| AFST101 |
Foundation course for all beginning students interested in reading or speaking the language. {Offered upon demand} |
2.67 |
10.00 |
8.00 |
| AFST103 |
An exploration of the philosophical basis for the creation and the existence of African-American Studies program. {Fall, Spring} |
11.67 |
24.00 |
35.00 |
| AFST106 |
(Also offered as ARAB 101.) A course in elementary modern standard Arabic. |
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| AFST107 |
(Also offered as MLNG 107.) A course for those with very minimal exposure to modern Arabic Language. |
12.00 |
21.00 |
36.00 |
| AFST115 |
(Also offered as CJ 115.) An introduction to communication among people from different cultural backgrounds, emphasizing intercultural relations. The class seeks to identify, honor and enhance the strengths of different cultural perspectives. |
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| AFST206 |
(Also offered as MLNG 206.) The course covers the writing system, phonology, vocabulary, morphology and syntax structures of the Arabic language. Students will attend language laboratory to enhance their listening, comprehension and pronunciation skills. Prerequisites: 106 and 107. Restriction: permission of instructor. |
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| AFST207 |
(Also offered as ARAB 202.) The course increases student's reading, writing and speaking skills in Arabic including student's knowledge of the writing system, the phonology, the vocabulary, the morphology and the syntax structures of the language. Language laboratory requirement is optional.
Prerequisites: 206. |
2.33 |
12.00 |
7.00 |
| AFST250 |
(Also offered as WMST 250.) A comprehensive survey of the role the Black woman has played in the society of the United States. Emphasis will be placed on achievements and contributions. {Fall} |
4.67 |
10.67 |
14.00 |
| AFST251 |
(Also offered as ENGL 281.) The course introduces students to the African American classics of the slavery era. Daily experiences of the characters in these books become the basis for discussing race, class, gender, revolt, freedom, peace and humanity. |
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| AFST251A |
(Also offered as ENGL 281.) The course introduces students to the African American classics of the slavery era. Daily experiences of the characters in these books become the basis for discussing race, class, gender, revolt, freedom, peace and humanity. |
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| AFST280 |
(Also offered as AMST 250.) An analysis of the political, economic, religious and familial organization of African-American communities in the United States. |
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| AFST284 |
(Also offered as HIST 284.) A comprehensive survey of the story of African-Americans from pre-European days in Africa to the Civil War, U.S. {Fall} |
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| AFST285 |
(Also offered as HIST 285.) This course will explore each of the major historical events, Black leaders of those times and their influence on the social and political advancement of African-American from the Civil War to the present. {Spring} Restriction: permission of instructor. |
7.33 |
17.00 |
22.00 |
| AFST297 |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. Community Economic Development; Race and American Law; Culture and Personality. |
4.33 |
17.33 |
13.00 |
| AFST297A |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. Community Economic Development; Race and American Law; Culture and Personality. |
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| AFST299 |
A comparative study of major African-American leaders and their impact on race relations in the United States. {Spring} |
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| AFST303 |
(Also offered as RELG 303.) Students will be introduced to the Black experience, which necessitates the redefinition of God and Jesus Christ in the lives of Black people as the struggle for transcendental and political freedom. |
3.00 |
10.00 |
9.00 |
| AFST303A |
(Also offered as RELG 303.) Students will be introduced to the Black experience, which necessitates the redefinition of God and Jesus Christ in the lives of Black people as the struggle for transcendental and political freedom. |
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| AFST307 |
(Also offered as AMST 351.) A survey of the lives of Blacks in the American West (1528-1918). |
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| AFST309 |
(Also offered as POLS 309.) A study of the history and diverse educational and political maturation processes of elected American officials and functions of the political process. {Fall} |
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| AFST318 |
(Also offered as POLS 318.) An analysis of the dynamics of the major events, issues and actors in the civil rights movement (and legislations) in view of the theories of U.S. politics. Prerequisite: 103. |
3.67 |
21.00 |
11.00 |
| AFST320 |
(Also offered as ARAB 320.) An introduction to Arabic culutres and language through study abroad. Course locations vary according to course content. |
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| AFST329 |
(Also offered as POLS 329.) An introductory course in the volatile politics in Africa. The various ideologies that underlie political movements and influence African governments will be explored. |
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| AFST333 |
Survey course of the literature and philosophy of the Black Diaspora. |
4.67 |
8.67 |
14.00 |
| AFST380 |
An analytical look at the works of major African writers and their usage of African symbols to portray Africa of the past, present and the future. |
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| AFST381 |
(Also offered as ENGL 381.) This is the second phase of a three-part journey through the African-American experience in search of humanity and peace. The vehicle is post-slavery books written by and about African-American people. Issues raised and the characters in the books provide the occasion for in-depth discussion of inhumanity, protests, self definition, race relationships, liberalism, etc. |
2.33 |
3.33 |
7.00 |
| AFST381A |
(Also offered as ENGL 381.) This is the second phase of a three-part journey through the Black experience in search of humanity and peace. The vehicle is post-slavery books written by and about Black people. Issues raised and the characters in the books provide the occasion for in-depth discussion of inhumanity, protests, self definition, race relationships, liberalism, etc. |
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| AFST382A |
The course allows the many voices of Malcolm X to speak through selected materials on Malcolm X. The materials become vehicles for discussing Malcolm's and the many social, political and cultural issues the literature raises. |
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| AFST385 |
An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Africa; its political and economic geographies; its traditional and new societies; and its politics in global perspectives. |
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| AFST385A |
An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Africa; its political and economic geographies; its traditional and new societies; and its politics in global perspectives. |
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| AFST386 |
(Also offered as ANTH 387.) Outlines the sociocultural transformation of the region since 1492. Emphasis upon cultural legacies of, and resistance, to colonialism, the Afro-Caribbean and Hispanic heritages, and the contemporary trans-nationalization of island identities. |
5.00 |
10.00 |
15.00 |
| AFST388 |
A comprehensive analysis of the plight of Black people in Latin America as compared with their experiences in North America, from the 15th to 19th century. {Fall} |
7.67 |
14.00 |
23.00 |
| AFST391 |
{Summer, Fall, Spring} |
6.67 |
82.00 |
20.00 |
| AFST392 |
(Also offered as RELG 392.) Introduction to some traditional western religious schools of thought as a basis for intensive examination of the works of prominent Black liberation theologians. |
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| AFST392A |
(Also offered as RELG 392.) Introduction to some traditional western religious schools of thought as a basis for intensive examination of the works of prominent Black liberation theologians. |
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| AFST395 |
A study of European education and its psychological, sociological and cultural impact on traditional African society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST396 |
The course examines the ending of and aftermath of slavery focusing on Silversmith's The First Emancipation and also the general emancipation of the Civil War era. {Summer} |
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| AFST397 |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
36.00 |
96.00 |
106.67 |
| AFST397A |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397B |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397C |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397D |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397E |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397F |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397G |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397H |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397I |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397J |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397M |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST397N |
Special topic courses in specialized areas of African-American Studies. African-American Literature; Sociopolitics: Africa; Politics of Southern Africa; Black Books III, Education and African-American Education and Free Society. {Fall, Spring} |
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| AFST399 |
(Also offered as LLSS 424.) Analysis of the different child-rearing practices and their effects on the academic performances of children. Analyzes the role of culture in education. |
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| AFST453 |
(Also offered as ARTH 453.) This class provides an overview of African American artists and contextualizes their creativity within the wider framework of U.S. art. What, for example, are the benefits and pitfalls of assigning race to any creative practice? |
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| AFST490 |
(Also offered as RELG 490.) Introduction to some traditional western religious schools of thought as a basis for intensive examination of the works of prominent Black liberation theologians. |
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| AFST490A |
(Also offered as RELG 490.) Introduction to some traditional western religious schools of thought as a basis for intensive examination of the works of prominent Black liberation theologians. |
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| AFST491 |
(Also offered as RELG 491.) This course will examine the bipolarity of religion in African-American history, showing how Black religion in the U.S. has served as an institution both for acculturation and also for self and cultural assertion. |
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| AFST491A |
(Also offered as RELG 491.) This course will examine the bipolarity of religion in African-American history, showing how Black religion in the U.S. has served as an institution both for acculturation and also for self and cultural assertion. |
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