Courses

This course focuses on the experience of African- American people in the western hemisphere, particularly the United States. It surveys the period from the African origins of the slave trade during the period of exploration and colonization to the present. The course presents a comparison between the African experience in the United States and in Mexico and South America.

An introduction to the history of African Americans from the 17th century to the present, including slavery, Civil War and emancipation, legalized discrimination, and the struggles for equality in present day American society.

This course is designed to provide a general overview of African-American History, from the beginning in Africa (the birthplace of civilization and humanity), to the history of Africans in America (from slavery to freedom). The course will analyze the political, cultural, economic, artistic and social themes, that illustrate the influence of the construction of African-American realities in the past and present.

A study of the major issues in African-American history, with a focus on the study of primary documents. Topics include the slave trade, slavery, slave resistance, emancipation, the Jim Crow.

A study of the major issues in African-American history. Topics include the slave trade, slavery, slave resistance, emancipation, the Jim Crow society, the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights movement. Critical reading skills, writing proficiency, research methods, document analysis, public speaking and argument formation are skills that are emphasized in this course. A graduate research paper is required.

History of African Americans from African origins to the modern era, focusing on enslavement, emancipation and the struggle for equal rights.

This course is a survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of people of African descent in the United States from the end of the Reconstruction period to the present. African American History since 1877 examines segregation, disenfranchisement, civil rights, migrations, industrialization, world wars, the Harlem Renaissance, and the conditions of African Americans in the Great Depression, Cold War, and post-Cold War eras.

Explores the experiences and contributions of African Americans from the colonial period to the present. Emphasizes the social and economic lives and roles of African Americans, their roles in politics and war, their achievements, and movements for self-help and civil rights. This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-HI1

This course is a survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of people of African descent in the formation and development of the United States to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. African American History I includes the study of African origins and legacy, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and the experiences of African Americans during Colonial, Revolutionary, Early National, Antebellum, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras.

This course is a survey of African American history, with an emphasis on the origins of the ancient kingdoms of Egypt, Kush, Meroe, Axum, and West Africa and including the slave trade, slavery, the beginnings of Black culture in the North and South, slave resistance and rebellions, and sectional differences. Northern free Black people will be studied along with the Civil War and the Reconstruction period of 1868.