Courses
This page displays the schedule of Bryn Mawr courses for this academic year. It also displays descriptions of courses offered by the department during the last four academic years.
For information about courses offered by other Bryn Mawr departments and programs or about courses offered by Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, please consult the Tri-College Course Guide.
For information about the Academic Calendar, including the dates of first and second quarter courses, please visit the College's master calendar
.
Students must choose a major subject and may choose a minor subject. Students may also select from one of seven concentrations, which are offered to enhance a student's work in the major or minor and to focus work on a specific area of interest.
Concentrations are an intentional cluster of courses already offered by various academic departments or through general programs. These courses may also be cross-listed in several academic departments. Therefore, when registering for a course that counts toward a concentration, a student should register for the course listed in her major or minor department. If the concentration course is not listed in her major or minor department, the student may enroll in any listing of that course.
Spring 2012
| COURSE |
TITLE |
SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS |
LOCATION |
INSTRUCTOR(S) |
| ANTH B200-001 |
The Atlantic World 1492-1800 |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH |
Taylor Hall G |
Gallup-Diaz,I. |
| CITY B237-001 |
Urbanization in Africa: Urbanization in Africa |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH |
Dalton Hall 1 |
Ngalamulume,K. |
| CITY B266-001 |
Schools in American Cities |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM MW |
Bettws Y Coed 106 |
Curl,H. |
| EDUC B200-001 |
Critical Issues in Education |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH |
Taylor Hall D |
Cohen,J. |
| EDUC B266-001 |
Schools in American Cities |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM MW |
Bettws Y Coed 127 |
Curl,H. |
| ENGL B245-001 |
Focus: "I remember Harlem" |
Second Half / 0.5 |
Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH |
English House Lecture Hall |
Beard,L. |
| ENGL B264-001 |
Black Bards: Poetry in the Diaspora |
Second Half / 0.5,1 |
Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH |
English House Lecture Hall |
Beard,L. |
| FREN B254-001 |
Teaching (in) the Postcolony: Schooling in African Fiction |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW |
Taylor Hall C |
Higginson,P. |
| GNST B105-001 |
Introduction to Swahili Language and Culture II |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW |
Dalton Hall 25 |
Mshomba,E. |
| HIST B200-001 |
The Atlantic World 1492-1800 |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH |
Taylor Hall G |
Gallup-Diaz,I. |
| HIST B237-001 |
Themes in Modern African History: Urbanization in Africa |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH |
Dalton Hall 1 |
Ngalamulume,K. |
| HIST B303-001 |
Topics in American History: Civil War & Memory |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM W |
Carpenter Library 17 |
Ullman,S. |
| HIST B337-001 |
Topics in African History: Humanitarianism in Africa: History and Politics |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM F |
Carpenter Library 15 |
Ngalamulume,K. |
| HIST B349-001 |
Topics in Comparative History: The Civilizing Mission |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM T |
Thomas Hall 118 |
Kale,M. |
| POLS B243-001 |
African and Caribbean Perspectives in World Politics |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM MW |
Dalton Hall 25 |
Allen,M. |
| SOCL B217-001 |
The Family in Social Context |
Semester / 1 |
LEC: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH |
Carpenter Library 25 |
Honig,S. |
| SOCL B266-001 |
Schools in American Cities |
Semester / 1 |
Lecture: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM MW |
Bettws Y Coed 106 |
Curl,H. |
Fall 2012
(Class schedules for this semester will be posted at a later date.)
Spring 2013
(Class schedules for this semester will be posted at a later date.)
ANTH
B200
The Atlantic World 1492-1800
Spring 2012
The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from Africa, Europe, and the Americas came together to form an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated system was created in the Americas in the early modern period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic World as nothing more than an expanded version of North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history.
