Required Seminar
Elective courses must be relevant to the focus of the concentration. For some electives, students may be required to negotiate specific assignments with the instructor and the concentration director. Other courses not identified in this list may also be acceptable, depending on the relevance of their content to the concentration.
AFAD 231: Africa and the Americas: The Diaspora Experience
This interdisciplinary course examines the ties that bind Africans and African Americans. Africans on the African continent and in the diaspora share historical, cultural, and religious lives that prove richly diverse. Students explore ways that peoples of African descent interact. From colonial times to the present day whether in the New World, or in Africa their lives intersect to create institutions and powerful influences in the world. Also counts toward race and ethnic studies major and concentration.
AFAD 294: Academic Internship
AFAD 298: Independent Study
AFAD 394: Academic Internship
AFAD 396: Directed Undergraduate Research
This course provides a comprehensive research opportunity, including an introduction to relevant background material, technical instruction, identification of a meaningful project, and data collection. The topic is determined by the faculty member in charge of the course and may relate to his/her research interests. Offered based on department decision. May be offered as a 1.00 credit course or .50 credit course.
Prerequisite: Determined by individual instructor.
AFAD 398: Independent Research
Elective Courses
Elective courses must be relevant to the focus of the concentration. For some electives, students may be required to negotiate specific assignments with the instructor and the director of the concentration. Other courses not identified in this list may also be acceptable, depending on the relevance of their content to the concentration.
ART 269 African Art History
ENGL 108 The Hero and the Trickster in Post-Colonial Literature
ENGL 205 American Racial and Multicultural Literatures
ENGL 207 Women of the African Diaspora
ENGL 399 The Major Seminar (when the topic pertains to Africa and the Americas)
FREN 271 The Francophone World
FREN 372 Topics in Francophone Studies
FREN 373 Genre Studies
HIST 151 Slavery in African History
HIST 165 Slavery in the Americas
HIST 181 Civil Rights Revolution
HIST 256 Slavery in West Africa: Ghana (abroad)
HIST 277 African-American History
HIST 288 America in the Civil War and Reconstruction Era
HIST 291 Introduction to African History
HIST 292 Muslim Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
HIST 370 American Seminar (when the topic pertains to Africa & the Americas)
RACE 122 Introduction to Race and Ethnic Studies
SOAN 128 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (with a focus on Africa)
SOAN 261 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
SOAN 264 Race and Class in American Culture
SWRK 280 Social Realities in South Africa (abroad)