103. First Year Social Science Seminar.
Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pr-register for First-year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (SS). (Cross-Area courses). This seminar introduces first-year students to the intellectual community of social scientists working in the field of Afroamerican and African studies. The topic of the seminar varies term to term. May not be included in a concentration plan.

104. First Year Humanities Seminar.
Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). (African Studies). This seminar introduces first-year students to the intellectual community of humanities scholars working in the field of Afroamerican and African studies. The topic of the seminar varies term to term. May not be included in a concentration plan.

108. Introduction to African Art
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HA108). (4). (HU). (African Studies). May not be included in a concentration plan. Building on a concept developed by Rubin in his ART AS TECHNOLOGY, (ed. by Zana Pearlstone) the study seeks to demonstrate the relationship between art production, on the one hand, and environmental and cultural factors, on the other hand.

111. Introduction to Africa and Its Diaspora.
Prerequisite to concentration. (Cross-Area Courses). Introduces basic concepts and methods involved in the study of Africa and its Diaspora. This team-taught course takes a multimedia, interdisciplinary approach using maps, cultural artifacts, films, art, music, archival documents, literary texts, and key scholarly readings from both the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisite to the CAAS concentration and minor. May not be included in a concentration plan.

200(105). Introduction to African Studies.
Prerequisite AAS111. (3; 2 in the half-term). (SS). (African Studies). An interdisciplinary introduction to the history and cultures of Africa. The course surveys Africa's prehistoric past, the rise and development of early African states, and African achievements from the medieval period to the present. Throughout, attention is given to changing perspectives and approaches in the field of African Studies.

201(100). Introduction to Afro-American Studies.
Prerequisite AAS111. (3; 2 in the half-term). (SS). (R&E). (African-American Studies). This course provides an interdisciplinary overview and introduction to the area of Afro-American Studies. Historical, political, sociocultural, and behavioral perspectives are brought to bear on the analysis of the Black American experience. Specifically, the course intends to (1) Introduce students to the corpus of knowledge characteristic of the Afro-American Studies disciplinary perspective; (2) Consider salient issues, debates and critiques in the area; (3) Survey the Black American experience with emphasis on current social, political, and economic developments; and (4) Encourage the development of greater insight into the Black American experience.

202(200). Introduction to Afro-Caribbean Studies.
Prerequisite AAS111. (3). (Excl). (R&E). (Afro-Caribbean Studies). An introductory course focusing on key issues in Afro-Caribbean studies. The specific topic is determined by the instructor.

203. Issues in Afro-American Development.
Prerequisite AAS111. (3). (SS). (African-American Studies). An inter-disciplinary course concerned with issues currently critical to the development of the Black community along various dimensions, including the economic, political, social and educational aspects.

204. Cultural History of Afro-America.
Prerequisite AAS111 (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies) A survey course on the cultural traditions of the Black experience in America. The course treats Black literature, religion, philosophy, music, theatre, and art as well as the social psychology behind these expressions as they emerge out of the Black response to American conditions.

206. Issues in African Studies
Prerequisite AAS111. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). An introductory course focusing on key issues in African Studies. The specific topic is determined by the instructor.

214. Introduction to African American Art
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HA214). Prerequisite AAS111. (3). (Excl). (African American Studies). Serves as a support course for students in American art and culture studies and as a foundation course for studies in African American and Africana studies. Lecture course, using traditional methodology of the discipline, and includes class discussion and slides to survey art by African Americans, covering the mid-19th century to the present.

230. Survey of Afro-American History, I
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HA274). Prerequisite AAS111. (3). (SS). (African-American Studies). A survey of the events, patterns, ideologies and cosmologies in Black history from the sixteenth century in West Africa to the end of the American Civil War.

231. Survey of Afro-American History, II
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HA275). Prerequisite AAS111. (3) (SS). (African-American Studies). Continuation of CAAS 230 - 1865 to present.

241. Women of Color and Feminism
(Crosslisted in Women's Studies as WS231). Prerequisite AAS111. (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). Provides an exposure to the main feminist issues confronting women of color by comparing women of color communities and their feminisms.

