Foundational Courses
Topical Courses
Advanced Courses
Graduate Credit
The following symbols identify approved courses for each concentration:
C - Black Cultural Studies
W - Globalization and the African World
O - Black Social Organization
G - Gender and the African Diaspora
Courses on the 100-200 level are designed to introduce students to foundational knowledge required for more advanced work in the field of African and African American Studies. These courses should be taken before courses on the 300 level and above.
15-AFAM-101* - Introduction to African and African American Studies
An introduction to the history, core concepts, guiding questions and current issues in the field of African and African American Studies (formerly Introduction to the Black Experience) [W, C, G, O]
15-AFAM-111, 112, 113* - Elementary Swahili
For beginning students. Reading, writing, culture, grammar, and conversation. Swahili cannot be used as an elective within the major in African and African American Studies, within the minor, or within the African Studies Certificate. Completing the sequence does fulfill an A&S Distribution requirement. [C, W]
15-AFAM-114, 115, 116* - Intermediate Swahili
Intensive styles of lesson organization: grammar, written compositions, as well as use of tapes, records and findings. Swahili cannot be used as an elective within the major in African and African American Studies, within the minor, or within the African Studies Certificate. Completing the sequence does fulfill an A&S Distribution requirement. [C, W]
15-AFAM-204 -Introduction to Black Gender Studies
Introduction to how gender shapes the experiences of women and men of African descent. [O,C,G]
15-AFAM-206 - African Diaspora Cultures I: African Cultures
A survey of cultures of continental Africa. [C, W, O]
15-AFAM-207 - African Diaspora Cultures II: African American Cultures
[C, W, O]
15-AFAM-208 - African Diaspora Cultures III: Afro-Latin and Caribbean Cultures
[C, W, O]
15-AFAM-227* - Introduction to Modern Africa
This is an introductory multi-disciplinary course that is intended to introduce students to the history, politics and peoples of Africa. It also covers some of the critical issues and problems facing the continent today. [W]
15-AFAM-234* - Sociology of the Black Community I: Race
Investigates the economic, political, and ideological dimensions of racial oppression by focusing on institutionalized racism confronting African Americans. Social institutions examined include schools, the criminal justice system, the media, and the social welfare system. [O]
15-AFAM-235* - Sociology of the Black Community II: Class and Black Political Economy
An introduction to how issues of global political economy shape the experiences of people of African descent in the United States and throughout the African Diaspora. Social Institutions examined included the labor market, industries, housing, the legal system, and consumer markets. [O,W]
15-AFAM-236* -Sociology of the Black Community III: Gender
An introduction to how gender and gender oppression operate as major organizing principles in African American life and culture. Issues covered might include perspectives on Black masculinity and Black femininity, how race and gender intersect in shaping Black women's and men's experiences in employment, education, family life, sexuality, and social policies. [C, O, G]
15-AFAM-245* - Black Drama I
A survey of Black Drama from its beginnings in the 1850 up through the Depression with emphasis on the issues that helped to shape the playwrights' artistic view. The course examines the thematic and stylistic development of drama through the pre and post-Civil War years, the first decade of the twentieth century and the New Negro Renaissance. The course will also look at the various issues which served as the foundation for modern drama. [C]
15-AFAM-246* - Black Drama II
An examination of Black drama from the 1950's to the present with consideration given to themes, the playwrights' use of African American traditions, the politics of theater, and the role of serious drama in influencing African American culture. The course will explore various theoretical issues and political perspectives as they impact modern African American theater. [C]
15-AFAM-247 - Black Drama Studio
Students participate in the performance and/or production of a dramatic presentation offered each spring. The course allows students to apply the principles of Black drama encountered in prior course work. [C]
PREREQUISITES: 245 or 246 and permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-291 - Black Adolescent Male
This course is designed to identify, present and analyze theories and ideologies concerning Black male issues in America. An examination and survey will be made of the perceptions, images, realities and myths relating to adolescent Black male.