(Gallup-Diaz,I. -- Division I or Division III)
Cross-listed as HIST B200
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ANTH
B253
Childhood in the African Experience
Not offered 2011-12
An overview of cultural contexts and indigenous literatures concerning the richly varied experience and interpretation of infancy and childhood in selected regions of Africa. Cultural practices such as pregnancy customs, naming ceremonies, puberty rituals, sibling relationships, and gender identity are included. Modern concerns such as child abuse, street children, and other social problems of recent origin involving children are considered in terms of theoretical approaches current in the social sciences. Prerequisites: anthropology major, any social sciences introductory course, Africana studies concentration, or permission of instructor.
(Kilbride,P. -- Division I: Social Science)
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ANTH
B341
Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and Family
Not offered 2011-12
This course considers various theoretical perspectives that inform our understanding of cross-cultural constructions of marriage and the family. Sociobiology, deviance, feminism, social constructionism, and cultural evolutionary approaches will be compared using primarily anthropological-ethnographic case examples. Cultural material from Africa and the United States will be emphasized. Applications will emphasize current U.S. socially contested categories such as same-sex marriage, plural marriage, gender diversity, divorce, and the blended family. Prerequisites: any history, biology, or social science major.
(Kilbride,P. -- Division I: Social Science)
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ARCH
B101
Introduction to Egyptian and Near Eastern Archaeology: Egypt and Mesopotamia
Not offered 2011-12
A historical survey of the archaeology and art of the ancient Near East and Egypt.
(Evans,J., Ataç,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ARCH
B230
Archaeology and History of Ancient Egypt
Fall 2011
A survey of the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt from the Pre-Dynastic through the Graeco-Roman periods, with special emphasis on Egypt's Empire and its outside connections, especially the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds.
(Ataç,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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CITY
B237
Urbanization in Africa
Section 001 (Spring 2011): Urbanization in Africa
Section 001 (Spring 2012): Urbanization in Africa
Spring 2012
The course examines the cultural, environmental, economic, political, and social factors that contributed to the expansion and transformation of preindustrial cities, colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various themes, such as the relationship between cities and societies; migration and social change; urban space, health problems, city life, and women.
(Ngalamulume,K. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as HIST B237
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CITY
B266
Schools in American Cities
Spring 2012
This course examines issues, challenges, and possibilities of urban education in contemporary America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, we use Philadelphia as a focal "case" that students investigate through documents and school placements. Enrollment is limited to 25 with priority given to students pursuing certification or the minor in educational studies and to majors in Sociology and Growth and Structure of Cities. This is a Praxis I course (weekly fieldwork in a school required).
(Curl,H. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as EDUC B266
Cross-listed as SOCL B266
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CITY
B269
Black America in Sociological Perspective
Not offered 2011-12
This course provides sociological perspectives on various issues affecting black America: the legacy of slavery; the formation of urban ghettos; the struggle for civil rights; the continuing significance of discrimination; the problems of crime and criminal justice; educational under-performance; entrepreneurial and business activities; the social roles of black intellectuals, athletes, entertainers, and creative artists.
(Washington,R. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as SOCL B229
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CITY
B338
The New African Diaspora: African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States
Not offered 2011-12
An examination of the socioeconomic experiences of immigrants who arrived in the United States since the landmark legislation of 1965. After exploring issues of development and globalization at "home" leading to migration, the course proceeds with the study of immigration theories. Major attention is given to the emergence of transnational identities and the transformation of communities, particularly in the northeastern United States.
(Osirim,M. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as SOCL B338
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COML
B279
Introduction to African Literature
Not offered 2011-12
This course examines major themes in modern Middle Eastern literatures through selected prose works by prominent modern writers in translation from Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish. Topics include tradition versus modernity, gender and the family, the individual and the state, and the impact of regional conflict.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
Cross-listed as ENGL B279
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COML
B388
Contemporary African Fiction
Not offered 2011-12
Noting that the official colonial independence of most African countries dates back only half a century, this course focuses on the fictive experiments of the most recent decade. A few highly controversial works from the 90's serve as an introduction to very recent work. Most works are in English. To experience depth as well as breadth, there is a small cluster of works from South Africa. With novels and tales from elsewhere on the huge African continent, we will get a glimpse of "living in the present" in history and letters.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
Cross-listed as ENGL B388
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ECON
B324
The Economics of Discrimination and Inequality
Fall 2011
Explores the causes and consequences of discrimination and inequality in economic markets. Topics include economic theories of discrimination and inequality, evidence of contemporary race- and gender-based inequality, detecting discrimination, and identifying sources of racial and gender inequality. Additionally, the instructor and students will jointly select supplementary topics of specific interest to the class. Possible topics include: discrimination in historical markets, disparity in legal treatments, issues of family structure, and education gaps. Prerequisites: At least one 200-level applied microeconomics elective, Economics 203 or 204, and Economics 200 or 202. (Lanning, Division I)
(Lanning,J. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as CITY B334
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EDUC
B200
Critical Issues in Education
Spring 2012
Designed to be the first course for students interested in pursuing one of the options offered through the Education Program, this course is also open to students who are not yet certain about their career aspirations but are interested in educational issues. The course examines major issues in education in the United States within the conceptual framework of educational reform. Fieldwork in an area school required (six visits, 1.5-2 hours per visit). Enrollment is limited to 25 students with priority given to students pursuing certification or the minor in educational studies. Writing intensive.
(Cohen,J. -- Division I: Social Science)
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EDUC
B266
Schools in American Cities
Spring 2012
This course examines issues, challenges, and possibilities of urban education in contemporary America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, we use Philadelphia as a focal "case" that students investigate through documents and school placements. Enrollment is limited to 25 with priority given to students pursuing certification or the minor in educational studies and to majors in Sociology and Growth and Structure of Cities. This is a Praxis I course (weekly fieldwork in a school required).
(Curl,H. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as CITY B266
Cross-listed as SOCL B266
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ENGL
B219
Facing the Facts/Essaying the Subjective
Not offered 2011-12
Nonfictional prose genres, which may well constitute the majority of all that has been written, are very seldom the focus of literature courses. This class will address that gap, by exploring the use-value of the category of non-fictional prose in organizing our experience of, and our thinking about, literature. Might our attending to such texts alter our sense of what literature is?
(Dalke,A. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B234
Postcolonial Literature in English
Not offered 2011-12
This course will survey a broad range of novels and poems written while countries were breaking free of British colonial rule. Readings will also include cultural theorists interested in defining literary issues that arise from the postcolonial situation.
(Tratner,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
Cross-listed as COML B234
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ENGL
B235
Reading Popular Culture: Freaks
Fall 2011
This course traces the iconic figure of the "freak" in American culture, from 19th c. sideshows to the present. Featuring literature and films that explore "extraordinary Others", we will flesh out the ways in which our current understandings of gender, sexuality, normalcy, and race are constituted through images of "abnormality."
(Schneider,S. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B245
Focus: "I remember Harlem"
Spring 2012
A transdisciplinary study of the famous Black metropolis as a historic, geo-political, and cultural center (from the Jazz Age to the Hip Hop revolution) this course acknowledges 400 years of history and analyzes the contemporary gentrification of Harlem. We interrogate closely the seismic changes in "Harlem" as a signifier.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B262
Survey in African American Literature
Fall 2011
Pairing canonical African American fiction with theoretical, popular, and filmic texts from the late-19th Century through to the present day, we will address the ways in which the Black body, as cultural text, has come to be both constructed and consumed within the nation's imagination and our modern visual regime.
(Schneider,S. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B263
Toni Morrison and the Art of Narrative Conjure
Not offered 2011-12
All of Morrison's primary imaginative texts, in publication order, as well as essays by Morrison, with a series of critical lenses that explore several vantages for reading a conjured narration.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B264
Black Bards: Poetry in the Diaspora
Spring 2012
An interrogation of poetric utterance in works of the African diaspora, primarily in English, this course addresses a multiplicity of genres, including epic, lyric, sonnet, rap, and mimetic jazz. The development of poetic theories at key moments such as the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement will be explored. Prerequisite: Any course in poetry or African/American literature.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B279
Introduction to African Literature
Not offered 2011-12
Taking into account the oral, written, aural and visual forms of African "texts" over several thousand years, this course will explore literary production, translation and audience/critical reception. Representative works to be studied include oral traditions, the Sundiata Epic, Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah, Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments, Mariama Bâ's Si Longe une Lettre, Tsitsi Danga-rembga's Nervous Conditions, Bessie Head's Maru, Sembène Ousmane's Xala, plays by Wole Soyinka and his Burden of History, The Muse of Forgiveness and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat. We will address the "transliteration" of Christian and Muslim languages and theologies in these works.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
Cross-listed as COML B279
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ENGL
B344
After Beloved: Black Women Writers in the 21st Century
Not offered 2011-12
This course focuses on fiction, poetry and drama by Black women (African and Caribbean American) published since 2000. Attendant to the diversity of aesthetic and thematic approaches in this body of literature, we will explore exploding notions of racial identity and allegiance, as well as challenges to the boundaries of genre. Prerequisites: one African or African-American literature course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
(Solomon,A. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B346
Theories of Modernism
Fall 2011
This course will investigate a wide range of works that have been labeled "modernist" in order to raise the question, "Was there one modernism or were there many disparate and competing ones?"
(Tratner,M. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B362
African American Literature: Hypercanonical Codes
Not offered 2011-12
Intensive study of six 18th-21st century hypercanonical African American written and visual texts (and critical responses) with specific attention to the tradition's long use of speaking in code and in multiple registers simultaneously. Focus on language as a tool of opacity as well as transparency, translation, transliteration, invention and resistance. Previous reading required.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B369
Women Poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath
Not offered 2011-12
In this seminar we will be playing three poets off against each other, all of whom came of age during the 1950s. We will plot each poet's career in relation to the public and personal crises that shaped it, giving particular attention to how each poet constructed "poethood" for herself.
(Hedley,J. -- Division III: Humanities)
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ENGL
B388
Contemporary African Fiction
Not offered 2011-12
Noting that the official colonial independence of most African countries dates back only half a century, this course focuses on the fictive experiments of the most recent decade. A few highly controversial works from the 90's serve as an introduction to very recent work. Most works are in English. To experience depth as well as breadth, there is a small cluster of works from South Africa. With novels and tales from elsewhere on the huge African continent, we will get a glimpse of "living in the present" in history and letters.
(Beard,L. -- Division III: Humanities)
Cross-listed as COML B388
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FREN
B254
Teaching (in) the Postcolony: Schooling in African Fiction
Spring 2012
This seminar will examine a small selection of novels from Francophone and Anglophone Africa, critical essays, and two films, to gain insight into the multiple and often contradictory forces that dictate the postcolonial child's experience of education, broadly defined, on a postcolonial African continent.
(Higginson,P.)
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GNST
B103
Introduction to Swahili Language and Culture I
Fall 2011
The primary goal of this course is to develop an elementary level ability to speak, read, and write Swahili. The emphasis is on communicative competence in Swahili based on the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. In the process of acquiring the language, students will also be introduced to East Africa and its cultures. No prior knowledge of Swahili or East Africa is required.
(Mshomba,E. -- Division I or Division III)
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GNST
B105
Introduction to Swahili Language and Culture II
Spring 2012
The primary goal of this course is to continue working on an elementary level ability to speak, read, and write Swahili. The emphasis is on communicative competence in Swahili based on the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. Students will also continue learning about East Africa and its cultures. Introduction to Swahili Language and Culture I or permission of the instructor is required.
