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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. This course explores popular culture in Africa and among African diasporic communities in the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe. All forms of expression-music, film, drama, video-television and popular writing-are covered but the emphasis of a particular semester may vary. ( LA, HO2)
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. An exploration of Hip-Hop culture, its origins in African American and Latino music, dance and poetry, Asian martial arts and other experimental art form. ( LA)
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. A study of the history and representative writings of African American and Caribbean American women writers from Phyllis Wheatley in the 18th century to Toni Morrison, Rita Dove, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker in the 20th. Cross-listed as ALIT 286 and WMST 286. ( LA, AH2) Prerequisites: COMP 100 and LITR 100 or LITR 150.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. This course will allow qualified students to serve as a Teaching Assistant for an ALS/Africana & Latino Studies course. They will aid the instructor in leading discussion sections, advising fellow students on papers, research and exam preparation. In addition to these tasks at the end of the semester the student will prepare a report on their experience. The course gives students a sense of how scholarship is used in the classroom and how courses are designed. The course will be only pass/fail. Prerequisites: JrS, CWE 1.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
1-6 s.h. Problem-oriented research designed to sharpen awareness and powers of analysis in intra-cultural and cross-cultural experiences. Study may involve the learning of a foreign language, fieldwork, or research. ( LA)
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Study of contemporary Hispanic Caribbean literature. Covers works of 20th century Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican Republic writers like: Julia de Burgos, Pales, Guillen, Ana Lydia Vega, Rosario Ferre, Carbrera Infante, Carpentier, Pedro Juan Soto, Juan Bosch, Luis Rafael Sanchez, and others. ( LA) Cross-listed as SPAN 340. Prerequisite: SPAN 208 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. A study of Black writers in Harlem between 1920 and 1929. Cross-listed as ALIT 351. ( LA, AH2) Prerequisites: JrS and 6 s.h. humanities. Other Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. The course studies the influence of socioeconomic status of family life. The focus is to help students develop an understanding of poverty and the issues that families living below the poverty line face within this culture. Other social problems as they relate and are influenced by poverty are discussed, as well as programs and policies to help families. Students complete a two week experimental exercise on poverty, written journals, a research and policy paper on family life and poverty, and essay exam questions. Cross-listed as FAMS 361. ( LA, CD, CPA, CW, UPPR, WS2) Prerequisites: FAMS 160 or PSYC 100 or SOCL 100 or ALS 100 and 9 s.h. of 200 level social science. ALS 362 Issues in Family Life Education
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Brings together various theoretical and methodological issues associated with the study of the African-American and Latino ethnic communities in the U.S. ( WS2) Prerequisites: completion of 15 credits in the major and/or consent of department chair. Anthropology and History
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3.00 - 9.00 Credits
3-9 s.h. The ALS internship is designed to augment the ALS major or minor by providing students with the opportunity to work and learn in a setting that enables them to see the practical applications of their studies. The ALS internship, like those in other departments, involves a work experience with a not-for profit agency or a business that primarily serves an Africana or Latino population. This includes community and social service organizations, governmental research and advocacy agencies, educational programs for children or adults such as literacy programs, or businesses, especially in the arts. Prerequisites: JrS, passed the college writing exam, and have a minimum GPA of 2.0.
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