274. Introduction to Afro-American Literature
(Crosslisted in English as ENG274) Prerequisite AAS 111. (3; 2 in the half-term). (HU). (African-American Studies). By surveying poetry, narratives fictive and autobiographical prose essays, and drama produced by Black writers over the course of their presence in America, we attempt to investigate the nature of these authors' imaginative responses to Afro-American peoples' situation in a society simultaneously both hostile to and keenly dependent upon their presence.

303. Race and Ethnic Relations
(Crosslisted in Sociology as SOC 303). An introductory course in sociology or AAS. AAS 201 recommended. (4; 3 in the half-term). (SS). (R&E). (African-American Studies). This course examines the history and problems that racial minorities have faced in the U.S. by surveying the experiences of groups such as African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans, and Asians. The social history of the groups is discussed as well as the social problems confronting it.

321. African American Social Thought
(Crosslisted in Sociology as SOC 323). AAS 201 recommended. (3). (SS). (African-American Studies). This course seeks to understand, interpret, and critique different schools of social thought on the social condition and social character of African Americans.

322. Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class, and Gender.
(Crosslisted in School of Natural Resources as NR&E 335) (4; 3 in the half-term). (SS). (Cross-Area Courses). Analyzes the role of race, gender and class in defining environmental issues and environmental action.

326. The Black American Family.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (SS). (African-American Studies). This course examines the historical and contemporary structure and functioning of Black families in America. Emphasis is placed on understanding and the survival mechanisms which developed and persisted in adverse circumstances.

327. Psychological Aspects of the Black Experience.
(Crosslisted in Psychology as PSYCH 315). One course in psychology or Afroamerican and African Studies. AAS 201 recommended. (3). (SS). (African-American Studies). An examination of the unique and consistent patterns in attitudes of Black Americans toward themselves and the external community. Emphasis is placed on age-sex-status differences and on temporal changes. Attention is directed toward causes and consequences for individuals and for the larger group.

329. African American Leadership.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Focuses on the methods used to study African American leaders, the process which gives rise to leaders, the context in which they act, the nature of the followership, and the responses of the state.

331. The World of the Black Child.
(Crosslisted in Psychology as PSYCH 316). One course in psychology or Afroamerican and African Studies. (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). An analysis of the socio-cultural and institutional forces which influence the socialization and development of Black children; examines the child's perception of these forces and implications for the educational experience.

332. Environment and Inequality.
(Crosslisted in Natural Resources as NRE 336) (4). (SS). (R&E). (Cross-Area Courses). This course explores the relationship between environment and social inequality. It focuses on American urban environments. The course examines how educational experiences impacts occupational and social class outcomes.

333. Perspectives in Afro-American History.
AAS 201 recommended. (4; 3 in the half-term). (Excl). (African-American Studies). A seminar-like course emphasizing a theoretical approach to Black historical inquiry. An attempt is made to group the meaning and implications of various developments in Black history.

334. Popular Culture in Contemporary Black America.
(Crosslisted in History as HIST 365 and American Culture as AMER CULT 336) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (HU). (African-American Studies). Through an examination of popular culture, this course critically reassesses the relationship between Black politics and cultural forms emerging from within African-American communities, the commodification of those forms, and representation of Black images in mass media. Beginning with post war jazz, we explore the African-American roots of rock and roll, the development of blaxploitation films, and the shifting, ideological meaning of hair and dress styles.

335. Religion in the Afro-American Experience.
(Crosslisted in Religion as REL 310) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (HU). (African-American Studies). This course studies religion as a major force in the life of the Black community. Religion has not only provided a sense of direction and a positive hope for Black people, it has also provided a philosophical basis for much of the social action of the community.

336. Black Women in America.
(Crosslisted in History as HIST 336 and in Women's Studies as 336) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (SS). (African-American Studies). This course examines the condition of Black women in America from an historical and contemporary perspective. The main theme of the course is the peculiarity of the social, economic, and political situation of Black women, in comparison to African American males and white American males and females.

338. Literature in Afro-American Culture.
(Crosslisted in English as ENGL 320) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (HU). (African-American Studies). This course is designed to examine the various ways in which literature and culture have interacted in the Afro-American experience of the New World. Shifting emphases shed light on a variety of issues: slave autobiography, frontier and colonial cultures, women's issues, and contemporary or popular narratives.

