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This is a comprehensive listing of all active courses offered by Oberlin College and Conservatory. Courses listed in this online catalog may not be offered every semester or academic year; for up-to-date information on which courses are offered in a given semester, please see the schedule of classes.

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Africana Studies
  

  • AAST 101 - Introduction to Africana Studies

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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. Declared majors are given priority for this course.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • AAST 122 - Caribbean Survey: Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic: Indigenous to 1898

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    The course provides an introduction to the history of Caribbean nations beginning in Africa to the mid-20th century. The class explores the geography of the Caribbean, the indigenous population, and the role of Africa in providing laborers for the region’s plantation work and its enduring impact on the region’s cultural traditions. Students will examine resistance movements against slavery and imperialism. The class investigates the various methods individuals have used in recording moments of the past.
  

  • AAST 123 - Caribbean Survey: Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic: 1898-1986

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 124 - Earth Science and Social Justice

    FC NSMA CD QFR
    4 credits
    This course will focus on social justice issues that are related to geologic issues and illuminated and remediated by geology-related actions such as water pollution, groundwater contamination, mining, and energy resources. Each unit will build skills and knowledge in geology, then will apply that to particular case studies such as the Flint water crisis, pipe-line issues on native lands, and chemical contamination in urban neighborhoods. Field trip(s) required.

    Sustainability
    This course is cross-listed with GEOS-124
  

  • AAST 126 - Archives ReImagined

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    The course introduces students to archives and field research from a global perspective. The class will expose students to: primary sources including letters and proclamations written in cursive; reports of trauma recorded in microfiche; and radio and telegram communique. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach that stretches the boundary of traditional archives (also known as repositories) by having learners explore murals, art, song, poetry, dance, and oral stories. Students should expect guest lectures about digital archiving, guest artists, multilingual materials, and reading about how scholars record silence and absence in archives. The class includes lectures and discussions. Optional field trips include an excursion to your nearby museum, library, and research on murals in your area.
  

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

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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 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.
  

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

    FC SSCI CD WINT
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 139 - American Political Thought

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    In this course, we will explore the main currents of American political theory through a survey of materials from the Puritans to the present. Traditional American political concepts are examined and re-evaluated in the light of late 20th-century conditions. This course investigates the central problems of political theory that concern the justification and operation of democratic-republican forms of government through a critical analysis of the social contract. What is the purpose of government? What is a democracy? What is the role of the people? Where do we derive notions of liberty/freedom, rights, justice?

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with POLT-139
  

  • AAST 161 - Capoeira Angola I

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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. May be repeated for credit.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with DANC-161
  

  • AAST 171 - Introduction to African American Music I

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes an exploration of the diversity of African musical and cultural continuities in the Americas, its influence on early African American instrumental and vocal expressions foundational to the blues aesthetic, and the sociopolitical implications of African American music and its complicated histories contributing to the establishment of the entertainment industry in the United States and abroad through the turn of the 20th century.

    Prerequisites: ESOL 130 (for students in ESOL sequence).
    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with JAZZ-290, MHST-290
  

  • AAST 172 - Introduction to African American Music II

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    The second semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. Second semester extends the exploration of African American instrumental and vocal music and its creative practitioners within the entertainment industry against the backdrop of ongoing developments of social justice, civil rights, and spiritual movements throughout the 1900s to the present. Introductions to various African American musical traditions to be covered will include Negro Spirituals, concert/classical music by Black composers, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, funk, hip-hop, punk, country, and electronica, as well as their respective sub-genres.

    Prerequisites: ESOL 130 (for students in ESOL sequence).
    This course is cross-listed with JAZZ-291, MHST-291
  

  • AAST 173 - Introduction to Sequential Illustration: Serial Comic Strips

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    An introduction to the art, creation, and production of serial panel comics. The course will focus on effectively writing with pictures; clarity and persuasion, efficient use of frames and transitions, designing distinct and recognizable characters, making effective choices to direct the flow and intensity, and a general understanding of best practices and working methods. Students acquire a basic understanding of relevant historical context; contemporary equivalents; and conceptual evolutions inspired by changes in technology. Stories and artworks may have conventional and non-conventional plots and forms, and utilize a variety of materials, analog and digital. Field trip(s) required.

