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AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (L90)  (Dept. Info) Arts & Sciences  (Policies) FL2017 L90 AFAS 1002 Foundations in African & African-American Studies 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Designed to introduce the student to issues in African & African American Studies and how students with AFAS degrees utilize their knowledge in graduate and professional programs or the working world. Particular attention will be paid to the discipline of African & African American studies, which engages with the artistic, cultural, historical, literary, and theoretical expressions of the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Faculty members as well as Saint Louis professionals will give one-hour lectures on their particular disciplinary approach, their research, or their professional life. Students will be required to attend 3 outside lectures or performances. May be taken before declaring major, and may be taken by non-majors. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: U84 1001 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 4:00P-5:30P Seigle / 106 Toliver-Diallo See instructor 30 16 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 103D Beginning Swahili I 5.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is the first in a two-course sequence at the beginning level of Swahili. Designed to provide rapid acquisition of conversational skills, written expression, and reading comprehension, the course also introduces students to various aspects of culture across the Swahili-speaking countries in east and central Africa. The course also focuses on contemporary Swahili expressions in music, social media, Hollywood productions, advertising, political campaigns, and youth slang. Additionally, students will participate in community-based learning projects that entail teaching and mentoring Swahili-speaking refugees at a St. Louis public school. The course also prepares students for study abroad in any of the dozen Swahili-speaking countries in Africa. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, LSBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 MT-R--- 11:30A-1:00P McMillan / 219 Mutonya Dec 14 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 16 15 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 160 Black is Beautiful: Race and Representation in American Fashion 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will introduce students to using fashion as a lens to unpack race and representation in popular culture. Each week's theme - Fashioning the Black Body, Slavery and Clothing, Clothing and Black Freedom Struggles, Fashion and Jazz and Hip Hop, Black Grooming and Beauty for the Masses and more - intersects with discourses surrounding gender and sexuality, performance, sociology, musicology and more challenging students to rethink how we see and discuss the black body in the mainstream. What does it mean for race to be used a trend in American fashion? How did African Americans use clothing and grooming to proclaim in their communities and in the mainstream that they were beautiful? How was clothing used during American slavery to denote racial and class lines? How did African Americans use clothing in freedom struggles from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter as a mode of communication? What role did hip hop play in shaping both the American fashion industry and mainstream perceptions of black life? How have mainstream fashion publications, clothing brands and more perpetuated and appropriated stereotypes of black life? How did black fashion publications introduce new images of black femininity into the mainstream? Using primary sources and texts on fashion theory, representation and African American history, this course explores these inquiries into how fashion shapes race and how African Americans have used fashion as a site for reclamation in an effort to subvert tropes and establish agency. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SC, SDArch: HUMArt: CPSC, HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Umrath / 140 Byrd Dec 20 2017 3:30PM - 5:30PM 20 17 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 178 Imagining and Creating Africa: Youth, Culture, and Change 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The goal of this course is to provide a glimpse into how youth reshape African society. Whether in North Africa with the Arab Spring, in West Africa with university strikes, or in East Africa through a linguistic full bloom, youth have been shaping social responses to societies for a long period. In this course, we will study social structures, including churches, NGOs, developmental agencies as well as learn about examples of Muslim youth movements, and the global civil society. The course will also explore how youth impact cultural movements in Africa and how they influence the world. In particular, we will examine Hip-Hop movements, sports, and global youth culture developments that center on fashion, dress, dance, and new technologies. By the end of the course, students will have enriched ideas about youth in Africa and ways to provide more realistic comparisons to their counterparts in the United States. Attributes: A&S: FYSA&S IQ: LCDArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: ISEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L66 178 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Seigle / 106 DIALLO Dec 20 2017 3:30PM - 5:30PM 25 23 0 Desc: This course is for Freshman only. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 188 Freshman Seminar: Self & Identity in African American Literature 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: For whom should the black author write? In this seminar we will consider how African American literature examines the meaning of African American identity, the individual's relationship with the community, and the often vexed relationship of the black author to the American mainstream. We will read classic authors as well as some less familiar ones. W.E.B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, James Baldwin and Octavia Butler are just some of the possibilities. Class participation and regular reading logs are required. FRESHMEN ONLY. Attributes: A&S: FYSA&S IQ: HUM, SDArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: BA, ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Seigle / 305 Young See instructor 15 13 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 203D Intermediate Swahili III 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is the first in a two-course sequence at the intermediate level of Swahili. Designed to enhance Swahili skills acquired at the beginning level, the course emphasizes conversation practice and vocabulary enrichment that enables a learner to use contemporary Swahili in different situations. A broad range of authentic Swahili texts will be introduced. Learners will continue to interact meaningfully with Swahili speakers in St. Louis during community-based learning at a refugee school and elsewhere. Prereq: AFAS 103DQ-104DQ or the equivalent. