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Course Catalog 2008-2009 
    
Course Catalog 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses


 
  
  • AAST 070 - Talking Book


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    This class is a hands on exploration of spoken/written narrative within African American visual tradition(s). We will view works by Carrie Mae Weems, Faith Ringgold, David Hammons, Lil’ Willie, Glen Ligon, and many more. These artists will serve as models for the layering of voices gathered and conjured within class projects. Students will be required to write, perform, compose (visually, and/or sonically) tapestries of voices carried within themselves. Projects will range from portraits of self, to portraits of place and time. Sound equipment will be made available to students enrolled (no previous experience necessary) Counts as Visual Concepts and Processes for Art Majors. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: J. Coleman
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with ARTS 055
  
  • AAST 072 - Blues Aesthetic: Continuity and Transformation


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, 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
    Cross List Information
    This course is crosslisted with ARTS 072.
  
  • AAST 074 - Something From Something


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, 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
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Counts as Visual Concepts and Processes for Art majors.
    Cross List Information
    This course is crosslisted with Arts 056
  
  • AAST 101 - Introduction to the Black Experience


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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 African American 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: 35.
    Instructor: J. Millette
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Declared majors are given priority for this course.
  
  • AAST 118 - Ritual and Performance I: The World According to the Yoruba and their Descendants in the New World


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    This course will explore religious phenomena, performance, and artistic “agency” of the Yoruba and their descendants. We will look at Yoruba syncretic beliefs in the New World as well as in the Old World in relation to ritual secrets and choices for artistic representation, in the performance “arena.”  After reading and discussion of written and verbal expression on this subject by practitioners, artists, and intellectuals, students will use dance movement, artistic representation, and “nommo”—the word to represent their own construct of a ritual—to render their example of a specific “construct” of ritual. Enrollment Limit: 15, first-year students only; upper classmen by consent.
    Instructor: A. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     
    Cross List Information
    This course is crosslisted with DANC 118.

  
  • AAST 120 - The Caribbean and the Wider World


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: Spring Semester 2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    In 1493 the Caribbean did not exist in the imagination of Europe and the wider world. In 1494, it was “discovered” by Columbus, and from that time onwards became an integral part of the European imagination and of the Atlantic world. This course will examine the historical background to this transformation and some of the political, moral, and economic issues that confer significance on the changes that took place.
    Instructor: J. Millette
  
  • AAST 121 - African Presence in the Atlantic World


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This course is an introduction to the history of Africans in the Atlantic world from 1441, when the first African slaves were carried by ship from Africa to Portugal, until 1888 when Brazil became the last country to abolish slavery. It addresses such themes as the life of enslaved Africans and their various forms of resistance. Students will also be introduced to the continuities and transformations of African structures and belief systems in the Diaspora.
    Instructor: G. Gill
  
  • AAST 131 - Traditional African Cosmology


    Next Offered: Spring Semester 2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    An introductory survey of African philosophical and metaphysical traditions, including an examination of traditional African religion, spirituality, applied metaphysics and cultural patterns. Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
     


          

  
  • AAST 141 - The Heritage of Black American Literature


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, 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. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Preference for declared majors and department credit students.
  
  • AAST 161 - Introduction to Capoeira Angola


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Capoeira Angola is the African-Brazilian martial art that combines dance, music, and combat to create a game of strategy, style and wit. This course will introduce students to the aspects of Capoeira Angola including the movement, music, philosophy and history traced through great masters of the past to its African beginnings in the Bantu’s dance of N’golo. Each class will involve daily physical training and music lessons. Students will also engage in readings and discussions aimed at providing a historic context for contemporary styles and traditions. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with DANC 161. During registration, students should register for AAST 161; during add/drop, students may change to DANC 161 if they prefer.
  
  • AAST 171 - Introduction to African American Music I


    Next Offered: [2009-2010]
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. This 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. Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: W. Logan
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290 and MHST 290.

  
  • AAST 172 - Introduction to African American Music II


    Next Offered: [2009-2010]
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, 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: 50.
    Instructor: W. Logan
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 291 and MHST 291.
  
