juniors who are majors will be accepted only with consent of instructor or department chair. This is a required course for all Africana Studies majors during the senior year.
  

  • AAST 501F - Senior Honors - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, HONR

    Honors.
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, C. Jackson-Smith, D. Opoku, M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 501H - Senior Honors - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, HONR

    Honors.
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, C. Jackson-Smith, D. Opoku, M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 502F - Senior Honors - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, HONR

    Honors.
    Instructor: P. Brooks, M. Gadsby, C. Jackson-Smith, C. Peterson, M. Sharpley, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, D. Opoku
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 502H - Senior Honors - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, HONR

    Honors.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: P. Brooks, M. Gadsby, C. Jackson-Smith, C. Peterson, M. Sharpley, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, D. Opoku
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • AAST 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, C. Jackson-Smith, A. Ofori-Mensa, D. Opoku, R. Peck, C. Peterson, M. Sharpley, M. Gadsby
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Office of the Registrar
  

  • AAST 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, C. Jackson-Smith, A. Ofori-Mensa, D. Opoku, R. Peck, C. Peterson, M. Sharpley, M. Gadsby, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Office of the Registrar
  

  • ACHS 300 - Senior Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: K. Hubbard, A. Margaris, A. Schmidt, A. Wilburn, M. Moore
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ACHS 400 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4EX, HONR

    Honors. Archeological Studies majors may undertake Honors research during their senior year under the supervision of a faculty advisor who is normally a member of the Curricular Committee on Archeology. An Honors Project normally consists of a written thesis or other creative project based on original library, laboratory, or field research, or some combination thereof. The final project is submitted in the spring semester of the senior year and followed by a public presentation. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: K. Hubbard, A. Margaris, A. Wilburn
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Students who qualify for Honors and are interested in the program should consult with the program director by the beginning of the second semester in their junior year. Honors proposals are due on or about April 15.
  

  • ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    An introduction to cultural anthropology through an examination of basic concepts, methods, and theories that anthropologists employ in order to understand the unity and diversity of human thought and action cross-culturally. Language and culture, kinship and the family, politics and conflict, religion and belief, and the impact of social change and globalization on traditional institutions are some of the topics to be considered in a range of ethnographic contexts.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: C. Biruk, B. Pineda
  

  • ANTH 102 - Human Origins


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course focuses on paleoanthropology and is an introduction to the evolutionary development of humans. We will examine biological relationships between humans and other primates, primate behavior and classification, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. Emphasis will be placed on the methods used in the study of prehistoric human biological and cultural development.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: A. Margaris
  

  • ANTH 130 - “Natural” Disasters, Culture, and Sustainability in Indonesia WT18


    Semester Offered: First Semester Second Module
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2 SS

    Situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is host to frequent seismic and volcanic activities. In recent years, Indonesia has also experienced events such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, floods. Drawing on multiple disciplinary perspectives, this class explores the cultural engagements with and responses to hazards in the environment that turn into so-called “natural” disasters. Course materials & discussions focus on the interactions of communities and artists with natural hazards; the framing and interpretation of disasters in museums; social dimensions of disaster preparedness and management; and sustainability issues. Required for participants in WT2018 LIASE Study Trip to Indonesia.
    Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: J. Fraser
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Participants in WT2018 LIASE Study Trip to Indonesia
  

  • ANTH 202 - Fundamentals of Linguistics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, QFR

    This course introduces the scientific study of language by systematically exploring similarities and differences across human languages. Using actual data from real languages, students will learn basic methodologies of analysis and important results from subfields of linguistics including phonetics (possible human speech sounds), phonology (language-specific systemic organization of speech sounds), morphology (word-formation processes), syntax (sentence structures), semantics (meaning), language change, and sociolinguistics. Additional topics may include sign languages, language acquisition, and/or animal communication.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Haugen
  

  • ANTH 203 - Introduction to Archaeology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, QFR

    An introduction to the subfield of anthropology concerned with past human cultures. A basic objective is to acquaint students with both the methods and techniques that archeologists employ in the study and reconstruction of prehistoric societies. Examples will be drawn from a variety of archeological situations ranging from simple hunting and gathering societies to complex chiefdoms and states. Matters of contemporary debate in the area of archeology and the public will also be considered.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: A. Margaris
  

  • ANTH 204 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course is an introduction to the subfield of linguistic anthropology. Topics include surveys of theories of language and culture and theories of linguistic diversity (including contributions of such seminal figures as Boas, Sapir, and Whorf), ethnographic methods (including conceptions of speech communities, practices of observing, interviewing, and recording, and discussion of ethics), methods of transcription, and contemporary approaches to understanding language and meaning and language as social action.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Hoffmann-Dilloway
    Prerequisites & Notes
    The course is intended as a prerequisite for more advanced courses in Linguistic Anthropology and in related areas. No prior coursework in language and culture is required.
  