339. African American Languages and Dialects
(Crosslisted in Linquistics as LING 339) Ling. 210 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course is an introduction to the languages and dialects of people of African ancestry living in the New World. Special attention is paid to the historical origins of these languages, their present day diversity, and the social and political factors related to their current status.

340. A History of Blacks in American Film
(Crosslisted in American Culture as AMER CULT 340) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Laboratory fee ($15) required. A history of the portrayal of Blacks in American films between 1915 and 1970, with special emphasis on the relationship of Black and American popular culture.

341. Introduction to Black Theatre
(Crosslisted in Theatre as THEATRE 222) AAS 201 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (HU). (African-American Studies). A beginning course in Black theatre, acquainting students with origins, developments, current trends and the significant contributions of African-Americans to the theatre of Western civilization and to the theatre of Black America.

342. Acting and the Black Experience.
(Crosslisted in Theatre as THEATRE 233) Permission of instructor (brief interview). AAS 201 recommended. (3). (HU). (African-American Studies). An introductory acting course approached from a consideration of African-American dramatic themes and topics, using primarily texts from African-American playwrights.

348. Dance in Culture: Origins of Jazz Dance.
(Crosslisted in Dance as DANCE 358) (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). An exploration of jazz dance through movement, as it relates to African-American vernacular dance, the African diaspora, and American culture as a whole.

355. Health and Illness in African Worlds.
(Crosslisted in History as HIST 355) AAS 200 recommended. (4). (Excl). (African Studies). Changes in disease, epidemiology, and health and healing practices in African continental and Atlantic worlds from the fifteenth century, as Africans encountered new forms of medicine, slavery, colonialism, epidemic, famine, and war. Designed for concentrators in History and Afroamerican and African Studies and/or students seeking careers in medicine, public health, and medical anthropology.

358. Topics in Black World Studies.
(3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). May be repeated for a total of six credits. Selected topics in Black World Studies which focus on introduction to Africa, to the Caribbean, to North America, and to South America. Specific focus is determined by instructor and indicated in the current Time Schedule.

360. Afro-American Art.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (HU). (African-American Studies). A description and analysis of the origins, nature, and legitimacy of Black American art. Discussion of relationship of Black art to other aspects of Black cultures. Attention is given to African origins, transition to America, the impact of slavery, and the Harlem Renaissance as background to understanding contemporary American art.

361. Comparative Black Art.
CAAS 360. (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). Black American art compared to its parent African art and to other art forms in the African diaspora. Attention is given in particular to the art of Brazil and Haiti.

370. Special Topics in African American Art.
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HIST of ART 350) Upperclass standing, and AAS 108 and 214. AAS 201 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Lecture course focus on a theme, topic, media, or subject. Artists, aesthetics, cultural contexts, style are reviewed and discussed.

380. Special Topics in African Art.
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HIST of ART 360) Upperclass standing, and AAS 108 or 214. AAS 200 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African Studies). This course is designed to address in-depth, narrow-focused or comparative treatments of topics that are corollary to the regular African Art courses.

384. Engl. 384/Amer. Cult. 406. Topics in Caribbean Literature.
(Crosslisted in English as ENG 384 and American Culture as AMER CULT 406) AAS 202 recommended. (3). (Excl). (Afro-Caribbean Studies). May be repeated for a total of six credits. The course considers a range of topics in the study of Caribbean literature. It raises questions concerning the canon of texts to be studied, the cultural construction of Caribbean literature, race, and ethnicity.

385. Topics in African Literature.
(Crosslisted in English as ENG 385) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (HU). (African Studies). May be repeated for a total of six credits. This course considers a range of topics in the study of African literature. It raises questions concerning the canon of texts studied, the cultural construction of African literature, race and ethnicity.

394. Junior Seminar.
Upperclass standing or permission of instructor. (4). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). May be repeated for a total of eight credits. An intensive seminar on specialized topics in Afroamerican, African, and/or Caribbean Studies.

400. The Music of African Americans.
(Crosslisted in School of Music as MHM 457) AAS 201 recommended. Musical background preferred. Undergraduates only. (3; 2 in the half-term). (HU). (African-American Studies). An explication of the development of the Afro-American musical traditions from African and Afro-American folk origins to Black American music in the twentieth century. Topics include blues, jazz, contemporary popular music, and art music.