  • AAST 181 - Education in the Black Community


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: CD, 3SS, WR

    The philosophy of a Ghetto Scholar is the sole focus of this course. This highly creative and very original philosophy centers on a Ghetto Scholar’s use of education to pursue the concept of GGG (the greatest good, for the greatest number, for the greatest period). Students are required to think imaginatively, analytically, and independently as they examine critical issues facing Black and other oppressed peoples. Education is essential to the attainment of a world that is liberated, peaceful, and humane. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: B. Peek
  
  • AAST 190 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    This course will survey dance movement forms and technique from West Africa, to the New World through dance performance. A survey of dance performance using academic discourse as well as a movement vocabulary will be used. The influence of West African movements on the New World will include forms from Brazil, Cuba and Haiti. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and Pan-African world view. Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with DANC 190.

  
  • AAST 191 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    This course will expand the dance movements, forms, and techniques from AAST 190 class. Extensive dance performance within a particular area (Brazil, Cuba and Haiti) will be examined. The dances will be explored in their total experience in context with costumes and music.
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST/DANC 190 or previous dance experience.
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with DANC 191.
  
  • AAST 201 - African American History to 1865


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: CD, 3SS

    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
  
  • AAST 202 - African American History Since 1865


    Next Offered: First Semester 2009
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD

    An analysis of African American history from the Reconstruction Era to the Rise of Black Power. Coverage includes: the Age of Booker T. Washington, Urbanization, Pan-Africanism, Depression and War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Resurgence of Black Nationalism.  Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: P. Brooks
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     

  
  • AAST 203 - Precolonial West and West Central African History


    Next Offered: First Semester 2010
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    This course deals with the origins of human society in Africa; the rise of organized social, commercial and political systems; Egypt and other classical African civilizations and empires; traditional religions, Christianity and Islam in Africa; the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its impact on African societies and trading systems; the under-development of Africa by the end of the slave trade. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: G. Gill
  
  • AAST 206 - History of the Caribbean to 1838


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: CD, 3SS

    Beginning with an examination of indigenous Caribbean societies, this course then studies how the various European colonial enterprises affected the region’s social and economic history. It examines such themes as trade, the evolution of labor systems, the establishment of the plantation enterprises, and political and social organizations. A central feature of this course is to understand the evolution of such concepts as class, gender, and ‘race’ in the context of the Caribbean. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: G. Gill
  
  • AAST 208 - Slavery and Freedom in the Western Hemisphere


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: First Semester 2009
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    This course examines the emergence of the African diaspora in the Western Hemisphere from the 15th century onward. It focuses on the African historical background; the European contacts with West Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean; the rise of the Atlantic socio-economic and cultural complex; the development of New World economies and societies; the origins and organization of the slave trade and slavery; slave resistance, emancipation and the establishment of freedom. Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Instructor: J. Millette
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     

  
  • AAST 209 - Society and Politics in the Modern Caribbean, 1838-1970


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: CD, 3SS, WR

    This course discusses the modern Caribbean from the emancipation of the slaves in the British West Indies to the independence and post-independence periods. It explores the post-emancipation social, economic and political problems; the introduction of East Indian indentureship; the later emancipations in the French and Spanish islands; political and economic modernization; the growth of the nationalist movements; independence and neo-colonialism. Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Instructor: J. Millette
  
  • AAST 210 - The African Presence in the Caribbean


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD

    This course examines the African presence in the Caribbean and identifies some of the main features of the African cultural   legacy in the region throughout the plantation and post- plantation eras. It seeks to explicate Caribbean thought and practice by examining how aspects of Caribbean history, demography and cultural forms were influenced by the world views and customs of people from West and West-Central Africa. Enrollment Limit 25. 

