Course Descriptions
Africana Studies
(AFST)
201. Introduction to Africana Studies. (3-0). Credit 3.
Introduction to the field of Africana Studies; interdisciplinary approach drawing from history, philosophy, sociology, political studies, literature and performance studies; explores the African foundational relationship to and connections with its diaspora populations; covers Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and South America.
302. Gateway Course. (3-0). Credit 3.
Gateway to a series of courses offered for the minor in Africana Studies; explores topics such as Afrocentrism, postcolonial studies, black cultural studies, black feminist theory for a close study of issues among African and African diaspora populations in the Unites States, Caribbean, Europe and South America.
481. Seminar. (3-0). Credit 3.
Comparative studies of slave societies in the modern world; history and analysis of African American feminism; comparative analyses of the social, political, and economic condition of African Americans and other African peoples of the diaspora. Prerequisite: AFST 302; junior or senior classification.