(Mshomba,E. -- Division I or Division III)
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HART
B282
Arts of Sub-Saharan Africa
Not offered 2011-12
This course examines the significant artistic and architectural traditions of African cultures south of the Sahara in their religious, philosophical, political, and social aspects.
(Toure,D. -- Division III: Humanities)
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HART
B362
The African Art Collection
Not offered 2011-12
This seminar will introduce students to the African art holdings that are part of the Art and Archaeology Collections.
(Toure,D. -- Division III: Humanities)
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HIST
B102
Introduction to African Civilizations
Not offered 2011-12
The course introduces students to African societies, cultures, and political economies in historical perspective, with emphasis on change and responses among African people living in Africa and outside. Counts toward Africana Studies.
(Ngalamulume,K. -- Division I: Social Science)
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HIST
B200
The Atlantic World 1492-1800
Spring 2012
The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated system was created in the Americas in the early modern period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic World as nothing more than an expanded version of North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history.
(Gallup-Diaz,I. -- Division I or Division III)
Cross-listed as ANTH B200
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HIST
B235
Africa to 1800
Not offered 2011-12
The course explores the formation and development of African societies, with a special focus on the key processes of hominisation, agricultural revolution, metalworking, the formation of states, the connection of West Africa to the world economy, and the impact of European colonial rule on African societies in the 19th and 20th centuries. Counts toward Africana Studies.
(Ngalamulume,K. -- Division I or Division III)
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HIST
B237
Themes in Modern African History
Section 001 (Spring 2011): Urbanization in Africa
Section 001 (Spring 2012): Urbanization in Africa
Spring 2012
The course examines the cultural, environmental, economic, political, and social factors that contributed to the expansion and transformation of preindustrial cities, colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various themes, such as the relationship between cities and societies; migration and social change; urban space, health problems, city life, and women. Counts toward Africana Studies and Environmental Studies.
(Ngalamulume,K. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as CITY B237
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HIST
B243
Atlantic Cultures
Section 001 (Spring 2011): Maroon Societies
Not offered 2011-12
The course explores the process of self-emancipation by slaves in the early modern Atlantic World. What was the nature of the communities that free blacks forged? What were their relationships to the empires from which they had freed themselves? How was race constructed in the early modern period? Did conceptions of race change over time? Through readings and discussion we will investigate the establishment of autonomous African settlements and cultures throughout the Americas, and examine the nature of local autonomy within a strife-torn world of contending empires and nation-states.
(Gallup-Diaz,I. -- Division I or Division III)
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HIST
B303
Topics in American History
Section 001 (Spring 2012): Civil War & Memory
Spring 2012
This is a topic course. Recent topics have included medicine, advertising, and history of sexuality. Topic vary.
Current topic description: Civil War and Memory. As we enter the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, this class looks at how this devastating conflict emerged as a central mythos for the American past.The Civil War has become enshrined with a host of contested meanings to generations of Americans ever since the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox.During this semester we will explore some of those contested memories and attempt to understand the Civil War's deep presence in the American psyche.
(Ullman,S. -- Division I or Division III)
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HIST
B336
Social and Cultural History of Medicine in Africa
Section 001 (Fall 2011): Social & Cultural History of Medicine
Fall 2011
The course will focus on the issues of public health history, social and cultural history of disease as well as the issues of the history of medicine. We will explore various themes, such as the indigenous theories of disease and therapies; disease, imperialism and medicine; medical pluralism in contemporary Africa; the emerging diseases, medical education, women in medicine, and differential access to health care. We will also explore the questions regarding the sources of African history and their quality.
(Ngalamulume,K. -- Division I: Social Science)
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HIST
B337
Topics in African History
Section 001 (Spring 2012): Humanitarianism in Africa: History and Politics
Spring 2012
This is a topics course. Topics vary. Enrollment limited to 15 students.
