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Undergraduate African American Studies

2012 Spring Term

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INTRODUCTION TO BLACK CULTURE (DV)(GE)

AFRIAMR 100

This course is an introduction to the experiences, literature, art and music of Black people. Emphasis will be placed on major Black contributions to American culture. Special attention will be paid to Black studies as a discipline.

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MODERN BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY (DV)(GE)

AFRIAMR 141

A critical examination and analysis of the status and role of Black Americans in the United States since 1865.

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS (DV)(GE)

AFRIAMR 261

The course examines the African-American experience of race, ethnicity, class, and gender within the context of American political landscape. It will therefore explore the unique history, content and forms of African-American political participation as well as their struggle for freedom and equality as full citizens in the workings of various American political institutions.

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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (DV)(GE)

AFRIAMR 270

This course provides lower level undergraduate students with systematic sociological understanding of the historical and current experiences of African American people. (Cross-listed with Sociology)

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A HISTORY OF BLACK MIGRATION IN THE U.S. (DV)(GE)

AFRIAMR 321

This course will examine and analyze the impact of Black migration from rural south to the northern urban centers since the turn of the century.

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1800 TO THE PRESENT (DV)

AFRIAMR 345

A survey of essays, prose, fiction, drama, and poetry written by African-Americans from the Colonial period to the present.

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BLACK POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT (DV)

AFRIAMR 365

This course will utilize a Pan-African approach to provide an organized and systematic pattern of social and political ideologies/thought put forth by Black publicists and theorists concerning the organization of their society. As such, it will survey the principal personalities and major protest movements that have emerged in the Diaspora African Community, as well as pay special attention to selected African ideologies and personalities involved in shaping Black political and social thought.

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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA

AFRIAMR 461

The course will critically analyze the political events, major problems, processes and trends in Sub-Saharan African politics and society. It will also attempt to examine the prospects for economic development and democracy in contemporary Africa. Some African countries will be selected for special attention.

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INDEPENDENT STUDY

AFRIAMR 498

Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.