    This course is cross-listed with ARST-173
  

  • AAST 190 - West African Dance Forms I

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course is an introduction to the fundamentals and basic movements of West African Dance. Traditional dance and rhythmic structures of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, and Mali will be studied to develop skills in beginning African dance. Culture, history, and philosophy of West African dance will also be explored through song, music, performance, and academic discourse. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and Pan-African world view in the context of their social, occupational, and religious functions.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with DANC-190
  

  • AAST 191 - West African Dance Forms II

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course is an expansion to the fundamentals, basic movements, forms, and techniques explored in AAST/DANC 190. Traditional dance and rhythmic structures of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, and Mali will be studied in depth to develop skills in advanced African dance. This class will be explored in total context with traditional costuming, music, culture, and customs. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and African world view. Students will perform in a final culminating studio concert.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with DANC-191
  

  • AAST 199 - Dance Forms of the African Diaspora

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance of new works through the African American experience. This course will explore the history, development, and core elements of dance forms of the African diaspora: modern fusion, Afro-beat, soukous, and hip-hop.

    This course is cross-listed with DANC-199
  

  • AAST 199H - Dance Forms of the African Diaspora

    HC ARHU CD
    2 credits
    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance of new works through the African American experience. This course will explore the history, development, and core elements of dance forms of the African diaspora: modern fusion, Afro-beat, soukous, and hip-hop.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with DANC-199H
  

  • AAST 202 - African American History Since 1865

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

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

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course underscores the Black struggle in South Africa to bring about a peaceful transition to democracy. Several constituencies figure in this transition, including the ANC, PAC, Inkatha, COD, COSATU, and others whose roles in bringing about freedom from Afrikaner rule are explored. Students gain a fuller appreciation of the racialized class- and gender-based dynamics of the struggle for Black liberation through 1994 and beyond.
  

  • AAST 215 - I’m That Gworl: The Intersection of Black Women and Queerness in Hip-Hop

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    From its inception, hip-hop has helped to showcase some of the most important rap talent in the United States. This history has given us legendary women rappers such as Queen Latifah and Foxy Brown and helped create new superstars such as Megan Thee Stallion and Doechii. The history of hip-hop, however, has always had a complicated relationship with its women performers and queer performers. In this course, we will examine the different ways in which Black women rappers and Black Queer rappers have carved out their own lane of empowerment and respect within the hip-hop community while simultaneously examining the ways in which these two groups have helped to influence the dominant hip-hop culture and society at large.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • AAST 216 - Lifting as We Climb: Historically Black Colleges and the Cultural Ideology of Education

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course examines the cultural and intellectual dynamics of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Examining their origins in the mid-19th-century abolitionist movement, this course interrogates the relationship between the academic, political, and cultural mission of these institutions. Asserting HBCUs as a foundation in the development of African American leadership and community advancement, the course examines the relationship between history, politics, and the self-affirming intentionality of the HBCUs’ pedagogical mission. The policies, customs, and traditions of these institutions will serve as a point of analysis.
  

  • AAST 217 - Unspoken Images: Complex Identities in Black Film

    HC ARHU CD
    2 credits
    This course will examine the cinematic presentation of divergent images of African American people. Through the examination of a select group of studio and independent films, the course analyzes the manner in which the film makers actively disrupt stereotypical ideas of Black life. Screening films that range in setting from the 1960s to the 2010s, the course engages with the evolution and complication of Black popular cultural identity in the post-civil rights era.
  

  • AAST 218 - M4BL: History and Practice of An Idea

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course offers students a way to understand more fully the 19th-century historical roots of the Black Lives Matter Movement, its ideology and contemporary critique of white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism, and the legal and material gains of the movement. Through a variety of online and other sources, students will carefully track the events of the mid-2000s to the present, create research models of protests, and discuss with people on the ground the kinds of citizen actions and discourses preferable in the time of COVID. Field trip(s) may be required.

