Course Descriptions
Undergraduate
AAAS 1100. Introduction to African-American and African Studies.
(X) (3) A multicultural focus on contemporary societies that
include black people and the methodology, key issues and themes
in African-American and African Studies. Readings on the experiences
of black people in their interaction with other cultures in Africa,
America and Europe. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 1101. The Black Experience I. (3) Personal development
of Black awareness; opportunities for exploration of self-definition;
and development of inter-personal relationship skills. Effective
community dialogue and action; creation and facilitation of community
involvement experience required. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 1102. The Black Experience II. (3) Prerequisite: AAAS
1100. Further personal development of Black awareness; student
orientation to experience involving Black perspective; African-American
experience as topic for study and examination. Community involvement
experience required. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 1103. The African Experience I. (3) Introductory survey
of the history and culture of African peoples within the context
of pre-colonial, colonial, and independent Africa. Focus on unique
social, political, economic processes and problems in Africa.
Indepth study of outstanding African leaders as representatives
of their societies. (Fall)
AAAS 1104. The African Experience II. (3) Exploration of
contemporary issues in Africa and their impact on African-Americans
and other Africans in the diaspora. Impact of European colonization
on Africa, including topics such as revolutionary and reform-oriented
political movements, racism, imperialism, nationalism, urbanization,
and Pan-Africanism. (Spring)
AAAS 1111. The African-American Experience Through Reconstruction.
(3) African-American experience in America through Reconstruction.
Topics include: system of slavery, free blacks in north and south,
compromises with the peculiar institution, and impact of the civil
war and reconstruction on the freedom, citizenship, and suffrage
of African-Americans. (Fall)
AAAS 1112. The African-American Experience: Reconstruction
Through the Present. (3) Prerequisites: AAAS 1100 and 1111
for majors and AAAS 1100 or 1111 for non-majors. An interdisciplinary
survey of key issues, debates, and personalities in the African-American
experience from 1865 to the present. (Spring)
AAAS 2105. Black Images in the Media. (3) Examination of
African-American images projected through electronic and print
media, historically and currently. (Yearly)
AAAS 2106. Literary Analysis of Black Protest of the 1960's
(3) Selected African-American literary works examined as outgrowths
of the 1960's protest movement. Poetry, drama and nonfiction of
period studied. (Spring)
AAAS 2201. Introduction to Human Relations. (C) (3) Prerequisite:
AAAS 1100. Understanding of self and others in a pluralistic society;
analysis of theories of personal growth and interaction within
the context of differing multi-ethnic values, mores and contributions.
(Fall, Spring)
AAAS 2203. African-American Culture I. (3) Focus on the
aesthetic dimensions of African-American culture through examination
of aspects of literature, music, drama, art and dance. (Fall)
AAAS 2204. African-American Culture II. (3) Study of Black
culture as manifested in social, political, economic and religious
institutions through directed field work, lectures and research.
(Spring)
AAAS 2205. African Culture I. (3) Survey of lifestyles
in Africa with emphasis on the patterns of social behavior and
communal organization that link and relate to the African-American
experience and heritage. Research required. (Fall)
AAAS 2206. African Literature, Music and Art. (A) (3) Survey
of African cultures through literature, music, drama, oral history
and art with emphasis on the cultural undertones that link and
relate the African-American experience and heritage. Creative research
or community projects required. (Spring)
AAAS 2207. Introduction to Pan-Africanism. (3) Interdisciplinary
study of Pan-Africanism. Examination of historical and contemporary
efforts of peoples of African descent to unite their struggles
for human advancement and equality in the United States, Latin
America, Western Europe, and Africa, including critical review
of popular movements, leading proponents and the significant organizational
manifestations of Pan-Africanism. (Alternate years)
AAAS 2208. Education and African-Americans. (3) Examination
of the problems and challenges of educating African-Americans.
Topics include: conceptual approaches to education; historical
and contemporary overview of education for African-Americans; the
impact of race and discrimination; analysis of existing curricula;
and suggested models for a multi-racial and multi-cultural education.
