AAS501 Foundationa Issues in African American Studies...3 hrs
This course provides an advanced examination of theoretical and conceptual issues that form the epistemological foundation of African American studies. It investigates key studies, scholars and theories in the field. Readings and discussions pay close attention to the relationship between theory and empirical research and their applications to contemporary social issues.
AAS590/591/592 Special Topic...1/2/3 hrs
Special topics is important to the in-depth and advanced study of the African American experience. Students may develop a course of study that can lead to a certificate program or masters degree in African American studies.
Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
Prereq: graduate standing, senior standing with permission.
AAS503 Public Policy And African Americans...3 hrs
This course examines the implications of major and evolving national public policies and policy alternatives for economically vulnerable and/or historically disadvantaged segements of the population, particularly African Americans. Such policies include those related to social welfare, education, campus climate, employment, mass communication, housing, affirmative action, and drug and crime control
AAS504 Politics In The african American Experience...3 hrs
This course is designed to provide the student with an advanced and critical knowledge of black political behavior in the United States in its evolution from protest to contemporary, institutional politics.
AAS505 The African Political Economy...3 hrs
This course serves as an advanced and critical survey of Africa's contemporary political economy. In examining post-colonial developments, the course focuses on regional and national strategies for social transformation.
AAS541 Law, Race And Community...3 hrs
AAS541 examines the legal history of African Americans and the related search for a concept of community within the United States. The course ranges from European movement into the Western Hemisphere in the 1400s to the challenges of race and structural inequilities of the 21st centuary.
AAS542 Race And Crime And The African American Experience...3 hrs
This course will provide a comparative analysis of the experience of African Americans and other groups with the criminal justice system in the United States. Students will critically examine historical patterns, theories of race and crime and the effects of race and class on social attitudes and criminal justice practices.
AAS543/PLSC543 Civil Rights And The African American Experience...3 hrs
AAS543/PLSC543 Civil Rights And The African American Experience will explore the impact of race as a dominant and dynamic force that has shaped the interpretation of the constitution and subsequent Civil Rights Acts. Students will critically examine how black communities organized for change and how the Civil Rights movement contributed to American political reform.
AAS602 Researching Black Communities
Through the application of qualitative and ethnographic techniques, students will study groups, institutions and other social phenomena that affect African American communities and culture. Social research will be linked to intellectual and theoretical traditions in the field of African American Studies.