Current topic description: The course examines the origins of humanitarianism in Africa in the nineteenth century and its development in the 1940s and during the post-independence period as natural and man-made emergencies have provoked growing humanitarian needs that have triggered the intervention of foreign government aid agencies and NGOs with competing agendas. The course will also discuss various theories of development and underdevelopment.
(Ngalamulume,K. -- Division I: Social Science)
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HIST
B349
Topics in Comparative History
Section 001 (Spring 2011): Before European Hegemony in Indian Ocean World
Section 001 (Spring 2012): The Civilizing Mission
Spring 2012
This is a topics course. Topics vary.
Current topic description: This course will explore, in national and international contexts, the political economy, history and practice of post-colonial development aid, focusing (not exclusively) on the countries of South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) and considering interventions, collaborations, conflicts and impacts of institutions ranging from local or "grassroots" NGOs to multi-lateral orgs like United Nations agencies, the World Bank, etc.
(Kale,M. -- Division I or Division III)
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POLS
B243
African and Caribbean Perspectives in World Politics
Spring 2012
This course makes African and Caribbean voices audible as they create or adopt visions of the world that explain their positions and challenges in world politics. Students learn analytical tools useful in understanding other parts of the world. Prerequisite: POLS 141.
(Allen,M. -- Division I: Social Science)
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SOCL
B207
The Social Dynamics of Oppression
Not offered 2011-12
This course offers an introduction to prejudice and the dynamics of oppression at the individual, institutional and socio-cultural levels. The course provides a theoretical framework for understanding social oppression and inter-group relations. This course will also examine the theory behind how social identity groups form and how bias develops.
(MacDonald-Dennis,C. -- Division I: Social Science)
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SOCL
B217
The Family in Social Context
Spring 2012
A consideration of the family as a social institution in the United States, looking at how societal and cultural characteristics and dynamics influence families; how the family reinforces or changes the society in which it is located; and how the family operates as a social organization. Included is an analysis of family roles and social interaction within the family. Major problems related to contemporary families are addressed, such as domestic violence and divorce. Cross-cultural and subcultural variations in the family are considered.
(Honig,S. -- Division I: Social Science)
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SOCL
B225
Women in Society
Not offered 2011-12
A study of the contemporary experiences of women of color in the Global South. The household, workplace, community, and the nation-state, and the positions of women in the private and public spheres are compared cross-culturally. Topics include feminism, identity and self-esteem; globalization and transnational social movements and tensions and transitions encountered as nations embark upon development.
(Osirim,M. -- Division I: Social Science)
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SOCL
B229
Black America in Sociological Perspective
Not offered 2011-12
This course provides sociological perspectives on various issues affecting black America: the legacy of slavery; the formation of urban ghettos; the struggle for civil rights; the continuing significance of discrimination; the problems of crime and criminal justice; educational under-performance; entrepreneurial and business activities; the social roles of black intellectuals, athletes, entertainers, and creative artists.
(Washington,R. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as CITY B269
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SOCL
B266
Schools in American Cities
Spring 2012
This course examines issues, challenges, and possibilities of urban education in contemporary America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, we use Philadelphia as a focal "case" that students investigate through documents and school placements. Enrollment is limited to 25 with priority given to students pursuing certification or the minor in educational studies and to majors in Sociology and Growth and Structure of Cities. This is a Praxis I course (weekly fieldwork in a school required).
(Curl,H. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as EDUC B266
Cross-listed as CITY B266
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SOCL
B338
The New African Diaspora: African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States
Not offered 2011-12
An examination of the socioeconomic experiences of immigrants who arrived in the United States since the landmark legislation of 1965. After exploring issues of development and globalization at "home" leading to migration, the course proceeds with the study of immigration theories. Major attention is given to the emergence of transnational identities and the transformation of communities, particularly in the northeastern United States.
(Osirim,M. -- Division I: Social Science)
Cross-listed as CITY B338
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