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Majors and Courses of InstructionBlack World Studies200.3 Martin, Malcolm, and Mandela (Quaye)This course examines the lives, philosophies, contributions, and legacies of three leaders in thestruggles of people of African descent for civil rights and racial empowerment of Blacks in the20th century. Specifically, we will explore how their lives, ideas, and actions may have affected ourpersonal lives and social discourse on race, identity, and progress of Blacks in the 21st century. Inreading both primary and interpretive texts of these individuals, we will explore the connections, thedifferences, and the similarities between the experiences of Blacks in America and in South Africa.224. African American Images (Ryan)An examination of both literature and film, focusing on the representation of African Americans,and the artistic and socio-cultural functions of those representations. Course content will vary.Possible topics include: Images of Black Women in Fiction and Film, Figures in Black, and BlackWomen Filmmakers. Also listed as ENG 224. F.268. Black Women’s Literary Traditions (Ryan)Examines a variety of texts by Black women writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Ann Petry,Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Paule Marshall, Lucille Clifton, Toni Morrison, AudreLorde, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, and others. Explores the ways in which Blackfeminist critical methodologies have been important to the recovery and interpretation of Blackwomen’s texts. Possible topics include: Black Women’s Literature and Spirituality, Black Women’sAutobiography, and Twentieth Century Black Women Writers. Also listed as ENG 268.273. Approaches to African-American Literature (Ryan)Variable course focusing on a critical movement (such as The Harlem Renaissance or The BlackArts Movement) or a prominent figure (such as Richard Wright or James Baldwin) in the AfricanAmerican literary tradition. Possible topics include: The Harlem Renaissance, and James Baldwin:Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, Activist. Also listed as ENG 273.300.3. East African Culture: Literature, Economy and Political Development (Quaye)East Africa is not only the site of the emergence of humanity but also has continued to play anessential role in the history of the world as a cultural crossroads for goods, ideas, political andsocial experiments. In this course, students will read both primary and interpretive literature andvisit major historical, cultural, and environmental sites. Topics covered would include migrantlabor, class and ethnic structures, human rights and political struggles in relation to externallyimposed structural adjustment programs. Diversity Course. S.300.4. Women, Development and the Environment (Quaye, Shayo)Feminist research in Africa has identified women as key social actors who utilize the optionsavailable in their societies to develop their skills and contribute substantially to family incomeand economic development (Boserup, 1980). This course is designed to explore gender relationsin Africa and women’s involvement in the process of social and economic development. DiversityCourse. S.300.5. African Medical Systems (Quaye)This course will explore several themes in African medical systems through an examination offolklore, myths, rituals, religious beliefs and science as part of the broader focus for investigatingmedical systems in Africa. Topics covered would include: African concept of health and illness,73