Minor in Africana Studies

Cross-listed: HUMN 214.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
An interdisciplinary survey of African American culture beginning with ancient African history and traditions through contemporary issues in the African American experience. Attention given to basic principles of history, sociology, political science, economics and the arts in the study of the dynamics of the African American culture.

Pre-requisites: AAST 214 or AAST 215 or AAST 220.
This course explores the history of African Americans in relation to mainstream films. The course not only examines the depictions of African Americans in Hollywood films from the silent period to the modern era, but discusses the importance of the emergence of independent black filmmaking and the role of filmmakers in providing a unique voice and alternative images to combat the negative stereotypes and depictions of Blacks in films and to express Black cultural themes.

Notes: requirement for the Africana/Interdisciplinary Studies Major, Minor and/or Diversity and Inclusion Certificate.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 101 equivalent.
This course provides a critical anaysis of the racial disparities within the American institution of criminal incarceration through the disciplines of criminal justice, sociology, psychology, history, economics and political science. Through the examination of government policies and Jim Crow segregation within the intersection of classism and racism, the content of this course explore the dynamics of social control afforded through a racially biased judicial system's use of incarceration.

Cross-listed: PSYC 319.
Pre-requisites: junior standing or permission of the instructor.
This is an emerging discipline that recognizes the observance of African centered approaches, practices, and methodologies to understand the experiences and treat the needs of Black people. Students will explore how Afrocentric approaches provide a basis for knowing and understanding the Black self and a resultant state of Black consciousness and positive identity. Students will cultivate an awareness of the progress and formation of positive Black identity.