    Prerequisites: AAST 101.
  

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

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 220 - Doin’ Time: A History of Black Incarceration

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 221 - Historic and Contemporary Debates in African American Education

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    Students will learn about the evolution of African American education through the examination of notable debates of the 20th and 21st centuries that have impacted its development. In this discussion-based interactive course, students will explore topics such as school integration, bussing, charter schools, the use of African American Vernacular English in academic instruction, and the importance of Africana studies in higher education.
  

  • AAST 222 - Historic and Contemporary Debates in African American Education II

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    Building upon AAST 221, this highly interactive discussion-based course explores the evolution of African American education through a thorough examination of important debates of the 20th and 21st centuries that have impacted its development. We will examine topics such as the school-to-prison pipeline, scarcity of Black male-identifying educators, racial disparities in school discipline, increased enrollment in and stigma around attending historically Black colleges and universities, and the imposter syndrome.

    Prerequisites: AAST 221.
  

  • AAST 223 - Africa, Memory, and Diasporic Identity

    FC ARHU CD WINT
    4 credits
    The diremptive nature of the Atlantic Slave Trade forced the dramatic reconstruction of the lives of the millions of enslaved captives within hostile and alienating circumstances. Yet despite what James Baldwin would call the “strange grafting” (sic) of these captives and their descendants onto “Western” societies, the question of the role of pre-Western (African) forms and the idea of these forms on their social, cultural and political lives remains an active question. Africa, its histories, peoples and meaning, as an existential question lies heavily on its Diasporic descendants. This course addresses the question of African Americans as African peoples and how that idea has informed the social, political and cultural expressions of the African Diaspora. Starting from the presumption that the millions of Africans brought to the West were not tabula rasa but were human beings stuffed with their persona, cultural, and historical memories, this course explores the discovered and imagined effect of that presumption up on the 400-year sojourn of African descendants across the Atlantic world. Utilizing the works of historians, anthropologists, poets, novelists, filmmakers, musicians, philosophers, and political theorists/activists, this course will explore across disciplines and media the question posed by Countee Cullen almost a century ago in the poem “What is Africa to Me.”
  

  • AAST 224 - Beginning Choreography in Cultural Traditions

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This class focuses on the study of choreography, cultural traditions, performance, and participation in the mounting of traditional dance works from inception through rehearsal to performance. Weekly readings are assigned, exploring the use of space, ritual, rhythm, shape, and culture. Classes will emphasize the creative process and the working, artistic relationship between the choreographer and dancers. Repertory rehearsals are geared to enrich and develop personal expression and performance skills in a class setting in order that the final choreographic work is a dynamic experience for both group and individual performance. Readings, discussions, and performances are required.

    Prerequisites: AAST/DANC 190 or AAST/DANC 191.
    This course is cross-listed with DANC-224
  

  • AAST 225 - Social Justice in Dance

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course will explore the universal language of movement to generate relevant conversations while creating dance works around social justice issues in our communities. Students will apply the creative and critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of text, film, spoken word, and dance works surrounding global communal issues and experiences. The class will exercise solidarity through group work, exchanging of ideas, engaging in intentional discussion, and raising awareness of social justice issues through dance. Students will participate in guided dance explorations and small group choreography to generate emotion and movements while learning to use dance as an aesthetic instrument of change and using the body as an archive. This class will focus on community-centered inquiry and five principles of Social Justice: Equity, Access, Participation, Diversity, and Human Rights. Class will include and/or culminate with performance.

    This course is cross-listed with DANC-225
  

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

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course introduces students to the history of the Atlantic World through an in-depth examination of one of its richest and most violent colonies, Saint-Domingue. The course begins with the discussion 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.
  

