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African American Studies (AFAM)Director, Professor Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar 1100. Afrocentric Perspectives in the Arts (183) (Also offered as FINA 1100.) Either or both semesters. Three credits. Molette Lectures and discussions about assigned readings focus on historical and aesthetic perspectives of African American Arts and their African sources, with emphasis on how social and aesthetic context impacts on creative expression by African American artists. Presentations by guest lecturers and University of Connecticut faculty plus small group discussions. CA 1. CA 4. (225) (Also offered as ANTH 3025.) Either semester. Three credits. Handwerker Africa since its partition in 1884. Urbanization, social stratification, racial and ethnic conflict. (270) (Also offered as PSYC 3106.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 and either 1101 or 1103. Empirical and theoretical literature on psychological experiences of African Americans. Impact of race, culture, and ethnicity on psychological development. CA 4. (270W) (Also offered as PSYC 3106W.) Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 and either 1101 or 1103; ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. CA 4. 3131. African-American Theatre (231) (Also offered as DRAM 3131.) Either semester. Three credits. Molette The significant developments in African American theatre and its antecedents and an examination of selected play scripts that exemplify those developments. CA 4. 3131W. African-American Theatre (231W) (Also offered as DRAM 3131W.) Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. CA 4. 3152. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (275) (Also offered as ANTH 3152.) Either semester. Three credits. Popular and scholarly theories of human group identity and diversity, in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Topics include: an overview of ‘race' and ‘ethnicity' in Western thought, ethnic group formation and transformation, political mobilizations of group identity, and systems of inequality. CA 2. CA 4 3206. Black Experience in the Americas (266) (Also offered as HIST 3206.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: AFAM/HIST 3564, 3620; AFAM/HIST/HRTS 3563; or HIST 3609. Pappademos Major themes in recent scholarship of African-descended communities in the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, class, religion, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy, political movements, and African consciousness, from historical perspective. 3211. Introduction to African American Studies (211) Either semester. Three credits. Interdisciplinary overview of African American studies, giving consideration to the artistic, intellectual, political and cultural experiences of black people in the United States. Relies on a wide range of materials and perspectives with particular focus on significant movements, ideas, people and events that have shaped and continue to shape Black America. 3214W. Black American Writers I (276W) (Also offered as ENGL 3214W.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. Spencer Critical and historical examination of the literature of black American writers from Phyllis Wheatley to the present. CA 4. 3216W. Black American Writers II (277W) (Also offered as ENGL 3216W.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. Spencer Extensive readings in the works of four or five contemporary black American writers. 3224. History of Pan-Africanism (224) (Also offered as HIST 3770.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: At least one of the following, HIST 3563, 3564, 3752, or 3753. Omara-Otunnu The development of ideas of Pan-Africanism, beginning with the proto-Pan-Africanists in the nineteenth century; examination of the linkages between those ideas in Africa and the evolution of Pan-Africanism as a movement in the African Diaspora. (239) (Also offered as POLS 3252.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. The political systems in contemporary Africa; the background of the slave trade, imperialism, colonialism, and the present concerns of nationalism, independence, economic development and military rule. Emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. (298) Either semester. Variable credits. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. (299) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Supervised reading and writing on a subject of special interest to the student. (240) (Also offered as SOCI 3501.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Villemez Ethnic groups, their interrelations, assimilation, and pluralism. Culture, and identity that arise from differences in race, religion, nationality, region, and language. (236) (Also offered as HRTS 3505 and SOCI 3505.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Cazenave The origin, nature, and consequences of white racism as a central and enduring social principle around which the United States and other modern societies are structured and evolve. CA 4. 3563. African American History to 1865 (238) (Also offered as HIST 3563 and HRTS 3563.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Campbell, Ogbar History of African-American people to 1865, from their West African roots, to their presence in colonial America, through enslavement and emancipation. Adaptation and resistance to their conditions in North America. Contributions by black people to the development of the United States. 3564. African American History Since 1865 (246) ( Also offered as HIST 3564.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Ogbar History of African-American people since the Civil war. Contributions by black people to American development. African-American activity in international arenas.
3568. Hip-Hop, Politics and Youth Culture in America (260) (Also offered as HIST 3568.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Ogbar History of hip-hop, its musical antecedents and its role in popular culture. Race, class, and gender are examined as well as hip-hop's role in popular political discourse. * Read an UConn Traditions article about this course: AFAM/HIST 3568 . (Photo by Peter Morenus)
3620. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Caribbean (285) (Also offered as HIST 3620.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Silvestrini Discovery and settlement, slavery and plantation economy, recent political and economic developments, and United States relations with the Spanish Caribbean. 3642. African-American Politics (248) (Also offered as POLS 3642.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Political behavior, theory, and ideology of African-Americans, with emphasis on contemporary U.S. politics. CA 4. 3647. Black Leadership and Civil Rights (245) (Also offered as POLS 3647.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Simien Black leadership, emphasizing the principles, goals, and strategies used by African-American men and women to secure basic citizenship rights during the civil rights era. (247) (Also offered as POLS 3652 and WS 3652.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Simien An introduction to major philosophical and theoretical debates at the core of black feminist thought, emphasizing the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression uphold and sustain each other. (226) ( Also offered as SOCI 3703.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Gugler Cultural patterns, social structure, and political conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. 3752. History of Pre-Colonial Africa (222) (Also offered as HIST 3752.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Omara-Otunnu The history of pre-colonial Africa with particular attention to the rise and fall of African Kingdoms, interaction between different ethnic groups, African trade with other continents, and the impact of foreigners on African societies. 3753. History of Modern Africa (223) (Also offered as HIST 3753.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Omara-Otunnu The history of African perceptions of and responses to the abolition of the slave trade, Western imperialism and colonialism, and the development of nationalism and struggle for independence. 3825. African Americans and Social Protest (235) ( Also offered as HRTS 3825 and SOCI 3825.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher. Cazenave Social and economic-justice movements, from the beginning of the Civil Rights movement to the present.
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