Students considering this option should first confer with the directorof this program. The social and cultural evolution of the first peoples of the Americas. Focus on such aspects as education,self-determination, health issues andurbanization as they impact native indigenous populations. Also offered as Fairhaven 218. An overview of African-American history from an interdisciplinaryperspective.
Emphasis is on the struggle for social and political equalityin a developing capitalist economy.
The contemporary social, economic andpolitical life of African Americans also will be examined. The history of Asians in the United States, the developmentof communities and the effects of the encounter between Asian culturesand the developing American cultural context. The development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual community in the United States, with emphasis on identity formation, historical andsociological influences and the effects of encounters between gay cultures and the larger American cultural context. The interaction of immigrant and indigenouscultures with the developing American cultural patterns. Emphasis uponmodels and concepts of interaction, especially related to African Americans,Native Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos.