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The Africana Studies Department offers a multidisciplinary curriculum devoted to the study of the African diaspora, including people of African descent in the Caribbean and the United States.

The courses focus on the histories, cultures, politics, and societies of Africa and its diaspora, from African oral literatures to Caribbean political systems to Black theater. In addition to its core faculty, the department draws on the expertise of affiliated faculty in other departments of the college. The multidisciplinary nature of Africana studies exposes students to interdisciplinary approaches and to the basic content of many of the traditional liberal arts disciplines.

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Course Offerings for Africana Studies Majors

Flexible Core

AFST 3135 Black Political Identity
AFST 3265 (Re)presenting Black Men

College Option

AFST 3247 Literature of the African Diaspora
AFST 3349 Caribbeanization of North America

Semester Schedule

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
AFST 1001 Introduction to Contemporary Africa (SEEK) AFST 1020 Introduction to African American Studies AFST 1025 Introduction to Contemporary African American Culture AFST 3101 States, Kingdoms and Trade: Africa to 1800 AFST 3107 Southern Africa AFST 3120 African American History to 1865 AFST 3135 Black Political Identity in a Transnational Context AFST 3205 African Literature AFST 3220 African American Literature to 1930 AFST 3228 Reading Race AFST 3230 African American Folklore AFST 3240 Caribbean Literature AFST 3243 Caribbean Carnival: History, Performance, Resistance AFST 3245 Intro to Postcolonial Literature and Theory AFST 3247 Literature of the African Diaspora AFST 3265 (Re)presenting Black Men AFST 3324 The Black Urban Experience *AFST 3328 Race and Ethnicity AFST 3330 Black and the Law AFST 3335 The Black Child and the Urban Education AFST 3349 Caribbeanization of North America AFST 3362 Race, Gender and Inequality AFST 5403W Independent Research and Writing	AFST 1001 Introduction to Contemporary Africa AFST 1020 Introduction to African American Studies AFST 1040 Introduction to the Caribbean AFST 3102 Contact, Contest and Independence: Africa Since 1800 AFST 3121 African American History From 1865 AFST 3125 The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements AFST 3135 Black Political Identity in a Transnational Context AFST 3138 The Black Diaspora in New York AFST 3201 African Oral Literature AFST 3215 Performing Blackness AFST 3221 Modern African American Literature AFST 3230 African American Folklore AFST 3236 or AFST 3237 African American Music/History of Jazz AFST 3247 Literature of the African Diaspora AFST 3260 Black Women’s Fiction AFST 3265 (Re)presenting Black Men AFST 3324 The Black Urban Experience AFST 3328 Race and Ethnicity AFST 3331 Blacks and the Criminal Justice System AFST 3349 Caribbeanization of North America AFST 3360 The Black Woman in America *AFST 3364 Writing on African Women and Feminism AFST 5403W Independent Research and Writing

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Spring Semester

AFST 1001 Introduction to Contemporary Africa (SEEK)
AFST 1020 Introduction to African American Studies
AFST 1025 Introduction to Contemporary African American Culture
AFST 3101 States, Kingdoms and Trade: Africa to 1800
*AFST 3107 Southern Africa
AFST 3120 African American History to 1865
AFST 3135 Black Political Identity in a Transnational Context
AFST 3205 African Literature
AFST 3220 African American Literature to 1930
AFST 3228 Reading Race
AFST 3230 African American Folklore
AFST 3240 Caribbean Literature
AFST 3243 Caribbean Carnival: History, Performance, Resistance
*AFST 3245 Intro to Postcolonial Literature and Theory
AFST 3247 Literature of the African Diaspora
AFST 3265 (Re)presenting Black Men
AFST 3324 The Black Urban Experience
*AFST 3328 Race and Ethnicity
AFST 3330 Black and the Law
AFST 3335 The Black Child and the Urban Education
AFST 3349 Caribbeanization of North America
AFST 3362 Race, Gender and Inequality
AFST 5403W Independent Research and Writing

AFST 1001 Introduction to Contemporary Africa
AFST 1020 Introduction to African American Studies
AFST 1040 Introduction to the Caribbean
AFST 3102 Contact, Contest and Independence: Africa Since 1800
AFST 3121 African American History From 1865
*AFST 3125 The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
AFST 3135 Black Political Identity in a Transnational Context
AFST 3138 The Black Diaspora in New York
AFST 3201 African Oral Literature
AFST 3215 Performing Blackness
AFST 3221 Modern African American Literature
AFST 3230 African American Folklore
*AFST 3236 or AFST 3237 African American Music/History of Jazz
AFST 3247 Literature of the African Diaspora
AFST 3260 Black Women’s Fiction
AFST 3265 (Re)presenting Black Men
AFST 3324 The Black Urban Experience
*AFST 3328 Race and Ethnicity
*AFST 3331 Blacks and the Criminal Justice System
AFST 3349 Caribbeanization of North America
AFST 3360 The Black Woman in America
*AFST 3364 Writing on African Women and Feminism
AFST 5403W Independent Research and Writing

* Cross-listed course taught by faculty in another department.

We add these courses to our schedule depending on the availability of full-time faculty/or adjuncts:

3112 Political Systems of Africa
3130 The Struggle for Liberation
3145 Caribbean Political Systems
*3246 Caribbean Sexualities
3320 The Black Family
7050X Social Change in Africa

Summer courses may include:

AFST 3135 Black Political Identity
AFST 3349 Caribbeanization of North America
Study Abroad to Ghana (courses are determined by the instructor leading the program)

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