Classes

Required Core Courses

• AAS 1010 - African American History I, 1526-1875 Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 1060 - Introduction to African American Studies Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 1100 - Introduction to African American Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 1500 - Africana Media Studies Credit Hours: 4.0
• AAS 1900 - Difficult Dialogues: Race, Law, and Religion in America Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3400 - The African American Community Since World War II Credit Hours: 3.0

African American Studies Electives

• AAS 2020 - African American History II, 1876 to late twentieth century Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 2100 - Slave Narrative and Freeman/Freewomen Fiction of the 18th and 19th Centuries Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 2110 - African American Literature II: Black Writing of the 20th and 21st Centuries Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 2200 - Introduction to Black Political Economy Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 2250 - History of the African American Worker Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 2500 - Blackness and the Arts Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 2540 - History of Injustice in the United States Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3100 - Postmodern Blackness: Identity and Culture in Contemporary African American Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3110 - Harlem Renaissance: African American Literature of the Early 20th Century Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3170 - Black Transnational Literature: Caribbean and Transcultural African American Writing Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3410 - African American Personality Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3450 - The Black Woman Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3460 - Black Men and Masculinities Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3500 - African American Arts and Artists Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3520 - Blacks in Contemporary American Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3530 - Survey of Black Independent Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3550 - History of African American Music I, Slavery-1926 Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3560 - History of African American Music II, 1926-Present Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3570 - Black Music Criticism: Hiphop history, culture and politics Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3640 - Comparative Study of Injustice Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3680 - African American Political Thought Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3691 - U.S. Constitutional Law: Pre-Civil Rights Movements Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3692 - U.S. Constitutional Law: Post-Civil Rights Movements Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 3800 - African American Education Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 4110 - Literature Seminar: Black Countercultures Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 4300 - Social Theory, Research and Methodology in African American Studies Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 4400 - The Black Child Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 4693 - Legal Policy and Disparities in the American Health Care System Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 4820 - The Black Family Credit Hours: 3.0
• AAS 4930 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 3.0-9.0

Honors Program

• AAS 4930 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 3.0-9.0