UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis
UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis
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African American and African Studies 121<br />
African American<br />
and African Studies<br />
(College of Letters and Science)<br />
Moradewun Adejunmobi, Ph.D., Director<br />
Program Office. 2201 Hart Hall<br />
(530) 752-1548; http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/aas<br />
Committee in Charge<br />
Christine Acham, Ph.D.<br />
(African American and African Studies)<br />
Moradewun Adejunmobi, Ph.D.<br />
(African American and African Studies)<br />
Milmon Harrison, Ph.D.<br />
(African American and African Studies)<br />
Carl C. Jorgensen, Ph.D. (Sociology)<br />
Bettina Ng'weno, Ph.D.<br />
(African American and African Studies)<br />
Angela Onwuachi-Willig J.D. (Law)<br />
Halifu Osumare, Ph.D.<br />
(African American and African Studies)<br />
Donald Rothchild, Ph.D. (Political Science)<br />
Patricia A. Turner, Ph.D.<br />
(African American and African Studies)<br />
Faculty<br />
Christine Acham, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />
Moradewun Adejunmobi, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />
Milmon F. Harrison, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />
Bettina Ng'weno, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />
Halifu Osumare, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />
Patricia A. Turner, Ph.D., Professor<br />
Emeriti Faculty<br />
John Stewart, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />
Affiliated Faculty<br />
Kristee Haggins, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor<br />
The Major Program<br />
African American and African Studies is a field of<br />
study in the humanities, arts, and social sciences that<br />
provides students with a multi-disciplinary learning<br />
experience. In addition to courses offered within<br />
African American and African Studies, students have<br />
the option of taking selected courses in other programs<br />
and departments that complement courses<br />
offered within African American and African Studies.<br />
Majors and minors are also encouraged to take<br />
advantage of internship opportunities.<br />
The Program. The purpose of this program is to<br />
give students a sense of the individual characteristics<br />
and common concerns of Black communities in<br />
Africa, the United States, and in the wider Diaspora.<br />
The African American emphasis includes courses on<br />
history, culture, and the impact of developments in<br />
politics and the economy on the social organization<br />
of Black people in the United States. The African<br />
Diaspora emphasis enables students to study the<br />
way Black communities outside Africa and the<br />
United States have dealt with questions of race and<br />
ethnicity. It also considers how they have defined<br />
their identity in the political arena as well as by<br />
using religion, theater and dance, literature and film.<br />
The African emphasis allows students to focus on<br />
Africa's recent history, social issues, and contemporary<br />
culture.<br />
Career Alternatives. Students completing the<br />
African American and African Studies major are<br />
well prepared for graduate study in psychology, education,<br />
sociology, human development, history, etc.<br />
Majors in African American and African Studies can<br />
also pursue professional training in fields such as<br />
pharmacy, medicine, or law. Graduates with this<br />
major have also pursued employment opportunities<br />
in the federal and state government, in international<br />
development agencies, in human service units, in<br />
county social service programs, and counseling services.<br />
African American and African Studies is also<br />
an appropriate background for work in community<br />
organizations like the Urban League, NAACP,<br />
Urban Affairs, and the Office of Economic Opportunity,<br />
and for teaching at all levels.<br />
A.B. Major Requirements:<br />
The major program must be developed in consultation<br />
with an African American and African Studies<br />
faculty member, and approved by the program’s<br />
Major Adviser.<br />
UNITS<br />
Preparatory Subject Matter................... 28<br />
African American and African Studies<br />
10 ....................................................... 4<br />
One course from African American and<br />
African Studies 12, 15, 50, 51, 52, 80 ... 4<br />
One course from Anthropology 2; Economics<br />
1A, 1B; Geography 2; Sociology 1; Political<br />
Science 1, 2; Psychology 1..................... 4<br />
One course from Chicana/o Studies 10;<br />
Native American Studies 1, 10;<br />
American Studies 45; Asian American<br />
Studies 1, 2 .......................................... 4<br />
Two courses from History 15, 17A,<br />
17B...................................................... 8<br />
One course from African American and<br />
African Studies 54, 155A, Dramatic Art 41A,<br />
41B, Music 28, 105, 106 ...................... 4<br />
Depth Subject Matter ............................ 36<br />
One course from African American and<br />
African Studies 100, 101, 107A, 107B,<br />
107C, 110, 145B ................................. 4<br />
One course from African American and<br />
African Studies 150A, 150B, 151, 152,<br />
155A, 156, 157, 160, 170, 171 ........... 4<br />
One course from African American and<br />
African Studies 111, 123, 130, 133, 141,<br />
145 ..................................................... 4<br />
A coordinated program of upper division<br />
courses, selected and approved in<br />
consultation with the major adviser and<br />
chosen to reflect the student’s major<br />
emphasis ............................................ 24<br />
(These areas of emphasis are offered as<br />
guidelines for students in the major. They are<br />
not the only areas students may choose for the<br />
major.)<br />
Culture of African American emphasis:<br />
