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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A survey of Black American literature and social thinkers from the 17th century until 1940. All work is related to the time in which the writings occurred.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An historical and sociological analysis of the family, church, schools, community organization, and protest groups. Emphasis will be placed on the structure of the Black community.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course stresses the machinery of justice and the organization of federal, state, and local court systems as well as law enforcement agencies. Special problems of justice and the poor and concepts of social reconstruction through law will be surveyed and analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the origins and manifestations of African cultures in the Americas-North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean. Using historical and anthropological tools, the course seeks to reconstruct a view of the Americas' past that is centered on the perspectives and experiences of the enslaved Africans and their descendants.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The course deals with problems of economic development in developing African countries. The course explores such problems as technical assistance and aid from Western countries and the United Nations. Methods and approaches to economic development will be discussed in the context of the political framework of newly independent African states. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This is a study of the nature of African customary law, indirect rule, and local government systems exported to Africa by the colonial powers. It will also deal with current local government in independent African countries. Prerequisite: BLS 1000 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course will consider the background of the development of present urban areas and the significance of planning. The social, political, and economic ramifications of urban renewal programs will be analyzed. Prerequisite: BLS 1005 or 1019 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course is an exploration of the Black child and adolescent both in a historical perspective dating to slavery and in terms of the political, social, economic, psychological, educational, and familial circumstances that affect the developing Black child today. The commonalties, diversities, and adaptations of young Black Americans will be analyzed. Pre- or corequisite: BLS 1019, EDU 1101, PSY 1001, or SOC 1005, or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course is an intensive study of the Black American family. African heritage, post-Civil War family structure, and the impact of urbanization are the initial focus. Next we compare and contrast Black upper-middle-class, lower-middle-class, and working-class family structures. We also explore the Black single life, the polygamous relationship, and other lifestyles. Black American, Western Indian, and immigrant African family structures and variations are also examined. Prerequisite: BLS 1019 or SOC 1005, or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The contradictory Assimilationist and Separatist movements that swept Black America during the fifties and sixties are analyzed from the historical, sociological, political, economic, and psychological points of view. Leaders, objectives, accomplishments, and landmark events in the opposing movements are contrasted throughout. Precisely how, and to what extent, the Black activism of that era has reverberated throughout the entire American society is also studied. Prerequisite: BLS 1002, BLS 1019, HIS 2060, or POL 1101, or departmental permission.
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