Spring Quarter 2023 Time Schedule

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

Restr  10176 A  5       TTh    830-1020   LOW  205      Wray,Alekzandr             Open     34/  25                J     
                        THIS CLASS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR                              
                        REGISTRATION BY AUDITORS OR ACCESS                          
                        STUDENTS.                                                   

       10177 A  5       MW     1230-220   CMU  230      Wray,Alekzandr             Open     44/  45                      

       10178 A  5       TTh    1230-220   THO  134      Aziz,M                     Open     14/  45                      
                        "BLAXPLOITATION FILM"                                       
                        CRITICAL APPROACHES TO RACE AND                             
                        GENDER IN BLAXPLOITATION FILM.                              
                        THIS COURSE WILL CRITICALLY EXPLORE                         
                        1970S FILMS LABELED AS                                      
                        "BLAXPLOITATION". IN ADDITION TO                            
                        EXTRACURRICULAR SCREENINGS, STUDENT                         
                        WILL BE REQUIRED TO READ CRITICAL                           
                        ESSAYS THAT: 1) HISTORICIZE BLACK                           
                        FILM DURING THE 20TH CENTURY; 2)                            
                        ASSESS THE MOTIVATIONS AND                                  
                        INTENTIONS OF HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS AND                         
                        CONTENT CREATORS; 3) ANALYZE THE                            
                        SYMBOLISM EMBEDDED IN SCRIPTS AND                           
                        CHARACTERS' REPRESENTATIONS; AND 4)                         
                        INTERROGATE HOW THE GENRE CONVEYS                           
                        MEANINGS AROUND GENDER, QUEERNESS,                          
                        AND RACE.                                                   

       10179 B  5       TTh    1030-1220  AND  010      Rollins,Oliver             Open      9/  45                      
                        SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND RACE                               
                        CAN BRAIN TECHNOLOGIES DETECT                               
                        RACISM? ARE THERE RACIAL DANGERS                            
                        LURKING IN OUR ALGORITHMIC CODES AN                         
                        EVERYDAY GOOGLE SEARCHES? WHAT DO                           
                        GENETIC ANCESTRY TESTS TELL US ABOU                         
                        OUR RACE/ETHNICITY? DRAWING UPON AN                         
                        INTERDISCIPLINARY BODY OF SOCIAL,                           
                        SCIENTIFIC, AND HUMANISTIC                                  
                        LITERATURES THIS COURSE EXPLORES TH                         
                        CONTINUED WAYS THAT SCIENCE AND                             
                        TECHNOLOGY CAN REPRODUCE RACIAL                             
                        INEQUALITIES, AND THE POTENTIAL                             
                        BIOTECHNICAL INTERVENTIONS TO HELP                          
                        HEAL THE SOCIAL WOUNDS FROM                                 
                        SYSTEMATIC PRACTICES OF RACIAL                              
                        INJUSTICE.                                                  

 IS   >10180 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       1/  45                      
                        FACULTY CODE: FROM INSTRUCTOR