15-AFAM-301* - African History: From Antiquity to 1800
This course focuses on ancient African history and civilizations: Southern origins of Egyptian civilization and the early empires of the Western Sudan, the trans-Saharan trade and the penetration of Islam on the continent. [W]
15-AFAM-302* - African History: From 1800 to 1945
This is the second of a three-part introductory course in African history. It will focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade, European occupation of Africa in the late 19th century and the various colonial policies, and African participation in both World Wars. [W]
15-AFAM-303* - African History: From 1945 to Present
This course examines the genesis of African nationalism, post-colonial developments on the continent and the dynamics of the apartheid system in South Africa. [W]
15-AFAM-310* -African American Literature
A survey of African American literature from the mid-eighteenth century up to the turn of the twentieth century. Topics include themes prevalent in colonial literature, literature of the fugitive school, and political literature of the mid-nineteenth century. Writers include Wheatley, Hammon, Harper, Wilson, Dunbar and Chesnutt. [C]
15-AFAM-311* - African American Literature
A survey of African American literature from the beginning of the 20th Century up to Richard Wright, emphasizing the New Negro Renaissance and the Depression years. The course will explore historical, cultural, and aesthetic influences. Writers include DuBois, Johnson, Larsen, Fauset, Hughes, McKay, Cullen, West and Brown. [C]
15-AFAM-312* - African American Literature
A survey of modern African American literature with consideration to its growth and development from Richard Wright through Black womanist literature. Writers include those from the protest period of the 1940's, the literary mainstreamers, the New Black Arts Movement and the modern Black womanist tradition. [C,G]
15-AFAM-322* - African American History to 1860
An examination of African Americans from 1619 to the Civil War, including major West African civilizations, the slave trade and slavery. [W]
15-AFAM-323* - African American History: 1860-1930
Examination of African Americans from the Civil War to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis place on the Civil War and Reconstruction. [W]
15-AFAM-324* - African American History: 1930-Present
Examination of African Americans in the twentieth century. Topics include protest, nationalism, black power etc. [W]
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These courses provide an in-depth examination of some topic in African and African Diaspora culture, history, or organization. Even though these courses carry no prerequisites, students are advised to take foundational courses on the 100 and 200 level before enrolling in topical courses.
15-AFAM-304 - Black Men in U.S. Society
The course analyzes how systems of race, gender, and social class shape the experiences of African American men. Emphasis is placed on topics such as Black men's experiences in families and in the labor market, the portrayal of Black men in the media, Black men's experiences with the criminal justice system, and Black men's historical and contemporary political activism in resisting these interlocking systems of inequality. [C, O, G]
15-AFAM-305 - Black Women in U.S. Society
The course analyzes how systems of race, gender, and social class shape the experiences of African American women. Emphasis is placed on Black women's experiences in families, at work, with the media, with sexuality and fertility, and with political activism. Special attention is given to Black women's activism in resisting these interlocking systems of inequality. [C, O, G]
15-AFAM-307 - Blacks in Science and Technology
An historical exploration of the contributions of Africans and African Americans to science and technology. Topics include social factors affecting the ways in which these contributions have been viewed by the West and the special challenges that people of African descent face in controlling the scientific and technological products of their imaginations. [O]
15-AFAM-308 - Women in African History
Explores the social, economic and political role that women have played throughout the history of Africa. Although the main focus will be on colonial and post-colonial Africa, it will also look at pre-colonial societies.
15-AFAM-309 -Black Families in Diasporic Context
A basic overview of historical and contemporary issues of African American family life as well as family experiences throughout the African Diaspora. [O ,C, W, G]
15-AFAM-316 -African American Poetry I
A study of 19th and 20th century African American poetry to the 1950’s with attention to theme, form, and the development of a tradition. [C]
15-AFAM-317 - African American Poetry II
The study of African American poetry from the New Black Arts Movement of the 1960’s up to and including the New Black Aesthetics of present-day. [C]
15-AFAM-321 - Black Entrepreneurship
An exploration of the business culture in which African American entrepreneurs operate. Topics include the role of socialization in affecting the way the prospective entrepreneur, the consumer and lending institutions view the concept of Black entrepreneurship. [O]
15-AFAM-326 -African Americans and Education
An exploration of issues African American experience in educational institutions. Topics include African Americans and K-12 public education, Blacks in higher education, racial desegregation and Black achievement, and the growth of specialized schools. [C, O]
15-AFAM-327 - Blacks and Sports
A basic introduction to the history and current issues of African Americans and sports. Sample topics include patterns of Black participation in diverse sports, issues in college athletics, the effects of Title IX on Black women and men in sports, and current issues with professional athletes. [O, G]
**15-AFAM-345 - African Religions
This course will introduce students to the complexity and dynamics of religious conceptualization and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. While emphasis will be on traditional African religious systems, we will also discuss its interaction with Islam and Christianity.
