Courses

See Class Schedule for Topic. May be repeated.

See Class Schedule for topic. May be repeated.

See Class Schedule for topic. May be repeated.

This course offers students a supervised work experience, either paid or unpaid, at an agency or organization related to African American Studies. The internship is an essential opportunity for students to gain pre-professional work experience, applying theoretical knowledge in realworld settings while addressing issues important to the African American community.

AAS 100 is an initial course that introduces new majors and minors to the field and the African American Studies Program. Emphases will be placed on exploring the history and development of the AAS Program, major and minor requirements, internship and service learning opportunities and career options. Required of all new majors & minors.

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.

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 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.