     

     

     

     
    Instructor: G. Gill

  
  • AAST 212 - New Nations in the Caribbean


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    In the period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the 21st century, the Caribbean has experienced a significant series of transformations. The course will examine three of the most prominent themes against the background of a changing international environment, the growth and development of new ideological currents and the emergence of a vigorous new nationalism in the region as a whole. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: J. Millette
  
  • AAST 214 - Colonization, Appropriation, and Apartheid


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD

    In this period Southern Africa experienced three significant transformations. First, there was the growth of a largely British presence in the region. Secondly, there were the very violent conflicts between the native peoples and the Boer expansionists. Finally, there was the British drive for hegemony, the emergence of the mining sector, and the creation of the South African apartheid state. The course ends with an examination of non-white responses to the growth of these factors. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: J. Millette
  
  • AAST 220 - Doin’ Time: A History of Black Incarceration


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    GSFS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This course considers how a system of imprisoning Black men and women in the U. S. has been sustained from colonial times to the present. Beginning with Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, and Davis’s Are Prisons Obsolete?, the course establishes a theoretical grounding upon which to understand early systems of surveillance and confinement. The course surveys institutions, justice systems, and incarcerated men’s and women’s crimes, punishments and experiences negotiating what can arguably be termed 21st century re-enslavement. Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  
  • AAST 225 - Women in Caribbean History


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS, GSFS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This course studies the economic, social, cultural and political activities of women in the Caribbean from the era of Pre-conquest to the dawn of political independence in the various colonies. It will therefore begin with an examination of the lives of indigenous Caribbean women and continue with an analysis of the historical setting and factors which affected the behavior of women of African, European, Chinese and Indian descent. Enrollment Limit 20.
    Instructor: G. Gill
  
  • AAST 226 - Slave Revolts in Atlantic World


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS

    Open revolt was but one expression of resistance to slavery. Throughout the Atlantic World enslaved Africans and their progeny plotted revolts and in hundreds of cases were able to foment rebellions but only one was successful. This course provides an in-depth examination of these phenomena in the Atlantic World by analyzing their aims, planning and execution. It also seeks to understand why they failed and why the Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: G. Gill
  
  • AAST 228 - Katrina and the Black Freedom Struggle in Louisiana


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    GSFS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This course situates August 29, 2005 and the meaning of the Katrina disaster in the history of Black Struggle in Louisiana and the surrounding region. Using texts such as Adam Fairclough’s Race and Democracy, Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke, and Hartman and Squires’s There Is No Such Thing As A Natural Disaster, students examine the historical interplay of race, gender, poverty, and the politics of resistance in a unique area of the U. S. South. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  
  • AAST 262 - Capoeira II


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    DANC
    Next Offered: Second Semester 2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, 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
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AAST/DANC 161 or consent of instructor.
     

    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with DANC 262.
  
  • AAST 264 - African American Drama


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    This class surveys plays written by Black Americans with an emphasis on works of 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


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, 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
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with THEA 268.
  
  • AAST 281 - Practicum in Tutoring


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3SS, CD

    Tutors offer academic help to children in schools, homes, etc. Focus is on academically weak children generally, and on Black children specifically. By critiquing the instructor’s tutorial demonstrations, tutors develop an appreciation and understanding of the Master Tutor Concept. Enrollment limit: 35.
    Instructor: B. Peek
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Repeatable up to eight hours. CR/NE or P/NP grading. TB test required. Obtain and return questionnaires before tutoring.
  
  • AAST 285 - African American Women’s Hist


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    A general survey of the history of Black women from colonial times to the present. This course will examine the uniqueness of the Black female experience through the lens of the intersection of race, class and sex in American society. This course studies the lives of Black women from slavery through reconstruction, northern migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, and on to the development of a contemporary Black feminism. The course includes literature and political commentary from Black women writers and activists. Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  
  • AAST 290 - Ritual & Performance II


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    DANC
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    This course will further explore the religious phenomenon discussed in AAST 118 in performance and artistic agency of the Yoruba and Kongo as their descendants develop the secular Blues’ in dance and music. This course will also explore the Blues’ on-going artistic and musical tradition that includes the greater Mali Empire’s tradition of the Griot and the codes and signals used in Blues that are the choices of its artistic expression and its uses in the performance arena.
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of the instructor is required.
  
  • AAST 334 - African Literary Theory and Theorizing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

    New Course Added 11.11.2008.

