Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass VCU Bulletins VCU University Archives 2006 Virginia Commonwealth University Bulletin All Courses Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarscompass.edu/vcubulletins © Virginia Commonwealth University Downloaded from http://scholarscompass.edu/vcubulletins/23 This Bulletin is brought to you for free and open access by the VCU University Archives at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in VCU Bulletins by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact libcompass@vcu. VCU courses Monroe Park and MCV campuses 2006-07 This listing of course descriptions offered by Virginia Commonwealth University has been created for archival purposes.
For an official listing of courses, please visit www. V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h U n i v e r s i t y Courses 2006-07 AFAM 104/SOCY 104 Sociology of Racism AFAM 303/THEA 303 Black Theatre University College Semester course; 3 lecture hours. The course will explore the Semester course; 3 lecture hours. A study of the major direct and indirect ways in which racial attitudes are acquired, their developments in the evolution of black theatre through readings and effect on individuals and society, and the institutional and ideological studio performances in black-related and black-theatre dramaturgy.
University College(UNIV) manifestations of racism as a "faith system," as exploitation and as a form of human conflict. The central focus of interest will be on black- AFAM 305/SOCY 305/WMNS 305 African American Family in UNIV 101 Introduction to the University white relationships. Social Context Semester course; 1 lecture hour. Designed to orient new Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
Prerequisite: SOCY 101 or students to the traditions, purposes and expectations of a university AFAM 105, 106/HIST 105, 106 Survey of African History SOCY/AFAM/WMNS 206. A socio-historical examination of the education. Students will assess their expectations and evaluate their Semester courses; 3 lecture hours. A survey of African development of the family system of Americans from Africa.
Focuses on academic strengths and goals. Through lectures, guest speakers and civilization from prehistory to the present, emphasizing the events, ideas large-scale (macro level) processes such as changes in the major mode of individual projects, students will learn of VCU resources designed to help and institutions that have shaped, influenced and defined Africa's place in economic production and in political systems and the corresponding them solve problems and to achieve a rewarding and successful academic the world. First semester: To 1800. Second semester: 1800 to the changes in black family structure and functioning.
Presents the program. This course is required for students admitted conditionally to present. theoretical material on African American families and social change that VCU; it is recommended for all first-year students. prepares students for further study of the family as a social institution AFAM 121, 122/DANC 121, 122 Tap Technique I and for the study of family policy.
This course is designed to meet the UNIV 102 MINDSET for Academic Success Semester courses; 1 lecture and 2 studio hours. Beginning needs of upper division social science majors. Semester course; 1 lecture hour. Restricted to freshmen on study and training in the principles of tap technique with emphasis upon warning after their first semester, sophomores on warning or probation style, body alignment, spatial patterning, flexibility, strength and AFAM 307/RELS 307/INTL 307 Black Religion and students readmitted from academic suspension.
Through group kinesthetic awareness to move the body in the style required for tap Semester course; 3 lecture hours. An analysis of the role of activities and individual meetings with the instructor, students identify dancing. religion in the lives of blacks with an emphasis on African religions and reasons for their academic difficulties and learn a new MINDSET (defined philosophies, the black church in America, and the roles of the various as habits and attitudes) for achieving academic success. The instructor AFAM 126, 127/DANC 126, 127 African-Caribbean Dance I faiths, sects and cults.
will carefully monitor the students' progress in all their classes. The goal Semester courses; 1 lecture and 2 studio hours. Dance of the course is to assist students to return to good academic standing based on the movements and rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean. AFAM 308 Modes of Inquiry in African-American Studies by the conclusion of the semester.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. AFAM 151, 152/DANC 151, 152 Jazz Dance Technique I This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary processes UNIV 103 Education and Career Planning Semester courses; 1 lecture and 2 studio hours. whereby those working in the field develop their arguments and Semester course; 3 lecture hours. A career decision-making Prerequisite: DANC 102 or permission of instructor.
Study and training in interpretations concerning the black experience. Students will develop course for individuals focusing on the process of career planning. Through the principles and concepts of jazz technique. Emphasis on body increased skills in library research and an awareness of the importance of guest speakers and interviews with working professionals, students will alignment, flexibility, balance, rhythmic awareness and mastery of such methodologies as archaeology, oral history, case studies, participant discover all the educational and career options that exist.
Through in- isolated movements of body parts. The course includes the exploration of observations, experiments and surveys. Student will be introduced to the class activities, computer assessments and group projects, they will learn the relationship between jazz music and jazz dance. need for critical analysis, the role of biases and frames of references and how to make informed decisions about their educational and career goals.
the reason why scholars working in the field often reach different AFAM 200/ANTH 200/INTL 200 Introduction to African Societies conclusions with reference to issues of fact, interpretation and UNIV 151 Focused Learning Workshop in BIOL 151 Semester course; 3 lecture hours. This course introduces the significance. Semester course; 3 workshop hours. student to the African continent, its peoples and cultures.
