Department of African American & African Studies

Core Courses and Areas of Concentration for Majors

In keeping with the department's mission these courses offer an overview of the interdependent black world, and college-level competency in critical thinking, interpretative, oral and writing skills. Most of them provide our majors with an in-depth knowledge in an area of concentration (African American, African and Diaspora).

Core Courses and Concentration Courses for Majors

Core Courses (15 Hours)

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

AAAS 201

Introduction to African American Studie

AAAS 310

Perspectives on the African Diaspora

(Select One)

AAAS 545

Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender Class, Sexuality

AAAS 595

Theorizing Race

Areas of Concentration

African American

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

AAAS 154

Introduction to African American Literature (*100 level courses do not count toward major)

AAAS 218

Black Urban Experience

AAAS 230

Black Women

AAAS 243

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the America

AAAS 254

Themes in African American Literature

AAAS 288

Bebop to Doowop to Hip Hop

AAAS 303

Sociolinguistics of African American English

AAAS 323.01

African American History-Age of Slavery

AAAS 323.02

African American History-Emancipation to Present

AAAS 326

Black Americans and the Law

AAAS 345

African American Thinkers

AAAS 367.03

African American Voices in US Literature

AAAS 376

African American Art

AAAS 378

History of Jazz I

AAAS 379

History of Jazz II

AAAS 493

Individual Studies

AAAS 495

Community Development-Service Learning (Repeatable 2x)

AAAS 505

Language and the Black Experience

AAAS 527

Pan Africanism and Nationalism

AAAS 551

African American & Related Literature

AAAS 555.01

Topics in African American History I

AAAS 555.02

Topics in African American History II

AAAS 561

Topics in African American Psychology

AAAS 571

Images in Media Production

AAAS 582

Studies in African American Art

African

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

AAAS 121

African Civilizations to 1870 (*100 level courses do not count toward major)

AAAS 122

African Civilizations 1870-present (*100 level courses do not count toward major)

AAAS 251

Introduction to African Literature

AAAS 327

Introduction to African Politics

AAAS 338

African Territories as Nation-States

AAAS 342

Music, Religion, Ritual in Africa

AAAS H342

Honors Version

AAAS 350

Modern African History

AAAS 485.01

Southern Africa: Society & Culture

AAAS 485.02

Southern Africa: Study Abroad Tour

AAAS 485.03

West Africa: Society & Culture

AAAS 485.04

West Africa: Study Abroad Tour

AAAS 493

Individual Studies

AAAS 530

Analysis of African Political Systems

AAAS 541

History of Islam in Africa

AAAS 575

History of South Africa

AAAS 581

Philosophy in Contemporary African Literature

AAAS H584

Honors Literature & Modern African Experience

Diaspora

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

AAAS 244

Survey of African & African American Music

AAAS 261

Black-White Behavior

AAAS 290

Black Youth

AAAS 291

Black Family

AAAS 351

Caribbean Literature in English

AAAS 361

Psychology of the Black Experience

AAAS 367.04

Black Women Writers

AAAS 451

Caribbean Experience in Literature

AAAS 493

Individual Studies

AAAS 504

Black Politics

AAAS 527

Pan Africanism & Nationalism

AAAS 565

Slavery in the Atlantic World