    Drawing on recent critical interest in studying Black literary traditions across national boundaries, this seminar will examine the emergence, evolution, and continuing development of major theories and methods for interpreting literatures of Africa and the African diaspora. We will focus on key questions revolving around the functions and characteristics of literature, cultural nationalism and identity, and feminism in literary movements such as the Harlem Renaissance and Negritude, the Black Arts Movement, and Creolité. We will read major theorists such as Locke, Cesaire, Baraka, Ngugi, and Boyce Davies as well as some creative works. Consent: Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: M. Gadsby

  
  • AAST 336 - Pan-Africanism Political Perspective


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Politics
    Next Offered: Second Semester 2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    After having gained a broad overview of the evolution of political consciousness on the continent of Africa, students will be expected to examine in critical detail the more substantive problems posed by Pan-Africanism. What does Pan-Africanism mean to the different African peoples of the world? Who have been the significant contributors to its growth—Nkrumah, Garvey, Nyerere, Fanon, Karenga? What is the OAU in relation to the concept? What are the consequences of the military takeovers on the continent? What is the future of Pan-Africanism? Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
     

    Instructor: Staff
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with POLT 318.
  
  • AAST 343 - Langston Hughes and the Black Aesthetic


    Next Offered: First Semester 2009
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

    Focusing in selected poetry, prose, and autobiography, this course will examine the international dimensions of Langston Hughes as writer and cultural critic. As a bridge between the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements, we will discuss his significant contributions to African Diasporic Literatures and to the development of an African Diasporic literary aesthetic. 

     
    Instructor: M. Gadsby

  
  • AAST 346 - Contemporary African American Literature: 1960-Present


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

    This course examines African American Literature from 1937 to the present. Beginning with the literature of social realism (Ann Petry and Richard Wright) we will cover almost 100 years of African American Literature, including some of the major critical discourses (Modernism, Protest, and the Black Arts Movement) that have guided its development over the past century. Other authors discussed include Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones, and Toni Cade Bambara. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Prerequisites & Notes
     Preference for declared majors.

     

  
  • AAST 347 - Culture, History, and Identity: Caribbean Literature and the Politics of Survival


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: Second Semester 2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    This course serves as introduction to Caribbean Literature. Students will examine a wide range of texts that exemplify the beginning and evolution of a literary tradition that is located on a continuum of African Diasporic Literatures. Our discussion will engage the historical, political, and cultural contexts out of which Caribbean Literature has emerged, particularly struggles against colonialism, neocolonialism, sexism, and global capitalism. Some authors discussed are Michelle Cliff, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, and Nalo Hopkinson. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     

  
  • AAST 361 - Framing Blackness II: African Americans and Cinema in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    CINE
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WR

    This course will continue the inquiry in AAST 261, but will intensively focus on more recent films with Black subjectivity in both dominant and independent cinema. We will consider the legacy of both ‘Blaxplolitation’ and the radical film movement of the early 1970’s on artists of the 1980’s and 90’s. Short papers will be required every week with lengthier assignments at mid-term and finals. Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Students must be able to attend all morning classes and evening screenings.
  
  • AAST 363 - Capoeira Angola III


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Dance
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 1.5 SS, 1.5 HU, CD

    Students will refine previous skills and focus on developing individual creativity and confidence while continuing to build balance, rhythm, and strength. Students will be expected to achieve and demonstrate a high level of proficiency in all aspects of Capoeira Angola including singing songs, creating unique combinations, and playing all instruments with special attention given to the Berimbau. Students will engage in readings that explore contemporary issues and struggles within Capoeira Angola. Throughout the semester students will engage in special events and performances that present Capoeira Angola to the campus community. Consent of instructor required. Limit: 16 students
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AAST 161
  
  • AAST 368 - Black Arts Workshop II: African Diasporan Culture in Perfomance from Blues to Hip Hop


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course continues the inquiry begun in AAST/THEA 268 focusing on the Western Hemispheric inheritance from traditional African cultures. This course will focus on performance in sacred and secular cultures of the African Diaspora in the mid-to-late 20th century. The class will hone performance skills through in-class exercises and assignments, and intellectual and critical skills through reading, discussions, presentations, journals and critical papers examining aesthetic and cultural performance theories. The course will culminate in a final performance. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AAST/THEA 268 or other AAST Fine Arts classes.
  