  • AAST 228 - Katrina and Black Freedom Struggle

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 229 - Radical Thinkers and Movements in the Caribbean

    FC SSCI CD WINT
    4 credits
    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, the United States, etc.), and its people (Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Arturo Schomburg, Fernando Ortiz, Amy Jacques Garvey, Shirley Chisholm, etc.) in an examination of revolutionary and nationalist ideologies.
  

  • AAST 231 - African American Politics

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This 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 as well as the historic and contemporary effect of public policy on African American life.
  

  • AAST 232 - Africana Philosophy

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This 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 philosopher’ 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.
  

  • AAST 234 - Africana Popular Culture

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This is a survey course that explores forms of popular cultural expression in the Africana world. The course will explore the relationship between cultural expression and its relationship to mass popular consciousness, culture, and expression. The course will examine popular cultural expression in the fields of music, religion, sport, and graphic novels.
  

  • AAST 235 - Government and Politics of Africa

    FC SSCI CD WINT
    4 credits
    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, and 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.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • AAST 236 - Politics and Society in Africa since the 1980s

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 242 - Framing the Hood: Examining the “Hood Film” and its Significance in Black Art Culture

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    Within the world of Black filmmaking, there is the genre sometimes referred to as the “hood film.” These films have become cultural staples within Black communities. In this course we will examine the beauty of these films technically and narratively to understand why these films, often considered flops by white critics, are integral parts of Black communities for years after their release. This course will also explore the many ways in which these films challenge, reflect, and build upon hegemonic notions of Black life and experiences.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • AAST 244 - Modern African Literature

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

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

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

  • AAST 249 - Afrofuturism and Black Speculative Fiction: Black to the Future

    FC ARHU CD WINT
    4 credits
    What are speculative fiction and Afrofuturism? How have they gained momentum in African diasporic literature, art, and popular culture? When Octavia Butler and Charles Delaney coined ‘speculative fiction’ as a genre that challenged absence of Black people in conventional science fiction, they presented models for a future where Black people were subjects not excluded from the narrative of American progress. This course examines the emergence Afrofuturism in 1992 and its application to Black speculative fiction in the 20th and 21 st centuries in an international dialogue on Black identities. Authors will include Butler, Delaney, Gomez, Okri, Hopkinson, and Okarofor. Required field trips include: Westwood Cemetery, Allen Art Museum, Oberlin Underground Railroad Center, and relevant sites in Cleveland.
  

  • AAST 253 - African American Political Thought

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course is an introduction to African American political thought. We will focus on how black political thinkers and activists have sought to shape the American polity and respond to central political questions and shared experiences in the American context. This course will familiarize students with debates and conflicts in Black political thought, the historical context of African American social movements, and the relationship between Black political thought and major trends in Western thought.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with POLT-253
  

  • AAST 261 - Framing Blackness: African Americans and Film in The United States, 1915 to the Present

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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, this course 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.
  

  • AAST 262 - Capoeira Angola II

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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.

    This course is cross-listed with DANC-262
  

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

    FC ARHU CD WINT
    4 credits
    Sociolinguistics studies the relationship between language and society and/or language variation by group and location. Given that it is a highly developed ‘dialect’ that was central to definition of the field, this course examines regularities of Black English (sometimes called Ebonics, to indicate both speaker and sound). Along the way, students will be introduced to key concepts of sociolinguistics (e.g., speech community and speech act as well as semantics, morphology, and phonetics/phonology). The course also revisits the 1997 debates involving Oakland’s intention to feature Ebonics in English education and culminates with consideration of differently stylized ‘literary’ renderings of Black speech. Field trip(s) required.

    Prerequisites: AAST 101 or AAST 202.
    This course is cross-listed with ENGL-263
  

  • AAST 264 - African American Drama

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with THEA-264
  

  • AAST 268 - Black Arts Workshop

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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. May be repeated for credit.

    This course is cross-listed with THEA-268
  

  • AAST 273 - Intermediate Trust the Process: The Art of the Study in Formal and Conceptual Design

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course is an introduction to using (multiple) studies to develop the conceptual and formal qualities of a piece or series using a variety of media, techniques, and content. Projects emphasize conceptual development, problem solving, and composition, with an emphasis on individuality of response and invention through visual and material based research and experimentation. Students are encouraged to conceptualize all elements required to complete project assignments and find creative solutions; however, no finished pieces will be created. Lectures and discussions highlighting the conceptual design process of historical and contemporary artists will be presented to provide context. Field trip(s) required.

    Prerequisites: two introductory courses in ARST.
    This course is cross-listed with ARST-273
  

  • AAST 278 - Playwrighting and Performance in the Time of the Black Lives Matter Movement

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    In this exciting time in the fight for social justice centered on the Black Lives Matters movement, students will write/create their own original plays and performance pieces responding to current and historical events. Students from all backgrounds are invited to explore how the worlds of theater and performance are making work steeped in the quest for Black equality in a climate of other great challenges-including works on virtual platforms. Student work in this class may be recorded or performed in the summer term show, “The Word and the Beat.”

    This course is cross-listed with THEA-278
  

  • AAST 280 - Africana Philosophies of Education

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This survey course will explore historic and contemporary theories of knowledge and the role of formal and informal learning within Africana philosophy.
  

  • AAST 281 - Practicum in Tutoring

    HC SSCI CD
    2 credits
    In the tutoring practicum, students will attend a weekly two hour session on Saturdays which will be offered as tutoring hours for children in grades K-12 in the community. In addition to tutoring, students will have assigned reading related to pedagogical approaches to educating Black children. Students will participate in online class discussion forums in order to share, compare, and learn from each other’s experiences and discuss the reading. At the end of the semester, students will write and present a paper to the class. TB test required. Obtain and return questionnaires before tutoring. May be repeated for credit.

    Community-Based Learning
  

  • AAST 285 - African American Women’s History

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 291 - The Abolitionist Movement

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course explores the 19th-century social movements collectively known as the Abolitionist movement. We will analyze the differing methods and goals of the movement’s various streams through its leading Black figures and thinkers. We will also look at the major theories that sociologists and political scientists have created to explain the mobilization and outcomes of social movements.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
    This course is cross-listed with POLT-291
  

  • AAST 302 - Marxism and the Black Radical Tradition

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This seminar is an examination of the analysis, interrogation, and implementation of Marxist-based theory and praxis within the Black Radical Tradition. Utilizing texts across the fields of history, philosophy, political theory, sociology, fiction, and post colonial theory, the course will highlight figures, events, texts, and movements that exemplify this area.
  

  • AAST 304 - Africana Humanities in Dialogue

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    An upper-level seminar course that examines the theoretical and conceptual dialogues that take place between influential texts within the Africana intellectual and aesthetic corpus and similar or overlapping works from other intellectual traditions.
  

  • AAST 323 - Folkloric Foundations

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course is an introduction to the fundamental philosophies of folkloric foundations in art, music, dance, and history. We will explore and examine prominent elements within Second Line Culture, Ring Shout, Boot Dance, Dunham Technique, and Lindy Hop. These art forms will provide meaningful insight and reflection on how individuals of African descent were able to utilize their creativity, energy, art, and music as a means to cope with systematic racism, oppression, and discrimination. This class will be taught from a Pan-African world view in the context of social, cultural, occupational, religious, and political functions within each genre. Field trip(s) required.

    This course is cross-listed with DANC-323
  

  • AAST 337 - Seminar: African Capitalists and African Development

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 341 - Critical Race Theory in Education

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This is a discussion-based seminar that will explore the cultural and racial politics of schooling in the United States. Through the examination of foundational and contemporary scholarship that offer critical perspectives on race and manifestations of racism in the American school system, students will learn about how the implementation of Critical Race Theory in education can impact student experience, learning outcomes, and perhaps serve as a framework to address systemic racism in United States. Discussions around implementation will include curriculum, student support, diversity, equity, and inclusion (D.E.I.) work, faculty hiring and retention, and codes of conduct. While the course will begin with a review of Critical Race Theory and its attendant current controversies and politicization, some prior knowledge of Critical Race Theory will be expected.