15-AFAM-360 -Literature of the African Diaspora I
Examines the journey narrative in literature by writers of African descent with emphasis on critical and comparative approaches. [C, W]
15-AFAM-361 - Literature of the African Diaspora II
Explores intertextual and comparative relationships in texts by women writers of African descent. Special emphasis will be placed on the Caribbean and the United States. [C,W]
15-AFAM-362- Literature of the African Diaspora III
Examines global literacy and aesthetic movements by writers and critics of the African Diaspora. Specialized topics include: the Harlem Renaissance, the Negritude Movement, Pan-African thought, etc. [C, W]
15-AFAM-363- African Literature I: Fiction
This course surveys various aspects of African fiction from the colonial, post-colonial and modern period including oral traditions that form its background. Students will examine both short and long narratives in English or in English translation to familiarize them with African authors, culture and contemporary perspectives concerning the role of literature in the age of colonialism and post-colonialism.
15-AFAM-364 African Literature II: Poetry
This course surveys various aspects of African poetry from the colonial, post-colonial and modern period including oral traditions that form its background. Students will examine both short and long poetic works in English or in English translation to familiarize them with African authors, culture and contemporary perspectives concerning the role of literature in the age of colonialism and post-colonialism.
15-AFAM-365 African Literature III: Drama
This course surveys various aspects of African drama from the colonial, post-colonial and modern period including oral traditions that form its background. Students will examine both short and long dramatic works in English or in English translation to familiarize them with African authors, culture and contemporary perspectives concerning the role of literature in the age of colonialism and post-colonialism.
15-AFAM-366 Cultures of Africa
A study of pre-colonial African thoughts, social and economic values, and how they have been influenced by external forces, including Islam and Westernization.[C,W]
PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-380-The Black Church in America
This course will examine the role of the black church in the African American historical, religious, cultural and political experience. (C, O)
PREREQUISITES: 30ENG103 or perm. of instr.
15-AFAM-386- Black Politics
A study of the history of people of African descent in the Caribbean, Central and South America from slavery to the present. Topics include slavery and resistance, post-emancipation labor systems, the rise of Pan-Africanism, and modern Black hemispheric politics. [W]
PREREQUISITES: Prior African and African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-397H- African Americans and State-sponsored Injustice/Inequality (W) **
This course will address the relationship that African Americans have had with the state in the post-civil Rights era. The main objective is to illustrate how African Americans have largely endured second-class or non-citizenship status despite their determined pursuit of full and equal inclusion and citizenship.
15-AFAM-401- Research and Writing Workshop in African American Studies
A workshop on writing research papers and other forms of writing in the field of African American Studies. Prepares students for advanced seminar work in African American Studies. Open to African American Studies junior and senior majors only.
PREREQUISITES: 27 credit hours of AFAM coursework.
15-AFAM-404* Contemporary Black Film, 1960 to the Present
This course explores the range of genre and topics projected by Blacks in contemporary film. The course will emphasize particularly the impact of American film and the proliferation of films acted in, authored, directed, and produced by African Americans. The course also surveys the impact, and consequences of gendered images in American film, first as stereotype, and then as image. The course explores the way society has used film to help foster roles of subjugation and dependency, and to maintain gender inequities. (C )
15-AFAM-414 Politics in post-Colonial Africa
This course surveys intellectually and historically the various aspects of human experiences of African peoples in the postcolonial period. It is also aimed at revolutionizing students’ thought and providing a unique opportunity to critique and correct the myths perpetuated in Eurocentric perspectives about modern Africa.