  • AAST 385 - Black Pedagogy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    Black children possess the inherent ability to score 1400 plus on the SAT’s and obtain A’s in school. This course examines the philosophy and practices of Honors Teachers. Students explore analytically and pragmatically pedagogy designed to help ghetto children attain excellence in reading, writing, and arithmetic in spite of racism, poverty, etc. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: B. Peek
  
  • AAST 390 - Essence Dance Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3HU, CD

    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance through the Black experience. A variety of dance forms will be used such as: modern, Afro-forms, and Black urban vernacular dances. Students are expected to purchase costumes. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, AAST 190, or AAST/DANC 191. CR/NE or P/NP grading. Note: This class may be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours.
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with DANC 390.
  
  • AAST 391 - Dance Diaspora


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-3 hours
    Attribute: 2-3HU, CD

    Faculty directed performance project. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. Auditions are held in spring semester for fall enrollment. African American Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with DANC 391.
  
  • AAST 450 - Senior Seminar


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: CD, 4SS, WR

    This course will cover aspects of philosophy, history, methodology and research methods in the discipline. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: P. Brooks
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites and Notes Note: Juniors who are majors will be accepted only with consent of instructor or department chair. This is a required course for all African American Studies majors during the senior year.
  
  • AAST 500 - Junior Honors Project


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    Specialized readings pertaining to a well-defined Honors project. Students must be supervised by a member of the department to identify research sources. Consent of chair required.
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Honors Program is by departmental invitation.
  
  • AAST 501 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6SS, CD, WR

    The preparation of Honors theses under the supervision of faculty supervisors. Consent of chair required.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Honors Program is by departmental invitation
  
  • AAST 502 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6SS, CD, WR

    The preparation of Honors theses under the supervision of faculty supervisors. Consent of chair required.
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Honors Program is by departmental invitation.
  
  • AAST 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: CD, 0.5-3SS

    Open to any student who is interested in undertaking a Private Reading course with a member of the department. Signature of the instructor is required.
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, M. Gadsby, G. Gill, C. Jackson-Smith, J. Millette, B. Peek, M. Sharpley
  
  • ACHS 200 - Archeological Field Course


    Semester Offered: Summer
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 SS

    A four week summer course in field archaeology offered in conjunction with the Sangro Valley Project, a joint archaeological project of Oberlin College and Oxford University (www.sangro.org) at the Samnite/Roman site of Monte Pallano in the Abruzzo, Italy. Participants will learn theoretical and practical aspects of excavation. There will also be field trips, lectures on the history of the region, and discussions of the current problems facing professionals in the field of heritage resource management. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 6.
    Instructor: S. Kane
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with ARTS 413.
  
  • ACHS 210 - Readings on the Techniques of Archaeological Excavation


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: 1 SS

    This course is highly recommended for students planning to enroll in ARTS 413/ACHS 200 Archaeological Field Course and will consist of directed readings on archaeological field work techniques and methods.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Instructor: S. Kane
    Prerequisites & Notes
       

  
  • ACHS 250 - Advanced Archeological Field Course


    Semester Offered: Summer
    Credits (Range): 5 Hours
    Attribute: 5 SS

    A four week summer course for students with previous fieldwork experience who wish to further their training in archaeological field methods and research. Offered in conjunction with the Sangro Valley Project in the Abruzzo, Italy (www.sangro.org). The seven week course will include pre-season training; four weeks of excavation; and post-excavation analysis. Students taking this course will serve as trench supervisors and/or laboratory/technical assistants under the supervision of the senior personnel; they will also collaborate with professional staff in their ongoing research projects. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 6.
    Instructor: S. Kane
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with ARTS 423.
  
  • ACHS 300 - Senior Project


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 to 3 hours
    Attribute: 1 to 3 SS

    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: S. Kane
  
  • ACHS 400 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 to 5 Hours
    Attribute: 2 to 5 EX

    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: S. Kane
    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 his or her junior year. Honors proposals are due on or about April 15.
     