    Prerequisites: AAST 101 and one education-focused course.
  

  • AAST 346 - Contemporary African American Literature, 1937 to the Present

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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.
  

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

    FC ARHU CD WINT
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • AAST 348 - The Evolution of Black Queer Performance and Storytelling: 1920’s-Now

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    With shows such as “Legendary”, films like “Moonlight”, and the rise of Black queer hip-hop performers such as Lil Nas X, recent times have shown us that Black Queer narratives are broad and multifaceted. This course will explore the art and artists that have led us to our current wave of Black Queer performance and storytelling. This course will analyze the ways in which Black Queer performance has historically pushed against political, social, and systemic barriers of oppression. It will excavate the ways in which even non-queer Black performers have benefited from Queer performance as well as understanding what it means to live at the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality.
  

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

    FC SSCI CD WINT
    4 credits
    Students enrolled in this course 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.
  

  • AAST 355 - Feminist Theory

    FC SSCI
    4 credits
    In this course we will engage historical and contemporary feminist thought from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical orientations. This course introduces students to key theories, frameworks, and approaches in feminist theory, its central concepts, key interventions, ongoing debates, and will explore themes such as sex, sexuality, gender, difference, positionality, situated knowledge, intersectionality, domination, oppression, violence, power, and liberation. We will explore these themes and more through the work of leading feminist scholars, such as Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, bell hooks, Angela Davis, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Patricia Hill Collins. Recommended Preparation: one course in Africana studies or politics.

    This course is cross-listed with POLT-355
  

  • AAST 357 - Empire and Resistance in the Caribbean

    FC SSCI CD WINT
    4 credits
    The course examines U.S. and European colonialism and imperialism in the Americas. Students will analyze these occurrences in the Caribbean region specifically (Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, etc.). Additionally, we investigate how Caribbean citizens–at home and in their respective diasporas–act against and ally with colonialist projects and Empire. Our analysis will incorporate theories and praxis related to race, gender, class, violence, memory, and power.
  

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

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    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, as well as hone 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.

    Prerequisites: AAST/THEA 268 or other AAST fine arts classes taught by professors Coleman or Sharpley.
    This course is cross-listed with THEA-368
  

  • AAST 372 - The Word and The Beat

    HC ARHU CD
    2 credits
    A first module class in which students will produce and perform original work. Preference may be given to students who have taken previous courses in Black culture and performance, but newcomers are welcomed as well.

    This course is cross-listed with THEA-372
  

  • AAST 382 - Seminar: James Baldwin

    FC ARHU CD
    4 credits
    This course will examine the works and life of James Baldwin, a major Black and Queer writer and activist who wrote across many genres, including essays, fiction, and drama. From the mid-20th century, his singular work had a major impact nationally and globally. Students in this class will read selected works and watch relevant films, and will do individual research resulting in a major public presentation at the end of the semester to enlighten our larger community about the impact of his work. As an upper-level seminar, the workload will be demanding. Preference given to upperclass majors in Africana studies and related fields.
  

  • AAST 450 - Senior Seminar

    FC SSCI CD WADV
    4 credits
    This course will cover aspects of philosophy, history, methodology and research methods in the discipline. This is a required course for all Africana Studies majors during the senior year; juniors who are majors will be accepted only with consent of instructor or department chair.

    Prerequisites: AAST 350.
  

  • AAST 501F - AAST Junior Honors - Full

    FC SSCI
    4 credits
    Junior Honors in Africana Studies (full course).
  

  • AAST 501H - AAST Junior Honors - Half

    HC SSCI
    2 credits
    Junior Honors in Africana Studies (half course).
  

  • AAST 502F - AAST Senior Honors - Full

    FC SSCI
    4 credits
    Senior Honors in Africana Studies (full course).
  

