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AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (AFAS)
160. Minority Relations and Urban Society (3) I II (Identical with SOC 160, which is home). Change course number to: 260. See new number for additional changes. Effective Spring 1999.
190. Introduction to African History (3) (Identical with HIST 190, which is home).
195. Colloquium
a. African Aesthetics (1) I
200. Africana Studies (3) I II Course provides a comprehensive understanding of the African American experience as grounded in the humanities and social sciences. A broad investigation of Africana history and culture and its subsequent evolution in the United States. Tier 2 - Humanities.
204. Inter-African /Diasporational Relations and Culture (3) I II Global, comparative analysis of religion and culture in Africa, the Caribbean, U.S., and South America. Impact of African religions in the contemporary world. (Identical with RELI 204).
220. Introduction to African American Studies (3) I Introductory survey of the literature, history, culture and social issues affecting Black Americans. (Identical with SOC 220).
222. African American Studies: A History of Ideas (3) II The theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in the areas of epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas will be examined. (Identical with ANTH 222, PHIL 222). Approved as Tier 2 - Humanities. Fulfills the Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western area study requirement. Effective Spring 1999..
223. African Philosophical Worlds (3) I II Course acquaints students with the theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas is examined.
224. Models of Resistance: Post 16th Century African Liberation Movements in Southeast (3) I There were actually several "Souths" during the Holocaust of Enslavement. However, courses taught in the era of African enslavement have tended to focus on the northern most regions, such as Virginia, which are often taken to represent-if not constitute-the South. This course looks at the other "South" and the French and Spanish colonizers of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana. It offers a different perspective of the beginnings of the Great Enslavement and compares and contrasts the lives and struggles of enslaved, freed, and self-emancipated Africans in the Southwest during the tenure of Spain. (Identical with HIST 224). Tier 2 - Humanities
230. Introduction to African Literature (3) I II Anglophone and Francophone literature. Focuses on major authors; Achebe, Soyinka, Head, Wa Thiong'O, Brutus, Emecheta. Employs bio-literary analysis. (Identical with ENGL 230).
245. African Literature in Translation (3) II (Identical with FREN 245, which is home).
249. Images of Africa (3) I (Identical with FREN 249, which is home).
260. Minority Relations and Urban Society (3) I II (Identical with SOC 160, which is home). Change course title to: Ethnic Relations in the United States. Approved as Tier 2 - Individuals and Societies. Fulfills the Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western area study requirement. Effective Spring 1999.
299. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II
300. Historical Overview of African Cinema and Filmmaking (3) I Stresses techniques, styles, aesthetics, and comparative content analysis. Explores "socialist realist" narrative and other themes.
301. Introduction to Research Methods in African American Studies (3) I II Research methodologies and theoretical framework pertinent to the diverse disciplines of African American Studies.
306. African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories (3) I II Exploration of the relationship of "so-called" subjective writing to the shaping of history through the study of African American autobiographies from Frederick Douglass' "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" (1845) through Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery" , Du Bois' "Dusk of Dawn", Richard Wright's "Black Boy", and Zora Neale Hurston's "Dust Tracks in the Road". (Identical with W S 306).
329. Cultures and Societies of Africa (3) II (Identical with ANTH 329, which is home).
330. Minority Groups and American Politics (3) I II (Identical with POL 330, which is home). Fulfills the Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western area study requirement.
339. Introduction to African and African-American Art (3) I II (Identical with ARH 339, which is home).
342. Writers, Women and the Gods: The Caribbean Novel (3) [Rpt./ 2] I Examination of novels written by women in the Caribbean with focus on the turn to local, folk or alternative culture; the uses of religion in narrative and as image; and the construction of a uniquely female identity or voice. Since the 1960s, women's writing in the Caribbean has helped to redefine fiction in the Americas. (Identical with ENGL 342, W S 342).
344. African American Religion (3) I II GRD Critical, thematic exegesis of indigenous African and Christian contributions to African American religions. Analyzes role of religion in resisting oppression and racial injustice. (Identical with ANTH 344, RELI 344).
347. The Old South (3) I II (Identical with HIST 347, which is home).
348. The South Since the Civil War (3) I II (Identical with HIST 348, which is home).
351. Race and Class in Latin America (3) II (Identical with HIST 351, which is home).
384. Topics in African History (3) [Rpt./ 1] (Identical with HIST 384, which is home).
396H. Honors Proseminar (4) I II
399. Independent Study (3) [Rpt./] I II
399H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II
426. Archaeology of Africa (3) I II (Identical with ANTH 426, which is home). May be convened with AFAS 526.
435. The Coming of the Civil War, U.S. 1845-1861 (3) I (Identical with HIST 435, which is home).
436. Civil War and Reconstruction, U.S. 1861-1878 (3) II (Identical with HIST 436, which is home).
450. French Literature of Black America and the Caribbean (3) I (Identical with FREN 450, which is home).
467. Race and Ethnic Relations (3) I II (Identical with SOC 467, which is home).
468. Government and Politics of Africa (3) I II (Identical with POL 468, which is home). Fulfills the Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western area study requirement.
478. African American Literature (3) I (Identical with ENGL 478, which is home).
487A. Race and Public Policy (3) I (Identical with POL 487B, which is home). Fulfills the Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western area study requirement.
487B. Race and Public Policy (3) I (Identical with POL 487B, which is home).
495. Colloquium
b. Studies in Black America (3) I II (Identical with HIST 495B, which is home).
498. Senior Capstone (1-3) I II
499. Independent Study (1-6) [Rpt./] I II
526. Archaeology of Africa (3) I II (Identical with ANTH 526, which is home). May be convened with AFAS 426.
596. Proseminar
j. Issues in African Art History (3) [Rpt./ 3] I II (Identical with ARH 596J, which is home).