FALL 2013 COURSE LISTING
DEPT
CRS
SECT
TITLE/DESCRIPTION
AFAM
201
001
Intro to African American Studies: Social &
Historical Foundations
Introduction to the key debates, figures, and
concepts in the study of the historical, political, and
social development of black life in America.
Intro to African American Studies: Arts & Cultural
Introduction to the key debates, figures, and
concepts in the study of the artistic, literary, and
cultural development of black life in America.
African American Arts and Cultures
An examination of African-American cultures in the
New World. (Cross-listed with ANTH 303.001).
African American Feminist Theory
An interdisciplinary survey of the contributions of
African-American women to feminist theory. (Crosslisted with WGST 308.E01)
Psychology and the African American Experience
Psychological theory and research as it applies to
African Americans. Explores Afrocentric and other
perspectives and roles of culture, racism, and
historical phenomena. (Cross-listed with PSYCH
330.001)
Survey of the Civil Rights Movement
This course will explore the origins of Jim Crow and
the multi-faceted struggle against it in the American
South and the rest of the U.S. (Cross-listed with
HIST 492.002/HIST 402.E01)
Topics: African American and Women’s Health
Issues
Examines the health status of African Americans
and women. Attention will be focused on the
nature of Black/White and male and female
disparities in health.
Topics: The History of Black Southern Education
Course will examine the history of education of
African Americans in the South from Reconstruction
to the 21st Century. (Meets with HIST 492.005 &
SOST 405.003)
Topics: Medicine, Disease, Slavery
Interdisciplinary study of the health of enslaved
African Americans during the nineteenth century.
(Meets with ANTH 391.001)
002
AFAM
202
001
AFAM
303
001
AFAM
308
E01
AFAM
330
001
AFAM
335
001
AFAM
397
001
AFAM
397
002
AFAM
397
003
GAMBRELL 258
DAYS
TIME
INSTRUCTOR
TR
2:50P4:05P
Shaw, T
MW
3:55P5:10P
8:30A9:45A
Watson, L
MWF
9:4010:30A
Weik, T
TR
6:00P7:15P
White, S
MW
3:55P5:10P
Bessellieu, L
TR
1:15P2:30P
Sherouse, G
TR
2:50P4:05P
Cummings, J
MW
2:20P3:35P
Littlefield, V
MW
2:20P3:35P
de la Cova, C
TR
Singleton, H
8/22/2013
AFAM
397
004
005
AFAM
398
001
AFAM
398
002
AFAM
398
004
AFAM
398
005
AFAM
428A
001
AFAM
476
001
Topics: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Explores historical and contemporary aspects of
race, class, gender, and sexuality through systemic
natures of “isms”. (Meets with WGST
304.001/WGST 304.002)
Topic: African American Sacred Music: From
Spirituals to Stomp
This course provides a socio-cultural history and
musical survey of Black sacred music traditions with
particular attention to the spirituals traditions,
black hymnody, gospel music styles, and holy hiphop.
Topic: Comic & Graphic Novels
A rigorous and scholarly study of comics by and
about Africans and African Americans drawing on a
wide range of source materials. (Meets with ENGL
430.002)
Topic: Overcoming the Odds and Beyond
Human choice and behavior in the social
environment that helps people succeed against the
odds, experience health, embrace authentic
happiness, flourish, and realize their fullest
potential. (Meets with SOWK 310.001)
Topic: Minorities, Women & Media
The study of the relationships among persons of
color, women, and the mass media in the United
States. (Cross-listed with JOUR 311.001 & WGST
311.001)
TR
2:50P4:05P
White, S
MW
3:55P5:10P
4:25P5:40P
White, S
TR
8:30A9:45A
Whitted, Q
MWF
10:50A11:40A
Cooper-Lewter
MW
2:20P3:55P
Campbell, K
African American Literature I: to 1903
Representative works of African-American writers
to 1903
Black Activism
Critical review of theories of community organizing,
grassroots activism, and social movements, and
examination of contemporary forms of black
activism. (Cross-listed with POLI 476.001)
TR
11:40A12:55P
Trafton, S
TR
10:05A11:20A
Shaw, T
TR
Johnson, B
8/22/2013