15‑AFAM‑431 Black Urban Poverty
An introduction to poverty as a major social issue facing urban African-American communities. This course uses an analysis of institutional discrimination to develop a comprehensive analysis of Black urban poverty as shaped by race, class, and gender. Topics covered might include surveying of how Black poverty has been analyzed in scholarship and public policy, assessing specific public policies such as Urban Renewal, school desegregation and busing, public housing, and Section 8 housing programs, for their effects on Black poverty, and exploring the special needs of specific poverty populations such as Black children. [O]
PREREQUISITES: 234, 235, and/or 235 required.
15‑AFAM‑432 Black Health Care
An introduction to how race, social class, and gender shape the health status of Black men and Black women, especially how institutional discrimination in the health care delivery system result in different patters of health and wellness for Black women and Black men. Topics covered might include reproductive concerns, violence as a public health concern, stress and Black mental health, AIDS, and social and economic conditions such as environmental pollutants that affect Black health. [O]
15-AFAM-433 The Economic Transformation of Africa
Examines the various economic transformations that Africa has experienced, from the pre-colonial period to the continent’s current struggles to survive in an increasingly global economy.
PREREQUISIT: At least six hours of African and African American course and/or permission of instructor
15-AFAM-442 Religion in African American Literature
An exploration of religious themes in African American literature, with particular emphasis on twentieth century African American writers and their building on a historical and cultural tradition. [C,O]
15-AFAM-443 Race in African American Literature
An examination of African American writers whose creative vision focuses on issues of race. A look at those writers and their treatment of race in selected fiction, poetry, and exposition. [C,O]
15-AFAM-450 West African History and Civilizations
This course examines the process of state formation, the trans-Saharan trade, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and other historical developments in West Africa prior to European colonization. [W]
PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-451 Colonization, Nationalism, and Post-Colonial West African States
This course will examine European colonization, the various colonial policies, the struggle for independence and developments since independence. [W]
PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-452 Liberation Struggles
This course focuses on the movements of people of African descent in search of freedom from colonialism, racial oppression, slavery and apartheid. Using a comparative approach, it traces evolving programs and conceptions of the freedom struggle across generations and regions. Topics include the African American Civil Rights Movement, the South African anti-apartheid movement, and anti-colonial movements of Africa and the Caribbean. [W, O] PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-453 Afro-Caribbean History
A study of the history of people of African descent in the Caribbean, Central and South America from slavery to the present. Topics include slavery and resistance, post-emancipation labor systems, the rise of Pan-Africanism, and modern Black hemispheric politics. [W] PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-460 Africana Demography
This course will explore demographic dynamics in the African Diaspora, e.g. Africa, Latin and North America and the West Indies. We will examine issues related to population growth, contraction and movement. In doing so, we will examine population processes such as fertility, mortality and migration. We will, likewise look at the economic and environmental implications of population with particular focus on historical and current theoretical and empirical debates on population and development and population and environment.
15-AFAM-462 History of South Africa
This course will focus on the history of South Africa prior to and after the settlement of the first European colony in 1652. It will also examine how European presence led to the development of an unequal society that culminated in the birth of the apartheid regime in 1948. [W]
PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-465 African American Art, 1619-1945 **
This course addresses African American visual arts (applied arts and crafts, painting, sculpture, prints, illustrations, photography, and architecture) in their cultural contexts from 1619-1945. We will discuss the works of craftspersons, fine artists, and self-taught artists in light of such issues as slavery, emancipation, patronage, popular imagery, and national and ethnic identities.
15-AFAM-466 African American Art, 1945-Present **
This course is designed to familiarize students with art by Black Americans in the U.S. from 1945 to present. We will study paintings, sculpture, prints, quilts, self-taught art, photography, installations, environments, and murals in chronological and thematic manner via slide presentations, videos, class discussions, field trips to area museums, and optional film screenings.
15-AFAM-470 The City in African-American Literature
Examines the Black urban experience in 20th century fiction and explores how post-Harlem Renaissance writers conceive of the modern city. Includes service-learning component. Cross-listed with the Department of English. [C, O]
PREREQUISITES: Prior African American Studies coursework in the area and/or permission of instructor.