(Fall)
AAAS 2215. Black Families in the United States. (W) (3)
Critical and comprehensive examination of the life of African-American
families in the United States including the historical evolution
of black families and their relationship with the political-economic
structures of American society. (Yearly)
AAAS 2221. Introduction to Contemporary Africa. (3) Study
of Africa from 1960 to the present. Focus on political, economic,
and social changes and Africa's integration into the community
of nations. (Fall)
AAAS 3050. Topics in African-American and African Studies.
(3) Treatment of a special topic. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary, with approval of the Chairperson. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 3101. Values in Racial Perspectives. (VX) (3) Study
of values and makeup of American pluralistic society in historical
and contemporary context. Focus on understanding of African-American
values vis-a-vis those of majority society. (Spring)
AAAS 3150. Black Church/Civil Rights Movement. (VX) (3)
Role of the black church in the struggle for human equality. Topics
include radical, moderate, and accommodationist leadership styles;
historical development of the black church in the South and its
emergence as a foundation for the modern civil rights movement.
(Same as RELS 3150) (Fall)
AAAS 3179. African-American Political Philosophy. (3) Prerequisite:
3000 level course on Africa from AAAS, POLS, or HIST. Analysis
of competing ideologies in African-American political philosophy.
(Same as POLS 3172) (On demand)
AAAS 3190. The Political Economy of the Caribbean. (3)
An examination of the manifestations of Caribbean economic problems
and policies and Caribbean political development from the post-war
period to the present. (Fall)
AAAS 3230. Poverty and Discrimination. (3) Economic roots
of poverty and discrimination and the impact of anti-poverty and
anti-discrimination laws on Black America. (Spring)
AAAS 3250. Political Economy of Black America. (3) Examines
the problems and the issues influencing the development of the
black economic base in the United States and its role in the American
economy. (Fall)
AAAS 3265. African Economic Development. Focus on economic
theories, planning, production, and resource allocation strategies,
capital formation, foreign aid and multinational corporations
in Africa. (Yearly)
AAAS 3290. Research Methods. (3) Prerequisite: completion
of sophomore-year courses or instructor's permission. Design of
a research project with emphasis on developing sound research
skills and methods. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 3601. Senior Seminar. (3) Prerequisite: completion
of junior-year courses. Corequisite: AAAS 3990. Reading, discussion,
reports. Peer critique of conceptualization, methodology and research
of Senior Project. May be repeated for credit with consent of
Advisory Committee. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 3692. Colloquium. (W) (3) Prerequisite: consent of
the instructor. A weekly colloquium; research and writing; opportunity
for intellectual stimulation, critique and problem solving. Open
to majors and non-majors. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 3895. Independent Study. (13) Prerequisite: consent
of the Department. Supervised investigation of a problem or subject
in the area of African-American and African Studies. Majors only.
May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring)
AAAS 3990. Senior Project. (215) Prerequisite: completion
of junior-year courses. Corequisite: AAAS 3601. The writing of
a senior research paper or work on a community-related project.
Emphasis on mastery of skills and content of the discipline. (May
be repeated twice for credit with instructor's consent.) (Fall,
Spring)
AAAS 4101. Modern African Literature in English. (3) (3G)
Prerequisite: junior standing; AAAS 1100 or 2206 for AAAS majors.
Topics included: traditional African and Western literary influences,
the culture debate, post-independence satire, decolonization of
African literature, apartheid, and women writers. (On demand)
AAAS 4102. Caribbean Literature in English. (3) (3G) Prerequisite:
junior standing; at least one course in AAAS for AAAS majors.
Topics include: loneliness, quest for identity, nationalism, protest,
and the use of patois. (On demand)
AAAS 4103. Warfare, the Military and Civil Wars in Africa.
(3) (3G) Prerequisite: 3000 or above course on Africa. Nature
and conduct of warfare in ancient and modern times in Africa,
including technology and strategy; analysis of events and institutions
using military means such as civil wars, liberation and secession
movements, the army, and their impact on African societies. (On
demand)
AAAS 4105. Foreign Policy of African States. (3) (3G) Prerequisite:
upper level course on Africa. A theoretical approach to the study
of the external and internal factors influencing the development,
implementation, and conduct of foreign policy of African States.
(Same As POLS 3169) (Spring)
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