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Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2014-15 (and planned offerings in future years)

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  • AAST 101 - Introduction to the Black Experience


    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: 40
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith, C. Peterson
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    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


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

    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
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : First year students only.
  

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


    Semester Offered: First 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 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 124 - The Caribbean and the Wider World: 1600-1789


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

    This course examines the history of the Caribbean from the 17th century to the closing decades of the eighteenth. It begins with reflections on the importance of the Caribbean to the world that had been developing since the end of the 15th century and marks the major changes in the geo-political, social and economic development of that process. It emphasizes in particular the emergence of an Atlantic world in which the Caribbean, (and the wider Caribbean) was one of the three focal points that lay behind the monumental transformations taking place in Europe, Africa and the Americas. Attention will be given to changing perspectives in global thinking, to the vigorous development of a slave plantation system, to the impact of Caribbean exploitation on Europe, especially Great Britain, Holland and France, and ultimately the development of serious contradictions within colonialism and slavery that lead to the beginnings of the decline of both.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Millette
  

  • AAST 125 - Modern African History


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

    This segment of African history is designed to expose students to specific episodes in Africa’s political, social, and economic history from the late nineteenth into the twenty-first century. This course examines the emergence of modern Africa and the challenges of building viable nation states. Using an interdisciplinary approach and a variety of teaching materials, we will explore significant episodes and events in African history, including an examination of European colonialism and African liberation struggles.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: H. Ballah
    Cross List Information THis course is cross-listed with HIST 125
  

  • AAST 131 - Traditional African Cosmology and Religions: Shifting Contours and Contested Terrains


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

    This class will explore how African Cosmology (the conception of the origin and nature of the universe) helps to frame the understanding of Traditional African religions (TAR) and their practices as they have emerged in the history of the African continent. It examines the underlying nature of African Religious thought and the role and function of myth and ritual in these religions. The class will investigate indigenized Islam and Christianity as well as western modernity.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Miller, D. Opoku
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 281
  

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


    Semester Offered: Second 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


    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 161 - Capoeira Angola I


    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4HU, 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
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be repeated for credit.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with DANC 161.
  

  • 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: 50
    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: 50
    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 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
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with DANC 190.
  

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


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU, CD

    This course will expand and build upon the dance movements, forms, and techniques explored in DANC/AAST 190. It will focus on extensive dance performance within Matanzas, Cuba, which has a strong historical link to West Africa. The class will explore the dances and rhythms of the following traditions: Yambu, Rumba Columbia, Guaguanco and the Orisha dances. These dances will be examined in their total context with costumes and music.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    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: 2015-2016
    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 202 - African American History Since 1865


    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WINT

    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: 35
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  

  • AAST 205 - The Minimum Wage in Carribean Time, 1838-1938


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

    The termination of African slavery in the British West Indian colonies was followed by a post-emancipation era in which major struggles developed, on a regional basis, between the newly freed men and women and their former masters over the terms on which labour would continue to be offered and rewarded without the enabling existence of legalized slavery. The course will look at three phases of these ongoing struggles.  First, it will examine the impact of the dawn of freedom on the new contractual relationships between ex-masters and ex-slaves, and the outcome of those conflicts. Second, it will look at the large scale resort to indentured labour, as a device for side-stepping interminable and seemingly intractable conflicts surrounding the wage problem, and the impact of indentureship on the struggle for a decent wage. And, thirdly, it will reflect on  the prolongation of the battle over wages (and other working conditions) well into the early decades of the 20th century, and its consequences.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Millette
  

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


    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CD, 4SS

    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 220 - Doin’ Time: A History of Black Incarceration


    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

    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: 25
    Instructor: P. Brooks
  

  • 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 232 - Africana Philosophy


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

    ‘Africana Philosophy’ is a survey course that explores the tradition of philosophical speculation among the communities of the Africana world. Important to the course is the question of ‘what is philosophy’ and ‘what is a philsopher’ in the context of Africana life. The course will examine major texts, writers and diverse schools of thought that explore race, politics, identity, sexuality, and other areas of speculation.
    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 236 - Politics and Society in Africa since the 1980s


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

    Two momentous changes have occurred in Africa since the 1980s. The first was the shift to liberal economic reforms commonly called structural adjustment. The second was democratization. These changes, many argue, have vastly diminished the autonomy of the African state, and enabled external hegemonic powers to gain unprecedented influence in Africa since independence. This course examines the political, social and economic implications of these changes at both local and international levels.
    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 245 - The Harlem Renaissance