  • ANTH 210 - Indigenous Peoples of Latin America


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to modern historical, ethnohistorical and anthropological approaches to the indigenous populations of Latin America. The course will focus on the ongoing process of conflict and accommodation that has characterized the relationship between the native peoples of the New World and those of the Old World. We will study indigenous social movements dealing with issues such as land claims, natural resources, economic development, cultural recognition and human rights
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: B. Pineda
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ANTH 101 , This course may also count for the major in HISP and LATS.
  

  • ANTH 212 - Ecological Perspectives on Small-Scale Societies


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    Popular conceptions regard forager societies as primitive and naive or as prescient conservationists. In this course we will use an ecological framework to explore diversity in forager cultures, and the complex relationships that exist between small-scale societies and their environments. We will also consider the relevance of contemporary foragers to the study of the prehistoric past, and the futures of these groups as they are increasingly drawn into the global economic market.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Margaris
  

  • ANTH 227 - Medical Anthropology


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    This course will cultivate an anthropological understanding of the intersections between disease, health, society, the body, culture, and global political economy. Drawing on accounts from across the globe, our topics will include: comparative study of health systems; cross-cultural definitions and understandings of disease, illness, and health; bodies, medicine, and the media; maladies from chronic pain to AIDS to cholera; health, ethics, and morality; health inequalities; and global health.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Biruk
  

  • ANTH 257 - Graphic Anthropology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course explores past contributions of and future possibilities for sketching and drawing as anthropological methods. How can sketches complement field notes? How might graphic ethnographies complement scholarly books and articles? How do anthropologists across the ‘four-fields’ engage graphic methods in different ways? What ethical issues might accompany the increasing use of graphic methods? While students do not need any special background in or skill with drawing, participation in this course will involve active experimentation with graphic means of observing, participating in, and analyzing interactions, and of circulating anthropological insights. Either this course or CRWR 255: Graphic Narrative required for the ‘Graphic Accounts: Telling Through Pictures’ learning community.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Hoffmann-Dilloway
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 278 - Human Rights, Universalism and Cultural Relativism


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Latin American Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    Through an examination of the ways in which people in different societies identify and define ethical and social standards, this course will examine the concept of universal human rights. This course will consider the tension between universal claims and cultural relativism. We will also document and analyze the development of international efforts to apply universal rights.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: B. Pineda
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements): LATS.
  

  • ANTH 353 - Culture Theory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    A critical examination of theories and debates in the study of culture since the nineteenth century. Topics include: evolutionism, functionalism, symbolic anthropology, structuralism, political economy, feminist and postcolonial critique, and postmodernism. We explore the historical context, legacies, and utility of each approach for theorizing: agency, structure, power, knowledge, culture, subjectivity, and the politics of representation. We consider the consequences of theoretical assumptions for the collection, interpretation, and presentation of ethnographic data.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Biruk
  

  • ANTH 376 - Language and Prehistory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course examines what anthropologists can glean from the prehistoric human past through the study of language relatedness, linguistic reconstruction, and language change. The major theoretical approaches to and methodologies of historical linguistics will be introduced and then applied to specific case studies from around the world. Major issues to be addressed will include prehistoric population contacts and movements, as well as the reconstruction of protolanguages and protocultures.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: J. Haugen
  