It covers such Designed to assist students in improving their understanding of complex general characteristics as the physical and geographical features, AFAM 314/ENGL 314 African-American Literature biology material. Will supplement the BIOL 151 class lecture. Course climate, topography, traditional economies, languages, religions, social Semester course; 3 lecture hours. An examination of the assists students with integrating how-to-learn with what-to-learn for systems and other cultural features that are traditional to its people.
culture and literature of African Americans from their roots in Africa and BIOL 151. Includes both discussion and study-skills strategies. Students the African Diaspora to the present day. Authors may include Wheatley, AFAM 204 Africa in Transition required to complete homework assignments and to demonstrate mastery Jacobs, Wilson, Brown, Dubois, Hurston, Wright, Gaines and Morrison.
of specific study techniques. In addition to the semester-long 2-credit Semester course; 3 lecture hours. Prerequisite: AFAM 200 or offering, a 1-credit course is opened to students after the first BIOL 151 permission of instructor. The impact of modern social change upon the AFAM 315/ECON 315/INTL 315 Economic Development exam.
traditional aspects of African life. Various aspects of social change as it Semester course; 3 lecture hours. Prerequisites: ECON 210- applies to Africa today will be explored. An introduction to the process of economic development including a UNIV 152 Focused Learning Workshop in BIOL 152 survey of development theory and a study of the experience of both AFAM 206/SOCY 206/WMNS 206 African American Family Semester course; 3 workshop hours.
underdeveloped and developed countries. Economic policies and tools of Relationships Designed to assist students in improving their understanding of complex economic planning for stimulating development will be presented. Will supplement the BIOL 152 class lecture. Course Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
Focuses on the African assists students with integrating how-to-learn with what-to-learn for American family from the 1940s to the present. Examines the values and AFAM 318/POLI 318/WMNS 318 Politics of Race, Class and Gende BIOL 152. Includes both discussion and study-skills strategies. Students the interpersonal/role relationships that are involved in forming and Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
A study of the racial, class required to complete homework assignments and to demonstrate mastery maintaining African American families in the contemporary United States. and gender influences on the history and development of political values, of specific study techniques. In addition to the semester-long 2-credit Topics include dating and sexual relationships, marital relationships, conflicts, processes, structures and public policy in the United States. offering, a 1-credit course is opened to students after the first BIOL 152 parent-child relationships and relationships with members of the extended family.
AFAM 322/PSYC 322 Personality and Behavior of the African exam. American UNIV 291 University Special Topics AFAM 208 African-American Social Thought Semester course; 3 lecture hours. A Semester course; variable hours. May be repeated with Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
study of personality factors, such as motivation, ego functioning, and the different content. Specialized topics in subject and competency areas This course exposes students to the rich chronicle of the experiences and socialization processes with special emphasis on living conditions of related to the core curriculum program not provided by an existing course views of Africans in the United States that has been preserved in the African Americans. May be multidisciplinary. Graded as pass/fail or normal letter writings of scholars, activists and creative artists.
The course introduces students to this body of thought selecting a number of social critics and AFAM 333/GEOG 333/INTL 333 Geography of Africa grading at the option of the instructor. creative writers whose texts address persistent themes that have shaped Semester course; 3 lecture hours. A study of the land forms, UNIV 391 University Special Topics African-American life. climate, peoples, livelihoods, settlement patterns, and cultural groupings Semester course; variable hours.
May be repeated with of sub-Saharan Africa. AFAM 250/MHIS 250 Introduction to African-American Music different content. Specialized topics in subject and competency areas Semester course; 3 lecture hours. An introductory survey of AFAM 342/ANTH 342 African-American Art related to the core curriculum program not provided by an existing course or program.
May be multidisciplinary. Graded as pass/fail or normal letter black involvement with the development of music in America from 1607 Semester course; 3 lecture hours. Prerequisite: Advanced grading at the option of the instructor. to the present.
African-American musical styles will be studied from standing. A study of the art forms produced by Americans of African many aspects including their African roots and contemporary popular origin from the 17th-century to the present with an emphasis on expression. contemporary trends in black art. College of Humanities and Sciences AFAM 302/POLI 302 Politics of the Civil Rights Movement AFAM 343/POLI 343 Black Political Thought Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
The main objectives of the Semester course; 3 lecture hours. An historical and sociological African American Studies(AFAM) course are to introduce and examine the personalities and activities of perspective on the political and social ideas of black thinkers from David the modern Civil Rights Movement. The course provides the historical Walker to the present. AFAM 103 Introduction to African-American Studies background leading up to the peak years of the struggle for racial equality Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
Using an interdisciplinary in America. It has special focus on the events of the 1960s and, approach, this course will familiarize students with important events, particularly their implication for the current state of U. developments, personalities and other phenomena that help facilitate the study and understanding of African Americans from their African past to their present existence. 1 of 151 Courses 2006-07 AFAM 345/POLI 345 African-American Politics AFAM 390/HIST 390/WMNS 390 Africa and the Americas: AFAM 491 Topics in African-American Studies Semester course; 3 lecture hours.
In this course, students will Slavery, Gender and Race Semester course; 3 lecture hours. May be repeated with discuss and analyze the dynamics of the black experience in the American Semester course; 3 lecture hours. An examination of various different topics for a maximum of 9 credits; 3 credits may be applied to political system.
