Courses

Exploration of the African American community?s diverse responses to the predominant challenges it has faced (including, but not limited to, slavery); the economic and political legacies of those challenges; and American political culture more broadly. This course is an engagement with African American political thought from approximately 1830 to the present.

A political history of Black Americans from reconstruction to the present.

This course examines the political, cultural, and historical facets of the African American experience. The course will include a study of appropriate constitutional law cases, representation, identity, urban politics, protest movements, and ideology. Particular attention will be given to how these themes develop in Texas and the Southwest.

The course will trace the historical political experience of black Americans from the infamous “three-firhs compromise” at the Constitutional Convention to the current status in Presidential elections. Topics will include the development of political leadership, the political implications of segregation, the impact of migration and urbanization, and the responses to particular political issues affecting the black community.

This course examines political theories and focuses on public policies that have an influence on African American political engagement. Topics will vary and include the Civil Rights Movement, influential African American political actors and racism in American public policy.

See PSY 325 in the Psychology curriculum.

This course examines the psychology of the African American experience and includes an overview of African American psychology as an evolving field of study. The study of this topic will engage the students on the impact of societal and cultural factors that lead to mental illnesses and the potential impact of mental health services once received. The elevated appearance of risk factors such as poverty, violence, and incarceration in the 497 | P age lives of African Americans will be discussed.

A historical-critical investigation of African American public discourse from the Revolutionary era to the present, exploring rhetorical strategies for social change and building community. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course. PW: Global Engagement, Writing

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.