403. Education and Development in Africa.
AAS 200 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). Interdisciplinary course surveying the role of education and social change. Introduces the student to the key elements of the educational system and examines the impact of education on economic and political development. Tradition and reform in African education and cultural values in transition are explored.

404. The Art of Africa.
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HIST of ART 404. Upperclass standing. AAS 200 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). A broad introduction which deals with African art - masks, figures, etc. - in the context of African society.

408. African Economies: Social and Political Settings.
AAS 200 recommended. (4; 3 in the half-term). (Excl). (African Studies). A study of factors which contribute to current economic conditions in Africa: the problems and the potential for change, traditionalism and modernism in African economics, colonial economics, colonial economic policies. Uses case studies of representative countries.

410. Supervised Reading and Research.
Permission of instructor. (1-6). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with permission of the concentration advisor. Arrangements may be made for adequately prepared students to undertake individual study under the direction of a departmental staff member. Students are provided with the proper section number by the staff member with whom the work has been arranged. Permission of the concentration advisor is required to repeat the course for credit.

418. Black Americans and the Political System.
(Crosslisted in Political Science as POLI. SCI 419) Two courses in political science. AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Focuses on the status of Blacks in the American political system. Analyzes the capacity and the capability of the political system for negotiating the internal conflicts involving Black/white relationships.

422. African Culture.
(Crosslisted in Anthropology as ANTHRO 411) Junior standing. AAS 200 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African Studies). A survey of the processes and patterns of socio-cultural, political, and economic development in Africa before the period of European colonial rule.

425. Politics of Black Movements in America.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course analyzes several Black protest movements. It concerns leaders of movements, political environments, and concepts of freedom and liberation. Relevant questions are: Who joined the movements, and why? What were the costs and benefits of the movements? What were the goals of the movements? What tactics and strategies were used to realize these goals?

426. Urban Redevelopment and Social Justice.
(Cross-Area Courses) (3). (SS). (Cross-Area Courses). An exploration of explicit and subtle connections between people, land, and power in cities. Stresses the effects of these linkages upon emerging (and ongoing) developmental efforts.

427. African Women.
(Crosslisted in Anthropology as ANTHRO 427 and in Women Studies as WS 427) One course in African Studies, anthropology, or women's studies. AAS 200 recommended. (3). (SS). (African Studies). The active roles African women play in their communities as these have changed from pre-colonial to contemporary times are discussed critically through the themes of autonomy and control of resources, esp. land, labor, income, education, and political authority.

434. Social Organization of Black Communities.
(Crosslisted in Sociology as SOC 434) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Course analyses and interprets Black communities in the U.S. Specifically the origins and development, competing theories, unique characteristics and institutions, and contemporary problems of Black communities are to be examined.

435. 20th Century African-American Art.
(Crosslisted in History of Art as HIST of ART 425) Upperclass standing, and AAS 214 or Hist. of Art 272. AAS 201 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Upper level art history lecture course examines monuments, artists, technique and works of art, symbolism within a chronological and regional framework. Various media examined in relation to American culture and history.

440. African Cinema.
(Crosslisted in Film & Video as FILM-VIDEO 440) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). Laboratory fee ($35) required. A critical and interdisciplinary look at the development of African cinema from its inception in the 1960s, at the height of the sociopolitical upheavals experienced by many nations in the transition from colonialism to independence, to the recent phase of introspection and diversification.

442. Third World Cinema.
(Crosslisted in Film & Video as FILM-VIDEO 442) AAS 202 recommended. (3). (Excl). (Afro-Caribbean Studies). Laboratory fee ($35) required. The interrelationships and disruptions between dominant cinema practices and Third World and marginal cinema on the level of aesthetics, production, economic, social and cultural history. Cinema as ideological practice; the formulation of new approaches to film practice sympathetic to the cultural specifications of the producing nations.

444. Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures, I.
(Crosslisted in Anthropology as ANTHRO 414) Junior standing. AAS 202 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (Afro-Caribbean Studies). A survey of the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean with emphasis on Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana. Analysis of class, race relations, cultural pluralism, ethnicity, population movements, and economic development.

