Undergraduate African American Studies
Undergraduate African American Studies
2019 Fall 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.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
AFRIAMR 270
This course provides lower level undergraduate students with systematic sociological understanding of the historical and current experiences of African American people.
BLACK POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT
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.
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.