Courses

An historical and critical consideration of the diverse ways African Americans have participated in American cinema and television. Course will examine prominent actors, directors, and other industry workers as well as critical discourses about the subject.

An historical and critical consideration of the diverse ways African Americans have participated in American cinema and television. Course will examine prominent actors, directors, and other industry workers as well as critical discourses about the subject.

African-American women's history from slavery to the present. It will examine changes in labor patterns, family relations, political and social movements, sexuality and reproduction, and Black feminism. The course will focus on specific themes that illuminate the changing context in which African-American women lived and worked, and their attempts at resistance and self-definition.

An exploration of African, African-American and Womanist philosophies with an attention given to race, identity, and gender relations.

ARTS 278 is recommended. A survey of the principal areas of cultural creativity on the African continent and their distinctive styles and beliefs, from early tribal civilizations through the arrival of Islam, the rise of centralized states, and the encounter with European colonists.

This course will explore in-depth the major political, economic and social changes, and developments in modern African history from 1800 CE to the present day.

Survey of Africa in global perspective, from earliest times to 1800.

Study of canonical and non-canonical texts, from a variety of African cultures, in their social, political, and historical contexts, with particular attention to genres, themes, and styles.

Comparative study of texts in a variety of forms and genres from African, Asian, European, and American cultures, with an emphasis on how historical, political, and social factors affect literary representations.

This interdisciplinary course addresses the medical, epidemiological, and psychosocial issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic. It places the epidemic within a social, political and policy context, examining the impact of the AIDS epidemic upon the U.S. urban setting, including a specific analysis of the medical, public health, legal, and housing institutions.