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

    The Harlem Renaissance refers to the period of African American Arts and Letters from roughly 1919 to 1940. Our examination will include poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and will revolve around the ways in which writers, activists, and artists collaboratively extended African American aesthetic traditions, as we address the major themes, criticisms and problems discussed by Black writers of the period. Works by Jean Toomer, Nella Larsen, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay will be examined, among others.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     
  

  • AAST 258 - Talking Book


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Arts
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, 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)
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Coleman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Counts as Visual Concepts and Processes for Art Majors.
  

  • 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: Second 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 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: 25
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 264.
  

  • AAST 271 - Youth and Social Movements in Africa


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

    Rarely do media reports focus on the lives and experiences of African youths. When youth are discussed, they are often presented from the dominant trope of victimhood. The complexities and diversities of their life experiences are neglected. We will interrogate the experiences of African youth, including their role in the struggles for independence. What factors give rise to youth social movements? What are their successes and failures?
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: H. Ballah
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Identical to HIST 271.
  

  • AAST 281 - Practicum in Tutoring


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second 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: 40
    Instructor: B. Peek
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Repeatable up to eight hours. P/NP grading. TB test required. Obtain and return questionnaires before tutoring.
  

  • AAST 321 - Seminar: Black Feminist Thought: A Historical Perspective


    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: CD, 4SS, WINT

    This seminar course will explore and analyze the evolution of intellectual discourse among African-American women from slavery to the present. Particular attention will be given to the interplay of ideas about race and gender and the social and economic position of black women at various time periods. Sources will include autobiographies, novels, historical documents, sociological studies and modern feminist social critiques.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: P. Brooks
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AAST 101 or 285 or consent of instructor.
  

  • AAST 328 - Seminar: African Women in Comparative Perspective


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    In this course we will widen our appreciation of African Women’s experiences, including history, legal and socio-economic status, religious and political roles, productive and reproductive roles, and the impact of colonialism and post-independence development and representation issues. The course will move across time and space to examine the aforementioned in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Africa. We will begin with the question: What common beliefs/images about African women did/do Euro-Americans share?
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: H. Ballah
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 334
  

  • 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 345 - Narratives of Passing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, W-Int

    Is passing about pretending to be someone you are not, or is it about becoming someone different than you were before? This course uses passing as a paradigm to destabilize normative understandings of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality. Through literature and film about various forms of passing from the early 20th century through the present, we will analyze relationships between privilege and oppression, representation and performance, normativity and difference, and visible and invisible identities.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: A. Ofori-Mensa
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prior course work in African Studies, Comparative American Studies or a related field is strongly recommended.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CAST 345.
  

  • 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) :
    Latin American Studies, Comparative Literature
    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    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.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

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

    The class focuses on colonialism and imperialism in the Americas. Students will analyze the United States, Haiti, Jamaica, Grenada, and Trinidad’s struggle for independence. We examine U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean and Caribbean citizens’ acts. We document shifts and continuities from the Age of Revolutions to the late 1980s. Is there a commonality between the Haitian and U.S. Revolutions and the Grenada invasion of the 1980s? We examine race, ethcicity, color, and calss (re)distribution.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Gadsby
  

  • AAST 368 - Black Arts Workshop II: African Diasporan Culture in Perfomance from Blues to Hip Hop


    Next Offered: 2015-2016
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    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.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 368
  

  • AAST 390F - Essence Dance Class - Full


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, 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.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, AAST 190, or AAST/DANC 191. 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 390F.
  

  • AAST 390H - Essence Dance Class - Half


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU, 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.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, AAST 190, or AAST/DANC 191. 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 390H.
  

  • AAST 391F - Dance Diaspora - Full


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

    Faculty directed performance project. Auditions are held during each semester before enrollment.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. Africana Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.
    Cross List Information Cross-listed with DANC 391F.
  

  • AAST 391H - Dance Diaspora - Half


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

    Faculty directed performance project. Auditions are held during each semester before enrollment.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. Africana Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with DANC 391H.
  

