Major outcomes:
- Students will employ at least 2 disciplinary lenses of analysis that focus on a specific aspect of the life experiences of people of African descent (for example in written assignments or oral presentations.)
- Students will explain, verbally and/or in writing, the interrelationships between people from sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, or other parts of the African diaspora in two or more of the following areas: linguistic, intellectual, political, economic, or cultural.
- Students will define and provide examples of colonization, decolonization, Black liberation/power movements and their legacies.
- Students will explain, verbally and/or in writing, the concept of intersectionality via specific connections with race, ethnicity, class and gender.
- Students will identify and explain the goals of one or more current social justice initiatives involving people of African descent in the United States and abroad.
Minor outcomes:
- In their consideration of the life experiences of people of African descent, students will employ at least 2 disciplinary lenses of analysis to produce term papers or projects.
- Students will explain, verbally and/or in writing, the interrelationships between people from sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, or other parts of the African diaspora in two or more of the following areas: linguistic, intellectual, political, economic, or cultural.
- Students will explain, verbally and in writing, the concept of intersectionality via specific connections with race, ethnicity, class and gender.
- Students will demonstrate an awareness of current social justice initiatives involving people of African descent in the United States and abroad.