Introduction to African Studies (3-0) A historical survey of the African American Experience from its origins in Africa to the present. Major themes include African history and culture, philosophies, political and belief systems, the middle passage, enslavement, segregation, the fight against second class citizenship, survival skills, gender politics, and their impact on the Black community. These themes help construct an analysis of the African American experience and the historical and current relationship of African Americans to the larger regional, national and global society.

Department: African American Studies

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Theories In African American Studies (3-0) A survey of major theories of the Afican American Experience as seen through the works of African American scholars and writers from the 19th century to the present. Authors studied range from Carter G. Woodson, and Anna J. Cooper and W.E.B. Du Bois to current Afrocentric intellectuals (Bell Hooks, Molefie Asante, Cornell West, and Henry L. Gates).

Department: African American Studies

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African American Leaders of the 20th Century This course focuses on African American leaders and thus provides students with a greater understanding of the overall struggle African Americans waged by examining the thought processes and ideas of some of its most outspoken and sometimes controversial leaders.

Department: African American Studies

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The Modern Civil Rights Movement An examination of the antecedents leading to the modern civil rights period and the role of African Americans in the struggle for equality and the resistance movements, both political and covert, they engendered.

Department: African American Studies

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African American Women and the Black Freedom Movement This course focuses on African American women activists and by doing so provides for a greater understanding of the overall struggle African Americans waged to change the social and political fabric of America. Through this course, students will come to know the tenacity and dogged perseverance African American women displayed and the influence they had on the sociopolitical activism of their male counterparts.

Department: African American Studies

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Theories in African American Studies (3-0) A survey of major theories of the African American Experience as seen through the works of African American scholars and writers from the 19th century to the present. Authors studied range from Carter G. Woodson, and Anna J. Cooper and W.E.B. Du Bois to current Afrocentric intellectuals.

Department: African American Studies

3 Credit Hours
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Topics in African American Studies (3-0) An examination of a currently relevant subject from the perspective of African American Studies. Topics will vary and will be drawn from Social Sciences, Humanities, Fine Arts, Science and Technology, and Education. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Department: African American Studies

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Environmental Justice and Minority Communities in the U.S. (3-0); Cross listed with CHIC 4304; SOCI 4304; ANTH 4304; and POLS 4304. An examination of environmental justice issues in the U.S., with an emphasis on communities, agencies and efforts that address sustainable development in the U.S.-Mexico border region. The underpinnings of the environmental justice movement in the U.S. and the regional policy formulation and practice implications for these communities will be central to the course. The course may require field trips.

Department: African American Studies

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An examination of various aspects of the historical, cultural, political, economic and social development of people of African descent. Topics will vary and will be drawn from the Social Sciences, Humanities, Fine Arts, Science and Technology, and Education. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Restricted to class of SR, JR

Department: African American Studies

3 Credit Hours
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