2010-2011 University Catalog archived
African-American Studies (AFAM)
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Core Faculty:
Professors Conner, Novack, Simpson
Associate Professors, DeLaney, Kamara, Morel
Assistant Professors Diette, Jennings
African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary program that spans several disciplines, including art, history, literature, politics, sociology, and music. Courses listed below meet the requirements of the African-American studies minor, but other courses across the curriculum that include an appropriate proportion of material on Africans or African-Americans may be substituted with the approval of the program’s advisory committee. In such cases, students may petition the committee to allow other relevant courses.
African-American Studies Courses
African-American Studies courses are as follows:
Interdisciplinary Minor
AFAM 130 - Introduction to African-American Studies
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to several of the major topics, approaches, problems, and achievements in the traditions of African-American culture. The aim is to immerse students in several problem areas of African-American Studies; for example, three weeks might be devoted to the slave narrative and the experience of slavery in literature, art, and history; three weeks to the Harlem Renaissance, focusing on poetry, visual art, and music; three weeks to the 1950s and 1960s, treating the Civil Rights movement and the emergence of Black Nationalism; and three weeks to contemporary issues in African-American politics, culture, and art. In addition, students encounter several arguments about the methods, purposes, and aims of African-American studies. Led by a single professor, this course incorporates multiple guest lecturers from the faculty to supplement the instructor’s own area of expertise. The goal of this course is to prepare students to explore the range, diversity, and power of African-American culture.Staff.
AFAM 295 - Topics in African-American Studies
FDR: FDR/GE designation varies with topic.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
No prerequisite.A focused study of various special topics in African-American Studies, such as “African- American Memoir” or “The Black Power Movement” or “Feminism and African-American Culture.” May be repeated for degree credit and toward program requirements with permission and when topics differ.Staff.
AFAM 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisites: AFAM 130 and either HIST 359 or 360.This course facilitates individual reading, research, and writing in an area not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for degree credit more than one term and/or used for the capstone requirement in African-American Studies.Staff.
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