Courses

This course examines and distinguishes debates surrounding standardized English and African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Students will learn to identify and evaluate how language is socially and culturally constructed, including how language communities and practices are valued and devalued in different contexts. Students will also examine literary debates surrounding uses of Black English from Reconstruction to the present.

This course examines and distinguishes debates surrounding standardized English and African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Students will learn to identify and evaluate how language is socially and culturally constructed, including how language communities and practices are valued and devalued in different contexts. Students will also examine literary debates surrounding uses of Black English from Reconstruction to the present.

An examination of the writings of African-American women beginning with the slave narrative and ending with contemporary poetry, fiction, and drama. Also listed as WS 305 but creditable only in field for which registered.

An examination of the writings of African American women beginning with the slave narrative and ending with contemporary poetry, fiction, and drama. Also listed as EN 305 but creditable only in field for which registered.

A historical and contemporary assessment of the political, social and economic development of African-Americans in the American political system.

Study of literature written by African Americans since 1900.

Study of literature written by African Americans to 1900.

This course is designed as a basic orientation to the arts of Africa and the interpretation of experience as witnessed in various African visual art forms. The course will focus on the major civilization and/or nations south of the Sahara Desert and their stylistic developments. Emphasis will be placed on the aesthetic approach of African artists and the influence of their art on western culture.

A course dealing with the basic origin and orientation of the study of the African American experience. It is concerned with the relationships between African American Studies, Africana Studies, and other related fields of study. Its focus is a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary perspective and approach to the African American experience.

Part of a semester abroad course in South Africa. Management of wildlife and natural resources within the ecological, political, social, historical, and economic context of South Africa.