First-Year Courses in Afroamerican and African Studies (Division 311) This page was created at 7:48 AM on Wed, Oct 4, 2000. Fall Term, 2000 (September 6 - December 22) Open courses in Afroamerican and African Studies Wolverine Access Subject listing for CAAS Take me to the Fall Term '00 Time Schedule for Afroamerican and African Studies. To see what first-year courses have been added or changed in Afroamerican and African Studies this week go to What's New This Week. CAAS 103. First Year Social Science Seminar. Cross-Area Courses Section 001 – Community Economic Development. Instructor(s): Warren Whatley (wwhatley@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). (Cross-Area Courses). May not be included in a concentration plan. First-Year Seminar, Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. The course will be experience-based research, meaning that students will read about issues that fall under the topic "community economic development" as they participate in actual community development initiatives. A goal is to gain an appreciation of the impact of direct experience on critical thinking about any subject matter. Learning tools include readings, discussions, outreach, biographies, diaries, and essays. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 1 CAAS 108/Hist. of Art 108. Introduction to African Art. African Studies Section 001. Instructor(s): Dana Rush (danarush@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). (African Studies). May not be included in a concentration plan. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/108-001.html See History of Art 108.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 2 Waitlist Code: 4 CAAS 111. Introduction to Africa and Its Diaspora. Section 001. Instructor(s): Ifeoma Nwankwo (icn@umich.edu) , Kevin Gaines (gaineskk@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). (R&E). May not be included in a concentration plan. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This team-taught course introduces basic questions, concepts, and methods involved in the study of Africa in relation to its Diaspora in the Americas and the West Indies, as well as Europe. The course takes a multimedia, interdisciplinary approach to a range of historical, literary, artistic, economic, and political questions crucial to the understanding of the experiences of people of African descent. Using maps, cultural artifacts, films, art, music, archival documents, literary texts, and key scholarly readings from various fields, the course treats topics such as: early African civilizations; the slave trade and the middle passage; American Jim Crow and South African apartheid; movements in Black Feminism; and environmental racism and Black health. Prerequisite to the CAAS concentration and minor and suitable for interested non-concentrators. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 1 CAAS 214/Hist. of Art 214. Introduction to African-American Art. African-American Studies Section 001. Instructor(s): J Francis Prerequisites & Distribution: AAS 111. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/214-001.html See History of Art 214.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. This page was created at 7:48 AM on Wed, Oct 4, 2000. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.