Africana Studies
Parables of Abolition |
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Professor:
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Kwame Holmes |
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Course
Number: |
AFR 311 |
CRN Number: |
90310 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Wed 3:30 PM
- 5:50 PM Hegeman 300 |
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Distributional Area: |
MBV Meaning, Being, Value D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
American & Indigenous Studies; Experimental Humanities; Gender and
Sexuality Studies; Human Rights; Literature; Philosophy |
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Over the course of 5 novels: Kindred, Dawn, Adulthood
Rites, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, Octavia Butler laid
out the blueprint for a project of Abolition; an ongoing unmaking and
remaking of our world. We'll read these novels in order to: 1. Locate
Butler's prophetic vision, i.e. how her work predicts the crises of climate
change, warfare, and the intensification of suffering at the hands of
capitalist-driven dispossession and deprivation. 2. Discern Butler's vision for saving
society, and ourselves from the future she, and so many of us now, see before
us. With Butler's philosophy in mind, students will design a guide for
building communities that can survive the coming transition, and prevent
humanity from reproducing the very cycles of division and violence that made
it possible for Butler to so accurately predict the world as it is. |
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After Chinua Achebe: Reading contemporary African Literature |
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Professor: |
John Ryle |
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Course Number: |
LIT 2023 |
CRN Number: |
91095 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue Thurs
3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Olin 302 |
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Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Anthropology; Human Rights; Written Arts |
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Chinua Achebe, who taught at Bard for two decades, is among
the greatest of post-colonial African writers. The seminar will open with a
discussion of Things Fall Apart, his first and most celebrated work, a
historical novel set in the Igbo culture of Nigeria on the eve of European
colonization. Next, a consideration of Heart of Darkness, set in Congo and
written in the colonial era by the Polish-born British writer Joseph Conrad –
a controversial text that Achebe frequently criticized, but that some other
post-colonial African writers have defended. Over the course of the term we will explore the work of a range of post-colonial
African writers, their representations of the cultural wealth of the
continent and their engagement with the languages and genres of European
literature. The seminar will cover issues of history and post-coloniality,
nationhood, gender and representation, cultural relativism, oral literature,
and the challenge of translation. Class members will write short weekly
responses and a term essay on the work of one of the writer
discussed. We will be joined for discussions by other Bard faculty and/or by
the writers themselves. Texts to be discussed will be selected from the work
of the following: Amos Tutuola (Nigeria), Tayeb Salih (Sudan), Ngũgĩ
wa Thiong’o (Kenya), J.M.Coetzee (South Africa),
Ousmane Sembene (Senegal), Nuruddin
Farah (Somalia), Mohamed Choukri (Morocco), Chimamanda Adichie (Nigeria),
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania), Leila Abulela (Sudan), Okot p’Bitek
(Uganda), NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) and Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya). |
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Archaeology at Montgomery Place |
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Professor:
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Christopher Lindner
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Course
Number: |
ANTH 210 |
CRN Number: |
90556 |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 1:30 PM - 5:20 PM Montgomery Place and Ecology Field Station Teaching Lab |
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Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Environmental Studies; Historical Studies |
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The Rift and The Nile: Nature, Culture
and History in Eastern Africa |
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Professor:
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John Ryle |
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Course
Number: |
ANTH 218 |
CRN Number: |
90318 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 10:10 AM - 11:30
AM Albee 106 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies; Environmental
Studies; Historical Studies; Human Rights |
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Elementary Arabic I |
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Professor:
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Ziad
Dallal |
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Course
Number: |
ARAB 101 |
CRN Number: |
90082 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Tue Wed
Thurs
8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Olin
308 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Middle Eastern
Studies |
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Black Aesthetic: Ralph Ellison |
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Professor:
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Nicholas Lewis
Drew Thompson |
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Course
Number: |
CC 121 |
CRN Number: |
90404 |
Class cap: |
36 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 1:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Bard Chapel |
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Distributional Area: |
HA MBV Historical Analysis Meaning, Being, Value D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies; Historical Studies |
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Economic Development |
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Professor:
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Sanjay DeSilva
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Course
Number: |
ECON 221 |
CRN Number: |
90325 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 1:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Hegeman 102 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Asian Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies;
Environmental Studies; Global & International Studies; Human Rights;
Latin American/Iberian Studies; Science, Technology, Society |
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Defining Black Cinema |
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Professor:
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Ephraim Asili
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Course
Number: |
FILM 237 |
CRN Number: |
90219 |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon 1:30 PM
- 4:30 PM Avery Film Center 117 |
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Mon 5:00 PM
- 7:00 PM Avery Film Center 110 |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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African Encounters and Contemporary
Realities |
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Professor:
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Lloyd Hazvineyi
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Course
Number: |
HIST 148 |
CRN Number: |
90246 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 11:50 AM - 1:10
