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African-American Studies

Key to Course Offerings
Q: designates courses in the Quantitative Scientific Cluster
I: the Ideas and Events Cluster
B: the Human Behavior Cluster
L: the Literature, Language and Arts Cluster
C: Multicultural
IDIS: Interdisciplinary courses
Multicultural and interdisciplinary courses also fulfill a cluster designation.
* Asterisk indicates that the course may be offered less than once every two years.
Day Undergraduate Day School
Eve Undergraduate Evening School
  Courses having a more narrow focus than those taught on a regular basis of courses being taught on an experimental basis can be taught as Topics courses. These courses will be assigned numbers based on the student level for which they are intended-first, second, third or fourth year.

Introduction to African-American Studies

AAST 1000 3 cr. 3 hr.

This introductory course defines the origins and scope of African-American studies. It provides a survey of the social, economic, religious, and cultural expressions of African-Americans as they followed the tangled path from Africa through slavery, emancipation into the 20th century. I, L, C, IDIS

African-American History Day

(See HIST 2300) I, C

Modern African History Day

(See HIST 2930) I, C

History of African-American Women Day

(See HIST 2520) I, L, C, IDIS

20th Century African-American Literature Day

(See ENGL 2670) L, C

Other Voices Day

(See ENGL 2650) L, C

Peoples and Cultures of Africa Day

(See SOC 2510) B, C

History of Jazz Day

(See MUSC 3800) L, C

African Jazz Dance Day

(See PHED 1310) I, L, C, IDIS

Independent Study in African-American Studies

AAST 4901-4903 1-3 cr. Day

Directed Studies in African-American Studies

AAST 4975 1-3 cr. Day