AFST 364 - Advanced Writing in Africana Studies

Institution:

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Description:

An advanced writing course that complements student's liberal arts training for careers in Africana Studies related professions/fields such as international relations, education, history, journalism, community action, non-profit organization, government affairs, public relations, law, public speaking and diversity training and mediation. This course differs from AFST 264 with respect to rigor and content by requiring students to utilize advanced skills of critical analysis within the framework of interdisciplinary introduced in AFST 100 and AFST 264 to draft a complex final research paper whose topic and approach reflects their evolving intellectual advancement. While the course continues to address the globally recognized tradition of excellence celebrated by the Nobel committee (this time concerning Peace, not Literature) as an upper division seminar, it prioritizes such content in terms of history, politics, social justice and cultural philosophy. Students will thus have a unique opportunity to chronicle their philosophical responses to political events, systems of oppression and humanitarian activism through journaling and through ongoing development of complex critical ideas that will evolve into theses that support both short and lengthy writing assignments. Prerequisites: ENGL 100, AFST 100, or any 200-level AFST course with a grade of "C" or higher, orpermission of the instructor.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umbc.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 455-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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