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In 2020, the confluence of a devastating global health pandemic and the grotesque killings of Black civilians catalyzed a national movement and resurgent demands to protect Black life.

Within the School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Africana Studies has, since 1969, been devoted to close interdisciplinary analysis of black experience to support the work of social justice both nationally and internationally. Our courses examine the precise issues underpinning these inter-connected manifestations of the ways that the treatment of Black life is an indicator of the ways that inequality and oppression is structured, but they also help us understand the ways those oppressions have been challenged and dismantled.

The world stands poised to make a definitive break with the legacy of oppression, and Africana Studies stands ready to prepare a new generation to usher in that new world. As we strive together to realize the transformative potential contained within the pain of the present moment, Africana Studies is today more than ever a vital part of education for all people, not just Black people.

We encourage all students to engage with this work through the undergraduate courses offered by the Department of Africana Studies.

 

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Please note that the "Semester(s) Offered" entry does not guarantee that the course will always be offered in that semester. Please consult the online Schedule of Courses to verify whether a course will be offered in an upcoming semester.

Overviews & Introduction

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:130 African-American Literature

Summer 3

01:014:140 Intro to American Cultures (1.5 credits)

Fall, Spring 1.5

01:014:202 What Everyone Should Know About Race

Fall, Summer 3

01:014:233 Intro to Research in Africana Studies

Fall, Spring 3

01:014:404 Race in Today's World

Spring 3

Black Communities Around the World/International Contexts

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:265 Afro-Brazilian History [CORE - HST]

Fall 3 HST

01:014:302:01 DominicanYork: Dominican Transnational Cultures

Spring 3

01:014:305 Race, International Law, and Empire

Fall, Spring 3 CCD

01:014:370 Afro-Atlantic Diaspora - [CORE- HST]

Fall, Spring, Winter 3 HST

01:014:376 Pan African Movement

Spring 3

Black Sociology, Economics & Politics

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:206 The Black Woman

Fall, Spring 3

01:014:207 The Black Male Identity in the US [CORE-CCD]

Fall, Spring 3 CCD

01:014:306 Black Women in Political Context

Fall 3

01:014:353 Black Community Law and Social Change [CORE - CCD]

Spring 3 CCD

01:014:362 Black Identity, Religion and Politics

Fall, Spring 3

01:014:423 Black Thought: Readings in Race, Gender and Freedom

Fall 3

01:014:481 The Black Family

Fall, Spring 3

The Black Experience Through Culture

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:132 Black Experience and Film Medium

Fall, Spring, Summer 3

01:014:301:01 Topics in Africana Studies, section 1: Director Spike Lee

Fall 3

01:014:302:02 Topics in Africana Studies, section 1: Director Spike Lee

Spring 3

01:014:302:03 Topics in Africana Studies, section 2: Seminar in Hip Hop Culture

Spring 3

01:014:304 Afromusicology

Spring, Summer 3

01:014:317 Black Profiles in Humor and Entertainment

Fall, Spring 3

01:014:386 African Americans and Sports

Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter 3

Africana Experience in Science and Technology

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:347 Health Issues in the African American Community

Fall, Spring, Summer 3

01:014:380 Blacks in Science

Fall, Spring 3

Seminars, Honors & Original Projects

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:223 Independent Study

Fall, Summer By arrangement

01:014:224 Independent Study

Spring, Summer By arrangement

01:014:490 Seminar in Africana Studies [CORE WCr or WCd]

Fall, Spring, Summer 3 WCd, WCr

01:014:491 Independent Study

Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter By arrangement

01:014:492 Independent Study

Spring, Summer By arrangement

01:014:497 Africana Scholars Project

Fall 6

Hands-On/Africana in Action

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum

01:014:286 Mentoring as Public Service

Fall, Spring 3

01:014:307 Africana Community Health Internship

Fall, Spring, Summer 3

01:014:341 Supervised Community Placement

Fall, Spring 3

01:014:385 Mentoring as Public Service II

Fall, Spring 3