  
  • ACHS 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): .5 to 3 Hours
    Attribute: .5 to 3 EX

    Signature of the instructor is required.
    Instructor: S. Kane
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note:  Available as extra-divisional credit only. 
  
  • ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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: J. Glazier, M. Ronkin
  
  • ANTH 102 - Human Origins (Lecture Only)


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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 103 - Introduction to Archeology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    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
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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: 40
    Instructor: M. Ronkin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One introductory course. 
    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


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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
  
  • ANTH 212 - Ethnographic Perspectives on Small-Scale Societies


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This course will draw primarily on ethnographic literature to explore the global diversity in small-scale, or forager, societies. We will examine their ecological adaptations, gender roles, patterns of land use, and the strategies currently employed as modern forager groups are drawn into the world economic market. The relevance of these groups to the study of the prehistoric past will also be considered. Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Instructor: A. Margaris
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: 100 level course or consent from instructor. 

     

  
  • ANTH 249 - Language in the USA


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    This course is an introduction to language ideologies and controversies in the United States. Attention centers on controversies regarding a national language and Ebonics, Spanglish, and forms of allegedly ‘bad’ language in general, as well as on sociocultural constructions of language identities. Topics may include linguistic culture and language policy, bilingualism among Puerto Rican children in New York City, and Ebonics and the language and aesthetics of Hip Hop culture. A research paper is required. Enrollment limit: 40.
    Instructor: M. Ronkin
  
  • ANTH 278 - Human Rights, Universalism and Cultural Relativism


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    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. The course will focus on ethnographic case studies from a wide variety of societies that demonstrate the cultural challenges involved in defining, establishing, and implementing a set of global and universal human rights. Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Instructor: B. Pineda
  
  • ANTH 288 - Immigrant America: Then and Now


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    From 1900 until 1924, millions from southern and eastern Europe reached the U.S. Immigration since 1965 has drawn newcomers from Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. This course examines immigration to the United States by comparing the two historic periods in social, economic, and cultural terms. Assimilation, cultural persistence, linguistic and environmental implications, advocacy and resistance, welfare and entrepreneurship, and immigrant communities in relationship to the American nation, particularly to African Americans, will be considered.  Enrollment limit 30.
    Instructor: J. Glazier
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Anth 101 or prior work in American History or Sociology

     

     

  
  • ANTH 306 - Perspective on Literacy


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This class argues that literacies must be understood in the socio-cultural and historical contexts in which they are used, as we examine the ways in which they are linked to social relationships, technologies, talk, and actions. In particular, we will address questions of authority and dominance, through an exploration of the role of literacy, nationalism, and education in class stratification and the formation of gender, racial, and ethnic identities. We will also consider the significance of emerging and alternative literacies. Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Hoffman
  
  • ANTH 312 - Latino/a and Latin American Folklore


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Conducted in English, this course examines the traditional, expressive dimensions of culture to gain a greater understanding of Latin America. Folklore methods and theories are employed in the study of, for example, folk music, dance, drama, food ways, carnival, belief systems, art and dress. Examples are drawn from various regions, including the Caribbean and the United States. Slides, videotapes, and recordings support the readings. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: A. Cara
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Knowledge of Spanish is desirable but not required.
     
     

    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with HISP 312.
  
  • ANTH 353 - Culture Theory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    A critical examination of major issues in the study of culture over the past century and a quarter through a discussion of such theoretical topics as cultural evolution and neo-evolution, materialism and cultural ecology, functionalism and ecosystems theory, interpretive and symbolic anthropology, structuralism and political economy. The role of ethnography, the scientific and humanistic dimensions of anthropology and the relationships between various theories are also considered. Recent multicultural and postmodernist efforts at cultural explanation on the part of anthropologists and other scholars will be examined. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: J. Glazier
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Junior or senior-level standing, ANTH 101, and one additional course in anthropology.
     
