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Fall '99Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30AASP Afro-American Studies( Behavioral and Social Sciences) AASP100 Introduction to Afro-American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.Significant aspects of the history of Afro-Americans with particular emphasis on the evolution and development of black communities from slavery to the present. Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, legal and economic roots of contemporary problems faced by blacks in the United States with applications to the lives of other racial and ethnic minorities in the Americas and in other societies. AASP101 Public Policy and the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Formerly AASP 300. The impact of public policies on the black community and the role of the policy process in affecting the social, economic and political well-being of minorities. Particular attention given to the post-1960 to present era. AASP200 African Civilization; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course. A survey of African civilizations from 4500 B.C. to present. Analysis of traditional social systems. Discussion of the impact of European colonization on these civilizations. Analysis of the influence of traditional African social systems on modern African institutions as well as discussion of contemporary processes of Africanization. AASP202 Black Culture in the United States; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. The course examines important aspects of American Negro life and thought which are reflected in Afro-American literature, drama, music and art. Beginning with the cultural heritage of slavery, the course surveys the changing modes of black creative expression from the nineteenth-century to the present. AASP298C Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: Pre-Colonial African Civilization; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course. AASP298J Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: Afro-American History to 1865; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP298L Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: Introduction to African-American Literature; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Literature (HL) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area C: Literature and the Arts Course. AASP298T African Americans in Film and Theatre; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE History or Theory of Arts (HA) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AASP298V Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: The Blues as a Cultural Art Form; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP298W Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: Introduction to Creative Writing; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. This course is cross-listed with ENGL 294N. AASP301 Applied Policy Analysis and the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: (AASP 101 and ECON 201) or (AASP 101 and ECON 203). Recommended: one semester of statistics. Development and application of the tools needed for examining the effectiveness of alternative policy options confronting minority communities. Review policy research methods used in forming and evaluating policies. Examination of the policy process. AASP303 Computer Applications in Afro-American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: STAT 100 or SOCY 201 or MATH 111 or equivalent. Introduction to statistics and database processing software used in model estimation and simulation in policy analysis. Special emphasis on applications for applied research on policy problems confronting minority communities. AASP312 Social and Cultural Effects of Colonization and Racism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Prerequisite: AASP 100 or AASP 202. A comparative approach to the study of the social and cultural effects of colonization and racism on black people in Africa, Latin America and in the United States--community and family life, religion, economic institutions, education and artistic expression. AASP386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Prerequisite: permission of department. 56 semester hours. AASP397 (PermReq) Senior Thesis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: permission of department. Directed research in Afro-American Studies resulting in the completion and defense of a senior thesis. AASP398T Selected Topics in the African Diaspora: Gender, Sexuality, and the Black Family; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP398Z Selected Topics in the African Diaspora: The Black Atlantic World (1450-1900); (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP400 Directed Readings in Afro-American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP 100 or AASP 202. The readings will be directed by the faculty of Afro-American Studies. Topics to be covered will be chosen to meet the needs and interests of individual students. AASP400H (PermReq) Directed Readings in Afro-American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP 100 or AASP 202. For general honors students only. AASP411 Black Resistance Movements; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP 100. A comparative study of the black resistance movements in Africa and America; analysis of their interrelationships as well as their impact on contemporary pan-Africanism. AASP468G Special Topics in Africa and the Americas: Blacks in American Life: 1865 to Present; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP468S Special Topics in Africa and the Americas: Readings in Southern African History; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP478C Humanities Topics in Afro-American Studies: Caribbean Literature in English; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AASP478L Humanities Topics in Afro-American Studies: African-American Literature: 1910-1945; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP478P Humanities Topics in Afro-American Studies: African-American Literature: 1945 to Present; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. This course is cross-listed with ENGL 472. AASP478R Humanities Topics in Afro-American Studies: African, Indian and Caribbean Writers; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AASP498D Special Topics in Black Culture: Black Feminist Thought; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498I Special Topics in Black Culture: Caribbean Women; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498T Special Topics in Black Culture: Twentieth-Century African-American Art; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498W Special Topics in Black Culture: Black Women in United States History; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP 100 or AASP 202. AASP499B Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: African-American Political Participation in American Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Applicable as an upper level elective for both the public policy and the social and cultural analysis concentration. AASP499G Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: Government and Politics of Africa; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP499K Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: The Comparative Politics of Race Relations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP499W Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: Feminist and Nationalist Thought in Black Community Life; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Through a critical reading and discussion of written texts and visual representations, this course will examine the historical and theoretical foundations of feminist and nationalist thought in black communities. Although gender and nationalist consciousness inform the daily lives of black people, they are seldom spoken of and certainly, rarely studied simultaneously. The (re)reading of historical and contemporary texts that speak to various dimensions of feminist and nationalist thinking/action will help us in reformulating our understanding of how feminism and nationalism have influenced black political life and thought. In the process, we will discover why feminist and nationalist thought have been routinely ignored or misrepresented as disparate, if not oppositional, themes in black political and intellectual life. How do the Garvey Movement, the Black Power struggles, and the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings, for instance, demonstrate the complexities of the roles of men and women within black communities? Finally, this course will the Black Power struggles, and the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings, for instance, demonstrate the complexities of the roles of men and women within black communities? Finally, this course will trace the historical significance and effects of the politics of gender on notions of Black Nationalism. 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