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(4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Introductory statistics. As an introduction to interdisciplinary research methods as they are applied to the study of African American communities, the course will examine theoretical and conceptual issues; techniques for identifying existing research; and sources and methods of social research and data collection. The main focus will be on qualitative methods.

(4)Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Reading and Composition requirement. This course, lets students explore thestatus of African American studies as a discipline.The class will discuss the social relevance of African American studies, the political origins of the discipline, and the debate over Afrocentricity. Special attention will be devoted to the contributions of black feminist theory and community scholars/organic intellectuals to the development of the discipline.

(4) Four hours of lec-ture and one hour of laboratory per week. Formerly C30A/Linguistics C30A.This course introduces students to speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Chichewa. Instruction is mixed English and Chichewa. Emphasis is placed on developing student ability to create and to communicate with basic Chichewa structures and vocabulary in a culturally and socially appropriate context. Speaking and listening abilities are developed through oral exercises, class discussions,and recordings available from the Berkeley Language Center. Reading and writing are developed through in-class exercises, independent reading projects, and compositions. This course is not open to native orheritage speakers of Chichewa.

(3) Three hours of lecture per week. An examination of the movement of individuals, ideas, ideologies, and institutions between minority American communities in the United States—African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos—and their cultures of origin in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course will utilize the concepts of “migration,” “diaspora,” “otherness,” “multiculturalism,” and “global village” and will draw largely on social science perspectives. This course satisfies the American Cultures requirement.

(3) Three hours of lecture per week. The purpose of this course is to examine the many forms that the struggle of minorities can assume. The focus is on individual struggle and its outcome as reported and perceived by the individuals themselves. Members of three minority aggregates are considered: African Americans, Asian Americans (so called), and Chicano/Latino Americans. The choice of these three has to do with the different histories of members of these aggregates. Such differences have produced somewhat different approaches to struggle. This course satisfies the American Cultures requirement.

(1) Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One hour of seminar per week. Sections 1-2 to be graded on a letter-grade basis. Sections 3-4 to be graded on a passed/not passed basis. The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. ALTERNATE TITLE: Language and Politics in Southern Africa

 (4) Four hours of recitationand one hour of laboratory per week. Formerly C15A/Linguistics C15A. This course reviews and expands students’ knowledge from Intermediate Swahili. Oral and written communication will be presented in appropriate cultural contexts. Developing oral language skills will be strongly emphasized as part of this course and will be expanded through individual presentations, class discussions, and recordings available at the Berkeley Language Center. Writing, grammar,vocabulary, and reading are expanded through compositions, written exercises, and independent reading projects with texts available through Berkeley’s African Library Collection and supplemented by instructor’s materials.

(4) Students will receiveno credit for C11A after taking Linguistics 1A. Four hours of recitation and one hour of laboratory per week. Formerly C11A/Linguistics C1A. This course introduces students to the basics of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Swahili. Instruction is mixed English and Swahili. Emphasis is placed on developing student ability to create and to communicate with basic structures and vocabulary in culturally and socially appropriate context. Speaking and listening abilities are developed through oral exercises, class discussions, and recordings available from the Berkeley Language Center. Reading and writing are developed through in-class exercises, independent reading projects, and compositions. This course is not open to native or heritage speakers of Swahili.

(4) Students will receiveno credit for C10A after taking Linguistics 10A. Four hours of recitation and one hour of laboratory perweek. Formerly C10A/Linguistics C10A. This course reviews and expands students’ knowledge of fundamental structures from Elementary Swahili and appropriate cultural contexts of these structures in oral and written communication. More grammar and vocabulary in a culturally and socially appropriate context is developed.  Speaking ability is expanded through oral exercises, individual reports, class discussions, and recordings available at the Berkeley Language Center.BWriting and reading are expanded through compositions, written exercises, and independent reading projects with texts available through Berkeley’s African Library Collection and supplemented by instructor’smaterials.

(4) Four hours of recitation and one hour of laboratory per week. Formerly C8A/Linguistics C8A. This course reviews and expands students’ knowledge of fundamental structures from Elementary Wolof and appropriate cultural contexts of these structures in oral and written communication. More grammar and vocabulary in a culturally and socially appropriate context is developed. Speaking ability is expanded through oral exercises, individual reports, class discussions, and recordings available at the Berkeley Language Center. Writing and reading are expanded through compositions, written exercises, and independent reading projects with texts available through Berkeley’s African Library  Collection and supplemented by instructor’s materials.