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, LSBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 2:30P-4:00P Seigle / 306 Mutonya No final 15 6 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 255 Introduction to Africana Studies 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The course provides an overview of the field Africana Studies and provides analysis of the lives and thoughts of people of African ancestry on the African continent and throughout the world. In this course we will also examine the contributions of Africana Studies to other disciplines. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach drawing from history, philosophy, sociology, political studies, literature, and performance studies and will draw examples from Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and South America. When possible, we will explore Diaspora relationships and explore how the African presence has transformed societies throughout the world. This class will focus on both classic texts and modern works that provide an introduction to the dynamics of African American and African Diaspora thought and practice. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCD, SC, SDArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: ISEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Seigle / 301 Fenderson, Bedasse Dec 20 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 40 43 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 2991 Undergraduate TA 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In this course an advanced undergraduate can assist a faculty member in the teaching of an introductory level African & African-American Studies course. Students can enroll in one course only after having obtained permission from a faculty member who is willing to supervise. Students will not engage in any grading, but may serve in a variety of other capacities; as discussion leaders, in providing logistical support, or in otherwise assisting with the transmission of course material. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A TBA Mustakeem Default - none 1 0 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 301 A History of African-American Theater 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A survey of African American theatre from post-Civil War "coon" shows and reviews to movements for a national black theatre, such as Krigwa, Lafayette and Lincoln, and the Black Arts Movement. Early black theatre and minstrels; black theatre movement and other ethnic theatre movements in America. Critical readings of such plays as Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman," Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's "Mulebone." Also works by August Wilson, Ed Bullins, Charles Fuller, Georgia Douglas Johnson. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SC, SDArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L15 3011  U21 3011  U84 3011 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 4:00P-5:30P Louderman / 461 Himes Dec 20 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 14 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 3031 Topics in Music: Music of the African Diaspora 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course explores musical cross-fertilization between the African continent and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Beginning with traditional musics from selected regions of the African continent, the course examines the cultural and musical implications of transnational musical flows on peoples of the African diaspora and their multicultural audiences. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDBU: ISEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L27 3021  L97 305 Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Music Cls Bldg / 102 Burke Dec 19 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 25 12 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 305C Topics on Africa: African Urban Futures 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Nearly fifty percent of Africa's population now lives in urban areas. By 2050 this number is expected to triple to 1.23 billion or what will then be sixty percent of the continent's total population. This urban growth is happening alongside rapid economic expansion, technological innovations, and-in some cities-political insurrection. Many of these developments are taking place in peripheral urban areas that lack formal planning, basic infrastructure, and security. Yet, as many theorists point out, the very lack of cohesive planning and stable infrastructure in urban Africa has produced flexible spaces where novel forms of dwelling, work, and leisure are possible. Many residents, often by necessity, rearrange their built environments to make the city function beyond the limits of its original design. In the process, urban dwellers produce new built spaces, aesthetics, and economic practices, calling into question assumptions about what a city is and how it works. What are the implications of Africa's urban revolution for both the people who inhabit these cities and the world at large? How will Africa's urban future shape what some theorists are calling "the African century?" What can contemporary cities across the continent tell us about the future of urban life everywhere? In this seminar, we will explore these questions by surveying a variety of case studies and topics from across the African continent. The purpose in focusing on Africa in general is not to homogenize an incredibly diverse continent, but to make connections across a variety of different contexts in order to explore conceptual debates and assemble a theoretical tool-kit that is useful for grappling with themes that are simultaneously abstract and concrete. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArt: SSCBU: ISEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L22 3051  L48 343C Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Seigle / 306 Shearer Default - none 25 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 3062 Islam, Culture and Society in West Africa 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will explore the introduction of Islam into West Africa beginning in the 10th Century and explore its expansion and development in the region, placing emphasis on the 19th century to present day. It will focus on the development of West African Muslim cultural, social, religious, and political life, to understand not only how the religion affected societies, but also how West African local societies shaped Islam. The course also aims to introduce students to a critical understanding of Islamic writing in West Africa. It will also examine the organization of Muslim Sufi orders in West Africa through time and space. The course is organized around a series of lectures, readings, as well as print and visual media. Attributes: A&S IQ: LCD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: ISEN: SUColl: CD Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L23 3062  L49 3062  L75 3062  L75 506A  L97 3063  U84 3062 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 4:00P-5:30P Seigle / 106 DIALLO Dec 20 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 16 16 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 311 Modern Dance and the African-American Legacy 2.