First-Year Courses in CAASConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 1:00 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004. Fall Academic Term, 2004 (September 7 - December 23)CAAS 103. First Year Social Science Seminar.Cross-Area CoursesSection 002 — The Crisis of the African American Male.Instructor(s): Alford Young (ayoun@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. (Cross-Area Courses). May not be included in a concentration plan. First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. For most of the last half the twentieth century, scholars, journalists, and policy advocates have considered African American men to be in a state of crisis. This course provides a critical examination of works that aim to document and interpret that crisis. We will explore a range of arguments produced in the past thirty years that aim to define the state of Black masculinity and the social condition of African American men. These works will stimulate our effort to pose and answer questions about what, if anything, constitutes a condition of crisis for African American men and what needs to happen to and for them in order to improve their prospects in American society.
CAAS 103. First Year Social Science Seminar.Cross-Area CoursesSection 003 — Justice for all? Difference and Oppression in U.S. Society. Meets with PSCYH 120.005.Instructor(s): Kelly E Maxwell (kmax@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. (Cross-Area Courses). May not be included in a concentration plan.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
CAAS 103. First Year Social Science Seminar.Cross-Area CoursesSection 004 — I, Too, Sing America: A Psychology of Race and Racism. Meets with PSYCH 120.003.Instructor(s): Charles F Behling (cbehling@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. (Cross-Area Courses). May not be included in a concentration plan.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Taking its title from the Langston Hughes poem, this seminar will explore psychological aspects of race, ethnicity, and other cultural differences in the United States. What are some of the opportunities and obstacles to our joining with Hughes in affirming, "They'll see how beautiful I am . . I, too, sing America?" Topics will include stereotyping, communication, cooperation, conflict, justice, and discrimination. For example: What are psychological theories about how individuals and groups might most benefit from life in pluralistic societies? What are some psychological dynamics of stereotyping? What are possible connections between various forms of discrimination (for example, racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism)?
CAAS 108 / HISTART 108. Introduction to African Art.
African StudiesSection 001.Instructor(s): David T DorisPrerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. (African Studies). May not be included in a concentration plan. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
CAAS 111. Introduction to Africa and Its Diaspora.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Kelly M Askew (kaskew@umich.edu) , Julius S Scott III (jsscott@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). (R&E). May not be repeated for credit. May not be included in a concentration plan.
Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. CAAS 111 is a team-taught course that introduces students to the study of Africa and its Diaspora in the Americas, the West Indies, South America, and Europe. This course takes a multimedia, interdisciplinary approach to a range of historical, literary, artistic, religious, economic, and political questions crucial to the understanding of the experiences of people of African descent. Using maps, films, the visual arts, music, important historical texts, and short stories, the course will focus on four major themes:
This course is appropriate for both concentrators and non-concentrators. Concentrators should complete this course by the sophomore year. Requirements The course will meet in a lecture and audio/film format twice a week, with one discussion section per week.
The essay and exams will be based on lectures, discussion sections, films, and readings. Required texts:
Books are available for purchase at Shaman Drum Bookstore (313 South State St., 662-7407). The books are also on reserve, along with journal articles, at Course Reserves (Shapiro Library) and the CAAS Library (5511 Haven Hall). A course pack of additional required readings will be available for purchase at Kolossus (310 East Washington, 994-5400).
CAAS 246 / HISTORY 246. Africa to 1850.
African StudiesSection 001.Instructor(s): Jean-Herve Jezequel (jezequel@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. (African Studies). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
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