UMA Undergraduate Guide 2012-2013 Academic Departments and Programs Afro-American Studies The Courses
The Courses
(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.) 101 Introduction to Black Studies 117 Survey of Afro-American Literature (ALU) (1st sem) 118 Survey of Afro-American Literature II (ALU, 4 credits) (2nd sem) 132 Afro-American History, 1619-1860 (HSU, 4 credits) (1st sem) 133 Afro-American History, Civil War to 1954 (HSU) (2nd sem) 151 Culture and Literature (ALU, 4 credits) 155 Revolutionary Concepts in Afro-American Music I (ATU) (1st sem) 156 Revolutionary Concepts in Afro-American Music II (ATU) (2nd sem) 161 Introduction to Afro-American Political Science (SBU) 170 The Grassroots Experience in American Life and Culture I (I, U) (1st sem) 171 The Grassroots Experience in American Life and Culture II (I, U) (2nd sem) 190G Racism and the American Experience 191A African American Short Stories 191B Afro-American Literature of the 1950s 192F Freshman Survival Techniques 197A Taste of Honey: Black Film of the 1950s, Part 1 197B Taste of Honey: Black Film of the 1950s, Part 2 222 The Black Church in America 232 The History of Black Nationalism 234 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (ALU, 4 credits) 235 Black Sociological Thought (SBU) 236 History of the Civil Rights Movement (HSU, 4 credits) 238 Arts and Cultural Identity 243 Afro-American Folklore 244 Afro-American Poetry: Beginning to 1900 245 The Slave Narrative 252 Afro-American Image in American Writing 253 Pre-Civil War Black Writers 254 Introduction to African Studies (HSG, 4 credits) 257 Contemporary African-American Novel 262 Radical Traditions in American History 264 Foundations of Black Education in the U.S. 265 The Blues Came Down Like Dark Night Showers of Rain (ATU) 290G Introduction to Black Global Studies 290J Black and White Women Writers 291E The Black Seventies Through Film 297A Black Springfield: Revisited 297B African American Women's Narratives 297C War, Freedom, Peace, and Patriotism in African American Literature 297D African American Image in Film 297F Black Women in the Americas and the Caribbean 297S The Unknown Soldiers: History of Black Troops in the U.S. Military 326 Black Women in U.S. History (HSU) 331 Life and Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois (U) 332 Blacks and Jews 345 Southern Literature (ALU) 350 African American Islam 354 Contemporary African Novel 361 Revolution in the Third World 362 Writings of Frantz Fanon 365 Composition: Style and Organization (both sem) 390A Jazz and Blues Literature (ALU) 390B Life and Work of Richard Wright 390C Afro-American Literature of the 1930s (ALU) 390D Langston Hughes (ALU) 390E Race, Ethnicity and Gender in U.S. History (HSU) 390G Uncle Tom’s Cabin 390J Cross-Disciplinary Contemporary Issues: War and Patriotism in African American Literature and History (I, U) 390K The Life and Art of Sterling A. Brown 391-395 Seminars 391A Political Thought of Martin and Malcolm 391B Modern Afro-American Women Novelists 391C Creative Writing-Fiction 391E Afro-American Literature of the 1940s 391F Afro-American Literature of the 1950s 391G Critique of the Concept of Racism 392B Crossroads in African-American Thought 392C Songbirds, Blueswomen and Soulwomen 394A African Art History 394B Asian & Black Relations 395A The Writings of Chinua Achebe 397A Abolition & Anti-Slavery 397B Native Americans & African Americans, Part I 397C Black Globalization and Imperialism 397F Native Americans & African Americans, Part 2 491C Cuba: Social History of Race, Class and Gender 494DI Du Bois Senior Seminar 591A Gender in Pan-African Studies |
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