AFRC076 - AFRICA SINCE 1800

Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
AFRICA SINCE 1800
Term session
2
Term
2017B
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
920
Section ID
AFRC076920
Meeting times
MW 0115PM-0505PM
Meeting location
COLLEGE HALL 318
Instructors
DELL, JEREMY
Description
Survey of major themes, events, and personalities in African history from the early nineteenth century through the 1960s. Topics include abolition of the slave trade, European imperialism, impact of colonial rule, African resistance, religious and cultural movements, rise of naturalism and pan-Africanism, issues of ethnicity and "tribalism" in modern Africa.


Course number only
076
Use local description
No

AFRC417 - COMPARATIVE RACIAL POLITICS

Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
COMPARATIVE RACIAL POLITICS
Term session
0
Term
2017A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC417401
Meeting times
R 0130PM-0430PM
Meeting location
MUSIC BUILDING 210
Instructors
HANCHARD, MICHAEL
Description
This course combines scholarship on race and racism in plural societies with qualitative approaches to the study of political institutions, phenomena and actors. Germany, Brazil, France and Cuba will be examined as individual country cases and in comparative perspective. Conceptual and theoretical readings on race, racism and politics provide students with the analytic tools to draw more abstract lessons and generalizable conclusions about how racial and ethno-national hierarchy involves the role of the state and political economy, culture, norms and institutions. Students will also examine the impact of civil rights movements for political equality in response to legacies of racial and ethno-national hierarchy and inequality. Finally, students will become familiar with scholarship on nationalism and social movements as they relate to racial politics.


Course number only
417
Use local description
No

AFRC723 - MULTICULTURAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
MULTICULTURAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC723401
Meeting times
M 0430PM-0700PM
Meeting location
EDUCATION BUILDING 203
Instructors
GADSDEN, VIVIAN
Description
This course examines critical issues, problems, and perspectives in multicultural education. Intended to focus on access to literacy and educational opportunity, the course will engage class members in discussions around a variety of topics in educational practice, research, and policy. Specifically, the course will (1) review theoretical frameworks in multicultural education, (2) analyze the issues of race, racism, and culture in historical and contemporary perspectives, and (3) identify obstacles to participation in the educational process by diverse cultural and ethnic groups. Students will be required to complete field experiences and classroom activities that enable them to reflect on their own belief systems, practices, and educational experiences.


Course number only
723
Cross listings
EDUC723401
Use local description
No

AFRC723 - MULTICULT ISSUES IN EDUC

Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
MULTICULT ISSUES IN EDUC
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
001
Section ID
AFRC723001
Description
This course examines critical issues, problems, and perspectives in multicultural education. Intended to focus on access to literacy and educational opportunity, the course will engage class members in discussions around a variety of topics in educational practice, research, and policy. Specifically, the course will (1) review theoretical frameworks in multicultural education, (2) analyze the issues of race, racism, and culture in historical and contemporary perspectives, and (3) identify obstacles to participation in the educational process by diverse cultural and ethnic groups. Students will be required to complete field experiences and classroom activities that enable them to reflect on their own belief systems, practices, and educational experiences.


Course number only
723
Use local description
No

AFRC712 - COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM AS APPLIED PUBLIC POLICY

Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM AS APPLIED PUBLIC POLICY
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC712401
Meeting times
CANCELED
Instructors
HERSHBERG, THEODORE
Description
This course examines how K-12 education policy is designed and implemented in the United States. It uses a systems analysis as the framework for looking at who makes what kinds of demands on the education policy system, how these demands are placed on the policy agenda, the decision making process, and resulting education policies and policy outcomes. The course pays particular attention to the roles of federal, state and local governments in education policy, and the impact of our intergovernmental system on the design and implementation of policy. Students will also examine major education policies and debate key education policy issues that arise at each level of government.


Course number only
712
Cross listings
EDUC712401
Use local description
No

AFRC692 - NGOS & HUMANITARIANISM

Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
NGOS & HUMANITARIANISM
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC692401
Meeting times
CANCELED
Description
How are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and various humanitarian assistance projects playing a role in the lives of people across the globe? While focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on the African continent, this course will examine the rise of non-governmental bodies as political, economic, and social actors in an increasingly globalized, neoliberal world. Through a variety of theoretical discussions and case studies, we will discuss issues such as: the relationship of NGOs to governmental institutions, the ethical considerations of humanitarian assistance, the politics of "development," the ebb and flow of international aid money, the intersection of capitalism and NGOs, and the impact of humanitarian projects on local cultural processes. Students will leave this course with not only a better understanding of the complex webs of NGO interventions across the world, but will also cultivate a critical awareness of the potential problems raised by such institutions and their broader networks.


Course number only
692
Cross listings
ANTH394401
Use local description
No

AFRC668 - HISTORY OF LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY

Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
HISTORY OF LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC668401
Meeting times
T 0130PM-0430PM
Meeting location
COLLEGE HALL 217
Instructors
BERRY, MARY
Description
This is a course in the history of law and policy-making with respect to selected social problems. Discussion of assigned readings and papers will elaborate the role law, lawyers, judges, other public official and policy advocates have played in proposing solutions to specific problems. The course will permit the evaluation of the importance of historical perspective and legal expertise in policy debates.


Course number only
668
Cross listings
HIST668401
Use local description
No

AFRC650 - TOPICS IN AFRICAN HIST: DECOLONIZATION AND ITS AFTERLIVES IN AFRICA

Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
TOPICS IN AFRICAN HIST: DECOLONIZATION AND ITS AFTERLIVES IN AFRICA
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC650401
Meeting times
W 0500PM-0800PM
Meeting location
WILLIAMS HALL 2
Instructors
WEITZBERG, KEREN
Description
Reading and discussion course on selected topics in African history.


Course number only
650
Cross listings
HIST650401
Use local description
No

AFRC641 - BLACK WOMEN'S INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
BLACK WOMEN'S INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Term session
0
Term
2016C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC641401
Meeting times
W 0200PM-0500PM
Meeting location
3401 WALNUT STREET 330A
Instructors
SAVAGE, BARBARA
Description
Topics vary. See the Africana Studies Department's website at https://africana.sas.upenn.edu for a description of the current offerings.


Course number only
641
Cross listings
HIST641401
Use local description
No