PM Olin 205 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Africans, Empire, and the Great War |
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Professor:
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Wendy Urban-Mead
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Course
Number: |
HIST 2210 |
CRN Number: |
90332 |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 5:40 PM
- 8:00 PM Olin 204 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Global & International Studies |
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A Political History of Common Sense |
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Professor:
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Tabetha Ewing
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Course
Number: |
HIST 231 |
CRN Number: |
90336 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 5:10 PM
- 6:30 PM Olin 203 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies; French Studies;
Human Rights |
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Bougie: On Making Race, Class, Kin |
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Professor:
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Tabetha Ewing
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Course
Number: |
HIST 238 |
CRN Number: |
90330 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Olin 309 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Themes in African History |
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Professor:
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Lloyd Hazvineyi
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Course
Number: |
HIST 245 |
CRN Number: |
90331 |
Class cap: |
18 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 3:30 PM - 4:50
PM Olin Languages Center 120 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Radio and Revolution in Africa |
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Professor:
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Lloyd Hazvineyi
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Course
Number: |
HIST 379 |
CRN Number: |
90354 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Thurs 12:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin 301 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Modernity and Modernism in the Arabic
Literature |
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Professor:
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Ziad Dallal |
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Course
Number: |
LIT 2071 |
CRN Number: |
90291 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 3:30 PM - 4:50
PM Olin Languages Center 208 |
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Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Middle Eastern Studies |
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Traditions of African American
Literature |
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Professor:
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Peter L'Official
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Course
Number: |
LIT 2134 |
CRN Number: |
90292 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Olin 303 |
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Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies |
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North African Literature |
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Professor: |
Nuruddin
Farah |
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Course Number: |
LIT 293 |
CRN Number: |
91147 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Mon Wed 1:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 310 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; Human Rights |
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Playing in the Dark: Toni Morrison's
Literary Imagination |
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Professor:
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Peter L'Official
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Course
Number: |
LIT 356 |
CRN Number: |
90304 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Thurs 12:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin 306 |
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Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies |
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle:
Black-Palestinian Solidarity |
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Professor:
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Dina Ramadan |
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Course
Number: |
MES 2030 |
CRN Number: |
90341 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 11:50 AM - 1:10
PM Reem Kayden Center 101 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies; Human Rights;
Literature |
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Jazz Fundamentals l |
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Professor:
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John Esposito
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Course
Number: |
MUS 171 |
CRN Number: |
90010 |
Class cap: |
25 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 10:10 AM - 11:30
AM Blum Music Center N211 |
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Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Jazz Through the Prism of History I |
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Professor:
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Angelica Sanchez
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Course
Number: |
MUS 177 |
CRN Number: |
90037 |
Class cap: |
20 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon 11:50
AM - 1:10 PM Blum Music Center N210 |
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Wed 12:00 PM
- 1:05 PM Blum Music Center HALL |
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Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Improvisation:Social Science |
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Professor:
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Whitney Slaten
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Course
Number: |
MUS 251 |
CRN Number: |
90044 |
Class cap: |
20 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Wed Fri
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM Blum
Music Center N210 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous Studies; Anthropology;
Experimental Humanities |
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Jazz Repertory: Miles Davis In
Transition |
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Professor:
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John Esposito
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Course
Number: |
MUS 266E |
CRN Number: |
90012 |
Class cap: |
10 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Blum Music Center N211 |
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Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies |
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Race, Space, and Place |
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Professor:
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Jomaira Salas Pujols
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Course
Number: |
SOC 356 |
CRN Number: |
90580 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue 3:10
PM – 5:30 PM Olin Language Center 206 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
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Crosslists: |
Africana Studies; American & Indigenous
Studies; Architecture; Environmental Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies;
Human Rights |
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