AFRO-005 Intro-American Studies I. 3 crs.
Introduction to the Afro-American Studies (African American,
Africana, Black Studies) field and survey of factors
which helped create the Afro-American experience in the Western
Hemisphere.
Satisfies university-wide African American cluster requirement
and Divisional Studies a requirement for non-majors and
non-minors.
AFRO-006 Introduction to Afro-American Studies II. crs,
3. Systemic and structural exploration of issues involving
the African American domestic (family), religious, educational
and political institutions as they have been impacted
by the larger society. Satisfies University-wide African American
cluster requirement and Divisional Studies a requirement
for
non-majors and non-minors.
AFRO-101 Commercial Exploitation of the Third World 3
crs. Attention Given to the economics of colonial, neocolonial,
imperialistic, and nationalistic social formations and
movements in the “Third World.” Examination of
the political and economic forces that influenced the 19th
and 20th century
experience of persons of color beyond the USA.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-103 Programs for Economic Development. 3
crs. Analysis of the economic empowerment strategies
and philosophies of Afro-American leaders and organizations,
from the early 19th century to the present.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-115 Seminar on Teaching Black Studies. 3
crs. Analyzes the background of evolution and organization
of the emergent field of African American or Black Studies
in the context of American higher education.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing
AFRO-121 Special Topics in Black Studies. 3
crs. An in-depth study of selected issues in the African
American experience, with the topics varying from semester-to-semester.
Prereq:
Junior standing and departmental approval. Priority
consideration given to African American Studies majors
and minors.
AFRO-122 Black Philosophies of Education. crs.
Exploration and analysis of the historical and contemporary
pedagogical theories advanced by educators concerned
with the intellectual socialization of African American
learners.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-131 Black Philosophy. 3 crs. Examination
of the orienting ideas and ideologies of pre-colonial
and post-colonial African experiences as well as liberation
philosophies of the Black
Diaspora international comparative context.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing (Satisfies Divisional Studies
C requirement,)
AFRO-132 Politics of Black Autobiography. 3
crs. Examination of Black autobiography as manifested in the
works of specific personages from William Wells Brown through
Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, James Weldon Johnson
to Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, John Edgar Wideman and
Maya Angelou.
Prereq.: Junior standing.
AFRO-133 Nineteenth Century Black Social and Political
Thought. 3 crs. Examination of the major political
and social ideas advocated by black leadership in the 19th
century. Attention given to the relationship between social
and political thought and the struggles against slavery,
segregation and economic repression.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing. (Satisfies Divisional Studies
C requirement.)
AFRO-134 Twentieth Century Black Social and Political
Thought. 3 crs. Examination of the social and political
thought of black spokespersons as manifested in the
critical stages of reactions to problems of racial
status from 1900 to
the present.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-159 Senior Seminar. 3 crs. For Afro-American
Studies majors only. An overview of the discipline of
Afro-American Studies as related to a synthesis of courses
included
in departmental curriculum. Course work is designed to
assist students in preparing
for the Senior Comprehensive Examination and for the
production of a required formal research paper. All departmental
faculty
participate in the course.
AFRO-163 Black Experience in the Caribbean. 3
crs. Historical analysis of the European and African experiences
resulting from their joint presence in the Caribbean (Haiti,
Jamaica, Trinidad, Virgin Islands):16th century to the present.
AFRO-170 Independent Research. 3 crs. Individual
projects conducted on the Afro-American experience, under
supervision of a designated faculty member for departmental
majors only.
Prereq.: Junior standing; prior faculty approval required.
AFRO-775 Preparation for Practicum-Writing Across
the Curriculum. 3 crs. Basic social science research
training: practical techniques of participant observation,
data collection and assessment and, field reporting.
Prereq.: Junior or Senior standing. (Formerly AFRO-175)
AFRO-176 Practicum. 6 crs. Required of all
majors. In gaining fieldwork experiences permitting the
merger of theory with practical aspects of their chosen
areas, students
are required to serve internships with reputable organizations
external to the University and to present verbal and
written accounts of their learning experiences during
the semester of their particular internship.
Prereq.: AFRO-775 and senior status, majors only.
AFRO-165 Black Women in America. 3 crs. Analysis
of the historical involvement of black. women in American
institutions: education, religion, politics and social reconstruction.
Charts
linkages of black women in Africa and the Caribbean and
North America.
AFRO-191 Comparative Slavery: An Introduction. 3
crs. Survey of various systems of bondage in Europe proper,
the Near East, Africa and the Americas. Emphasis is placed
on the economic, social and cultural factors, which contributed
to the rise and decline of slavery throughout the world.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-192 Harlem Renaissance. 3 crs. Review
of the Harlem Renaissance movement, 1910 to 1945. The Harlem
Renaissance Movement symbolizes the first distinct era in Afro-American
literary and social history in which black writers emerged
as unique political voices in the arts.
Prereq: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-193 Literature and Politics of the Caribbean. 3
crs. A sociological examination of the ideologies. themes and
concerns expressed by Caribbean writers, with particular reference
to the socio-political context in which their literature was
produced.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-195 Comparative Black Literature II. 3
crs. A survey of the creative literature of black writers in
the U.S. Caribbean and Africa, with special attention given
to the social and symbolic environments from which they emerged
and the ideologies they expressed.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-196 Comparative Black Literature II. 3
crs. Examination of the relationship between the creative literature
of black writers and their socio-political life through intensive
study of different media, e.g. , novels, dramas, poetry, and
essays.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
AFRO-197 Pan-African Thought and Politics. 3
crs. Examination of the cultural, historical and political
origins of Pan-Africanism and other systems of diasporian liberationist
thought. Topics for analysis include the Colored Convention
Movement, Ethiopianism the Pan-African Congress movement, the
Universal Negro Improvement Association and the Rastafarian
and the Civil Rights Movements.
AFRO-198 Contemporary Black Poetry. 3 CRS.
A Survey of Black American poetry from the mid-1960s to the
present. Attention given to the folk and community basis of
poetry as exemplified in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960-70s.
Prereq.: Junior standing.
AFRO-199 Black Aesthetics. 3 crs. Examination
of the aesthetic commonalities originating in Africa,
migrating to the Americas and transforming certain aspects
of African
American artistic and cultural life via their expression
in art, psychological attitudes, religious beliefs and
philosophical approaches to life.
Prereq.: Sophomore standing.