  • ANTH 382 - Archeological Lab Methods


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    A hands-on course aimed at deepening students? understanding of how archaeologists make meaning from the material record. Readings in practical and theoretical problems in the discipline will help guide our survey of basic methods used for artifact and faunal analyses, and for recording, managing, and analyzing archaeological data. We will also consider emerging trends in data sharing and collections building through the use of digital media. Prerequisite & Notes: ANTH 103 required. STAT 113 or STAT 114 recommended.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: A. Margaris
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 391F - Practicum in Anthropology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Junior or senior majors in the department may receive up to three hours of credit for applied fieldwork in anthropology. The work should be carried out in connection with a systematic course of reading and the writing of a paper on the topic of the project. The purpose of the paper is to tie the field experience to relevant anthropological principles. The program should be worked out in advance with a department faculty sponsor. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 391H - Practicum in Anthropology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Junior or senior majors in the department may receive up to three hours of credit for applied fieldwork in anthropology. The work should be carried out in connection with a systematic course of reading and the writing of a paper on the topic of the project. The purpose of the paper is to tie the field experience to relevant anthropological principles. The program should be worked out in advance with a department faculty sponsor. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 415F - Internships in Teaching


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Qualified seniors who wish to assist in the teaching of specific courses may, upon consent of the instructor, achieve one or two hours for their work in such courses. Assistance with laboratory sessions, data analysis, and the research concerns of students in the class compose the major activities of the teaching internships.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 415H - Internships in Teaching


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Qualified seniors who wish to assist in the teaching of specific courses may, upon consent of the instructor, achieve one or two hours for their work in such courses. Assistance with laboratory sessions, data analysis, and the research concerns of students in the class compose the major activities of the teaching internships.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 416 - Race, Racism, and Human Variation in Global Perspective


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    The belief that the inborn characteristics of groups of people are responsible for differences in achievement, among other things, between them is present in one form or another in every society. In this seminar we will use a four-fields approach (biological and cultural) to examine both the underlying patterns of human biological variation as well as the varied manifestations of race and racism today. Case studies will be drawn from across the globe.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 456 - Seminar in Culture Contact and Colonialism


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    This course focuses on anthropological approaches to culture contact and colonialism. We will trace the development of theoretical models relating to gender and ethnicity, acculturation, frontiers and boundaries, and World-Systems theory. Through case studies and student-facilitated discussion we will explore how anthropologists attempt to construct explanatory frameworks for culture contact that have wide applicability, while acknowledging the uniqueness of individual cultures and the historical paths they have traveled.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: A. Margaris
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 482 - Anthropology of Good Intentions


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    This seminar critically analyzes the cultural politics of our humanitarian age. We will problematize logics of gifting, sacrifice, and ‘doing good’ as they play out in historical and contemporary projects staged by missionaries, NGOs, states, global aid institutions, development workers, and others. Reading ethnographic, filmic, journalistic, and historical sources alongside critical theory, we will consider the consequences, contingencies, and ethics of good intentions in a global world.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: C. Biruk
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 490F - Junior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, HONR

    Junior honors. Requires consent of the instructor.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 490H - Junior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, HONR

    Junior honors. Requires consent of the instructor.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 491F - Senior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, HONR

    Senior honors. Requires the consent of the instructor.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 491H - Senior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, HONR

    Senior honors. Consent of the instructor required.
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ANTH 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: RO
  

  • ANTH 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: C. Biruk, J. Haugen, E. Hoffmann-Dilloway, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: RO
  

  • APST 101 - Beginning Piano


    Next Offered: Fall 2015
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A one-semester course for Arts and Science students with no previous piano experience. 
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • APST 110 - Piano Class


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A basic one-year course (should be taken in the freshman year) including technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment, and piano repertoire. Section numbers  (last two digits) relate to placement levels.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. McAlister, L. Archibald
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission by placement/audition. Open only to Conservatory students who must complete a piano requirement.

     
  

  • APST 111 - Piano Class


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A basic one-year course (should be taken in the freshman year) including technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment and piano repertoire. Section numbers (last two digits) relate to placement levels.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. McAlister, L. Archibald
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission by placement/audition.
    Open only to Conservatory students who must complete a piano requirement.

     
  

  • APST 112 - Keyboard Accompanying (Vocal)


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Following a brief placement audition, pianists are paired with singers according to the needs of the voice department. Students may also make arrangements to accompany specific singers, subject to accompanying faculty’s approval. Accompanying projects are supervised by the voice teacher and accompanying faculty. Five hours of weekly contact time are expected, including rehearsals, voice lessons, coachings with accompanying faculty, but not practice time.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Highfill
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be repeated for credit. Open to all keyboard players.

