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3.00 Credits
GEP/GFR: Meets SS An in-depth examination of the political, social, economic and cultural history of African Americans in the United States from the Reconstruction era following the Civil War up to present. Topics include African Americans and the military, the Great Depression, migrations, urbanization, racism, family, civil rights and current issues. Prerequisites: AFST100, 206 junior/ senior standing or permission of the instructor. Notes: Also listed as HIST 322.
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GEP/GFR: Meets SS. This course traces the history of African -American women in the United States, beginning with their ancestors' history in pre-colonial Africa and U.S. slavery to the present. Topics covered include work; family roles; activism; achievements; and bouts with racism, sexism and poverty. Prerequisites: Any 100-level social science course, 200-level literature course, junior/senior standing or permission of the instructor Notes: Also listed as HIST 323 and GWST327.
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3.00 Credits
Critical examinations of selected works of fiction by and about blacks based on a particular historical period, theme, type or direction. Selected works may be from one or more of the three areas of concentration (Africa, United States, Caribbean and Latin America). Topics to be announced each semester offered. Prerequisites: AFST 260 or 261. Notes: May be repeated for credit with permission. Also listed as GWST 365 when the topic is the same.
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3.00 Credits
GEP/GFR: Meets AH. The portrayal of the black experience in plays by primarily black dramatists. Examination of problems encountered in reading or producing plays of black writers. Experiments and new directions in black drama and theatre. Selections will treat a specific historical period, theme or group of dramatists from one or more areas of concentration: Africa, the United States, Caribbean and Latin America. Topics to be announced each semester offered. Prerequisites: AFST 261. Notes: Repeatable with permission. Also listed as ENGL 361.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of a theme, group of poets, or historical period in the development and evolution of black poetry. The special contribution of poetry in the development of a black ethos and a black consciousness. Poets may come from one or more of three geographic areas: Africa, the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. Special selections of black poetry from other areas may be included. Topics to be announced each semester offered. Prerequisites: AFST 260 or 261. Notes: Also listed as ENGL 362. Repeatable for credit, by permission.
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3.00 Credits
Blacks and black society as reflected in the creative literature written by or about blacks from a geographic region of Africa, from North America (especially from the United States), or from the Caribbean and Latin America. The focus will be on poetry, drama, fiction or some combination of these. Prerequisites: AFST 260 or 261.
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3.00 Credits
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.
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6.00 Credits
A workshop for students with experience in production and commitment to black drama. At least one play will be studied in depth and directed for stage production. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
GEP: N/A. GFR: Meets SS. A comparative study of selected indigenous African religions and an examination of African religious survivals in the New World. Continuity and change in the principal forces of the religious systems: the Supreme Being, the cosmic gods, the ancestors and lesser spirits, as well as the relation-ship to other religions. Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing. Notes: Also listed as RLST 370.
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3.00 Credits
A historical and contemporary analysis of black families in America and the forces that have influenced black family life. A reassessment of the numerous social science theories about the black family and an attempt to correct distortions. The effects that the African background, slavery, racism and the black community have had on black-American family lifestyles. Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing.
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