Course Title:
Applied Research in the African Diaspora
Course Description:
Introduces students to three major types of evidence used in basic and applied research in Africa and its worldwide Diaspora: written documentation; orally gathered information; and visual materials, artifacts, and material culture. Covers methods of data gathering such as archival research, participant observation, interviews, and archaeological excavation. Discusses various qualitative and quantitative techniques of verifying, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting or displaying the research findings. Emphasis is on selecting types of evidence and techniques of analysis appropriate to the topics selected. In addition to reading examples of research on Africa, and on the African Diaspora in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, students usually develop their own research projects.
Fall Offering:
Lab/Coreq 1:
Spring Offering:
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Summer Offering:
Lab/Coreq Remarks:
Summer 1 Offering:
Prerequisite 1:
ENG U111
Summer 2 Offering:
Prerequisite 2:
Cross-Listed Course 1:
Prerequisite 3:
Cross-Listed Course 2:
Prerequisite 4:
Cross-Listed Course 3:
Prerequisite 5:
Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Sophomore standing or above.
Cross-Listed Course 5:
Repeatable:
N
Additional Information:
Approved course: NU Core-Comparative Study of Cultures
Approved course: NU Core-Writing Intensive in Major