     
  

  • APST 113 - Keyboard Accomp (Instrumental)


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Assignments will be made from repertoire requests submitted by the applied faculty. Students are encouraged to make arrangements to accompany specific instrumentalists, subject to accompanying faculty?s approval. Accompanying projects will be supervised by the instrumental teacher and accompanying faculty. Five hours of weekly contact time are expected, including weekly master classes with accompanying faculty, rehearsals, lessons, coachings, but not individual practice time.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: J. Howsmon
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be repeated for credit.  Open to all keyboard players.

     
  

  • APST 118 - Vocal Studies Seminar


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 1 Credit
    Attribute: CNDP

    Team-taught by members of the Vocal Studies Division and invited guests, this seminar provides voice majors information that will help them succeed at Oberlin and in their future performing careers.  Among the topics covered are Learning and Practice Strategies, Vocal Health and Nutrition, Recital Planning, Vocal Coaching, and Resumes/Bios/CVs.  
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: T. LeFebvre
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is limited to and required of first-year and Conservatory voice majors.
  

  • APST 120 - Beginning Voice Class


    Next Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters
    (Previous Title: Voice Class)
    Semester Offered: First & Second Semester
    HC
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A course in the basics of vocal technique and performance. Exploration of good alignment, breathing, tone production, resonance and communication, developed through group warm-ups and individual song performances.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: L. Stidham
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Audition and/or conset or instructor. (For non-majors & college students.)
  

  • APST 120A - Time Travel for Pianists


    Next Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters (Not Offered Spring 2019)
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester (First Module)
    Credits: 1 Credit
    Attribute: CNDP

    A one-module course. Historical keyboard instruments (various fortepianos and clavichords) are used as experimental tools for learning about style. Students will be expected to bring pieces they are studying or have studied (Bach through Liszt) to a weekly meeting with the instructor, and will be expected to make a presentation in class, at the end of the module. May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 4
    Instructor: D. Breitman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Instructor’s consent with the permission of the principal teacher.  Pass/No Pass Grading only. 
  

  • APST 120B - Time Travel for Pianists


    Next Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters (Not Offered Spring 2019)
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester (Second Module)
    Credits: 1 Credit
    Attribute: CNDP

    A one-module course. Historical keyboard instruments (various fortepianos and clavichords) are used as experimental tools for learning about style. Students will be expected to bring pieces they are studying or have studied (Bach through Liszt) to a weekly meeting with the instructor, and will be expected to make a presentation in class at the end of the module. May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 4
    Instructor: D. Breitman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Instructor’s consent with the permission of the principal teacher. Pass/No Pass Grading only.
  

  • APST 130 - Viola Class


    Next Offered: Fall 2016
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A one-semester course required of all students whose principal applied study is violin. The course is designed to familiarize the student with viola technique and clef reading.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: K. Docter
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course may be waived by examination.

     
  

  • APST 140 - Internalizing Rhythms


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits: 1 Credit
    Attribute: CNDP

    A workshop for instrumentalists and vocalists that focuses on the student’s ability to internalize and comprehend a range of rhythms that originate in multiple cultures. The teaching emphasizes speaking rhythm and then performing the lessons on the frame drum. The course materials are based upon a contemporary application of old-world teaching methods from North Africa, the Mid-east, and South India. The rhythms are poly-rhythmical an cyclical in nature. The playing techniques implemented are basic hand and finger techniques adapted from South Indian drumming and can be applied to a variety of percussion instruments.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: J. Haddad, J. Ashby
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • APST 141 - Internalizing Rhythms II


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits: 1 Credit
    Attribute: CNDP

    Continues work on the concepts of levels of rhythms and the ways to view them. The effect of these lessons is meant to give the student a greater sense of the mystical power of something simply done in a clear profound fashion. The class will explore how the split finger drum technique can be applied to other drums and percussion instruments, and watch and hear audio examples of a variety of indigenous musicians  from around the world and discuss the aspects that transcend style on a global music basis. Applying the concepts shared in class, students will start to create some pieces using the frame drum and a family of other percussion instruments that the instructor will provide. Class assignments will include original short basic compositions or adaptations of known songs that show a level of mastery of the concepts presented in class.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Haddad, J. Ashby
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Completion of APST 140.
  