  • 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: HONR, 4SS

    Senior Honors
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, M. Gadsby, 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: HONR, 2SS

    Senior Honors
    Instructor: P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, M. Gadsby, 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: HONR, 4SS

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

  • AAST 502H - Senior Honors - Half


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

    Senior Honors
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: Y. Alexis, P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, M. Gadsby, C. Jackson-Smith, D. Opoku, M. Sharpley
    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: Y. Alexis, P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, M. Gadsby, C. Jackson-Smith, D. Opoku, M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Signed Permission on a Private Reading Card
  

  • 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: Y. Alexis, P. Brooks, J. Coleman, J. Emeka, M. Gadsby, C. Jackson-Smith, D. Opoku, M. Sharpley, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Signed Permission on a Private Reading Card
  

  • ACHS 200 - Archaeological Field Course


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

    A seven 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.
    Instructor: S. Kane
  

  • ACHS 210 - Archaeological Field School Proseminar


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    This modular course will provide exercises in archaeological methods and techniques in preparation for participation in the Archaeological Field School in Italy.This modular course will provide exercises in archaeological methods and techniques in preparation for participation in the Archaeological Field School in Italy.
    Enrollment Limit: 9
    Instructor: S. Kane
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisites & Notes: Consent of the instructor. Only open to those enrolling in the summer field course ACHS 200/ARTS 413.
  

  • ACHS 250 - Advanced Archaeological Field Course


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

    A seven week summer course in archaeological field methods and research for students with previous fieldwork experience who seek further training. Offered in conjunction with the Sangro Valley Project in Abruzzo, Italy (www.sangro.org). The course includes 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 senior personnel; they will also collaborate with professional staff in their ongoing research projects. Field trips required.
    Instructor: S. Kane
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ACHS 300 - Senior Project


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

    Archeology senior project.
    Instructor: S. Kane, A. Margaris
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ACHS 400 - Honors


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

    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.
    Instructor: S. Kane
    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 his or her 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. Guarasci, Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Anthropology 101 taught by C. Biruk may count as an elective for the major in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.
  

  • 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 103 - Introduction to Archeology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS, 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, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, QFR** (Effective only for Fall Semester 2014)

    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. Please note: QFR will only be in effect for the First Semester; it will not apply for second semester.
    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 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: 30
    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

    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 251 - Gender and Language


    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
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    New course added 05/02/14.

    This course investigates gender and language from an anthropological perspective. Drawing from ethnographic and theoretical materials, we will question what the categories of “gender” and “language” have meant for social actors and analysts. By taking a comparative, cross-cultural approach, we analyze the construction of gender as it is articulated in social, biological, and institutional terms.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Sherouse
  

  • ANTH 258 - Environment and Revolution in the Middle East


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

    New course added 11.04.14.

    This experiential class provides a foundation in the anthropology of environment. The class examines first how “environment” has become politically and socially meaningful in various countries of the Middle East in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and, second, how environmental ideologies produced in this process have broader political and economic effects in the region. Students will correspond directly with regional environmental leadership via Skype and will work collaboratively to publish their research on Wikipedia.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: B. Guarasci
  

  • ANTH 291 - Anthropology of the Middle East


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

    How do we understand the Middle East beyond the politics of oil and war? This class is designed to introduce students to the cultural production of the region between North Africa and West Asia, between the Atlantic and Central Asia, commonly known as the Middle East. The course begins with the study of colonial approaches to the region and ends with a consideration of recent work that defines the Middle East anew.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: B. Guarasci
  

  • ANTH 321 - Language and the Body


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

    This course introduces students to anthropological perspectives on embodied communication, including cross-cultural studies of speech, gesture, and sign languages in human societies, as well as natural and experimental studies of non-human animal communication. Throughout the course we will question the Cartesian division between mind and body that has informed many disciplines? conceptions of language, while raising questions about the nature of language and personhood. Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Hoffmann-Dilloway
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Prior Anthropology course
  

  • ANTH 345 - Post-Soviet Media and Culture


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

    New course added 11.04.14.

    What does it mean to be “post-Soviet”? This cultural anthropology course explores cultural production after the fall of the Soviet Union. With a focus on Russia, we investigate what sorts of indebtedness to the Soviet past are experienced or imagined, and why. Course materials include works of ethnography, biography, and literature.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Sherouse
  

  • 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 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.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: A. Margaris
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: ANTH 103 required. STAT 113 or STAT 114 recommended.
  

