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Courses

  • AFAM 113: Introduction to African/African American Studies

    This core course employs interdisciplinary approaches to critically examine selected intellectual and cultural themes in African, African American, and Black Diaspora studies. The course combines lecture and discussion formats. Members of the faculty deliver guest lectures in their own areas of specialization. Themes may vary from year to year. Note: Required of majors and concentrators in the African and African American tracks. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement, WR, HI, WR2, IDS; offered Spring 2012 -- Staff

  • AFAM 400: Integrative Exercise

    6 credit; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2012 -- Staff

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Major Requirements

I. Admission to the program will depend upon the acceptance, by the African/African American Studies Committee, of a written proposal outlining the student's program of study.

II. Survey Courses (18 credits). Students must take three of the following courses:

AFAM 113 Introduction to African/African American Studies

ENGL 117 African American Literature

HIST 183 History of Early West Africa (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 184 Colonial West Africa (not offered in 2011-2012)

MUSC 130 The History of Jazz

MUSC 132 Golden Age of R and B

MUSC 136 History of Rock

MUSC 245 Music of Africa

RELG 122 Muhammad and the Qur'an: An Introduction to Islam


III. Interdisciplinary Course (6 credits). Each student must complete one interdisciplinary course which, in part, specifically discusses African/African American Studies as a discipline:

AFAM 113 Introduction to African/African American Studies

ENGL 243 Text and Film


IV. Distribution Courses (30 credits). Each student should take five courses that are essential to his or her major from the following groups:

Arts and Literature

ENGL 238 African Literature in English

ENGL 252 Caribbean Fiction (not offered in 2011-2012)

ENGL 258 Contemporary American Playwrights of Color

ENGL 350 The Postcolonial Novel: Forms and Contexts

FREN 235 Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (not offered in 2011-2012)

FREN 245 Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (not offered in 2011-2012)

THEA 242 Twentieth Century American Drama


Humanities

HIST 125 African American History I (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 221 African American History II (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 276 The African Diaspora in Latin America

HIST 280 African in the Arab World

HIST 281 War in Modern Africa

HIST 282 Masquerades in Africa

HIST 322 Civil Rights and Black Power (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 324 The Concord Intellectuals (not offered in 2011-2012)


Social Sciences

EDUC 238 Multicultural Education: Race, Gender and Education

POSC 207 Urban Politics in a Global Era (not offered in 2011-2012)

POSC 266 Urban Political Economy (not offered in 2011-2012)

POSC 306 How Race Matters in American Politics*

POSC 366 Urban Political Economy* (not offered in 2011-2012)

PSYC 384 Psychology of Prejudice


At least one course must be chosen from each of the three groups, and at least two of the total of five courses must be at the 300-level.

V. Senior Seminar in African/African American Studies (6 credits)

To be announced

VI. Comprehensive Exercise (6 credits).

Defense of a substantial (approximately 34-40 page) research paper, written in consultation with two faculty advisers. The paper must be grounded in two complementary disciplines. Students prepare by taking a 300-level capstone seminar with a research component in one of the disciplines in which they will write the comprehensive exercise. Work on the exercise begins once a proposal is accepted in fall term, continues in winter term, and concludes in spring term. Students in the performing, visual, or studio arts may create an alternative exercise in the appropriate medium if the proposal demonstrates significant familiarity with related disciplinary perspectives.