  • APST 204 - Interpretation of Art Song


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Individual coaching sessions for singer/accompanist duos on musical style, interpretation, ensemble, languages, and presentation. Students who begin coaching first semester for a second semester recital will receive a deferred grade pending completion of the recital. Piano majors may substitute this course for one of the required keyboard accompanying credits.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: P. Highfill
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites and Notes Note: Accompanists may repeat the course for credit once. Open to seniors and artist diploma candidates preparing degree recitals, and to their accompanists.
  

  • APST 212 - Advanced Piano Class


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A continuation of APST 110, 111 Piano Class, including advanced work in technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment, and piano repertoire.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Conservatory students.
  

  • APST 213 - Advanced Piano Class


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A continuation of APST 110, 111 Piano Class, including advanced work in technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment and piano repertoire.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Conservatory students.
  

  • APST 214 - Keyboard Skills I


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Intensive practical experience in functional keyboard skills including keyboard harmony, sight reading, transposition, improvisation, score reading, continuo playing.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: D. Breitman, W. Wiggins
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MUTH 132, APST 214 (or the waiver exam) is prerequisite to APST 215.
  

  • APST 215 - Keyboard Skills II


    Next Offered: Spring Semester
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    HC
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Intensive practical experience in functional keyboard skills including keyboard harmony, sight reading, transposition, improvisation, score reading, continuo playing.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: M.Edwards/D. Breitman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MUTH 132, APST 214 (or the waiver exam) is prerequisite to APST 215.

     
  

  • APST 221 - Sacred Music Skills


    Next Offered: Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2018…
    Semester Offered: First Semester (Alternate Years)
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    First semester of a one-year course having an emphasis on skills necessary to become a successful church/synagogue musician. Units include historical and modern church music history, the role of the organist in the modern synagogue, hymnology, liturgy and worship styles, creative hymn playing, chant, accompanying, sight-reading, transposition, basic skills in improvisation, conducting from the console, rehearsal techniques, basic sacred choral repertoire, and church music administration.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: J. Moyer
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to organ majors.
  

  • APST 222 - Sacred Music Skills


    Next Offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019
    Semester Offered: Second Semester (Alternate Years)
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Second semester of a one-year course having an emphasis on skills necessary to become a successful church/synagogue musician. Units include historical and modern church music history, the role of the organist in the modern synagogue, hymnology, liturgy and worship styles, creative hymn playing, chant, accompanying, sight-reading, transposition, basic skills in improvisation, conducting from the console, rehearsal techniques, basic sacred choral repertoire, and church music administration.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: J. Moyer
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to organ majors.
  

  • APST 230 - The Teaching of Singing


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    The first part of the course is designed as an introduction to aspects of physiology, acoustics, and phonetics of the singing instrument, relating them directly to comparative vocal techniques and to the materials of teaching. It presents practical application of systematic vocal technique to the teaching of singing. The Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center will be heavily relied upon as a resource for the course. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: L. Manz
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes

    Passing of the Second Major Voice Committee, Junior or Senior status, and significant vocal study required.
  

  • APST 235 - Percussion Instruments


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    Designed to give students knowledge of the pedagogy of percussion instruments, materials and method books, and methods for building percussion sections of school ensembles. All percussion instruments are demonstrated and basic techniques taught, each student being required to develop basic playing ability. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: M. Rosen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Primarily for music education majors.
  

  • APST 240 - Continuo Realization at the Keyboard


    Next Offered: 201309
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A course in the technique and practice of realizing continuo parts in the music of the Baroque. Designed primarily for harpsichord, organ, piano, and music history majors.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: W. Wiggins
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    MUTH 132 and APST 214.
  

  • APST 241 - Introduction to Historical Keyboard Instruments for Pianists


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A team-taught, hands-on introduction to the fortepiano, harpsichord, and organ. Three weeks of small-group meetings will be devoted to each of the instruments, and in the final portion of the semester each student will receive individual instruction on one of them. Students wil be expected to prepare excerpts from a variety of repertory. Related readings will also be asigned. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: D. Breitman, J.D. Christie
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MHST 215 (first semester of Keyboard Literature).
  

  • APST 242 - Baroque Violin for Violinists


    Next Offered: Fall 2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: CNDP

    A one-semester course designed to acquaint violinists with the technique, style, and literature of the violin before 1750. Period instruments and bows will be used.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: M. McDonald
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
 

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