African American and African Studies 107A,<br />
107B, 153; Anthropology 140A, 140B;<br />
History 177A, 177B; Political Science 167.<br />
African emphasis: African American and<br />
African Studies 110, 162, 171;<br />
Anthropology 140A, 140B; History 115A,<br />
116; Political Science 134, 146.<br />
Related Upper Division Courses<br />
The following courses are offered by faculty members<br />
in other disciplines and focus on African American<br />
studies, African diaspora studies, or African<br />
studies.<br />
American Studies 156; Anthropology 104N,<br />
139AN, 140A, 140B; Art History 150; Community<br />
and Regional Development 151, 151L, 152, 153,<br />
172; Comparative Literature 154, 165; English<br />
167, 178, 179, 181A, 181B; History 102(O),<br />
115A, 115B, 115C, 115D, 116, 177A, 177B,<br />
178A, 178B; Political Science 134, 149, 176; Sociology<br />
128, 129, 130,134, 137, 143A, 145A,<br />
145B, 130; Dramatic Art 155A; Women's Studies<br />
160, 178C, 180, 182.<br />
Total Units for the Major ....................... 64<br />
Major Adviser. C. Acham<br />
Minor Program Requirements:<br />
UNITS<br />
African American and African Studies ... 24<br />
Select one course from African American and<br />
African Studies 10, 12, 15, 17, or 80 ..... 4<br />
Select any five upper division courses offered<br />
in African American and African Studies.<br />
American History and Institutions. This University<br />
requirement can be satisfied by completion of<br />
African American Studies 10, 100; see also under<br />
University Requirements, on page 83.<br />
Courses in African American and<br />
African Studies (AAS)<br />
Lower Division Courses<br />
10. African-American Culture and Society<br />
(4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Critical examination<br />
of the historical, political, social, and economic<br />
factors that have affected the development<br />
and status of African-American people in contemporary<br />
society. GE credit: Div.—I. Harrison<br />
12. Introduction to African Studies (4)<br />
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to African<br />
Studies which will focus on the various disciplinary<br />
perspectives through which African society and culture<br />
are generally studied. A survey of methods,<br />
resources and conceptual tools for the study of<br />
Africa. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)<br />
Adejunmobi<br />
15. Introduction to African American<br />
Humanities (4)<br />
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to<br />
the humanist tradition developed by writers, philosophers,<br />
and artists of African descent in the West.<br />
Attention given to African sources, as well as European,<br />
Caribbean, Latin-American, and North American<br />
variations on this tradition. GE credit: ArtHum,<br />
Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) Harrison, Osumare<br />
16. Verbal and Performance Arts in Africa<br />
(4)<br />
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. African verbal arts;<br />
oral texts from different African cultures. Types of critical<br />
response to oral texts, role of oral artists, context<br />
and esthetics of oral performance in Africa. GE<br />
credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Adejunmobi<br />
17. Women in African Societies (4)<br />
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Gender relations in traditional<br />
and contemporary African society. Involvement<br />
of African women in politics, religion, the<br />
economy, the arts. African responses to feminist theory.<br />
Images of women in African literature. GE<br />
credit: Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) Adejunmobi<br />
50. Black Images in Popular Culture (4)<br />
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—2 hours. A survey of<br />
the depictions of Blacks in popular culture (popular<br />
press, stage, radio, film, television, advertising) from<br />
the middle of the sixteenth century to the present. GE<br />
credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Turner, Acham<br />
51. History of Afro American Dance (4)<br />
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—2 hours. Evolution of<br />
African American dance, tracing its history and<br />
development from West Africa through the Carribean<br />
and to the United States. Investigates the social<br />
relevance of African American dance and the artistic<br />
merits and contributions of African American choreographers<br />
and performers.—III. (III.) Osumare<br />
52. African Traditional Religion (4)<br />
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—2 hours. Introduction<br />
to the traditional religions of the sub-Saharan African<br />
peoples: emphasis on myths, rituals and symbols in<br />
West, East, Central and South African indigenous<br />
religions. Examines themes such as sacred kingship,<br />
divination system, women, prophecy, conversion<br />
and adaptation to Islam and Christianity. GE credit:<br />
ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Olupona<br />
54. University Gospel Choir (2)<br />
Rehearsal—4 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor;<br />
open to any student in the university. Rehearsal,<br />
study, and performance of Gospel music. May be<br />
repeated for credit. (Same course as Music 54.) (P/<br />
NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Lymos<br />
80. Introduction to Black Politics (4)<br />
Lecture—4 hours. Introduction to the analysis of Afro-<br />
American politics, using conceptual frameworks<br />
from political science and other social sciences. GE<br />
credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Harrison<br />
99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)<br />
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading<br />
only.)<br />
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-<strong>2008</strong> offering in parentheses<br />
<strong>General</strong> Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience