Courses

The African-American World Studies course list is available through ISIS. This link will take you to the classes offered during the current semester. To see other semesters select "Session" in the upper right corner, identify the desired session, and enter department code 129.

Additional information is available from the University's General Catalog section on African-American World Studies

African American World Studies Courses

129:008 Literatures of the African Peoples	3 s.h.
Works in English by authors of African descent from America, continental Africa, the Caribbean. GE: foreign civilization and culture or humanities. Prerequisite: 08G:001. Same as 08G:014.

129:015 Elementary Swahili I	4 s.h.
GE: foreign language. Same as 103:015.

129:016 Elementary Swahili II	4 s.h.
GE: foreign language. Same as 103:016.

129:017 Intermediate Swahili I	4 s.h.
GE: foreign language. Same as 103:017.

129:018 Intermediate Swahili II	4 s.h.
GE: foreign language. Same as 103:018.

129:019 Advanced Swahili	3 s.h.
Same as 103:019.

129:031 Elementary Zulu I	4 s.h.
Zulu language and culture through speaking, listening, reading, writing. GE: foreign language. Same as 103:031.

129:032 Elementary Zulu II	4 s.h.
Continuation of 129:031. GE: foreign language. Prerequisite: 129:031. Same as 103:032.

129:033 Intermediate Zulu I	4 s.h.
Continued skill development; review and expansion of basic grammar. GE: foreign language. Prerequisite: 129:032 or equivalent. Same as 103:033.

129:034 Intermediate Zulu II	4 s.h.
Continuation of 129:033. GE: foreign language. Prerequisite: 129:033. Same as 103:034.

129:050 Introduction to African American Religions	3 s.h.
Same as 032:034.

129:060 Introduction to African American Society	3 s.h.
Social and cultural history of African Americans through framework of general works in anthropology, sociology, history. GE: cultural diversity or social sciences.

129:061 Introduction to African American Culture	3 s.h.
Interdisciplinary look at Black culture in the United States through significant contributions of the humanities (music, art, literature, drama, philosophy) to development of Black culture. GE: cultural diversity or humanities. Same as 045:030.

129:065 Introduction to African American History	3 s.h.
Topics vary. Same as 16A:065.

129:080 Critical Skills Seminar	3 s.h.

129:095 Honors Project	arr.
Independent research and writing on interdisciplinary topic. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

129:099 Senior Seminar	3 s.h.
African American, African, and African Caribbean culture and experience; comparative approach to synthesize students' earlier study. Prerequisites: senior standing in African American world studies and consent of instructor.

For Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate Students

129:107 Introduction to the Art of West Africa	3 s.h.
Same as 01H:021.

129:109 The Arts of the African Diaspora	3 s.h.
GE: cultural diversity. Same as 01H:109.

129:110 Introduction to the Art of Central Africa	3 s.h.
Same as 01H:022.

129:113 Africans in the New World	3 s.h.
Social and cultural history of Black populations in the New World. Same as 113:113.

129:115 Social Anthropology of the Caribbean	3 s.h.
GE: foreign civilization and culture. Same as 113:118.

129:116 African American Literature I	3 s.h.
African American writers from 18th century to 1940 examined in relation to cultural, social, literary, historical influences. Same as 008:116.

129:117 African American Literature II	3 s.h.
Literary developments among African Americans 1935 to present; writers and works in relation to cultural, political, social, literary influences on African Americans. Same as 008:117.

129:119 African Literature	3 s.h.
Portrayal in fiction of contemporary African states. Same as 008:119.

129:122 African-Americans and Mass Communication	3 s.h.
GE: cultural diversity. Same as 019:165.

129:123 Twentieth Century African American Religion: Civil Rights to Hip Hop	3 s.h.
Same as 032:126.

129:124 Black Culture and Experience	3 s.h.
Black culture and experience, nationally and internationally, as revealed through humanities and social sciences.

129:128 Racial Narrative and American Performance	3 s.h.
Same as 010:128, 048:128.

129:135 Francophone Literature of the African Diaspora	3 s.h.
Same as 009:163.

129:137 History of Slavery in the U.S.A.	3 s.h.
Same as 16A:147.

129:138 African and African American Interactions	3 s.h.
The slave trade, its legacy in Africa and the Americas; cultural, political interaction between Africans and African Americans; images of Africa in African American thought; Afrocentrism, its African critics. Same as 16W:119.

129:139 African American Poetry	3 s.h.
Same as 008:139.

129:140 Topics in African American Studies	arr.
Different topic each semester.

129:145 Elementary Swahili I for Graduates	3 s.h.
Same as 103:125.

129:146 Elementary Swahili II for Graduates	3 s.h.
Same as 103:126.

129:147 Intermediate Swahili I for Graduates	3 s.h.
Same as 103:127.

129:148 Intermediate Swahili II for Graduates	3 s.h.
Same as 103:128.

129:149 Advanced Swahili for Graduates	3 s.h.
Same as 103:129.

129:151 Race, Ethnicity, and International Relations	3 s.h.
Same as 113:181.

129:153 The Civil Rights Movement	3 s.h.
Same as 045:153.

129:157 Peoples and Cultures of Africa	3 s.h.
Ethnography of Africa; what African life is like and how it has been described and understood by outsiders.

129:159 Anthropology of African Art	3 s.h.
Theoretical perspectives and useful methods for studying African art and material culture in cultural and historical context; focus on synthesizing perspectives, methods of anthropology and art history; movies, slides of African art.

129:163 Precolonial African History	3 s.h.
Africa to 1880; introduction of oral tradition, other sources; political development; ecological change; slavery and the slave trade. Same as 16W:120.

129:164 African History since 1880	3 s.h.
Africa in colonial, post-colonial periods; economic and political structures of colonialism; social change, political life in the 20th century. Same as 16W:121.

129:165 Elementary Zulu I for Graduates	3 s.h.
Zulu language and culture through speaking, listening, reading, writing. Same as 103:165.

129:166 Elementary Zulu II for Graduates	3 s.h.
Continuation of 129:165. Prerequisite: 129:165. Same as 103:166.

129:167 Intermediate Zulu I for Graduates	3 s.h.
Continued skill development; review and expansion of basic grammar. Prerequisite: 129:166 or equivalent. Same as 103:167.

129:168 Intermediate Zulu II for Graduates	3 s.h.
Continuation of 129:167. Prerequisite: 129:167. Same as 103:168.

129:175 African American Theatre I	3 s.h.
Theory and performance; study of history and theory related to stage presentations or performances by Black Americans; responsibility for African American Theater productions. Same as 049:190.

129:176 Roots/Routes: Introduction to the Study of Diaspora	3 s.h.
The role of world economic development in creating societies and cultures, thus shaping flows and counterflows of the world's diverse peoples and creating distinct spaces. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

129:179 Independent Study in Black Culture	arr.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

129:181 African American Autobiography	3 s.h.
Same as 008:137.

129:184 Black Metropolis: Twentieth Century	3 s.h.
Black popular culture and the African American urban experience. Same as 16A:184.

129:187 African American History 1865-Present	3 s.h.
Same as 16A:188.

129:189 Themes in African American History	3 s.h.
Same as 16A:185.

129:191 African American Theatre II	3 s.h.
Advanced version of 129:175, with focus on different plays; for theatre arts and African American world studies majors. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as 049:191.

129:192 Elvis as Anthology	3 s.h.
Redefining the music of other performers through listening to Elvis, watching video and movie clips, discussing relevant texts of fiction, nonfiction.

For Graduate Students

129:205 Seminar: Slavery and Emancipation	arr.
Same as 016:205.

129:211 Introduction to Research in African American Culture	arr.
Methodologies, bibliographies, issues, resources significant to study of African American culture. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as 045:210.

129:212 Advanced Readings in Black Culture	arr.
Textual, social, political analyses of works by Black authors.

129:221 Analytical Exposition in Afro-American Studies	3 s.h.
Synthesis of primary and secondary research materials for analytical and comprehensive studies in Black culture, other related graduate courses, and future publications.

129:225 Seminar: Problems in African Art	2-3 s.h.
Repeatable. Same as 01H:310.

129:227 Three African Writers	3 s.h.
Same as 008:227.

129:231 Crossing Borders Seminar	3-4 s.h.
Repeatable. Same as 01H:247, 008:231, 013:262, 016:247, 030:242, 035:273, 044:286, 048:247, 113:247.

129:245 Readings: African American Historiography	arr.
Same as 016:245.

129:246 Seminar: African American History	arr.
Same as 016:246.

129:259 Seminar: Interpreting Oral Histories	arr.
Interpretations and methods applied by historians in varied world regions to forms of oral history, ranging from old oral traditions to contemporary autobiographical testimony. Same as 016:259.

129:287 Readings: African American Women's History	arr.
Same as 016:287, 131:287.

129:312 Advanced Research in African American Culture	arr.
Seminar or independent study; for graduate students concentrating in African American studies. Prerequisites: basic courses in African American studies and 129:211.

129:350 Seminar: Critical Theory	3 s.h.
Theory in context of African American literature, culture.

Related Courses

Although they are not offered by African American world studies, the following courses are recommended for interested students. For course descriptions, see the appropriate departmental sections of the Catalog.

Anthropology		hours
113:151	Sociology of the Third World	3
Art and Art History		hours
01H:310	Seminar: Problems in African Art	2-3
Education		hours
07B:104	Education in the Third World	2-3
07B:130	Educational Sociology	2-3
07B:154	Education, Race, and Ethnicity	2-3
07U:133	Culturally Different in Diverse Settings	3
Health and Sport Studies
028:074	Inequality in Sport	3
History		hours.
16A:061	American History 1492-1877	3
16A:062	American History 1877-Present	3
16A:164	Civil War and Reconstruction	3
16A:165	The Gilded Age in America	3
16A:166	The Progressive Era in America	3
16A:167	The New Era and The New Deal 1920-1940	3
16A:168 T	The Contemporary U.S. 1940-Present	3
Political Science		hours
030:146	African Development	3
030:150	Politics of Emerging Market Economies	3
Sociology		hours
034:066	Social Inequality	3
Social Work		hours
042:147	Discrimination, Oppression, and Diversity