446. Africa to 1850.
(Crosslisted in History as HIST 446) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (SS). (African Studies). The course is an introduction to the peoples and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa. It begins with a survey of the origins of man and early African civilizations and concludes with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

448. Africa Since 1850.
(Crosslisted in History as HIST 448) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (SS). (R&E). (African Studies). This is the second part of a two-course introduction to central themes in Sub-Saharan African history. It deals with the abolition of the slave trade, European imperialism, underdevelopment, nationalism and de-colonialization.

449. African Politics.
(Crosslisted in Political Science as POLI SCI 459) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). A comparative survey of the African states and territories, with primary emphasis on the process of decolonization, the continued dependent status of African states, obstacles to change, and alternative strategies of development.

450. Law, Race, and the Historical Process, I.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course studies the legal experience of Blacks in the U.S. from the period of colonial North America to the beginning of the modern Civil Rights era. It reviews such subjects as the law of slavery and the slave trade, the Constitution and the Black status in the antebellum period, Constitutional and legislative developments during Reconstruction and thereafter.

451. Law, Race, and the Historical Process, II.
AAS 201 and 450 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course is a continuation of Law, Race and the Historical Process I (CAAS 450). It covers the period of time from the beginnings of the modern Civil Rights movement to the present.

452. Education of the Black Child.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Deals with crucial questions in the education of Black children in the United States. Emphasis is laid on theoretical frameworks of growth and on the analysis of the social, cultural, political and economic forces which act to influence the learning experiences of Black children.

453. Culture, Class, and Conflict in Southern Africa.
AAS 200 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). A broad overview and detailed exploration of society, economy, and polity in Southern Africa. The major focus of the class is on conflict: its roots, its forms, and its impact. This cross-disciplinary course is concerned with both the historical background and the contemporary situation.

454. African-American Culture.
(Crosslisted in Anthropology as ANTHRO 453) One introductory course in the social sciences. AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course examines the Afro-American as one example of how humans live. It places distinctive Black behavior within its social context and its history.

455. Seminar on Project and Research Planning.
Upperclass standing. (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). This seminar is concerned with the design and implementation of research projects on topics relating to the African diaspora. Highly recommended for Honors students in AAS.

457. Political Economy of Black America.
(Crosslisted in Economics as ECON 476.) Econ. 101. AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Focuses on the economic life of African Americans in the U.S., including the role of economics in the social construction of race, and the relationship between the evolution of the U.S. economy and the changing status of African Americans.

458. Issues in Black World Studies.
(3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). May be repeated for a total of six credits. A generally comparative study of the nature, evolution, and implications of the Black experience in Africa, North America, the Caribbean and Latin America. Specific focus is determined by instructor and indicated in current Time Schedule.

459. African-American Religion.
(Crosslisted in Anthropology as ANTHRO 451) One introductory course in the social sciences. AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course examines the nature of religion in the lives of humans, within the framework of culture, and as a pervasive social institution. Focus on character of religion in the history and lives of Afro-Americans.

461. Pan-Africanism, I.
(African Studies) (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). An in-depth examination of the writings of Pan-Africanists and a critical analysis of the revolutionary thrust toward independence and the unification of the African continent.

464. Music of the Caribbean.
(Crosslisted in School of Music as MHM 464) AAS 202 recommended. (3). (HU). (Afro-Caribbean Studies). This course introduces the Caribbean as an area comprising many distinct cultures. The major body of the course proceeds by areas zoned musically for our purposes, and by musical type. We search for social, legislative, and economic factors that operate in favor of musical appropriation and against the continuity of individual traditional styles. Reggae, calypso, soca, pan, ritual, and European music are analyzed through their political and social implications. Theories on the aesthetics of Black music, formulated by Roger Abrahams, Henry Louis Gates and Paule Marshall form the core of the analyses.

465. Dynamics of Afro-American Music.
AAS 201 recommended. Junior standing. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Examines the dynamics of change in Afroamerican music, focusing on new directions in music aesthetics within their social and political contexts.

470. Cultural Issues in Cinema.
(Crosslisted in Film & Video as FILM-VIDEO 470) (3). (HU). (Cross-Area Courses). Laboratory fee ($35) required. An exploration of developments in the cross-cultural use of media - from Hollywood feature films to ethnographic documentaries, from Caribbean liberationist literature to African allegories of Colonialism, from indigenous use of film and video to Black Diasporan "oppositional" film practice.

