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AFS-130 Introduction to African-American Studies
Consideration of African Americans within the broader context of the African Diaspora. Students are introduced to a broad range of themes in their historical context, from the African origin of world civilization to the formation of African American societies and cultures. Other themes include the enslavement of Africans, rise and fall of slavocracy, Civil Rights and Black Power struggles, and the emergence of African-centered scholarship and praxis.
AFS-219 African American Protest Literature
Survey of the rich tradition of African American protest in the United States that has its roots in the American Revolution and continues to be an important part of our culture today. The course examines the historical and cultural contexts for these expressions of protest as well as their form, style, and approach.
AFS-220 African American Literature of the Civil War Era
Examination of the rich literature of African American service in the Civil War. The course studies diaries, memoirs, articles, letters, and speeches to see not only how African Americans described their Civil War experiences, but also how the Civil War brought new light and new motivation to a central theme of African American literature across various genres: the quest for equal rights.
AFS-221 Civil War and Civil Rights: African American Activism in the Nineteenth Century
As study of the African American civil rights movement that began with the fight against slavery and continued throughout the nineteenth century. In addition to African American participation in the abolition movement, this course examines the Underground Railroad, the debate over colonization, participation in the Civil War, and the post-war struggle for equality and civil rights.
AFS-230 Introduction to African Studies
Introduction to the study of the history and culture of various regions and groups in Africa. This course focuses on both the actual history and culture and how these have been portrayed from different intellectual perspectives. Topics covered include, African philosophical beliefs; an examination of the slave trade, the participants and its impact; political traditions and systems in Africa; economic systems and the impact of, and resistance to imperialism.
AFS-233 Southern African: History, Conflict, and Change
Introduction to a dynamic, yet conflict-ridden part of the African continent. Course focuses on characteristics of the precolonial societies and the nature of their early contact with the European settlers in the seventeenth century, the triumph of the white immigrants over indigenous Africans, the emergence of South Africa as a regional economic power, and the social contradictions that have come to characterize what is now called the Republic of South Africa. A subject of special attention will be the internal and external opposition to racial oppression.
AFS-236 Mapping Caribbean Identities
Study of the evolution of the Caribbean people from colonial to post-colonial times through careful reading of literature. Course includes novels from the English, Spanish, and French Caribbean. A small and accessible body of postcolonial theory supplements the works of fiction. Focus is on the different political, economic, and cultural realities imposed on the various islands and their populations by the respective colonizing powers.
AFS-247 History of African American Music
A survey of the history of African American music in the United States, beginning with a perusal of music in Africa and the Caribbean and tracing its development from spirituals to hip-hop. Disciplinary perspectives range from ethnomusicology (the study of music in its cultural context) to anthropology, religious studies, critical race theory and gender studies. No previous academic experience with music is required.
AFS-248 Topics in Africana Studies
Rigorous, detailed examination of the philosophical and intellectual traditions that shape a common social heritage shared by Africans and African Americans. Course assumes a cultural perspective toward human organization to understand the social dimensions of the historical and contemporary ordering and governance of the African life by systems of religious, economic, and educational thought. Fulfills the Cultural Diversity Domestic/Conceptual Goal.
AFS-250 Topics in Africana Studies
Rigorous, detailed examination of the philosophical and intellectual traditions that shape a common social heritage shared by Africans and African Americans. Course assumes a cultural perspective toward human organization to understand the social dimensions of the historical and contemporary ordering and governance of the African life by systems of religious, economic, and educational thought. Fulfills either the Cultural Diversity Nonwestern or Cultural Diversity Domestic/Conceptual Goal
AFS-267 Race, Gender and The Law
Study of the manner in which African Americans, other people of color, and women in the United States have historically worked, individually and through various representative organizations, to gain rights and protection under the law. U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights law, and criminal law are examined as well as feminist legal theory and critical race theory. Despite substantional gains since the civil rights movement, the law is not a static entity; new law arising from judicial decision or statuette continually threatens the freedoms that Americans currently enjoy.
AFS-268 Civil Rights in America
An examination of African Americans and their quest for civil rights from a national, state and local perspective. Using textual and non-textual materials, the pursuit of political, social and economic equality frame discussions that consider racial segregation, African American leadership, the quest for the franchise, the empowering impact of World Wars I and II, political strategies, and the effectiveness and lasting influence of the modern civil rights movement in America.
AFS-280 African American English: Language in Black and White
Investigation of the variety of English referred to as African American English (or Ebonics) with specific focus on the following areas: grammatical structure, pragmatics, history, and educational issues.
AFS-290 Language, Race and Education
An exploration of the educational consequences of linguistic and cultural diversity and a broad overview of sociolinguistic topics, with the goal of introducing students to current issues in the field. Topics include language contact and language prestige, multilingualism and bidialectalism, communicative competence, language and social identity, code switching and diglossia, language socialization and language ideology and their consequences for educational policy and practice.