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These courses are typically reserved for junior and senior African and African American Studies majors and minors who have taken, at minimum, the foundational courses in African and African American Studies (100-200 level courses) and some topical courses (300-400 level courses). Course work in one of the concentrations in African and African American Studies, e.g., Black Cultural Studies, Black Social Organization, and/or Globalization and the African World, beyond the foundational courses is recommended. Courses on the 500 level can also be taken for graduate credit.
15-AFAM-505 - Research in African American Studies
This course will examine social science research methodologies and theoretical frameworks within African and African American Studies. It is intended as a practical introduction to a variety of methods and issues involved in doing social research with populations of the African Diaspora. Students will gain experience in the collection and analysis of social science data. Throughout the course students will interrogate the question "Is there a distinct Black research epistemology?" as they conduct a community research study. [C, O, W]
PREREQUISITES: Junior/Senior African and African American Studies majors and minors, graduate students and/or permission of instructor. 21 credit hours of African and African American Studies coursework strongly recommended.
15-AFAM-508 - Seminar in African World History
Intensive study of a selected topic in the history of people of African descent in the African continent, the Caribbean, Latin America, and/or Europe. [W]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor. Nine credits of foundational coursework required from the following list: 201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303, or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-509 - Seminar in African American History
Intensive study of selected topics examining how globalization has affected the African world as well as responses by people of African descent to it. [W]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor. Nine credits of foundational coursework required from the following list: 201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303, or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-515 - African American Social and Political Thought
A study of the ideologies and programs of major African American political theorists. Topics include colonization movements and other themes. [W, O, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-520, 521 - Internship in African and African American Studies
Internship experience that allows students to investigate the applicability of African and African American Studies in the work world. Students gain exposure to work situations, develop new skills, and explore research and career opportunities.
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-522 - Teaching Practicum in African and African American Studies
Advanced African and African American Studies majors and minors work with a faculty member as a teaching assistant in a lower division African and African American Studies course. This is by invitation of a full-time faculty member only.
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-530-Seminar in Black Creative Expression
Intensive study of selected topics germane to the creative vision of African Americans as represented in the various artistic domains. Topics may include issues relevant to literature, film, popular culture, theater, visual art and music. [C, G]
PREREQUISITES: African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor. Nine credits of foundational coursework required from the following list: 210, 211, 212, 360, 361, 362, or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-532 - Black Popular Culture
This course takes a critical look at the popular culture of African Americans and how that culture impacts the life of African Americans daily. This course uses an analysis of film, music, literature, television and other media, the course takes a look at the relationship of race, class and gender to African American popular culture. The course will examine the specific challenges confronting African Americans as they seek to shape popular culture in a way that builds healthy identities and strong communities. [C, O, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-535 - Seminar in Black Community Development
Intensive study of topics relevant to Black social organization such as religion, housing, family structure, education, sports, employment, wealth, and poverty. Past topics have included Black Power in the 1990s, the state of Black intellectual production, and rethinking Black family studies. [O]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor. Nine credits required from the following list: 234, 235, 236, 204, 217 or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-537, 538, 539 - Individual Study
Students work with an African and African American Studies faculty mentor on one of two categories. Student initiated directed readings projects offer students the opportunity to pursue an independent reading on subjects related to some aspect of the African or African Diaspora experience. Upon invitation, students may be asked to participate in a directed research project by serving as a research assistant on a project of a full-time African Studies faculty member. Students must complete and submit an individual study contract to a faculty mentor for approval the quarter before the individual study takes place. African and African American Studies majors may count up to 9 credits of Individual Study toward the major. African and African American Studies minors may count up to 3 credits of Individual Study credit toward the minor.
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies senior majors or minors. Application and permission of faculty mentor required.
15-AFAM-540 Pan-Africanism and the Politics of Unity
Examines the nature and historical roots of Pan-Africanism in the Diaspora and its emergence on the African continent. The course will also discuss the nature, structure and functioning of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in the context of international politics. [C, O, W]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-550 - Comparative Racial Oppression in the United States and South Africa
This course examines the histories of racial oppression in the United States and south Africa from a comparative perspective. It focuses on socioeconomic systems of exploitation, the legal expression of these systems, the shape of racism, as well as the responses of Black people. [W, O]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-559 - Black Feminism
Advanced treatment of the social and political thought and/or the political activism of women of African descent. [C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor. 12 credits of prior coursework in African and African American Studies required, especially 204, 236, 304 and/or 305, or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-562 - Topics in African American Literature
An analysis of selected topics in the fiction, poetry, drams, and other forms of literature of African Americans.
