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This lab­o­ra­tory course is a co-req­ui­site for Gen­eral Chem­istry – 1110. One three hour lab­o­ra­tory meet­ing per week and a total of 15 meet­ings per se­mes­ter.

This laboratory course is a co-requisite for General Chemistry – 1110. One three hour laboratory meeting per week and a total of 15 meetings per semester.

This in­tro­duc­tory course in cre­ative writ­ing in­cludes ex­er­cises to iden­tify and en­gage your cre­ative voice, dis­cus­sions of craft and tech­nique, read­ings aimed to build crit­i­cal read­ing and work­shop­ping skills, and dis­cus­sion of lan­guage and style.

This introductory course in creative writing includes exercises to identify and engage your creative voice, discussions of craft and technique, readings aimed to build critical reading and workshopping skills, and discussion of language and style.

This is the Open Lab site for Kieran Re­ichert’s sec­tions of ENG 1121 in the Fall 2019 se­mes­ter. You will find the syl­labus, read­ings, as­sign­ments, and any other in­for­ma­tion you may need here.

This is the Open Lab site for Kieran Reichert’s sections of ENG 1121 in the Fall 2019 semester. You will find the syllabus, readings, assignments, and any other information you may need here.

In this course we ex­plore African and African-de­rived folk tra­di­tions and ex­am­ine how they have been trans­mit­ted from Africa to the Amer­i­cas and the Caribbean. We will see how Africans and peo­ple of African de­scent have cre­ated and trans­formed their var­i­ous oral, cus­tom­ary and ma­te­r­ial lore, in­clud­ing folk-tales, folk-art, music and dance, into mech­a­nisms for cul­tural and phys­i­cal sur­vival. We will com­pare and con­trast some African folk­tales with re­lated sto­ries from the Caribbean, North and South Amer­ica. We will also ex­plore the tra­di­tions ex­pressed in music, food, cel­e­bra­tions and other ex­pres­sions of folk cul­ture.

In this course we explore African and African-derived folk traditions and examine how they have been transmitted from Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean. We will see how Africans and people of African descent have created and transformed their various oral, customary and material lore, including folk-tales, folk-art, music and dance, into mechanisms for cultural and physical survival. We will compare and contrast some African folktales with related stories from the Caribbean, North and South America. We will also explore the traditions expressed in music, food, celebrations and other expressions of folk culture.