Ghana

This course provides insights into cross-cultural contacts and historical archaeology of Africa. The course presents how cross-cultural contacts have influenced the evolution and development of various traits of contemporary culture of Africans. They courses teaches how to use oral and archival data as well as historical linguistics as adjuncts to the archaeological record in the interpretation of the cultural heritage of Africa for the purpose of social and economic development.

This course introduces students to basic principles of Macroeconomics and their applications to business. In addition to covering basic economic principles, the course will expose students to how the various principles apply to individual and business decision making. Topics to be covered include measurement of economic activity at the macroeconomic level, gross domestic product and related concepts, inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy.

This course focuses on oral and writing proficiencies. Students write both short and long composition pieces on simple topics, and they learn to employ vocabulary to enhance their creativity.

This courses focuses on issues of violence and abuse with a focus on both the victims and the perpetrators. Topics include theories of violence; childhood experiences, attachment, the bonding cycle, and how these impact behavior later in life. The course also looks at gangs, spousal abuse, child abuse and neglect, stalking and other types of crime currently prevalent in society. Some attention is also paid to treatment of victims as well as perpetrators of violence, and issues relating to prevention. Assessment: assignments (30%), attendance (10%), final exam (60%).

This course surveys representative forms of literature of the African Diaspora, early written texts, and selected contemporary authors from the Caribbean, the Americas, and Europe. The course explores folktales from the Anansi, stories of West Africa, and includes essays, short stories, plays, and novels.

This course, the second part of the basic introduction to English Literature, follows through a selection of representative texts the development of English Literature from the Augustans in 119the early eighteenth century to the Age of Sensibility later in that century. It also introduces the student to the Romantic Movement in the early nineteenth century and the Victorians later in that century, and concludes with a selection of twentieth century writing.

This course covers basic drumming techniques of West Africa, particularly Ghanaian drum rhythms, focusing on Agbadza rhythms from the Volta region. Students learn to play main and supporting rhythms of the sogo drum, kidi drum, kagan drum, the axaste rattle, and the gakogui bell. In addition to drumming instruction there are descriptive lectures on the cultural, social, and religious uses of drumming in west Africa.

This course provides a study of the concept, design, and production of digital audio and video works. Students conceive and direct small group creative pieces under supervision for assessment. The class also visits selected media houses to learn about media business practices.

This seminar provides an overview on individual authors of exceptional significance in world literary history. The seminar is devoted to an in-depth examination of representative texts from a substantial corpus of major literary works.