Summer 2007 IN250 Courses
IN 250/ EN 220 Social Issues in Rock Music - George
IN 250 Aging in America During the Past 100 Years - Jenkins
IN 250/ EN 220 Images of Blackness in Fiction and Film in 1920-1940 - McKenna
IN 250 Women in the Workforce - Folger
IN 250 Censorship Should You Be Reading That? - Mitchell
IN 250 Film and the Black Experience in America - Golden/ Huston
IN 250 Introduction to Studies of Middle America (July 5-27) - Matthews/Stapleton/Keagle
IN 250 Introduction to Studies of Middle America ( July 30-August 21) - Matthews/Stapleton/Keagle
Summer 2007 IN250 Course Descriptions
IN 250/ EN 220 Social Issues in Rock Music - George
People rarely see popular music as worthy of scholarly study. Yet popular music represents our society
and the issues that individuals face within it. This is a course about our society and the issues that we
face as part of it. Our primary materials will be rock songs (with a little jazz, blues, and country thrown
in, since these genres are related to and precursors of rock) and their lyrics. Class sessions will be
devoted to listening to songs, reading their lyrics, and applying a variety of critical theories including
feminism, Marxism, and postcolonialism to the issues represented in the songs.
Dates: May 15-23
Times: 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Dates: W, Th, F, M, T,W
Credits: 03
Instructor: Michael George
IN 250 Aging in America During the Past 100 Years - Jenkins
The fastest growing segment of the population in the United States is age 85 and over. This course
offers a unique opportunity for students to understand the special needs of this segment of the
population. This course introduces students to the “world of eldercare” in the United States as seen
through the eyes of a daughter caring for her mother with two broken hips and a father with Dementia.
Also the students will discover the world of two Afro-American females born into slavery and their
reflections on life at the age of 105 and 103 respectively. The student will be introduced to normal
aging changes: physiological, sociological and psychological. Other topics of discussion will be
resources available to assist older adults when they lose their ability of care for their selves and end of
life decisions. The students will visit resources in the Central Illinois area that are available to older
adults.
Dates: May 21-25, 2007
Times: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Days: M,T,W,Th,F
Credits: 3
Instructor: Debra Jenkins
IN 250/ EN 220 Images of Blackness in Fiction and Film in 1920-1940 - McKenna
Institutionalized segregation was at its peak under Jim Crow and Plessey v. Ferguson. The Ku Klux Klan
was terrorizing African-Americans in the South. Woodrow Wilson’s policies regarding blacks in Civil
Service jobs resulted in an 80% decrease of blacks working for the government. Black literacy however
had just become equal to whites. Increasing numbers of black owned businesses and professional
people were able to serve the needs of black communities. The NAACP was in its infancy and Unions
were gaining pay equity for both black and white employees. The Harlem Renaissance writers
produced some of the finest writing of the era and jazz was born in the Mississippi delta. In the midst of
these racial paradoxes, a variety of images of black Americans began to emerge in both literature and
film. Works by black writers were being read by both black and white audiences. A new positive and
powerful image of African-Americans was beginning to emerge. White writers often clung to racial