AFS-318 Africana Music: Juju to Hiphop
An interdisciplinary perusal of issues surrounding Africana musics ranging from African music such as jùjú to Afro-Caribbean styles such as salsa and African American forms such as jazz and hip-hop. This discussion-oriented course calls upon perspectives from Africana studies, ethnomusicology (the study of music in its cultural context), anthropology, religious studies, history, philosophy, critical race theory, gender studies, and literary criticism.
AFS-321 Francophone African Women Writers: Breaking the Mold
A study of Francophone African literature by major women authors. The course covers themes pertinent to the contemporary representation of African society and women’s place in it. A small and accessible body of postcolonial and critical theory supplements the works of fiction to help place the novels in their literary and cultural context.
AFS-325 The Congo, Diaspora, and Memory
Exploration of the significance of the Congo in Africa and African Diaspora cultures. This class studies literary and other cultural works from African and African American (US and Caribbean) artists, concentrating on novels, plays, poetry, painting, and film about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) with some attention to the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Topics include the anticolonial struggle, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the 1974 Ali-Foreman championship fight, and President Mobutu?s ?authenticity? campaign.
AFS-331 Africana Intellectual History
Exploration of the evolution, links, and applications of black thought in the Atlantic World. Efforts toward political, economic, and social change in the African Diaspora are examined through the lenses of various ideologies and historical contexts, such as black emancipation and nationalist movements, black and African feminism, and global expansion of hip hop culture. Students conduct extensive analysis and discussion of oral traditions and primary writings, stretching from Sundiata to C. L. R. James, Sojourner Truth to Franz Fanon, and Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis
AFS-348 Advanced Topics in Africana Studies
Examinations of the political, cultural, historical, or economic experience and expressions of the people of the African Diaspora. Topics numbered 348 fulfill cultural diversity domestic conceptual, 349 fulfill cultural diversity nonwestern and 350 fulfill either goal.
AFS-351 The Congo, Diaspora, and Memory
Exploration of the significance of the Congo in Africa and African Diaspora cultures. This class studies literary and other cultural works from African and African American (US and Caribbean) artists, concentrating on novels, plays, poetry, painting, and film about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) with some attention to the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Topics include the anticolonial struggle, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the 1974 Ali-Foreman championship fight, and President Mobutu's "authenticity" campaign.
AFS-450 Individualized Study-Tutorial
Individualized tutorial counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
AFS-460 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
AFS-462 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research not counting toward minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
AFS-474 Summer Internship
Summer Internship graded A-F, counts for mimimum requirements for a major or minor only with written permission filed in the Registrar's Office.
AFS-477 Summer Internship
AFS-130 Introduction to African-American Studies
Consideration of African Americans within the broader context of the African Diaspora. Students are introduced to a broad range of themes in their historical context, from the African origin of world civilization to the formation of African American societies and cultures. Other themes include the enslavement of Africans, rise and fall of slavocracy, Civil Rights and Black Power struggles, and the emergence of African-centered scholarship and praxis.
AFS-219 African American Protest Literature
Survey of the rich tradition of African American protest in the United States that has its roots in the American Revolution and continues to be an important part of our culture today. The course examines the historical and cultural contexts for these expressions of protest as well as their form, style, and approach.
AFS-220 African American Literature of the Civil War Era
Examination of the rich literature of African American service in the Civil War. The course studies diaries, memoirs, articles, letters, and speeches to see not only how African Americans described their Civil War experiences, but also how the Civil War brought new light and new motivation to a central theme of African American literature across various genres: the quest for equal rights.
AFS-221 Civil War and Civil Rights: African American Activism in the Nineteenth Century
As study of the African American civil rights movement that began with the fight against slavery and continued throughout the nineteenth century. In addition to African American participation in the abolition movement, this course examines the Underground Railroad, the debate over colonization, participation in the Civil War, and the post-war struggle for equality and civil rights.
AFS-230 Introduction to African Studies
Introduction to the study of the history and culture of various regions and groups in Africa. This course focuses on both the actual history and culture and how these have been portrayed from different intellectual perspectives. Topics covered include, African philosophical beliefs; an examination of the slave trade, the participants and its impact; political traditions and systems in Africa; economic systems and the impact of, and resistance to imperialism.
AFS-233 Southern African: History, Conflict, and Change
Introduction to a dynamic, yet conflict-ridden part of the African continent. Course focuses on characteristics of the precolonial societies and the nature of their early contact with the European settlers in the seventeenth century, the triumph of the white immigrants over indigenous Africans, the emergence of South Africa as a regional economic power, and the social contradictions that have come to characterize what is now called the Republic of South Africa. A subject of special attention will be the internal and external opposition to racial oppression.
AFS-236 Mapping Caribbean Identities
Study of the evolution of the Caribbean people from colonial to post-colonial times through careful reading of literature. Course includes novels from the English, Spanish, and French Caribbean. A small and accessible body of postcolonial theory supplements the works of fiction. Focus is on the different political, economic, and cultural realities imposed on the various islands and their populations by the respective colonizing powers.