  • 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.
    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 406 - Frontier: Anthropology of Creativity and Innovation


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

    This seminar examines the relationship of power, creativity, and innovation. It does so by examining three principle frontiers: science, art, and economy. The course delves into media ranging from scholarly works to novels and covers topics like the medicalization of the body, digital life, multispecies ecologies, and dreaming. For the final assignment, students will assemble an original piece of art, a musical composition, a work of fiction, or an ethnography that elaborates seminar themes.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: B. Guarasci
    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 438 - Literacies in Social Context


    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
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    In contrast to popular and scholarly claims that literacy is a monolithic phenomenon with predictable effects across contexts, this class argues that literacies are multiple and must be understood in the socio-cultural contexts in which they are used. We examine the ways in which literacies are linked to social relationships, technologies, talk, and actions as we explore textual practices drawn from many different geographical, cultural, and historical settings. Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: E. Hoffmann-Dilloway
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Prior Anthropology course
  

  • 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: Y
  

  • ANTH 490F - Junior Year Honors


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

    Junior honors.
    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

    Junior honors.
    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

    Senior honors.
    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

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

  • ANTH 970F - Culture Clash: Ethnographic Case Studies in Contemporary Great Britain


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

    Today’s Great Britain, and Europe more broadly, is becoming increasingly diverse in terms of race, culture, religion, and national origin. Defining what it means to be English or European is an exercise that faces particular challenges in the present multicultural moment. Through ethnographic case studies grounded in people’s lived experiences and their particular constructions of identity in Great Britain, we will examine these issues, focusing on themes of race, class, gender, and religion. Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Taught in London. Prior application and acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London Program required.
  

  • ANTH 970H - Culture Clash: Ethnographic Case Studies in Contemporary Great Britain


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: 2 SS

    Students should register for this course in conjunction with ANTH 970F. Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: B. Pineda
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Taught in London. Prior application and acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London Program required.
  

  • ANTH 976F - London: The Global City


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

    This course will investigate London as a global city that controls flows of capital, information, people, and goods. We will trace its roots in Empire to the financial revolution of the late 20th century, making explicit comparison with New York and other rivals for London’s international hegemony in finance, media, arts, and commerce. Students will investigate the origins of a policy, commodity, or service, its manifestations in London, and its destinations. Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: B. Pineda, G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Taught in London. Prior application and acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London Program required.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CAST 976F
  

  • ANTH 976H - London: The Global City


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 Credits
    Attribute: 2 SS

    Students should register for this course in conjunction with CAST 976F. Field Trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: B. Pineda, G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Taught in London. Prior application and acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London Program required.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CAST 976H
  

  • 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: Signed Permission on a Private Reading Card
  

  • 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: Signed Permission on a Private Reading Card
  

  • 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 120A; 120B - Time Travel for Pianists


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester (First and 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 121 - Performing Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas


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

    This course gives students the opportunity to play in a workshop setting with David Breitman at the fortepiano (pitch=A440). Each student will prepare a different movement each week (6 movements over the module). Prior experience with a period violin/bow is neither required nor expected; students may use their modern violin in this course. Differences between the modern and earlier violin will be touched on, however, and interested students may be able to borrow equipment,depending on availability.
    Enrollment Limit: 4
    Instructor: D. Breitman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Violin majors only (permission of the principal teacher required).
  

  • APST 122 - Performing Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas


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

    This course gives students the opportunity to play in a workshop setting with David Breitman at the fortepiano (pitch=A440). Each student will prepare a different movement each week (6 movements over the module). Prior experience with a period cello/bow is neither required nor expected; students may use their modern cello in this course. Differences between the modern and earlier cello will be touched on, however, and interested students may be able to borrow equipment,depending on availability.
    Enrollment Limit: 4
    Instructor: D. Breitman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cello majors only (permission of the prinicpal teacher required).
  

  • APST 130 - Viola Class


    Next Offered: Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: First and Second 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: M. Strauss
    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 142 - Beginning Improvisation


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

    Intended for beginning improvisers or those with only limited experience in improvisation, this class will introduce techniques and concepts that cultivate the development of basic improvisational skills: Melodic embellishment, outlining chords with melody, melodic transformation, developing vocabulary, strategies for ear training and strengthening theoretical knowledge.  This class is not genre specific; examples of common practices in a variety of styles and genres will be studied.  Prerequisites: Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists in majors other than jazz. 
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: P. Dominguez, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
 

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