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will examine the works of several African American choreographers and their contributions to the field of modern dance in America. These works, considered modern day classics, depict important historical events and reveal cultural influences that people of African descent have impressed upon our society. Through the medium of dance aided by discussions, video and class reading assignments, the choreographers' works will be analyzed for form, content and social relevance. Studio work will include technique to support learning the repertory. Prerequisite: 1-2 years training in modern, jazz or ballet. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SC, SDArt: CPSC, HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L29 311 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-3:00P Mallinckrodt / 207 Slaughter See instructor 15 6 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 3140 Urban Inequality: Racism, Segregation, & Ghettoization in the American City 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The academic study of urban inequality proceeds from the understanding that: 1) cities are deeply unequal, especially when considered in terms of race and class; 2) rather than being random or natural, urban inequality is the product of human ideas, policies, and practices; and 3) urban inequality has substantial and enduring impacts on city life and life chances, especially for racial minorities and the poor. Echoing these general themes, this course closely examines the causes, development, and consequences of urban inequality in the U.S. context. In order to explore U.S. urban inequality most clearly, the course focuses on the African-American urban experience and what has variously been called the "black belt," the inner city, and, most importantly, the ghetto. The scope is still national, though, with analyses of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, D.C., Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, Oakland, and St. Louis, among other cities. The course primarily draws from sociology and history but also includes insights from anthropology, political science, criminology, and law, among other disciplines. Attributes: A&S IQ: SD, SSCArt: CPSCEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L98 314A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Seigle / 208 Vieyra Default - none 25 21 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 3212 The Social Construction of Race 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Examination of race, ethnicity, and racism from a sociological perspective to understand race as a socially constructed phenomenon manifest in a wide range of social institutions. The course focuses on how race and racism impact contemporary social problems and public policy issues including immigration, affirmative action, education, media representation, and work. Application of sociological analysis to understand current race-related events. This course has no specific prerequisites but completion of an introductory course in sociology is recommended before enrollment. Attributes: A&S IQ: SC, SD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L40 3212  L46 3212 Frequency: Every 2-3 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Simon / 022 Chavez No final 25 19 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 321C African Civilization to 1800 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Beginning with an introduction to the methodological and theoretical approaches to African history, this course surveys African civilization and culture from the Neolithic age until 1800 A.D. Topics include African geography and environmental history, migration and cross-cultural exchange, the development of Swahili culture, the Western Sudanese states, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the historical roots of Apartheid. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUM, ISEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L22 394C  L97 325C Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Seigle / 306 Parsons No final 15 17 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 3301 Culture & Identity: Black Lives Matter: Art, Theory, and Practice 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: How does an attention to contemporary black artistic practices animate activism of the Black Lives Matter movement? How might we document and theorize black aesthetics in relationship to black politics? This course considers these questions by examining contemporary art practices that champion black humanity, and intervene in anti-black racism in the criminal justice system, housing, education, employment, and everyday life. We observe black aesthetics in practices such as poetry, performance art, theater, dance, music, photography, film, and visual art. We study foundational and contemporary critical theory invested in black politics, black feminism, black resilience, black excellence, and black joy. We also engage with St. Louis artists, and practice producing artistic work, including a performance or action, a song or poem, and visual artwork or short film. No artistic experience is required. Texts of study include: Force Continuum by Kia Corthron; An Octoroon and Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, A Seat at the Table by Solange; as well as visual art, poetry, and film by St. Louis-based artists. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SDArt: CPSC, HUMBU: BA, HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L98 330C  L15 3302 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Mallinckrodt / 303 Mahmoud No final 20 25 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 352A The Black Athlete in American Literature 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The black athlete is a central figure in American entertainment, and has been since Frederick Douglass decried Christmastime slave games in his Narrative. This course will examine literary depictions of black athletes-in novels, memoirs, essays, and poems-in order to better understand the cultural significance of sportsmen and women in the African American struggle for equality, from abolitionism to the "Black Lives Matter" movement. We will read works by Douglass, Ralph Ellison, Maya Angelou, and John Edgar Wideman, among others, and examine the lives and athletic pursuits of prominent athletes such as Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Wilma Rudolph, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. Popular perceptions of gender and sexuality, in addition to race and racism, will factor into our readings, especially as students incorporate secondary sources into their own research. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SC, SDArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L98 352A  L14 352A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Seigle / 111 Cohan No final 17 14 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 3600 Beyond Sea, Sunshine and Soca: Blacks in the Caribbean 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course examines major themes in the history of the Caribbean from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The first half of the course will focus on the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, exploring issues such as indigenous societies, European encounter and conquest, plantation slavery, the resistance of enslaved Africans and emancipation. The remainder of the course focuses on aspects of the cultural, economic, political and social experiences of Caribbean peoples during the twentieth century. Major areas of inquiry include the labor rebellions of the 1930s, decolonization, diasporic alliances, Black Power, identity construction and the politics of tourism. While the English-speaking Caribbean constitutes the main focus, references will be made to other areas such as Cuba and Haiti. Additionally, the Caribbean will be considered in a multilayered way with a view to investigating the local (actors within national boundaries), the regional (historical events that have rendered the region a unit of analysis) and the global (larger globalizing forces such as capitalism, colonialism, migration and slavery that have made the Caribbean central to world history). Modern, Caribbean. PREREQUISITE: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArt: HUMBU: HUM, ISEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L22 3600 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 2:30P-5:30P Seigle / L003 Bedasse No final 20 11 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 3662 Experts, Administrators and Soldiers: Governance and Development in Post-Colonial Africa 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Between 1957 and 1975, one African territory after another made the transition from European colony to independent nation state. Widespread optimism that these "transfers of power" would bring a new era of prosperity and dignity dissipated quickly as the new nations struggled with political instability, military coups, social unrest, and persistent poverty. Consequently many western observers and development specialists are certain that they have become "failed states" requiring foreign assistance to develop properly. This course challenges these assumptions by tracing the origins of African governance and economic development from their imperial origins into the independence era. By exploring nation-building, economic planning, and public administration from the perspective of political elites, foreign experts, and ordinary people the class takes an intimate look at how colonies became nation states. These new perspectives offer students a historical grounding in international public administration and development by exploring how imperial ideas and concepts continue to influence contemporary social planning and development policy in both Africa and the wider world. NOTE: University College students may enroll only with permission of the instructor. Modern, Africa. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUM, ISEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L22 3662  L97 3662 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 5:00P-6:30P McMillan / 219 Parsons No final 0 15 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed L90 AFAS 390 Topics in African-American Literature: Passing 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Every day human beings pass, that is, exchange one identity for another: African Americans become Caucasians; Jews opt for identifying as Gentiles; the poor and socially low transform into the rich and well-connected; women live and work as men; those called disabled fit themselves into the one-size-fits-all model. This class will consider the many narratives of crossing over, be they fictional or actual stories of lives lived-and those left behind. Among authors likely to be assigned are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nella Larsen, and Alison Bechdel; films such as "Victor, Victoria" or "Europa, Europa" might also be included. Satisfies the Twentieth Century and later requirement. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ISE Lit: TCEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L14 3522  L98 3522 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Mallinckrodt / 305 Zafar No final 25 8 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 400 Independent Work Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and the Director of the program. Forms available in program office. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Early No final 1 0 0 Actions: Books 03 TBA TBA Mutonya No final 3 0 0 Actions: Books 04 TBA TBA Parsons No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Zafar No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Duncan No final 0 1 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA DIALLO No final 1 0 0 Actions: Books 08 TBA TBA Fenderson No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Parikh No final 1 1 0 Actions: Books 11 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Baugh No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Himes No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L90 AFAS 403 Readings in Swahili Literature 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This advanced Swahili language course is designed for learners who have attained the equivalent of Intermediate level Swahili and wish to perfect their knowledge of the language while developing skills in independent reading. Learners will be introduced to a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts in Swahili such as children's stories, songs, short stories, speeches, newspaper articles, poetry, plays, and novellas. Learners will gain experience by practicing own productions of the various genres plus presenting reviews and translations of assigned texts. Learners will continue to interact meaningfully with Swahili speakers in St. Louis during community-based learning at the refugee school and elsewhere. Prereqs: Permission of instructor and successful completion of AFAS 103D, 104D, 203D, 204D or equivalent experience. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCD, LSArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 2:30P-5:00P McMillan / 219 Mutonya No final 8 3 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L90 AFAS 421A From Mammy to the Welfare Queen: African American Women Theorize Identity 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: How do representations of identity affect how we see ourselves and the world sees us? African American women have been particularly concerned with this question, as the stories and pictures circulated about black female identity have had a profound impact on their understandings of themselves and political discourse. In this course we will look at how black feminist theorists from a variety of intellectual traditions have explored the impact of theories of identity on our world. We will look at their discussions of slavery, colonialism, sexuality, motherhood, citizenship, and what it means to be human. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SC, SDEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L77 421  L98 4214 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Mallinckrodt / 303 Wanzo Dec 18 2017 10:30AM - 12:30PM 22 19 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 434B Seminar in Black Social Sciences 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This seminar applies a deep reading to social science texts that examine the construction and experiences of black people in the United States from the point of view of black scholars. Readings include theoretical and empirical work. The seminar focuses on the influence of the disciplines of psychology, sociology, and anthropology on the policy and social practices that characterize dominant North American institutions. Advanced class level strongly advised. Attributes: A&S IQ: SC, SD, SSCArch: SSCArt: SSCBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L12 434B  L98 436B Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 4:00P-7:00P Seigle / 111 Duncan See instructor 20 7 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 4377 Performing Ghosts: Blackness, Performance, and Archival Erasure 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Taking ghost as apparition, metaphor, an imaginary, and type of possession, this course focuses on the intersections between performance, affect theory, and archival practice to investigate how scholars and artists contend with the psychic and affective terrors against blackness. Part of these terrors, the course asserts, happened and is happening in the realm of the affective, ephemeral, and archival. Moving across theoretical works, literature, and theater, our readings differently query: how can performance enable us to recuperate the lives of those violently erased from the archive? How to imagine embodiment for subjects "tracked" by history, such as black folks whose bodies suggest other forms of pathology, like sexual deviancy, mentally "insanity," and other forms of criminalization? How have attachments to ghosts been used as a methodology to stage and reperform blackness in the past and in the present? And lastly, how can we capture embodiment (or enfleshment) without live bodies? By rethinking "liveness," "absence," "loss," and "remains," the readings and discussions will offer performance as a methodological and analytical infrastructure to conduct historical and/or archival research. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SDArt: CPSCEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L15 437 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 3:00P-6:00P Simon / 023 Rhaisa Williams Dec 14 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 15 6 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 4489 Topics in African-American Studies: Black Political Thought 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Newscasters, pundits, pollsters, analysts and even politicians often think of African Americans as a monolithic population, held together by a uniform set of beliefs that run steady across the entire community. However, this simply is not the case. When it comes to politics and political thought, African Americans, and those who make up the Black population in the United States, exhibit a broad range of intra-racial diversity. Manifested along the fault lines of class, gender, age, ideology, and a number of other factors, the complexity of Black political thought is built upon the structure of both African American communities and the larger American political landscape. This course will explore the contours of Black political thought in the United States, while paying close attention to various ideologies, pivotal historical moments and major debates shaping the course of African-American political life. Attributes: A&S IQ: SC, SD, SSCArch: NSM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CP Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Danforth Ctr / 236 Fenderson Dec 18 2017 10:30AM - 12:30PM 15 9 0 Actions: Books L90 AFAS 498 Fieldwork in African-American Studies Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A fieldwork project carried out under the direction of an instructor in the African and Afro-American Studies program. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and the Director of African and Afro-American Studies prior to enrollment. See Program office for forms. Attributes: EN: S Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Early No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 02 TBA TBA Phillips No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 03 TBA TBA Mutonya No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 04 TBA TBA Parsons No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Zafar No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Duncan No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Bernstein No final 1 0 0 Actions: Books 08 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Parikh No final 1 0 0 Actions: Books 11 TBA TBA Maxwell No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Baugh No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Himes No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L90 AFAS 499 Independent Work for Senior Honors: Research. 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisite: Permission of Director and appropriate grade point average. Application forms available in Program office. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 02 TBA TBA Phillips See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 03 TBA TBA Mutonya See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 04 TBA TBA Parsons See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Zafar See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Duncan See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Bernstein See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Parikh See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Maxwell See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Baugh See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Himes See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L90 AFAS 4991 Independent Work for Senior Honors: Thesis 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisite: Permission of Director and appropriate grade point average. Application forms are available in Program office. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Early No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 02 TBA TBA Phillips No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 03 TBA TBA Mutonya No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 04 TBA TBA Parsons No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Zafar No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Duncan No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 07 TBA TBA Bernstein No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 08 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 09 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Parikh No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 11 TBA TBA Maxwell No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Baugh No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Himes No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L90 AFAS 500 Independent Study: Graduate Level Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisites: Graduate standing, permission of the Director of the program and the faculty member supervising the work. Application forms are available in the office. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Early No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 02 TBA TBA Phillips No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 03 TBA TBA Mutonya No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 04 TBA TBA Parsons No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 05 TBA TBA Zafar No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 06 TBA TBA Duncan No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 10 TBA TBA Parikh No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 12 TBA TBA Baugh No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 13 TBA TBA Mustakeem No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 14 TBA TBA DIALLO See instructor 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept.