REQUIRED SEMINAR
231 Africa and the Americas: The Diaspora Experience
Based upon courses from participating departments, the seminar introduces students to the historical and cross-cultural experiences of Africans and African Americans. It affords students the chance to engage in interdisciplinary interpretation and analysis and encourages them to interpret their own heritage in light of the African/African American experience.
GE: ALS-L, MCS-G
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 concentration director. Other courses not identified in this list may also be acceptable, depending on the relevance of their content to the concentration.
ARMS121, Introduction to American Racial and Multicultural Studies
Dance 246, Dance in America
English 245, American Racial and Multicultural Literatures
English 247, Post-Colonial Literatures
English 399, The Major Seminar (topics vary)
French 233, Language and Culture Studies in the Francophone Caribbean (off-campus/Martinique)
French 372, The Francophone African Novel
History 128, Women in African History: (Re-)production, Representation and Resistance
History 165, Slavery in the Americas -- old number 132
History 181, Civil Rights Revolution -- old number 145
History 277, African American History -- old number 242
History 288, America in the Civil War and Reconstruction Era -- old number 244
History 260, South Africa -- old number 277
History 270, Seminars for History Majors (Topical)
2006-07 Race & Gender in the Civil War Era
History 370, American Seminar (topics vary) -- old number 345
Interdisciplinary 260, Dimensions of Multiculture (ACM --
off-campus/Chicago)
Music 231, History of Jazz
Music 237, World Music
Soc/Anth 120, Anthropology of Jazz
Soc/Anth 264, Race and Class in American Culture
Courses that Count Semester I 2009-10
AFA 231-232
Intro to Africa and the Americas
ARMS 122
Intro to ARMS
Art 269
African Art History
English 111
Depending on topic, approved on individual basis by AFA Director
English 205
Racial and Multicultural Literature
English 206
Topic: African Liturature
History 194
Global History
Music 237
World Music
Religion 121
Depending on topic, approved on individual basis by AFA Director
Soc/Anth 128
Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Soc/Anth 242
Contemporary Native Americans
