printer friendly pageAFRICAAM 48Q: South Africa: Contested Transitions (HISTORY 48Q)
Preference to sophomores. The inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president in May 1994 marked the end of an era and a way of life for S. Africa. The changes have been dramatic, yet the legacies of racism and inequality persist. Focus: overlapping and sharply contested transitions. Who advocates and opposes change? Why? What are their historical and social roots and strategies? How do people reconstruct their society? Historical and current sources, including films, novels, and the Internet.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI, Writing 2
Instructors:
Samoff, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 50B: 19th Century America (HISTORY 50B)
(Same as
HISTORY 150B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register in 150B.) Territorial expansion, social change, and economic transformation. The causes and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include: urbanization and the market revolution; slavery and the Old South; sectional conflict; successes and failures of Reconstruction; and late 19th-century society and culture.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Campbell, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 54N: African American Women's Lives
Preference to freshmen. The everyday lives of African American women in 19th- and 20th-century America in comparative context of histories of European, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women. Primary sources including personal journals, memoirs, music, literature, and film, and historical texts. Topics include slavery and emancipation, labor and leisure, consumer culture, social activism, changing gender roles, and the politics of sexuality.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
AFRICAAM 102: Introduction to Public History in the U.S.,19th Century to the Present (CSRE 201, HISTORY 201, HISTORY 301)
Gateway course for the History and Public Service interdisciplinary track. Topics include the production, presentation, and practice of public history through narratives, exhibits, web sites, and events in museums, historical sites, parks, and public service settings in nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
McKibben, C. (PI)
AFRICAAM 105: Introduction to African and African American Studies
Interdisciplinary. Central themes in African American culture and history related to race as a definitive American phenomenon. African survivals and interpretations of slavery in the New World, contrasting interpretations of the Black family, African American literature, and art. Possible readings: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Alice Walker, and Bell Hooks. Focus may vary each year.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP
AFRICAAM 106: Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices (CSRE 103B, EDUC 103B, EDUC 337)
Focus is on classrooms with students from diverse racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Studies, writing, and media representation of urban and diverse school settings; implications for transforming teaching and learning. Issues related to developing teachers with attitudes, dispositions, and skills necessary to teach diverse students.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Ball, A. (PI)
AFRICAAM 112: Urban Education (CSRE 112X, EDUC 112X, EDUC 212X, SOC 129X, SOC 229X)
(Graduate students register for
EDUC 212X or
SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Ball, A. (PI)
AFRICAAM 115: South African Encounters (AFRICAST 115)
This course is a prerequisite for all those accepted to or on the wait list for the Spring BOSP Cape Town term abroad. It will explore issues in contemporary South Africa.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Parker, G. (PI)
AFRICAAM 116: Education, Race, and Inequality in African American History, 1880-1990 (CSRE 216X, EDUC 216, HISTORY 255E)
Seminar. The relationship among race, power, inequality, and education from the 1880s to the 1990s. How schools have constructed race, the politics of school desegregation, and ties between education and the late 20th-century urban crisis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul
Instructors:
Gordon, L. (PI)
AFRICAAM 122E: Art in the Streets: Identity in Murals, Site-specific works, and Interventions in Public Spaces (ARTSTUDI 122E, CSRE 122E)
This class will introduce students to both historical and contemporary public art practices and the expression of race and identity through murals, graffiti, site-specific works and performative interventions in public spaces. Involving lectures, guest speakers, field trips, and hands-on art practice, students will be expected to produce both an individual and group piece as a final project.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Ebtekar, A. (PI)
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