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-563 - Topics in Black Gender Studies
An analysis of selected topics examining how gender operates as a fundamental principle of Black social organization. . [C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-565 - Topics in Black Social Organization
An analysis of selected topics in Black social organization such as religion, housing, family structure, education, sports, employment, wealth, and poverty. .[C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-566 - Topics in African World History
An analysis of selected topics in the history of people of African descent in the African continent, the Caribbean, Latin America, and/or Europe. . [C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-567 - Topics in Black Cultural Studies+
An analysis of selected topics in cultural forms and production of people of African descent in the African continent, North America, the Caribbean, Latin America and/or Europe. . [C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies majors/minors or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-575 Black Male Issues
This course is designed to identify, present and analyze theories and ideologies concerning Black male issues in America. An examination and survey will be made of the perceptions, images, realities and myths relating to Black male issues
15‑AFAM‑576 Seminar in Black Sexual Politics
Intensive study of selected topics examining how gender operates as a fundamental principle of Black social organization. [C, O]
PREREQUISITES: African American Studies junior and senior majors/minors or permission of the instructor. Nine credits required from the following: 204, 236, 304, 305, or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-580, 581, 582 The Law and Black People
This course is an in-depth analysis of the sociological, psychological and economic aspects of the justice system and laws as they relate to Black people with special emphasis on the immediate community. [H, O]
PREREQUISITES: 15 credit hours of African and African American Studies coursework and/or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-587 African-American Women’s History (C, O, G, W) **
This course traces the experiences of African American women against the backdrop of the triple jeopardizes of racism, sexism, and classism they face in American society. We will not only examine how these negative forces have affected these women’s lives and opportunities, but also the strategies and avenues they have employed in their multi-textured struggle for liberation.
15-AFAM-589 - Early Black Women Writers: Wheatley to Hurston
An examination of early Black women's literature with special emphasis on the writers' contribution to the development of the Black woman's literary tradition. [C, G]
PREREQUISITES: 210, 211, 212 or permission of the instructor.
15-AFAM-590 - Contemporary Black Women Writers: Hurston to the Present
A study of modern literature by Black women writers, with emphasis on the major traditions, i.e., naturalist, civil rights, the new Black Arts movement, Black womanism, etc. and the writers' contribution to the shaping of modern literary culture. The course also explores the writers' expressions of political, social, artistic and aesthetic issues. [C, G]
PREREQUISITES: 210, 211, 212 or permission of the instructor
15-AFAM-593 - Current Issues in Black America
Topics of special significance to African Americans in contemporary society, i.e., unemployment, housing, private and public education, sexism among Blacks, etc. [C, G, W, O]
PREREQUISITES: 15 credit hours of African and African American Studies coursework or permission of instructor.
15-AFAM-595, 596 - Senior Honors Project
Individual study by African American seniors writing a senior honors thesis or completing a senior honors project. By invitation of full-time faculty only. . [C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies senior majors.
15-AFAM-597 - Seminar in African and African American Studies
A capstone seminar for African and African American Studies majors. The major requirement consists of readings about important issues affecting African and African American Studies, and preparing a student portfolio containing a seminar paper or senior project, intellectual autobiography, and samples of work done in the major. . [C, O, W, G]
PREREQUISITES: African and African American Studies senior majors only who have taken one of the following: 508, 509, 530, 535, or 576.
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All of the following Independent study courses require approval by a full-time African and African American Studies faculty member arranged prior to the first week of class.
15-AFAM-600, 601 - Independent Study
Can be taken for 3-9 credits.
15-AFAM-800 - Master's Thesis Research
Can be taken for 3-15 credits.
15-AFAM-800,802 - Master's Thesis Research
Can be taken for 3-9 credits.
15-AFAM-900, 901 - Ph.D. Dissertation Research
Can be taken for 3-15 credits.
15-AFAM-902 - Directed Reading
Can be taken for 3-15 credits.
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