African And African American Studies
Program Courses
- Fall 2009
MAIN THEMES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (AFST 201)
001 FR 2:00PM-4:40 PM Ture, K.
An interdisciplinary multimedia course exploring the culture and history of peoples of African descent.
GenED II.C.3. (UG) 3 credits
AFRICAN AMERICAN ART (ARTH 335)
101 T 6:30 PM-9:15 PM Copeland, J.
African American art and artists within the context of American art.
Prerequisite: ARTH 222 or junior standing. (UG) 3 credits
SPECIAL TOPICS IN DANCE: CONTEMPORARY WEST AFRICAN REPERTORY (DANC 370)
004 T TH 3:30 PM- 4:45 PM Opare, K.
Repertory in modern and traditional music (Hip Hop, R &B, Traditional West African, Jazz, Ravel) with
West African-based movement. (UG) 1-3 credits
SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE (ENGL 233)
001 T TH 12:30 -1:45 PM Bynum, T.
002 T TH 3:30- 4:45 PM Bynum, T.
Slave narratives, post-Civil War, and twentieth-century developments, and such writers as
Wheatley, Douglass, Hughes, and King. Prerequisite: ENGL 102
GenEd II.C.3. (UG) 3 credits
MAJOR WRITERS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
(ENGL 234)
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50 AM Brown, M.
Literature of slavery, the Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Depression and after, with emphasis on
Chesnutt, Hughes, Wright, and Alice Walker. Prerequisite: ENGL 102: ENGL 233 is recommended, not required as a
prerequisite. GenEd II.C.3. (UG) 3 credits
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE: AFRICAN LITERATURE (ENGL 336)
001 MW 3:30-4:45 PM Swaray, N.
Readings in African literature examining the contemporary post-colonial experience by writers from different
regions of the African continent. Selected authors include Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ayi Kwei Armah,
Bessie Head, Wole Soyinka, and Camara Laye. Course fulfills the 300-level elective requirement for AFST minors
and the minor requirement for ENGL majors/minors in the WORLD LIT track. (UG) 3 credits
GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA (SOUTH OF THE SAHARA) (GEOG 431)
101 T 6:30 PM-9:10 PM McKim, W.
A systematic and regional approach to the study of people and environment of Africa, south of the Sahara. Special focus is placed on the distribution of natural resources and the historical-political development of each country as important background for the understanding of current African affairs. (UG) 3 credits
AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE (HIST 135)
001 T TH 2:00 PM -3:15 PM Romero, P.
Sub-Saharan Africa, including the evolution of traditional societies into Western-influenced states, supported by archaeological,
anthropological, ecological, geographical, literary, artistic, and musical evidence. GenEd IID (UG) 3 credits
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY (HIST 382/564)
101 W 5:00 PM-7:40 PM Staff
Political, economic, and social history of African Americans from the Civil War through the Civil Rights era. (UG) (G)
3 credits
JAZZ HISTORY for NON-MAJORS (MUSC 123)
001 T TH 2:00 PM-3:15 PM Lagana, T.
002 T TH 3:30 PM-4:45 PM McFalls, J.
101 T 6:00 PM-8:40 PM Pilzer, L.
102 TTH 5:30 PM-6:45 PM Lagana, T.
Stylistic survey of major currents in the history of jazz. Explores importance of this musical tradition in American culture.
GenED IIB.1 (UG) 3 credits
RACE, GENDER AND CLASS ( PHIL 204)
001 T TH 9:30 AM-10:45 AM Bardwell-Jones, C.
Social and political philosophy; contemporary American ideas of race, class and gender, with a focus on their
interrelatedness. GenEd II.C.3. (UG) 3 credits (Seven weeks)
AFRICAN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY (PHIL 251)
001 T TH 9:30 AM-10:45 AM Murungi, J.
A philosophical examination of the current issues in African American thought in such fields as religion,
politics, education, economics, and aesthetics. An effort will be made to determine the place and role of the contemporary
African American in history. GenEd II. C3 (UG) 3 credits
CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 432/532)
001 T TH 12:30 PM-1:45 PM Wallace, D.
002 T TH 12:30PM-1:45 PM Wallace, D.
Comparison of psychological behavior and theory in Western and non-Western cultures. Prerequisite: 6 units of PSYC.
(UG) (G) 3 credits
BLACKS IN AMERICA: MYTHS AND REALITY (SOCI 241
001 MWF 8:00 AM -8:50 AM Clifford, E.J.
002 MWF 9:00 Am-9:50 AM Clifford, E.J.
Prevailing myths regarding black society, development of such myths, and the reality which contradicts them.
GenEd II.C.3.
(UG) 3 credits
SOCIOLOGY OF RACE CLASS AND GENDER (SOCIOLOGY 243)
001 T TH 11:00 AM-12:15 PM Brotman, E.
101 T 6:30 PM-9:10 PM Johnson, G.
Traditional and contemporary sociological approaches to the nature of race, class, and gender inequalities. Gen Ed II.C.3.
3 credits
SOCIOLOGY OF IMMIGRATION (SOCI 440)
001 MW 2:00 PM-3:15 PM Clifford, E.
An examination of sociological research about immigration, an important force reshaping cities, suburbs, and rural areas;
altering racial dynamics; influencing education, families, labor markets, culture, and politics. (UG) 3 credits
CULTURAL DIVERSITY/CONTEMPORARY THEATRE (THEA 303)
001 MWF 8:00AM-8:50 AM Cauthen, R.
An examination of both the construction of cultural identity and issues of cultural conflict as they are expressed
in contemporary theatre. GenEd II. C. 3. (UG) 3 credits
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN (WMST 233)
001 TR 9:30 AM-10:45 AM Wangari, E.
101 TH 6:00 PM-8:40 PM Hiltner, T.
Interdisciplinary examination of women’s status and activism worldwide, including regional and local comparisons.
Roles of government and international organizations in shaping women’s experiences. GenEd IID. (UG) 3 credits
TOPICS IN WOMEN’S STUDIES: WOMEN OF COLOR (WMST 370)
001 T TH 11:00 AM-12:15 PM Wangari, E.
Interdisciplinary examination of women explores variety of issues with attention to the experiences of women of color in
the US and the Third World. Topics may include health care, violence against women, economic development,
environmental issues, political activism, political economy, population studies and/or public policy. (UG) 3 credits
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