  • AAST 502H - AAST Senior Honors - Half

    HC SSCI
    2 credits
    Senior Honors in Africana Studies (half course).
  

  • AAST 995F - Private Reading - Full

    FC SSCI
    4 credits
    Private readings 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 self-service online registration. To register for a private reading, students must complete the private reading form and return it to the Office of the Registrar.
  

  • AAST 995H - Private Reading - Half

    HC SSCI
    2 credits
    Private readings 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 self-service online registration. To register for a private reading, students must complete the private reading form and return it to the Office of the Registrar.

Anthropology
  

  • ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 102 - Human Origins

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 202 - Fundamentals of Linguistics

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

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 203 - Introduction to Archaeology

    FC SSCI CD QFR
    4 credits
    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.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 204 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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. 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.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 210 - Indigenous Peoples of Latin America

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 101.
    Sustainability
  

  • ANTH 212 - Ecological Perspectives on Small-Scale Societies

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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.

    Sustainability
  

  • ANTH 213 - Anthropology of Food

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    Food is a basic human need; however, beyond biological functions, food also has rich cultural significance. Taste, preference, ritual, tradition, gender, social class, and nationality all influence food choices and behaviors. In addition, economic and environmental factors, globalization, localization, and social movements all affect our access and attitudes toward food. In this course, we will examine how food behaviors are shaped by culture, and what anthropology can offer to the study of food and nutrition. 
  

  • ANTH 217 - Music and the Environment in Northeast Asia

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course introduces students to a survey of musical practices connected to the environment across Mongolia, Japan, Northern China, Korea, and eastern Siberia. The goals of this course are to give students a broad knowledge of musical cultures in the region as well as an understanding of the ways people engage with the environment musically. We will take a multi-media approach, combining relevant literature with critical listening examples.
  

  • ANTH 227 - Medical Anthropology

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    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; topics in disability studies and fat studies; health, ethics, and morality; health inequalities; and global health.
  

  • ANTH 241 - Digital Worlds: Anthropology of the Internet

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    The ubiquity of computer networks and digital technologies has transformed the way that human beings interact. In this class, we will survey the various ways in which anthropologists have studied human behavior on the internet using ethnographic and qualitative research methods. We will survey a variety of topics ranging from the “everyday life” of the internet (virality, gaming, dating, and commerce) to more contentious matters (misinformation, security, privacy, and addiction). We will also study the ways in which anthropology and qualitative methods are used in “tech,” such as in the areas of UX Research and Trust and Safety Policy.

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 263 - Metaphors of Blood: Cultural Constructions of Race, Kinship, and Genetics

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course will introduce students to anthropological approaches to the ways in which people conceive of their relatedness to one another historically and cross-culturally. Although in the West we often think of biological relationships as objective and self-evident, people in all places (including the West) imbue these relationships with meanings that are drawn in broader cultural and religious contexts. For example, it is common to talk about family relationships using the metaphor of blood. The recent advancements of genetic science do not replace pre-existing notions of relatedness but rather they are both embedded in them and interact with them in emergent ways. Field trip(s) required.
  

  • ANTH 270 - Anthropology of Religion

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course covers current approaches to topics in the anthropology of religion. This includes: myth, ritual, practice and belief, sacrifice, ideology, phenomenology, and ethics. Students will be introduced to key concepts that inform contemporary understandings of religion as shaping public life, personal experience, and understandings of history. Finally, students will be asked to take a critical eye to the category of “religion” itself and its role in anthropological analysis. Other topics include: religion and secularism; shamanism; witchcraft, magic, and sorcery; “world” religions; animism and human/nonhuman relations; the supernatural; science and rationality; lifeworlds and the ontological turn; and ways of knowing. Field trip(s) required. Recommended Preparation: ANTH 101.
  