475. Early Afro-American Literature.
(Crosslisted in English as ENGL 477) Permission of instructor. AAS 201 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African-American Studies). A study of the literature of Afro-Americans from 1773 to the 1930s with particular emphasis on the post-Reconstruction writings of Dunbar, Chesnutt, DuBois, and Johnson and on such writers of the Harlem Renaissance as McKay, Turner, Cullen, Hughes, and Thurman.

476. Contemporary Afro-American Literature.
(Crosslisted in English as ENGL 478) Permission of instructor. AAS 201 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African-American Studies). A study of literature written by Afro-Americans from World War II to the present. Wright, Yerby, Baldwin, Brooks, Hayden, Jones, Lee, and Cleaver are among the writers discussed.

477. Women and the Environment.
(Crosslisted in School of Natural Resources as NR&E 477) Junior standing. (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). The course explores the relationship between women and the environment in industrialized and developing countries. It explores issues of race, social class, poverty, power, control and natural resource and abuse. Aid and international development is also analyzed in the context of women's access to resources.

478. Ethnicity and Culture in Latin America.
(Crosslisted in Latin American & Caribbean Studies as LACS 400 and in History as HIST. 578) AAS 202 recommended. (3). (Excl). (Afro-Caribbean Studies). May be repeated for a total of six credits. This course explores various aspects of ethnicity and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean from historical and anthropological perspectives.

479. Political Development and Economy of Africa.
(Crosslisted in Political Science as POLI SCI 479) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (SS). (African Studies). A survey of the relations of African states with each other and with the Middle East, Western Europe, the Socialist States, North America, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean, and other developing areas. Examines the participation of African states in international economic and political organizations. Problems of dependency and decolonization are also discussed.

486. Communication Media in the Black World: Print Media.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This course studies the Black experience in mainstream mass media, Black media, and special interest media in the context of the Black struggle for equality.

487. Communication Media in the Black World: Electronic Media.
AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). A study of the Black experience in radio, television, and film. Special attention is paid to the social, economic, and technical properties of modern mass media and how they affect the replication of the reality of Black life in the U.S.

489. Topics in Afro-American Literature.
(Crosslisted in English as ENGL 479) AAS 201, 274 and/or 338 strongly recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). (African-American Studies). May be repeated for a total of six credits. Following a sequence of introductory and mid-level classes, students may elect this advanced-level seminar in Afro-American Literature. From year to year topics may include the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement or the Slave Narrative as well as thematic, or generic approaches.

490. Special Topics in Black World Studies.
Junior standing. (1-2). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). May be repeated for a total of six credits. A mini-course seminar on specialized topics in Afroamerican, African, and/or Caribbean studies.

495. Senior Seminar.
Upperclass standing or permission of instructor. (4). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). (Capstone Course). An intensive seminar on specialized topics in Afroamerican, African, and/or Caribbean Studies.

510. Supervised Research.
Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (1-6). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with permission of the concentration advisor. Arrangements may be made for adequately prepared students to undertake individual study under the direction of a departmental staff member. Students are provided with the proper section number by the staff member with whom the work has been arranged. Permission of the concentration advisor is required to repeat the course for credit.

521. Soc. 521. African American Intellectual Thought.
(Crosslisted in Sociology as SOC. 521) Senior standing. AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). This seminar explores the research and policy debates constructed by African American scholars on the "Negro Problem." The objective is to ascertain how these social analyses and intellectual arguments framed definitions of and solutions for the social condition of the African American community throughout the twentieth century.

533. Black Civil Rights from 1900.
(Crosslisted in American Culture as AMER CULT 533 and History as HIST 572) AAS 201 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African-American Studies). Afroamerican history as reflected in political, economic, cultural, religious, and civil rights protest movements from the 1890's to the 1960's, with a brief introductory review of the post-Reconstruction period beginning with 1877.

558. Seminar in Black World Studies.
Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). (Cross-Area Courses). May be repeated for a total of six credits. An "interrogation of knowledge systems" approach to selected problem areas in the study of the Black experience in North America, Caribbean and Latin America, and in Africa. Specific area and issue are determined by instructor and indicated in current Time Schedule.

595. Topics in African History.
(Crosslisted in History as HIST 595) AAS 200 recommended. (3). (Excl). (African Studies). This course is meant to examine an aspect, to be designated in the section title, of topics in African history.

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