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(4) Four hours of recitationand one hour of laboratory per week. Formerly C7A/Linguistics C7A.This course introduces students to speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Wolof. Instruction is mixed English and Wolof. Emphasis is placed on developing student ability to create and to communicate with basic Wolof 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. Readingand writing are developed through in-class exercises,independent reading projects, and compositions. This course not open to native or heritage speakers of Wolof.

(4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. A study of the genesis,development, and scope of African American culture,approached through an examination of selected artforms, historical themes, and intellectual currents.

(4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Emphasis on pre-colonial social, cultural, political, and eco-nomic structures; introduction to art, literature, oral traditions, and belief systems.

(4) Three hours oflecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: UC Entry-Level Writing requirement and 1A.Formerly 1B.Continued training in expository and argumentative writing, with more emphasis on literary interpretation. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.

(4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: UC Entry-Level Writing requirement. Formerly 1A. Training in expository, argumentative, and other styles of writing. The assignments will focus on themes and issues in African American life and culture. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.

114.Linguistic Structure of Bantu Languages. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Equivalent of Linguistics 5 (Language and Linguistics) or consent of instructor. The objective of this course is to examine the major syntactic structures of Bantu languages with comments on the contributions made by African linguistics to general linguistics. Chichewa, also known as Chinyanja, a language spoken in east, central, and southern Africa, as well as Swahili, the major language of East Africa, and Ndebele or Zulu, languages of southern Africa, will constitute the main case studies. Data from those and other languages will be brought in to illustrate relevant aspects of Bantu linguistic structure.

117. African Americans in the Industrial Age, 1865-1970. (4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. With emphasis given to the organization of labor after slavery, this course will explore the history of African American cultural, institutions and protest traditions from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement.

R1A. Freshman Composition. (4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: UC Entry Level Writing Requirement. Formerly 1A. Training in expository, argumentative, and other styles of writing. The assignments will focus on themes and issues in African American life and culture. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. ALTERNATE TITLE: Literature of Africa and its Diaspora

122. African American Families in American Society. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 5B or introductory course in sociology. Examines the historical roles and functions of families in the development of black people in America from slavery to the present.

R1B. Freshman Composition. (4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: UC Entry Level Writing Requirement and 1A. Formerly 1B. Continued training in expository and argumentative writing, with more emphasis on literary interpretation. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement. ALTERNATE TITLE: Race, Gender, Sexuality in African American Literature