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Survey of race's role in American politics from 1932 to present, focusing on the Second Reconstruction, Black Power, white backlash, and contemporary racial issues.

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Intensive literary criticism of major African American authors, emphasizing fiction and selecting works from one or two writers for close study.

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Examines the relationship between slavery and capitalism in the US, focusing on the labor of enslaved people, the impact of capitalism on slavery, and the experiences of enslaved people.

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Selected Topics in African American History offers an intensive analysis of specific historical themes in African Americans' experiences.

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Intensive analysis of societal themes in African American experiences, focusing on qualitative research in Black communities.

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Intensive analysis of specific cultural themes in African American experiences, focusing on contextual frameworks shaping cultural representations of race.

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Directed Study in Afro-American Studies offers advanced directed study projects as arranged with a faculty member.

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Mentored individual research and study for students completing a Master's thesis in African American Studies.

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Introduction to Latin American culture and society from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering historical developments from pre-Columbian times to the present.

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Introduction to Afro-American Art surveys the historical evolution of African American art from its African heritage through the creativity of the 1970s.

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Graduate course exploring variable topics in Visual Culture with analytic attention to gender, sexuality, and race.

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Studies intersections of Asian American and African American dance and martial arts through an Afro Asian lens, focusing on fusion, choreography, and improvisation.

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Survey of African American history from 1900 to the present, covering segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, late 20th-century changes, and the Obama presidency.

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Criminal Injustice in America examines how the carceral system is essential to constructing and maintaining the racial order in the United States through surveillance, detention, and legal processes.

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Global Food Production and Health covers crops, food, and cropping systems from around the world, examining their impact on global sustainability and health.

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An Agroecology Capstone course that serves as a stepping stone between the classroom and society, emphasizing the integration of diverse agroecological knowledge, critical thinking, and engagement with real-world problems.

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SPECIAL PROBLEMS is scholarship on special topics in agroecology, supervised by a faculty member.

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The Multifunctionality of Agriculture explores methods for evaluating the social, economic, and ecological functions of agroecology systems and their stakeholder networks, focusing on participatory approaches.

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Independent research for a thesis or degree project involving agroecological research, multifunctional perspectives, community co-learning, and communication with diverse partners.

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Introduction to agroecology as a science, practice, and movement, analyzing agricultural and food systems through social and ecological lenses.

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Introduction to American Indian Studies focusing on the history, social organization, political experience, and artistic expression of North American Indians through an interdisciplinary lens.

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Overview of physical, competitive games from ancient Mesoamerica to the US today, highlighting Indigenous cultural and social connections and profiling Indigenous athletes in team and individual sports.

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Beginner Level Ojibwe Language II continues Ojibwe language study with an emphasis on traditional winter cycle myths.

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Beginner Level Indigenous Language II focuses on reading, speaking, and writing proficiency in an Indigenous language while exploring cultural practices and values through oral and written narrative.

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Beginner Level Hoocak/Ho-Chunk Language II develops literacy, grammar, vocabulary, and basic conversational skills in a Wisconsin Indigenous Souian language.

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Beginner Level Menominee Language II focuses on proficiency in reading, speaking, and writing the Menominee language while exploring cultural practices and values through oral and written narrative.

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Beginner Level Oneida Language II introduces basic Oneida morphology, syntactic structure, and vocabulary while emphasizing endangered language learning practices.

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Intermediate Ojibwe Language II is a continuation course focusing on developing conversational skills through structured practice.

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Intermediate Hoocak (Ho-Chunk) language course focusing on complex verb conjugations, word contractions, and sentence structures used by first-language speakers of this Wisconsin Indigenous Siouan language.

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Intermediate Menominee language course focusing on writing systems, morphology, polysynthetic verb structures, and basic conversational skills for this endangered Algonquian language.

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