ART101-Fundamentals of Design II

Lincoln University

General Education Program

Department of History, Political Science, Philosophy and Religion

Course Title:	African American Experience	Course number:	SOS-151-01/02
Credit Hours	3	Prerequisite (s):	None
Term:	Spring 2016	Co-Requisite (s)	None
Course Method	Lecture and Discussion	Meeting day and Time:	MWF 1 or 2 p.m.
Instructor:	Safro Kwame, Ph.D.	Classroom/lab/Studio Location:	Grim Hall 306/200
Office location:	GRIM HALL 310	e-mail:	kwame@lincoln.edu
Office Hours:	MWF 3 – 5 p.m.	Phone Extension:	7569

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This introductory course provides students with an overview of the experience of African Americans from origins to the present using diverse approaches and multidisciplinary perspectives. Students gain an understanding of the contributions of African Americans to the development of the United States of America and the current issues facing African American communities.

REQUIRED TEXT: Nwachuku, L. and Thomas, J. (editors). 2011. Exploring the African American Experience, First Custom Edition, Boston, Pearson Learning Solutions (ISBN: 978-1-256-28472-7).

REQUIRED MATERIALS: Textbook, Pen and Pencil (No other additional materials.)

Assessment Criteria & Alignment

Course SLO	ILOs (indicate number only)	Direct and Indirect Assessment Methods
CSLO 1	ILO 5 & 3	Essay test: Short essay, Mid-term exam. Pre-test & Post-test.
CSLO 2	ILO 5	Case study. Instructor will assign topic choices and Identify-describe-explain-define criteria.
CSLO 3	ILO 5 & 1	Oral presentation. Instructor will assign topic choices and Identify-describe-explain-narrate-define criteria.
CSLO 4	ILO 5 & 3	Final examination (research essay), using essay rubric or oral presentation.
CSLO 5	ILO 5 & 3	Case study. Instructor will assign topic choices and Identify-define-explain-narrate-define criteria.
CSLO 6	ILO 5 & 3	Essay. Short essay and Mid-term Exam.

Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLO):

Upon successful completion of this course the student will:

1. Identify the impact of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade on America's social, economic and political structures.

2. Describe the structure, style, and leadership philosophy of two contemporary African American organizations (social, political, religious, educational, economic).

3. Explain the portrayals of African Americans in news and popular media.

4. Discuss the contributions of African Americans to the Arts and Sciences.

5. Identify one health, environmental or gender/class identity issue affecting African American communities.

6. Discuss the civil rights movement and its impact on current social, economic and political conditions in America.

INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO):

1. Effective Communication.

3. Diversity Awareness/Cultural Awareness.

5. Critical Thinking.

Calculation of Final Grades:

Final Exam 40%

Midterm Exam 30%

Class Participation 15%

Attendance 15%

Assessment Instruments: Short Essays, Case Studies, Tests: [Mid Term and Final, Pre-Test and Post-Test].

GRADING SCALE:

Grade	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	F
GPA Points	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.0	2.7	2.3	2.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0
%	100-93	92.9-90	89.9-88	87.9-82	81.9-80	79.9-78	77.9-72	71.9-70	69.9-67	66.9-60.1	60 and under

SCHEDULE OF LEARNING topics covered

See supplement or addendum to syllabus for specifics, updates and changes.

Class Meets: •ASSIGNMENT SELECTION & SCHEDULE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE•
Week 01:	Introduction, Pre-test, Syllabi distribution, and Course expectations.
Week 02:	African-American Studies: Significance and Meaning Revisited, Levi A. Nwachuku 1
Week 03:	Blacks in Science by Ivan van Sertima
Week 04:	African American Visitations by Chinua Achebe
Week 05:	The European Slave Trade: An Overview by Levi Nwachuku & The Political Economy of Slavery in the United States 1607-1865 by Gary Hunter
Week 06:	Health Disparities: The Black American Experience, by Patricia Nelson
Week 07:	Philosophy and the African American Experience by Safro Kwame
Week 08: Midterm	Mid-term Week
Week 09:	Three Faces of Black American Political Leadership by Martin Kilson & The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1954-2003 by Carl Walton
Week 10:	African American Religious Movements: From African Origins to the Present" by Gwinyai Muzorewa
Week 11:	Pan-Africanism: A Historical Survey by Chieke Ihejirika in Textbook pp. 175-185 & African American Politics in the Twenty-first Century by Charles Hamilton
Week 12:	Blacks in the Media by Jamila Cupid, & Africanisms in African-American Culture by Ropo Sekoni
Week 13:	The Black Arts Movement by Pia Deas
Week 14:	Thanksgiving.
Week 15:	Race Relations in the Age of Obama by Levi Nwachuku and Judith Thomas

University ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Lincoln University uses the class method of teaching, which assumes that each student has something to contribute and something to gain by attending class. It further assumes that there is much more instruction absorbed in the classroom than can be tested on examinations. Therefore, students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled class meetings and should exhibit good faith in this regard.

http://www.lincoln.edu/registrar/2014Catalog.pdf

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES STATEMENT:

Lincoln University is committed to non-discrimination of students with disabilities and therefore ensures that they have equal access to higher education, programs, activities, and services in order to achieve full participation and integration into the University. In keeping with the philosophies of the mission and vision of the University, the Office of Student Support Services, through the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Program, provides an array of support services and reasonable accommodations for students with special needs and/or disabilities as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The Services for Students with Disabilities Program seeks to promote awareness and a campus environment in which accommodating students with special needs and/or disabilities is natural extension of the University’s goal.

Any student with a documented disability should contact the Office of Student Support Services.

http://www.lincoln.edu/studentservices/index.html

UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT:

Students are responsible for proper conduct and integrity in all of their scholastic work. They must follow a professor's instructions when completing tests, homework, and laboratory reports, and must ask for clarification if the instructions are not clear. In general, students should not give or receive aid when taking exams, or exceed the time limitations specified by the professor. In seeking the truth, in learning to think critically, and in preparing for a life of constructive service, honesty is imperative. Honesty in the classroom and in the preparation of papers is therefore expected of all students. Each student has the responsibility to submit work that is uniquely his or her own. All of this work must be done in accordance with established principles of academic integrity.

http://www.lincoln.edu/registrar/2014Catalog.pdf

POLICY ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CLASSROOM:

Use of electronic devices are prohibited unless approved by the instructor for purposes directly related to the course. Texting, searching the internet, recording, taking pictures or videos, talking, and playing games, among other things, are specifically prohibited. During exams, all electronic devices must be turned off.

Syllabus Supplement/Addendum/Revision

Dr. Safro Kwame, 484-365-7569, kwame@lincoln.edu, Office Hours: MWF 3-5 in GH310

Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy and Religion

COURSE SYLLABUS: SOS-151-01/02 African American Experience

Textbook: Nwachuku, L. and Thomas, J. (editors). 2011. Exploring the African American Experience, First Custom Edition, Boston, Pearson Learning Solutions (Required).

Schedule of Learning Opportunities (Assignments) Supplement/Addendum/Revision to Syllabus:

Day	Date	Discussion Topic/Learning Opportunities
Wed	01/13/2016	Introduction, Pre-test, Syllabi distribution, and Course expectations.
Fri	01/15/2016	Read Chapter One: African American Studies: Significance and Meaning Revisited by Levi Nwachuku from Textbook pp. 1- 5 before today's class. {SLO 1}
Mon	01/18/2016	MLK Day: NO CLASS
Wed	01/20/2016	Discussion.
Fri	01/22/2016	Read Handout/Packet : Blacks in Science by Ivan van Sertima' "Blacks in Science" before today's class. {SLO 6}
Mon	01/25/2016	Discussion.
Wed	01/27/2016	Read Chapter Sixteen: Science, Engineers and Technical Achievers of African Descent - Africa's Unsung Gift to Western Civilization, by Grant Venerable II, pp. 211- 212 before today's class. {SLO 6}
Fri	01/29/2016	Discussion.
Mon	02/01/2016	Read Chapter Two: African American Visitations by Chinua Achebe in Textbook pp.7-12 before today's class. {SLO 4}
Wed	02/03/2016	Review.
Fri	02/05/2016	Classwork 1: Quiz on Readings and Classes.
Mon	02/08/2016	Read Chapter Four: The European Slave Trade: An Overview by Levi Nwachuku in Textbook pp. 46-60 before today's class. {SLO 1}
Wed	02/10/2016	Discussion.
Fri	02/12/2016	Read Chapter Five: The Political Economy of Slavery in the United States 1607-1865 by Gary Hunter in Textbook, pp. 61-71 before today's class. {SLO 1}
Mon	02/15/2016	Discussion.
Wed	02/17/2016	Read Chapter Eight: Health Disparities: The Black American Experience, by Patricia Nelson in Textbook pp. 107-120 before today's class. {SLO 5}
Fri	02/19/2016	Discussion.
Mon	02/22/2016	Spring Break: NO CLASS.
Wed	02/24/2016	Spring Break: NO CLASS.
Fri	02/26/2016	Spring Break: NO CLASS.
Mon	02/29/2016	Read Chapter Nine: Philosophy and the African American Experience by Safro Kwame in Textbook, pp. 121-129 before today's class. {SLO 3}
Wed	03/02/2016	Discussion.
Fri	03/04/2016	Read Chapter Ten: Three Faces of Black American Political Leadership by Martin Kilson in Textbook pp. 131-150 before today's class. {SLO 3}
Mon	03/07/2016	Review.
Wed	03/09/2016	Comprehensive Midterm Exam.
Fri	03/11/2016	Midterm Break: NO CLASS.
Mon	03/14/2016	Discussion.
Wed	03/16/2016	Read Chapter Twelve: The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1954-2003 by Carl Walton in Textbook pp. 165-174 before today's class. { SLO 2 }
Fri	03/18/2016	Discussion.
Mon	03/21/2016	Read . Handout/Packet "African American Religious Movement[s]: From African Origins to the Present" by Gwinyai Muzorewa before today's class. { SLO 2 }
Wed	03/23/2016	Discussion.
Fri	03/25/2016	Easter Break: NO CLASS.
Mon	03/28/2016	Read Chapter Thirteen: Pan-Africanism: A Historical Survey by Chieke Ihejirika in Textbook pp. 175-185 before today's class. { SLO 3}
Wed	03/30/2016	Classwork 2: Quiz on Readings and Classes.
Fri	04/01/2016	Read Chapter Fourteen: African American Politics in the Twenty-first Century by Charles Hamilton in Textbook pp. 187-190 before today's class. {SLO 3 }
Mon	04/04/2016	Discussion.
Wed	04/06/2016	Read Handout/Packet "Blacks in the Media" by Jamila Cupid, before today's class. {SLO 3 }
Fri	04/08/2016	Discussion.
Mon	04/11/2016	Read Chapter Seventeen: Africanisms in African-American Culture by Ropo Sekoni in Textbook pp. 235-244 before today's class. {SLO 6}
Wed	04/13/2016	Discussion.
Fri	04/15/2016	Read Handout/Packet: "The Black Arts Movement" by Pia Deas before today's class. {SLO 6}
Mon	04/18/2016	Discussion.
Wed	04/20/2016	Read Chapter Twenty: Race Relations in the Age of Obama by Levi Nwachuku and Judith Thomas, in Textbook pp. 265-277 before today's class.
Fri	04/22/2016	Epilogue.
T-F	4/26/16 to 4/29/16	Final Exam could be on any day at any time. See Registrar's Exam Schedule. You cannot take it earlier than scheduled or with another class..

Calculation of Final Grades: Mid-term grade will be determined by a mid-term exam and semester grade determined by final examination (40%), midterm exam (30%), class participation/presentation (15%) and attendance (15%) -- unless stated otherwise on supplementary details. Unless you officially withdraw or formally request an incomplete (in writing) and submit appropriate documentation before the end of the semester, you will receive a passing or failing grade based on performance and attendance. There is no makeup for classwork, quizzes, or extra-credit.

Grading Scale: A=100-93, B=92-82, C=81-72, D=71-60, F=59-0 or for difficult exams A=100-80%, B=70-60%, C=50-40%, D=30-20%, F=10-0%. (+/- determined by curve.) Note: Each unauthorized use of an electronic device in class -- including the use of a mobile or cell phone -- may count as an absence or, in the case of class exercises (such as exams, tests and quizzes), an act of academic dishonesty (cheating) and sanctioned appropriately. It may result in failure in a project or course.

Class/Course Website: https://philosophydepartment.tripod.com/ or kwame.50webs.com/ or http://kwame.atspace.com/ Moodle: http://lincoln.mrooms.net/ To check your grade on the computer or internet, go to any one of the websites listed above and follow the instructions there. Note that some of the websites may be down and not updated.

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