AFS-247 History of African American Music
A survey of the history of African American music in the United States, beginning with a perusal of music in Africa and the Caribbean and tracing its development from spirituals to hip-hop. Disciplinary perspectives range from ethnomusicology (the study of music in its cultural context) to anthropology, religious studies, critical race theory and gender studies. No previous academic experience with music is required.
AFS-248 Topics in Africana Studies
Rigorous, detailed examination of the philosophical and intellectual traditions that shape a common social heritage shared by Africans and African Americans. Course assumes a cultural perspective toward human organization to understand the social dimensions of the historical and contemporary ordering and governance of the African life by systems of religious, economic, and educational thought. Fulfills the Cultural Diversity Domestic/Conceptual Goal.
AFS-250 Topics in Africana Studies
Rigorous, detailed examination of the philosophical and intellectual traditions that shape a common social heritage shared by Africans and African Americans. Course assumes a cultural perspective toward human organization to understand the social dimensions of the historical and contemporary ordering and governance of the African life by systems of religious, economic, and educational thought. Fulfills either the Cultural Diversity Nonwestern or Cultural Diversity Domestic/Conceptual Goal
AFS-267 Race, Gender and The Law
Study of the manner in which African Americans, other people of color, and women in the United States have historically worked, individually and through various representative organizations, to gain rights and protection under the law. U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights law, and criminal law are examined as well as feminist legal theory and critical race theory. Despite substantional gains since the civil rights movement, the law is not a static entity; new law arising from judicial decision or statuette continually threatens the freedoms that Americans currently enjoy.
AFS-268 Civil Rights in America
An examination of African Americans and their quest for civil rights from a national, state and local perspective. Using textual and non-textual materials, the pursuit of political, social and economic equality frame discussions that consider racial segregation, African American leadership, the quest for the franchise, the empowering impact of World Wars I and II, political strategies, and the effectiveness and lasting influence of the modern civil rights movement in America.
AFS-280 African American English: Language in Black and White
Investigation of the variety of English referred to as African American English (or Ebonics) with specific focus on the following areas: grammatical structure, pragmatics, history, and educational issues.
AFS-290 Language, Race and Education
An exploration of the educational consequences of linguistic and cultural diversity and a broad overview of sociolinguistic topics, with the goal of introducing students to current issues in the field. Topics include language contact and language prestige, multilingualism and bidialectalism, communicative competence, language and social identity, code switching and diglossia, language socialization and language ideology and their consequences for educational policy and practice.
AFS-318 Africana Music: Juju to Hiphop
An interdisciplinary perusal of issues surrounding Africana musics ranging from African music such as jùjú to Afro-Caribbean styles such as salsa and African American forms such as jazz and hip-hop. This discussion-oriented course calls upon perspectives from Africana studies, ethnomusicology (the study of music in its cultural context), anthropology, religious studies, history, philosophy, critical race theory, gender studies, and literary criticism.
AFS-321 Francophone African Women Writers: Breaking the Mold
A study of Francophone African literature by major women authors. The course covers themes pertinent to the contemporary representation of African society and women’s place in it. A small and accessible body of postcolonial and critical theory supplements the works of fiction to help place the novels in their literary and cultural context.
AFS-325 The Congo, Diaspora, and Memory
Exploration of the significance of the Congo in Africa and African Diaspora cultures. This class studies literary and other cultural works from African and African American (US and Caribbean) artists, concentrating on novels, plays, poetry, painting, and film about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) with some attention to the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Topics include the anticolonial struggle, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the 1974 Ali-Foreman championship fight, and President Mobutu?s ?authenticity? campaign.
AFS-331 Africana Intellectual History
Exploration of the evolution, links, and applications of black thought in the Atlantic World. Efforts toward political, economic, and social change in the African Diaspora are examined through the lenses of various ideologies and historical contexts, such as black emancipation and nationalist movements, black and African feminism, and global expansion of hip hop culture. Students conduct extensive analysis and discussion of oral traditions and primary writings, stretching from Sundiata to C. L. R. James, Sojourner Truth to Franz Fanon, and Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis
AFS-348 Advanced Topics in Africana Studies
Examinations of the political, cultural, historical, or economic experience and expressions of the people of the African Diaspora. Topics numbered 348 fulfill cultural diversity domestic conceptual, 349 fulfill cultural diversity nonwestern and 350 fulfill either goal.
AFS-351 The Congo, Diaspora, and Memory
Exploration of the significance of the Congo in Africa and African Diaspora cultures. This class studies literary and other cultural works from African and African American (US and Caribbean) artists, concentrating on novels, plays, poetry, painting, and film about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) with some attention to the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Topics include the anticolonial struggle, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the 1974 Ali-Foreman championship fight, and President Mobutu's "authenticity" campaign.
AFS-450 Individualized Study-Tutorial
Individualized tutorial counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
AFS-460 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
AFS-462 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research not counting toward minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
AFS-474 Summer Internship
Summer Internship graded A-F, counts for mimimum requirements for a major or minor only with written permission filed in the Registrar's Office.
AFS-477 Summer Internship
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