USF 1998-99 Undergradutate Catalog - Pages 109 - 110
AFA 2000 INTRODUCTION TO THE BLACK EXPERIENCE | IN AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORA | -6A -AF (3)
Fundamental perspectives on the nature and significance of the Black Experience in Africa and the black communities in the Americas.
AFA 4150 AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES -6A -SS -HP -AF (3)
An examination of the historical and current political, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Africa. (Also listed under International Studies.)
AFA 4331 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY (3)
A study of social institutions as they relate to the African-American Community, with emphasis on social systems operating within and on the African-American community.
AFA 4335 BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA -6A -XMW (3)
An interdisciplinary survey of the contemporary experience of black women in America, including the African roots, myths and realities surrounding that experience. (Also listed under Women's Studies.)
AFA 4900 DIRECTED READINGS (2-3)
Independent readings in a particular area of African and Afro-American Studies, selected by student and instructor.
AFA 4931 SELECTED TOPICS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (1-3)
Topics offered are selected to reflect student needs and faculty interests. In depth study in such areas as the Black Student and the American Educational Process; the Black Experience in the Americas; European Expansion in Africa to 19th century; Contemporary Economic Problems in Africa.
AFH 3100 AFRICAN HISTORY TO 1850 -HP -AF (3)
An outline survey of pre-colonial African history including a prefatory introduction to the use of primary sources (such as archaeology, oral tradition, cultural anthropology, comparative linguistics, documents) in reconstructing the African past. (Also listed under History.)
AFH 3200 AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1850 -HP -AF (3)
Survey of the colonial and post-colonial history of Africa. Emphasis on the impact of European and other alien influences on the continent, emergence of independent African states and post independence problems of nation building and economic development. (Also listed under History.)
AFS 2250 CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA -6A -AF (3)
Topics include: African religion, value systems, art and the aesthetics, family and life-cycle, impact of Islam and Christianity and conflict of cultures.
AFS 3251 ENVIRONMENTAL-CULTURAL STUDY IN AFRICA -SS -AF -FA (3)
PR: AFS 2250 or CI. Study tour. A study of traditional African society and culture, the relationship between life and the environment, and the impact of modernization on the culture and the environment.
AMH 3571 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 -HP (3)
A survey of African American history, with an emphasis on North Americas to 1865. Topics include pre-colonial Africa, transatlantic slave trade, slavery, and the Civil War. (Also offered under History.)
AMH 3572 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865 -HP (3)
A survey of African American history, with an emphasis on North America, from 1865 to the present. Topics include reconstruction, World War I, World War II, and the Civil Right Movement. (Also offered under History.)
AML 3604 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE -6A -XLW (3)
A study of black American literature from the nineteenth century to the present, including the works of such writers as W. E. B. DuBois, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, LeRoi Jones, and Nikki Giovanni. (Also offered under English Department.)
AMS 3700 RACISM IN AMERICAN SOCIETY -SS -HP (3)
An introduction into the causes and effects of racism in American history, literature, art, the media, and folklore. Related concepts of enthocentricism and class conflict will also be studied. (Also offered under American Studies.)
ANT 4340 THE CARIBBEAN - 6A -XMW (3)
PR: ANT 3410 or CI. Main themes include the depopulation of the aboriginal population and the resettlement of the area via slavery, indenture, and migration; contemporary ethnic heterogeneity; economic problems of Third World microstates; development of a modern social and political consciousness. Religious diversity, music, the graphic arts, and the literature of the contemporary Caribbean will also be surveyed. (Also offered under Anthropology.)
CPO 4204 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA -SS -AF (3)
Designed to provide the information and analytical tools necessary to interpret current Sub-Saharan African politics. Survey of political organization in traditional African societies; politics under colonial rule; the struggle for independence, and post-independence politics.
CPO 4244 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (3)
In depth study of political developments, ideologies and modernization in East, Central and Southern Africa including race relations and white minority rule in Southern Africa.
HUM 2420 ARTS AND MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE (3)
An examination of the visual arts painting, sculpture, architecture and music of Sub-Saharan Africa; their meaning and impact on the arts and music of the Western World.
INR 4254 AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS -XMW (3)
An examination of Africa's place and role in world affairs, including an analysis of the impact of external forces, international relations in post-colonial Africa, the relations of African states with the major world powers, the U.N. and its agencies.
ISS 5934 SELECTED TOPICS (1-3)
PR: CI plus senior standing or graduate status. Interdisciplinary studies with course content dependent on student demand and instructor's interest. May be repeated as topics vary.
PHI 4073 AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY -6A -XMW (3)
A descriptive and analytical study of African philosophical thought, featuring reflective comparisons of African and Western categories of thought. (Also offered under Philosophy.)
PHM 4120 MAJOR BLACK THINKERS -XMW (3)
Survey of major themes and issues in African/African-American intellectual and political thought with an emphasis on theories of nationalism. Works of individuals such as Martin Delany, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Angela Davis are considered. PUP 3313 BLACKS IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS (3)
An examination of the political experience of Blacks in the American political process including their political socialization, and struggle to become effective participants in the American political process. (Also offered under Political Science.)
SPC 3712 COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY -SS (3)
Examination of communication and cultural diversity within the United States. Cultural groups include racial and ethnic (e.g. African American, Latino American, Asian American), social class, age and generational, religious (e.g. Jewish) and gender. (Also offered under Communication.)
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