Africana Studies 200 Level Courses

200. The History of Blues, Jazz, and Rap. (3)h/cs3.
This course examines the foundations for jazz, rock 'n' roll, gospel music, soul rhythm and blues as well as other popular forms of American music. It serves as a microcosm of American life in its portrait of Africana peoples' experiences in America.

201. Introduction to Africana Studies
Interdisciplinary examination of the American Africana experience. The American diasporathe dispersion of persons of Africana descent throughout the world - and trends, issues and forces that have shaped that experience; the contemporary status and condition of Americans.

202. African Music and Cultures. (3)h/cs2.
This course provides an overview of the three types of music in Africa today: traditional, popular, and written art music. The course investigates the diversity and the widely shared characteristics of African cultures with a particular reference to the historical, social, and cultural backgrounds of the music.

203. (166). Origins of Modern Racism. (3)h/wcl.
Survey of the development of modern Western ideas of racism in the period 1492-1800, with particular attention to moral and political philosophies that developed in conjunction with the colonization and enslavement of African and Native American peoples in the New World. Figures studied may include Columbus, Las Casas, Montaigne, Locks, Rousseau and Jefferson. Also listed as ANT 203 and PHL 203.

204. Katherine Dunham Dance Technique. Sophomore standing and any combination of DAN 130 and 131; DAN 116, 117, and 118; DAN 120 and 121; or consent of instructor. (2)f.
Dance style codified by dance pioneer Katherine Dunham. Movement course exploring W. African, Haitian, Afro-Cuban, and modern dance styles.

205. African Religions and African Philosophy (3) h.
This course is designed to examine African religions and African Philosophy. The main objective of this course will be grain greater insight and understanding of traditional African religions and African philosophy such as Yoruba and Akan. We will examine the role of these traditional African philosophies in the lives of continental and diaspora Africans, as well as the lives of non-Africans. Also listed as PHL 205.

213. Gospel Choir. Consent of instructor and freshman or sophomore standing only. (1)f.
Rehearsal and performance of works in the Gospel Music tradition. Also listed as MUS 213.

215. Survey of Africana Literature. (3)h/cs3. Prior or concurrent enrollment in ENG 112.
Introduction to American literature written by Africana writers. Majors authors studied in historical context along with cultural elements of folklore and related arts. Also listed as ENG 215.

216. Caribbean Women Writers (cs3). AFA 201, AFA 260, or consent of instructor. (3)cs3.
Overview of the major genres, publishing activities, goals, and concerns of femal writers from the Anglophone, Francophone and Dutch Caribbean. The Caribbean Women Writer's Project; the ways in which anticolonial discourse, issues of exile and sanctuary, and revisions of the literary tradition of the Caribbean are manifested in their literature.

218. Black Women Writers of the World. AFA 201, AFA 260 or consent of instructor. (3)cs2.
Survey of literature by women from Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. Focus on the works and experiences of writers and the genres that shaped their experiences. Selected works from genres such as the Buildungsroman, the mature novel, drama, and/or non-fictional prose.

219. Psychology of the Black Experience. PSY 100 or consent of instructor. (3)s.
Experience of Blacks examined from a psychological point of view. Focus on the psychological consequences of being Black in the United States; however, world-wide perspective included. Empirical and theoretical views. Also listed as PSY 219.

220. Introduction to Research and Africana Theories of Knowledge. (ar 1)
Surveys basic issues arising in African epistemology and cosmologies. Introduces students to the process of thinking critically about the various "knowledges" in an analytical and comparitive manner as it focuses both on the use of quantitative resear ch tools as a means of generating African centered ways on knowing the world and on African religions and philosophies.

230. Africa to the 1870's. (3)s.
African origins of mankind, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Nubia and Kush; the ancient states and empires of parts of the African continent; impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa; and other topics. Sequence of topics ends just before the European "Scramble for Africa." Also listed as HIS 230.