AMS 201 - Introduction to African American Studies

Institution:

The University of Alabama

Subject:

AMS-American Studies

Description:

3 hours. This course provides a basic outline of the diversity and complexity of the African American experience in the United States. It surveys the early academic and social concern of Black Studies advocates; the changes in the field's objectives that arise from its connections to contemporary social movements for Black Power, women's liberation, and multiculturalism; and its major theoretical and critical debates.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ua.edu/

Phone Number:

(205) 348-6010

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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