  
  • ANTH 391 - Practicum in Anthropology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3SS

    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: J. Glazier, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
  
  • ANTH 415 - Internships in Teaching


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2SS

    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. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: J. Glazier, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
  
  • ANTH 416 - Race, Racism, and Human Variation in Global Perspective


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit: 10.
    Instructor: B. Pineda
  
  • ANTH 420 - Approaches to Discourse Analysis


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD,WR

    This course introduces approaches to discourse analysis of interest across the interpretive disciplines. We focus on language units larger than sentences and on functionalist perspectives. Included are speech act theory, interactional sociolinguistics, the ethnography of communication, pragmatics, conversation analysis, variation analysis, and critical discourse analysis or narrative analysis.  Several analytic exercises and a data-driven research paper are required. Enrollment limit: 10.
    Instructor: M. Ronkin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    The pre-requisite is two courses in linguistic anthropology or permission of the instructor.
  
  • ANTH 432 - Anthropology and Ethics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD

    This course examines the moral duties of anthropologists engaged in research, publication and teaching. Anthropologists bear personal and professional responsibilities to the discipline, to humanity and to other species integral to anthropological research. This course focuses on codes of professional conduct that anthropologists have developed to govern the ethical pursuit of knowledge in cultural, archeological, biological and linguistic anthropology. We will be particularly concerned with specific case studies of ethical breaches, conflicts and dilemmas. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit:  10.
     

    Instructor: J. Glazier
  
  • ANTH 456 - Seminar in Culture Contact and Colonialism


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD

    This course will focus on anthropological approaches to culture contact and colonialism.  We will trace the development of early and contemporary theoretical models relating to gender and ethnicity, the concept of frontiers and boundaries, acculturation, and World Systems theory. Through theoretical readings, case studies from around the world, and student-facilitated discussions we will explore how anthropologists attempt to construct explanatory frameworks for culture contact that have wide applicability, while at the same time acknowledging the uniqueness of individual cultures and the historical paths they have traveled. Consent from instructor required. Enrollment limit: 10. 
    Instructor: A. Margaris
  
  • ANTH 490 - Junior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-3 hours
    Attribute: 2-3SS

    Junior honors. Requires consent of the instructor.
    Instructor: J. Glazier, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Open only to second semester junior majors.
  
  • ANTH 491 - Senior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-6 hours
    Attribute: 2-6SS

    Senior year honors. Requires consent of the instructor.
    Instructor: J. Glazier, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
  
  • ANTH 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3SS

    Private readings with a faculty member from the department. The signature of the instructor is required.
    Instructor: J. Glazier, A. Margaris, B. Pineda
  
  • APST 110 - Piano Class


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A basic one-year course (should be taken in the freshman year) including technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment, and piano repertoire. Section numbers below (last two digits) relate to placement levels.
    Instructor: L. Kennedy, A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission by placement/audition. Open only to Conservatory students who must complete a piano requirement.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.

  
  • APST 111 - Piano Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A basic one-year course (should be taken in the freshman year) including technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment and piano repertoire. Section numbers below (last two digits) relate to placement levels.
    Instructor: L. Kennedy, A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission by placement/audition.
    Open only to Conservatory students who must complete a piano requirement.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.

  
  • APST 112 - Keyboard Accompanying (Vocal)


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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.
    Instructor: P. Highfill
    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be repeated for credit. Open to all keyboard players.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.

  
  • APST 113 - Keyboard Accomp (Instrumental)


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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.
    Instructor: J. Howsmon
    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be repeated for credit.
    Open to all keyboard players.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.

  
  • APST 130 - Viola Class


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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.
    Instructor: K. Ritscher
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course may be waived by examination.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 6. 

  
  • APST 140 - Internalizing Rhythms


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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.
    Instructor: J. Haddad
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.

  
  • APST 141 - Internalizing Rhythms II


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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.
    Instructor: J. Haddad
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
  
  • APST 204 - Interpretation of Art Song


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8. 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.
    Instructor: P. Highfill
  
  • APST 208 - Guided Piano Pedagogy Proj


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    An independent study course for prospective and declared piano pedagogy minors. Students must propose and complete a significant written research project in the field of piano pedagogy and present their work in a public lecture-demonstration. Topics may be drawn from the piano teaching literature, current pedagogical trends, or historical pedagogy.
    Instructor: R. Palka
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to declared piano pedagogy minors only.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5.