  • ANTH 277 - Reading Ethnography

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    In this course, students will explore the genre of the ethnographic monograph, with a survey of texts in cultural anthropology from the early 20th century to the present. We will look at ethnography as text, cultural description, translation, interpretation, and critique. Primary texts may include such works as: Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1936), Sidney Mintz’s Sweetness and Power (1985), Anna Tsing’s Friction (2004), and/or Nayanitha Mathur’s Crooked Cats (2021). Students will also have the opportunity to read and present on an ethnography of their choice.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 101.
  

  • ANTH 278 - Human Rights, Universalism and Cultural Relativism

    FC SSCI CD WINT
    4 credits
    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.
  

  • ANTH 317 - Qualitative Methods in Environmental Anthropology

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course will provide a foundational training in the core qualitative research methods used in anthropology, with an emphasis on applying those techniques to environmental questions. Methods covered in this course include participant observation and interviewing along with environmentally-focused methods, including soundscape research and collaborative mapping. We will then explore how those methods can be adapted to include considerations for nonhumans like animals, plants, mountains, and spirits. Course materials will include case studies from anthropology on environmental topics in Asia. Students will have an opportunity to use these techniques through an ethnographic research project that addresses nonhumans in the local environment. Recommended Preparation: one course in anthropology.
  

  • ANTH 322 - Language, Disability, and Sensory Ecologies

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course introduces students to anthropological perspectives on language use as an embodied practice, with attention to the diverse sensory ecologies through which language is produced and perceived. In so doing we will highlight how perspectives from deaf studies and disability studies enrich anthropological understandings of the political and phenomenological dimensions of language.
  

  • ANTH 353 - Culture Theory

    FC SSCI CD WADV
    4 credits
    A critical examination of theories and debates in the study of culture since the 19th 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.
  

  • ANTH 357 - Graphic Anthropology

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course explores past contributions of and future possibilities for sketching and drawing as anthropological methods. How can sketches complement field notes? How might graphic ethnographies complement scholarly books and articles? How do anthropologists across the ‘four-fields’ engage graphic methods in different ways? What ethical issues might accompany the increasing use of graphic methods? While students do not need any special background in or skill with drawing, participation in this course will involve active experimentation with graphic means of observing, participating in, and analyzing interactions, and of circulating anthropological insights.
  

  • ANTH 365 - Political Anthropology

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits

    This course will analyze the contemporary cultural aspects of politics and power as well as the political issues surrounding culture. We will focus on both localized issues around the globe, as well as how these issues play out in an ever globalizing context. Some of the topics this course will cover include political unrest, social movements and political change, the growing role of social media, and the effects of the interplay of politics and culture on violence, economy, migration, environment, and health. 
  

  • ANTH 374 - Heath and Expertise in Africa

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This class examines the social and cultural dimensions of health and expertise in Africa in historical and contemporary contexts. From the interpretation of archaeological ruins to the depiction of African technoscience in fiction, this class will examine the politics of science, technology, and medicine. We will examine the ways in which the categories of Africa, science, and technology have been mutually constructed, and consider a range of contemporary global health interventions on the African continent. Field trip(s) required.
  

  • ANTH 376 - Language and Prehistory

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

    This course is appropriate for new students.
  

  • ANTH 382 - Archaeological Laboratory Methods

    FC SSCI CD QFR
    4 credits
    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. Recommended Preparation: STAT 113 or STAT 114.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 203.
  

  • ANTH 391F - Practicum in Anthropology - Full

    FC SSCI
    4 credits
    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. Open to junior or senior anthropology majors.
  

  • ANTH 391H - Practicum in Anthropology - Half

    HC SSCI
    2 credits
    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. Open to junior or senior anthropology majors.
  

  • ANTH 402 - The Native Languages of the Americas

    FC SSCI CD
    4 credits
    This course surveys the languages indigenous to North and South America, and addresses such topics as grammatical (phonetic, phonological, morphological, and syntactic) diversity among these languages; language families and other historical relationships in the Americas; the use of linguistic evidence to investigate the first peopling of the Americas; and historical and contemporary cultural contexts of language use in the Americas, including issues surrounding language maintenance and revitalization, and colonial contact and language death.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 202 or one course in introductory linguistics.
 

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