African American Studies

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

African American Studies Courses

For Undergraduates

129:008 Literatures of the African Peoples	3 s.h.
Works in English by authors of African descent from America, continental Africa, the Caribbean. GE: foreign civilization and culture or humanities. Prerequisite: 08G:001. Same as 08G:014.

129:050 Introduction to African American Religions	3 s.h.
Same as 032:034.

129:060 Introduction to African American Society	3 s.h.
Social and cultural history of African Americans through framework of general works in anthropology, sociology, history. GE: cultural diversity or social sciences.

129:061 Introduction to African American Culture	3 s.h.
Interdisciplinary look at Black culture in the United States through significant contributions of the humanities (music, art, literature, drama, philosophy) to development of Black culture. GE: cultural diversity or humanities. Same as 045:030.

129:063 African American Islam/International Perspective	3 s.h.
Same as 032:063.

129:065 Introduction to African American History	3 s.h.
GE: cultural diversity. Same as 16A:065.

129:069 Selected African American Authors	3 s.h.
Same as 008:069.

129:076 Race, Ethnicity, and Media	3 s.h.
Same as 036:076.

129:079 Race and Ethnicity in Sport	3 s.h.
Same as 028:079.

129:095 Honors Project	arr.
Independent research and writing on interdisciplinary topic. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

For Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate Students

129:116 African American Literature I	3 s.h.
African American writers from 18th century to 1940 examined in relation to cultural, social, literary, historical influences. Same as 008:116.

129:117 African American Literature II	3 s.h.
Literary developments among African Americans 1935 to present; writers and works in relation to cultural, political, social, literary influences on African Americans. Same as 008:117.

129:119 African Literature	3 s.h.
Portrayal in fiction of contemporary African states. Same as 008:119.

129:122 African-Americans and Mass Communication	3 s.h.
GE: cultural diversity. Same as 019:165.

129:123 Twentieth Century African American Religion: Civil Rights to Hip Hop	3 s.h.
Same as 032:126.

129:124 Black Culture and Experience	3 s.h.
Topics vary.

129:128 Racial Narrative and American Performance	3 s.h.
Same as 010:128, 048:128.

129:130 African American Literary/Rhetorical Criticism I	3 s.h.
Same as 008:160, 010:132.

129:131 African American Literary/Rhetorical Criticism II	3 s.h.
Prerequisite: 008:160 or 010:132 or 129:130. Same as 008:166, 010:133, 160:162.

129:137 History of Slavery in the U.S.A.	3-4 s.h.
Same as 16A:147.

129:138 African and African American Interactions	3 s.h.
The slave trade, its legacy in Africa and the Americas; cultural, political interaction between Africans and African Americans; images of Africa in African American thought; Afrocentrism, its African critics. Same as 16W:119.

129:140 Topics in African American Studies	arr.
Different topic each semester.

129:153 The Civil Rights Movement	3 s.h.
Same as 045:153.

129:158 Topics in African Cinema	3 s.h.
Same as 008:157.

129:161 Insurgency and Globalization of Discontent	3 s.h.
Same as 039:161.

129:162 Midwest African American Literature and Culture	3 s.h.
Same as 008:162.

129:163 Precolonial African History	3 s.h.
Africa to 1880; introduction of oral tradition, other sources; political development; ecological change; slavery and the slave trade. GE: foreign civilization and culture. Same as 16W:120.

129:164 African History Since 1880	3 s.h.
Africa in colonial, post-colonial periods; economic and political structures of colonialism; social change, political life in the 20th century. GE: foreign civilization and culture. Same as 16W:121.

129:175 African American Theatre I	3 s.h.
Theory and performance; study of history and theory related to stage presentations or performances by Black Americans; responsibility for African American Theater productions. Same as 049:190.

129:176 Special Topics: Race, Ethnicity, and Media	3 s.h.
Topics, issues, and debates about production or representation of popular images of race and ethnicity. Same as 036:159.

129:179 Independent Study	arr.
Topics vary. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

129:181 African American Autobiography	3 s.h.
Same as 008:137.

129:182 Writing the Performance of Identity	3 s.h.
Creative writing lab to inspire and cultivate original writing and performance; focus on reading and writing poetry, narratives, short plays; culminates in performance. Same as 049:182.

129:183 Black Feminist Tradition and Culture	3 s.h.
Survey of selected theoretical texts chronicling shifting perspectives on feminism; comparative interdisciplinary survey of artistic works that reflect such perspectives. Same as 049:183.

129:184 Black Global Metropolis: Sexual History	3 s.h.
Black popular culture and the African American urban experience. Same as 16A:184, 154:184.

129:186 African American Drama	3 s.h.
Same as 008:186, 049:186.

129:187 African American History 1865-Present	3 s.h.
Same as 16A:188.

129:189 Themes in African American History	3 s.h.
Same as 16A:185.

129:191 African American Theatre II	3 s.h.
Advanced version of 129:175, with focus on different plays; for theatre arts and African American studies majors. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as 049:191.

129:199 Senior Seminar	3 s.h.
African American, African, and African Caribbean culture and experience; comparative approach to synthesize students' earlier study. Prerequisites: African American studies senior standing and consent of instructor.

For Graduate Students

129:205 Gender and Race in Nineteenth Century U.S.	arr.
Same as 016:205, 131:206.

129:211 Introduction to Research in African American Culture	arr.
Methodologies, bibliographies, issues, resources significant to study of African American culture. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as 045:210.

129:212 Advanced Readings in Black Culture	arr.
Textual, social, political analyses of works by Black authors.

129:231 Crossing Borders Seminar	2-3 s.h.
Repeatable. Same as 01H:247, 008:231, 013:262, 016:247, 030:242, 035:273, 044:286, 048:247, 113:247, 160:247, 181:247.

129:245 Readings: African American Historiography	arr.
Same as 016:245.

129:259 Seminar: Interpreting Oral Histories	arr.
Interpretations and methods applied by historians in varied world regions to forms of oral history, ranging from old oral traditions to contemporary autobiographical testimony. Same as 016:259.

129:287 Readings: African American Women's History	arr.
Same as 016:287, 131:287.

129:312 Advanced Research in African American Culture	arr.
Seminar or independent study; for graduate students concentrating in African American studies. Prerequisites: basic African American studies courses and 129:211.

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