Graduates from the Afro-Ethnic Studies program go into careers in teaching, community development, community leadership, social work, urban research, law, civil service, industrial relations and a variety of comparable fields. Many go into graduate work in this field and some enter more traditional disciplines where a general knowledge of social sciences and humanities is a prerequisite.
| AFRO 101 Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The perspective through which people of color have come to see themselves in terms of their own heroes, culture and contributions to societies in which they live and world society in general. (Same as Asian American Studies 101, Chicana/o Studies 101, Women’s Studies 101) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 107 Introduction to Afro-American Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The aims and objectives of Afro-American studies. The basic terms and references that give substance to Afro-Ethnic studies. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 108 Linguistics and Minority Dialects |
| Description: (Same as Linguistics 108) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 190 Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities |
| Description: (Same as History 190, Chicana/o Studies 190, and Asian Amer Studies 190) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 210 Introduction To Hip Hop |
| Description: Introduces students to the origins and influences of hip hop on culture, fashion, movies, television, advertising, attitude, music, dancing, and slang among African Americans. It further investigates the impact of the hip hop culture phenomenon on American and global societies. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 301 Afro-American Culture |
| Description: African cultural characteristics in the New World and contemporary events, including art, ideas, dance and literature. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 304 The Black Family |
| Description: Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The American social conditions that shaped the black family from the African cultural patterns to the family that exists today. The roles of poverty, racism and discrimination. (Same as Sociology 304) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 306 American Indian Women |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The female role in American Indian tribal lifestyles. Labor divisions, leadership, political and social activities from a number of tribes. Historical and contemporary issues, as they affect American Indian women. (Same as Women’s Studies 306) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 307 Research and Writing in Ethnic Studies (formerly 400) |
| Description: (Same as Asian American 307 and Chicana/o 307) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 308 African American Males in American Social Systems |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. This course involves a critical examination of the significant life experiences of African American males. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 310 Black Women in America |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. Issues in the study of black women in America, including social, political, economic and intellectual development. Historical and contemporary issues as they affect black American women will be investigated. (Same as Women’s Studies 310) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 311 Intracultural Socialization Patterns |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. Patterns of role learning as they vary within subpopulations; changes over time in the values, attitudes, and goals of both the general culture and of subcultures; stereotypes and realities; understanding and dealing with cultural variation as well as cultural “norms.” (Same as Human Services 311) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 314 Pan-African Dance and Movement |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.B.1. or III.B.2. Theory and practice of movement of African and Haitian peoples. Movement (dance) as quasi-language in perpetuating the life style of African cultures and cultures of African descent. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 317 Black Politics |
| Description: Prerequisite: Political Science 100. Blacks’ struggle for political equality and relief from political oppression. Public policies concerning blacks’ freedoms, liberties and property rights. (Same as Political Science 317) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 320 Black Political Thought |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category III.B.2. A study of the black American intellectual from slavery to contemporary times, with special emphasis on black contributions to American political and social thought as well as their contributions in America’s social development. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 321 Minority Community Development Planning |
| Description: Prerequisite: Afro-Ethnic Studies 317. This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of political and economic development in minority communities. Emphasis is placed on conceptualizing problems and planning and designing problem-solving models to resolve them. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 322 Psychology of the Afro-American |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. Black identity and the lifestyles that have risen from racism. The socioeconomic, political, and cultural conditions which have fostered the blackness concept and the psychological devices used by blacks to survive. (Same as Psychology 322) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 324 Afro-American Literature |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.B.2. The literary contributions by major black American authors. Contemporary black writers and the recurring themes of protest and quest for identity. Not available for graduate degree credit. (Same as English 324) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 325 African-American Religions and Spirituality |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. African-American belief systems and denominations. A study of folk beliefs among Blacks, African-American religious groups, and the role of the Black Church in politics and social change in the Black community. (Same as Comparative Religion 325) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 335 History of Racism |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. An investigation into the historical roots and current expressions of racism. Course focuses on how racism manifests itself through individual, social, political, economic and religious institutions and proposes methods of combating it. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 337 American Indian Religions and Philosophy |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category III.B.2. Examination of American Indian religious and philosophic perspectives. Survey of religious interpretations and thought in various facets of belief ranging from traditional Indian religion to Christianity. Contemporary religious activities will be highlighted. Not available for graduate degree credit. (Same as Comparative Religion 337) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 346 The African Experience |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. African history from the origin of the black man and traditional African civilization through the African diaspora to the institutional realities of Africa today. Not available for credit to students who have completed History 355. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 356 Afro-American Music Appreciation |
| Description: Prerequisite: junior/senior standing. Black music in America; the sociological conditions that help produce various forms of black music. (Same as Music 356) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 357 Blacks in the Performing Arts |
| Description: Prerequisite: Completion of General Education Category III.B.1. The exploration of African-American culture through the performing arts. The main goal of this course is to teach about Blacks in the entertainment industry as a means of understanding and revealing important aspects of African-American culture. (Same as Music 357 and Theatre 357) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 381 African Literature |
| Description: (Same as English 381 and Comparative Literature 381) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 385 Schools and Minority Groups |
| Description: Prerequisite: junior/senior standing. Focuses on the ways in which the constraints of formal schooling affect the behaviors and attitudes of ethnic minority group members. Emphasizes the role of the community and family in school readiness and the psycho-logical consequences of schooling. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 430 A Social Psychological Study in Ethnic Minority Behavior |
| Description: Prerequisites: Afro 101 or 107; or Psych 101. This course will focus on the central role of culture, race, and ethnicity in the human condition. Social psychological theory and research will provide the context of the course. Cultural pluralism and diversity will be discussed. Course offered online. (Same as Psych 430). |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 450 African History Since 1935 (3) |
| Description: (Same as History 450) |
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| AFRO 457 West African and the African Diaspora |
| Description: (Same as History 457) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 458 Southern Africa in the 20th Century |
| Description: (Same as History 458) |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 490 Senior Research Seminar |
| Description: Prerequisites: completion of General Education Categories III.B.1, III.B.2, III.C.2, and IV; completion of Afro Ethnic Studies core requirements. Senior seminar designed to instruct students in the development of foundational theoretical knowledge in race relations and practical application in social organization and empowerment that is transformative regarding the human experience in general and the African American perspective in particular. |
Units: (3)
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| AFRO 499 Independent Study |
| Description: Prerequisites: junior/senior standing and acceptance of the subject by department chair and instructor directing the study. |
Units: (1-3)
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