With our busy lives and countless varieties of readily available pre-prepared food, we often give up both the joy and the “worry” of meal preparation to an unknown person. This course aims not only to teach about the basic structural principles of food and its chemistry, but also how our knowledge and a scientific approach to meal preparation can influence the results. We will explore how novel culinary techniques like spherification, sous vide, espuma, and gelification change the texture, form, and flavor of the prepared food.

With our busy lives and countless varieties of readily available pre-prepared food, we often give up both the joy and the “worry” of meal preparation to an unknown person. This course aims not only to teach about the basic structural principles of food and its chemistry, but also how our knowledge and a scientific approach to meal preparation can influence the results. We will explore how novel culinary techniques like spherification, sous vide, espuma, and gelification change the texture, form, and flavor of the prepared food.

A double course.

Spring semester. The Department.

How to handle overenrollment: null

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: written work, independent research, and oral presentations.

Spring semester. The Department.

How to handle overenrollment: null

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: written work, independent research, and oral presentations.

(Offered as BLST 371, FREN 361, FAMS 329) This course will focus on Francophone films from sub-Saharan Africa, spanning classical gems from the mid-twentieth century to contemporary masterpieces depicting the joys and challenges of African life. Francophone African Cinema offers a rich tapestry of themes addressing different periods of African history, its often-fraught relationship with France, as well as its evolving connection to culture, both on the continent and in the diaspora. In addition to film screenings, we will look at texts on African history and film theory.

(Offered as BLST 347 [US], HIST 347 [US/TE/TR], and SWAG 347) From the aftermath of the Civil War to today's "global war on terror," the U.S. military has functioned as a vital arbiter of the overlapping taxonomies of race, gender, and sexuality in America and around the world. This course examines the global trek of American militarism through times of war and peace in the twentieth century. In a variety of texts and contexts, we will investigate how the U.S.

This course is designed for Black Studies majors (and prospective Black Studies majors) working on Black Studies theses and other intensive research projects in African American studies and African and African diaspora studies. The course is intended to provide a scholarly community for students as they embark on the writing of their theses and research projects.

(Offered as BLST 330 [CLA], SWAG 334, LLAS 312 and ENGL 312) This course offers a comprehensive study of selected Caribbean literature from the perspective of postcolonial and globalization studies. Writers include Dionne Brand, Achy Obejas, Edwidge Danticat, and Kai Miller. Themes include colonization, migration, diasporas, gender and sexuality, immigration, and the experiences of the urban residents. Limited to 15 students. 

Spring semester. Prof. C. Bailey

How to handle overenrollment: Black Studies, SWAG and English majors, seniors

(Offered as HIST 318, BLST 318 [US] and EDST 318) This course will delve into the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural factors that affected the lives of Black youth in the United States during the 1980s.

(Offered as ENGL 274, BLST 274, and POSC 274) This course investigates how dictatorships take shape, operate in practice, and erode democratic life. Rather than simply cataloging authoritarian regimes, we will ask three guiding questions: How is the stage set for dictatorship? How do charisma, fear, and the cult of personality sustain authoritarian power? How do oppression, censorship and self-censorship, propaganda, and corruption deepen its hold?