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Practicum
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African-Amer Hist,Cv War-1954
Major issues and actions from the beginning of the Civil War to the 1954 Supreme Court decision. Focus on political and social history: transition from slavery to emancipation and Reconstruction; the Age of Booker T. Washington; urban migrations, rise of the ghettoes; the ideologies and movements from integrationism to black nationalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, U)
Intro Programming Open Source
Computer programming skills are useful in many fields, and open source software provides new and growing opportunities for their application. In this course, students will learn to program in the Python programming language and to work within a cooperative, decentralized, open source software development environment. Students will complete weekly programming assignments and a final project. Final projects will be collaborative, with the class functioning as a small, open source development community.
Special Topics
Independent Reading Course. Full course.
Admission with consent of the instructor. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.
Production Studio
An advanced course in the production of Theater and Dance works. Primary focus will be on the integration of the individual student into a leadership role within the Department’s producing structure. Each student will accept a specific responsibility with a departmental production team testing his or her artistic, managerial, critical, and problem-solving skills. A half course.
Admission with consent of the instructor. Not open to first-year students. Fall and spring semesters. Professor Woodson.
Art of Black Dance
What is “Black” dance? How is Black expressivity discerned and preserved in American dance? The course explores the history and contributions of African American and African diasporic dance artists in the formation of American dance as a distinctive art form, with emphasis on the cultural, spiritual and social-political philosophies embedded in the traditions and practices of the Black dancing body.