  
  • APST 209 - Guided Teaching Observation


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A student will observe a series of individual and group lessons to become familiar with a variety of teaching styles and pedagogical approaches.
    Instructor: R. Palka
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Requirements will include a portfolio of observation reports and regular consultation with the instructor.
    Open to piano pedagogy minors or those intending to pursue the minor.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5.

  
  • APST 210 - Intermediate Piano Pedagogy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    General introduction for pianists to pedagogical principles, teaching repertoire, and learning materials and technology, with focus on teaching intermediate level students. Students will engage in lecture-discussions, critically respond to assigned readings, examine current teaching materials, and contribute regularly to a web-based discussion group.
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Observation and practice teaching of private and group lessons is required.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 13.

  
  • APST 211 - Elementary Piano Pedagogy


    Next Offered: [2009 - 2010]
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A one-semester introduction to the teaching of beginning piano and musicianship skills to young students in group and private settings. The course covers philosophical and developmental issues; as well as a thorough review of methods, materials, resources, and techniques for teaching at the elementary level. Weekly one-hour lecture; regular supervised group and private teaching experiences.
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 8.
    Prerequisites and Notes Open to piano majors or principals.

  
  • APST 212 - Advanced Piano Class


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A continuation of APST 110, 111 Piano Class, including advanced work in technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment, and piano repertoire.
    Instructor: R. Palka
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Conservatory students.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.

  
  • APST 213 - Advanced Piano Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A continuation of APST 110, 111 Piano Class, including advanced work in technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment and piano repertoire.
    Instructor: A. McAlister
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Conservatory students.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.

  
  • APST 214 - Keyboard Skills I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Intensive practical experience in functional keyboard skills including keyboard harmony, sight reading, transposition, improvisation, score reading, continuo playing.
    Instructor: D. Breitman, W. Wiggins, J. Mitchener
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MUTH 132, APST 214 (or the waiver exam) is prerequisite to APST 215.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 8.

  
  • APST 215 - Keyboard Skills II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Intensive practical experience in functional keyboard skills including keyboard harmony, sight reading, transposition, improvisation, score reading, continuo playing.
    Instructor: D. Breitman, W. Wiggins, J. Mitchener
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MUTH 132, APST 214 (or the waiver exam) is prerequisite to APST 215.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 8.

  
  • APST 221 - Sacred Music Skills


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    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.
    Instructor: J. Mitchener
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to organ majors.
    Offered in alternate years.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
  
  • APST 222 - Sacred Music Skills


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    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.
    Instructor: J. Mitchener
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to organ majors.
    Offered in alternate years.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
  
  • APST 230 - The Teaching of Singing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    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: 30.
    Instructor: L. Manz
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Significant vocal study.
    Junior or senior status required.
  
  • APST 233 - Woodwind Performance Pedagogy


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A one-semester course examining various aspects of teaching of all levels of all of the instruments of the woodwind family. This course will include master classes with discussion sessions following. Some writing will be involved. We will have discussions on subjects concerning teaching etiquette, breathing, psychology, etc. The students will give lessons to students invited to the class. Discussions will follow.
    Instructor: K. Chastain
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
  
  • APST 234 - Flute Pedagogy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    A one-semester course examining the various teaching techniques and methods for beginning through college level flutists. The course will include lectures and teaching observed by the class to be followed by discussion sessions. Participants will also teach supervised private lessons on a pay basis. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 6.
    Instructor: K. Chastain
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to flute performance majors.
  
  • APST 235 - Percussion Instruments


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    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
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Primarily for music education majors.
  
  • APST 236 - Wrkshp: Writing for Percussion


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    A workshop for composition majors only, concentrating on the problems of writing for percussion instruments and including studies of the characteristics and performance problems of all percussion instruments, notational systems, set-up problems, and orchestrational possibilities.
    Instructor: A. Otte
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 6.
 

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