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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Exploring the myths and realities of the black family from sociological and psychological perspectives through a critical examination of scholarly controversies and research. Restricted to junior standing.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Psychology 334) Examines psychological characteristics of African descent, using an Africentric conceptual model. Theoretical models will be critiqued and empirical data will be examined. Selected issues include: critiques of research methodologies involving African descended populations; African American identities and personality development, psychopathology and cognitive development issues (i.e., language). Prerequisite: Psychology 102 or consent.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of selected topics: the prison community and the black inmate; correction education and the black inmate; and the black professional. Prerequisite: AFR 332.
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3.00 Credits
(Same as ANTH 340C) An introduction to the prehistoric and historic cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. The course examines subsistence practices, migrations, trade, technologies, cities, and states. Topics include social, political, and economic organization from hunter-gatherers to ancient kingdoms to early 20th century.
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3.00 Credits
The black American novel and its major themes since Richard Wright's Native Son. Includes such authors as Baldwin, Petry, Williams, etc.
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3.00 Credits
(Same as English 355A) Course traces evolution African American Literature from roots in such Afri-based secular and sacred oral texts as folk tales, work songs, the Spirituals, Blues and other verbal forms, through the emergence of written texts, the eighteenth century up to the end of the Harlem Renaissance in 1940. Among these concerns are the continuing quest for freedom, identity, protest against oppression, and writers' interpretation of enduring African American spiritual and cultural values.
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3.00 Credits
(Same as English 355B) Examination of literary texts, voices and movements in the USA from 1940 to present. Among these concerns are the continuing quest for freedom, identity, protest against oppression, and writers' interpretation of the enduring African American spiritual and cultural values. Focus on the major developments in African American literature after the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the contemporary literature of African Americans.
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3.00 Credits
History of the role of blacks in the performing arts covering dance companies, ballet, folk dance and black dramatists; cinema, in all its forms; radio and television; and music (spirituals, jazz, opera, classics, etc.)
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3.00 Credits
(See HIST 361)
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Course will investigate theories of African art, especially music, dance, sculpture, textile design and adornment styles of cultural groups in West Africa. Cultural transferences and continuities of African art as found in the African diaspora (with special attention to African American art production) will also be studied. Students will be expected to develop a philosophy of art. Prerequisite: AFR 109 or permission of instructor.
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