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Future Courses:

AAAS 495:
Community Development in Urban African American Districts

Summer 2008/Autumn 2008
Course Information Flyer [PDF]

Course Description
This course is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to run an effective non-partisan, voter mobilization campaign based on the principles of community organizing. In the context of an exciting 2008 presidential campaign that will bring national attention to Ohio, students will work alongside neighborhood groups and religious congregations on the Near East side in a community-wide Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) campaign. Students will learn the fundamentals of increasing voter turnout: voter registration, contacting voters at their doorstep, organizing neighborhood walks, recruiting volunteers, and running phone banks. In the process, they will gain a deep familiarity with the Near East Side community and will make a meaningful impact on voter participation in a neighborhood with a history of low turnout.

Summer 2008 Course Information
Call Number: 03491-6
Time: 12:00 - 1:48 pm
Meeting Day(s): Tuesday
Instructor: J.L. Jeffries

Autumn 2008 Course Information
Call Number: 03312-4
Time: 12:00 - 1:48 pm
Meeting Day(s): Tuesday
Instructor: J.L. Jeffries

AAAS 730:
Black Political Movements and Organizations

Autumn 2008

Course Description The course will provide a detailed examination of the political role, structure, behavior and impact of Black political movements and organizations. The focus will principally be on the American context. The origins of Black movements and organizations will be explored; students will assess their impact on the shaping of the American political system and the advancement of the social, economic, and political position of the Black Community. Considerable attention will be given to questions of strategies and tactics, leadership styles and effectiveness, institutional development, and class and racial conflict. This class will illuminate changes and continuities in the Black political experience in America. It will explore myths regarding Black participation and involvement in the policy making process, and highlight both the political dilemmas and opportunities that confront the Black community in the 1990s. The analysis will be both sweeping and intensive. A meticulous examination will be made of Black organizations and movements from slavery to contemporary times.

Course Information
Call Number: 03335-3
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:18 pm
Meeting Day(s): Wednesday
Instructor: W. Nelson

Current Courses:

AAAS 495:
Community Development in Urban African American Districts

Spring 2008
Course Information Flyer [PDF]

Course Description
Community Development in Urban African American Districts: Field Research and Seminar is an undergraduate service-learning course that draws on the principles of experiential learning by immersing students in an organized service activity that meets identified needs of Columbus urban African American community. This immersion is the basis not only for acquiring extra-classroom skills but also for critical reflection on the community experience in a way that has a bearing on the intellectual and person growth of college students. Students are required to spend a minimum of 30 hours at the service learning site for the quarter. At the beginning of the quarter, each student will be matched with an on-site supervisor at the service-learning agency based upon the interests of the student and the needs of the agency. Together with the course instructor, student and supervisor will design specific learning assignments that will enable student learning to take place through interactions with clientele and staff at the service-learning site, individual and group conferences and workshops, and further experiences available either at the service-learning site or in the larger community. Student hours at the agency will also be determined at this time. In addition, students are required to attend a weekly course seminar at The Ohio State University African American and African Studies Community Extension Center. Through assigned readings, writings, and discussions focusing on diversity, multicultural environments, civic responsibility, leadership, community development and conflict resolution, students have the opportunity to improve their critical reading, thinking and reflection skills as well as communication and interaction techniques.

Course Information
Call Number: 21477-1
Time: 12:00 - 1:48 pm
Meeting Day(s): Tuesday
Instructor: J.L. Jeffries

Past Courses

AAAS 730:
Black Political Movements and Organizations

Autumn 2007

Course Description
The course will provide a detailed examination of the political role, structure, behavior and impact of Black political movements and organizations. The focus will principally be on the American context. The origins of Black movements and organizations will be explored; students will assess their impact on the shaping of the American political system and the advancement of the social, economic, and political position of the Black Community. Considerable attention will be given to questions of strategies and tactics, leadership styles and effectiveness, institutional development, and class and racial conflict. This class will illuminate changes and continuities in the Black political experience in America. It will explore myths regarding Black participation and involvement in the policy making process, and highlight both the political dilemmas and opportunities that confront the Black community in the 1990s. The analysis will be both sweeping and intensive. A meticulous examination will be made of Black organizations and movements from slavery to contemporary times.

Course Information
Call Number: 03168-2
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:18 pm
Meeting Day(s): Wednesday
Instructor: W. Nelson

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