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department Afro-American Studies (X) |
(Same as Sociology M5.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; field trips. Analysis and interpretation of social organization of black communities, with focus on origins and development of black communities, competing theories and research findings, defining characteristics and contemporary issues. Letter grading.
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Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Overview of major intellectual trends that have shaped ways in which Afro-American thinkers have interpreted experiences of blacks in U.S., drawing from such fields as history, philosophy, and literature. Letter grading.
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(Same as History M10A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of development of African societies from earliest times to late 18th century. P/NP or letter grading.
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Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.
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Seminar, three hours. Limited to 20 students. Designed as adjunct to lower division lecture course. Exploration of topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities and led by lecture course instructor. May be applied toward honors credit for eligible students. Honors content noted on transcript. P/NP or letter grading.
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Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to lower division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.
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Tutorial (supervised research or other scholarly work), three hours per week per unit. Entry-level research for lower division students under guidance of faculty mentor. Students must be in good academic standing and enrolled in minimum of 12 units (excluding this course). Individual contract required; consult Undergraduate Research Center. May be repeated. P/NP grading.
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Lecture, three hours. Survey of psychological literature relevant to Afro-Americans, with emphasis on contributions of Afro-American psychologists. Topics include history of psychology, testing and intelligence, family, personality and motivation, racism and race relations, education, community psychology, and future of Afro-American psychology. P/NP or letter grading.
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Lecture, three hours. Weekly exercises in poetry writing and criticism. Study of techniques. Classroom discussion based on work produced by students. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Asian American Studies M160 and Honors Collegium M102.) Lecture, four hours; screenings, two hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Role of media in society and its influence on contemporary cultural environment, specifically in Los Angeles; issues of representation as they pertain to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Theater M103A.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of extant materials on history and literature of theater as developed and performed by African American artists in America from slavery to mid-1800s. Letter grading.
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(Same as Theater M103B.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of extant materials on history and literature of theater as developed and performed by African American artists in America from minstrel stage to rise of American musical. Letter grading.
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(Same as Theater M103E.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of extant materials on history and literature of theater as developed and performed by African American artists in America from Depression to present. Letter grading.
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(Same as English M104A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of black American literature from 18th century through World War I, including oral and written forms (folktales, spirituals, sermons; fiction, poetry, essays), by authors such as Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Frances Harper, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chesnutt, Booker T. Washington, and Pauline Hopkins. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as English M104B.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of 20th-century black American literature from New Negro Movement of post-World War I period to 1960s, including oral materials (ballads, blues, speeches) and fiction, poetry, and essays by authors such as Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as English M104C.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of diverse forms of Afro-American literary expression produced from rise of Black Arts Movement of 1960s to present by writers such as Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Etheridge Knight, Toni Morrison, Martin Luther King, Jr., Paule Marshall, Ernest Gaines, Ishmael Reed, and Audre Lorde. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Ethnomusicology M119.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to development of rap music and hip-hop culture, with emphasis on musical and verbal qualities, philosophical and political ideologies, gender representation, and influences on cinema and popular culture. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Ethnomusicology M109 and Women's Studies M109.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Sociocultural history of women in jazz and allied musical traditions from 1880s to present. Survey of women vocalists, instrumentalists, composers/arrangers, and producers and their impact on development of jazz. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Formerly numbered CM110A.) (Same as Ethnomusicology M110A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Sociocultural history and survey of African American music covering Africa and its impact on Americas; music of 17th through 19th centuries; minstrelsy and its impact on representation of blacks in film, television, and theater; religious music, including hymns, spirituals, and gospel; black music of Caribbean and Central and South America; and music of black Los Angeles. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Formerly numbered CM110B.) (Same as Ethnomusicology M110B.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Sociocultural history and survey of African American music covering blues, pre-1947 jazz styles, rhythm 'n' blues, soul, funk, disco, hip-hop, and symbiotic relationship between recording industry and effects of cultural politics on black popular music productions. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Ethnomusicology CM112.) Lecture, four hours. Historical and analytical examination of African American music in California, including history, migration patterns, and urbanism to determine their impact on development of African American music in California. Concurrently scheduled with course CM212A. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Art History CM112D.) Lecture, three hours. Detailed inquiry into work of 20th-century African American artists whose works provide insightful and critical commentary about major features of American life and society, including visits to various key African American art institutions in Los Angeles. Concurrently scheduled with course CM212D. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Art History CM112E.) Lecture, three hours. Continuation of course CM112D, involving detailed inquiry into work of 20th-century African American artists. Concurrently scheduled with course CM212E. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Art History CM112F.) Lecture, three hours. Critical examination of media ranging from African American painting and sculpture to MTV and advertising, with emphasis on relationship between black visual production and racism, Afrocentrism, political resistance, and notions of blackness. Concurrently scheduled with course CM212F. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Political Science M114C.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Intensive introduction to African American political thought, with focus on major ideological trends and political philosophies as they have been applied and interpreted by African Americans. Debates and conflicts in black political thought, historical contest of African American social movements, and relationship between black political thought and major trends in Western thought. P/NP or letter grading.
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