ARHI141B BK Africana Cinema: Through the Documentary Lens - Jackson, P. T 1:15-4pm
BLCK144A BK Black Women Feminisims and Social Change - Jackson, P. Th 1:15-4pm
BLCK191 BK Senior Thesis - Staff.
BLCK192 BK Senior Project - Staff.
BLCK193 BK Senior Comprehensive Examination - Staff.
BLCK 195D PZ Special Topics in Black Studies: Caribbean Activism, Migrations,
and Race in 20th Century U.S. - Arguello, M. W 7-9:55pm
BLCK199 BK Independent Study: Black Studies - Staff.
ECON116 SC Race in the U.S. Economy - Conrad, C. M/W 4:15-5:30pm
ENGL012 BK Intro to African-American Literature - Harris, L. T 2:45-5:30pm
ENGL170J BK August Wilson and His World - Kidd, J. M 7-9:50pm
HIST041 BK History of Africa from 1800 - Lemelle, S. M/W/F 10-10:50am
HIST100U BK Pan-Africanism/Black Radical Traditions - Lemelle, S. M 7-9:55pm
HIST111B BK African Diaspora in the US since 1877 - Roberts, R. T/Th 1:15-2:30pm
HIST122 BK Black Intellectuals & Politics of Race - Roberts, R. T/Th 2:45-4pm
HIST145 PO Afro-Latin America - Mayes, A. W 1:15-4pm
LIT 126 CM 20th Century Black Poetics - Bradley, A. M 2:45-5:30pm
LIT 160 BK African and Caribbean Literature - Shelton, M. T 2:45-5:30pm
MUS 062 PO Survey of American Music - Lytle, G. T/Th 2:45-4pm
PSYC012 BK Introduction to African American Psychology - Fairchild, H. T/Th 12-1:10pm
PSYC 125 BK Culture/ Human Development: African Diaspora - Hurley, E. T/Th 2:45-4:00pm
SOC 136 PZ Framing 'Urban' Life - Basu, D. M 2:45-5:30pm

Related
AMST126 SC Race in US Urban History - Delmont, M. M/W 1:15-2:30pm
AMST130 SC Multiracial People in US History - Delmont, M. M 2:45-5:30pm
PSYC116 SC Identity Development Among Minority Youth - Walker, S. M/W 2:45-4pm

Course Descriptions

141bBK. Africana Cinema: Through the Documentary Lens. This course examines documentary films and videos created by filmmakers from Africa and the African diaspora in the United States, Britain, and the Caribbean. Topics include: history and aesthetics of documentary filmmaking, documentary as an art, the narrative documentary, doc drama, cinéma vérité, biography, autobiography, and historical documentary.
P. Jackson. T 1:15-4pm

144ABK. Black Women Feminism(s) and Social Change. Introduction to the theoretical and practical contributions of African American feminists who maintain that issues of race, gender, sexuality, and social class are central, rather than peripheral, to any history, analysis, assessment, or strategy for bringing about change in the United States.
P. Jackson. Th 1:15-4pm

191BK. Senior Thesis. An independent research and writing project culminating in a substantial, original work. Directed by one faculty member chosen by the student. Each thesis is also read by one additional reader. Offered each semester.
Staff.

192 BK Senior Project An independent reading, research and participatory exercise on a topic agreed to by the student and the adviser. Normally, the project involves a set of short papers and/or culminates in a research paper of substantial length based upon participation in a project or program. Each semester.
Staff.

193 BK Senior Comprehensive Examination Taken during the senior year, the comprehensive examination consists of two field examinations that test the depth of the student’s understanding of Black Studies. The student chooses two areas in Black Studies (e.g., history and literature) in which to be examined. Each semester.
Staff.

195DBK. (PZ) Special Topics in Black Studies: Caribbean Activism, Migrations, and Race in 20th Century US. This course examines the historical and political trajectories of Latino/as of African ancestry in the United States. Organized in a thematic fashion, each session will focus on a specific theme or set of themes. While paying specific attention to the twentieth century US, our discussions will be situated within the broader context of the African Diaspora in the Americas. The readings center on social movements among groups with large African descended migrant populations of in the US, particularly those from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
Arguello, M . W 7-9:55pm

199BK. Independent Study: Reading and Research. Permission of instructor required. Course or half-course. May be repeated. Offered each semester.
Staff.

116. Race in the U.S. Economy. Examination of the impact of race on economic status from Jim Crow to the present; historic patterns of occupational and residential segregation; trends in racial inequality in income and wealth; economic theories of discrimination; and strategies for economic advancement.
C. Conrad. M/W 4:15-5:30pm

12BK. Introduction to African American Literature. This course is a survey of major periods, authors, and genres of the African American literary tradition. This is the second half of a two-semester course offered through IDBS faculty. This course covers the major literature produced from the turn-of-the-20th-century to the contemporary period.
L. Harris. T 2:45-5:30pm

170JBK. August Wilson and His World. This course engages the formation of African American identity through the lens of August Wilson’s plays as historical, political, and cultural representations of the twentieth century. Consideration of how the concepts of class, gender, sexuality, criminality, color, disease, morality, and history influence the creation of black American modernity.
J. Kidd. M 7-9:50pm

41BK. History of Africa from 1800 to the Present. History of Africa from the 19th century to recent times. Attention given to political and economic aspects of Africa's development process. Methodological and theoretical frameworks utilized by Africanists, as well as current debates and trends in African historiography.
S. Lemelle. M/W/F 10-10:50am

100UBK. Pan-Africanism and Black Radical Traditions. Examination of the historical evolution of the Pan-African concept and its political, social, and economic implications for the world generally and for Black people in particular. Discussion of 20th-century writers of Pan-Africanism, and especially of Padmore, DuBois, Garvey, Nkrumah, Malcolm X, and Toure (Carmichael) in terms of the contemporary problems of African Americans. Prerequisites: lower-division IDBS courses and permission of instructor.

S. Lemelle. M 7-9:55pm

111bBK. African Diaspora in the United States Since 1877. This is the second half of the African diaspora in the United States survey. This course connects black emancipation and post-emancipation political struggles throughout the diaspora. Other topics include nationalism, civil rights, and contemporary feminist theory. History 111a is not a prerequisite for History 111b.
R. Roberts. T/Th 1:15-2:30pm

122BK. Black Intellectuals and the Politics of Race. This course explores the varied ways in which scientific racism functioned against African Americans in the United States from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries and addresses African American intellectuals' response to biological racism through explicit racial theories and less explicit means such as slave narratives, novels, essays, and films.
R. Roberts. T/Th 2:45-4pm

145BK. Afro-Latin America. This course examines the social and political effects of racial and ethnic categorization for people of African descent in Latin America, with a particular focus on Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. We will look at the social organization of difference from a theoretical and historical perspective as it relates to colonialism, economic systems of production, such as slavery, issues of citizenship, national belonging and government services, and access to resources. Our questions include: what have been the experiences of African-descended people in Latin America? Who is "Black" or "African" in Latin America and why have the meanings of "blackness" changed over time?
A. Mayes. W 1:15-4pm

126BK. (CM) 20th-Century Black Poetics. This course explores major figures and forms in Black American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Topics will include vernacular versus "standard" English; the influence of the blues, hip hop, and other black musical forms; poetry as protest; the spoken word movement; and the representation of racial identity in verse. Special consideration will be given to the poetry of Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Amiri Baraka, Rita Dove, Etheridge Knight, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
A. Bradley. M 2:45-5:30pm

160BK. African and Caribbean Literature. Reading and analysis of works of fiction, poetry, and drama representing the most important trends in African and Caribbean literatures. Offered in 2009-10.
M. Shelton. T 2:45-5:30pm

MUS62. Survey of American Music. Introduction to the contributions that specific ethnic cultures have made to the diverse fabric of American music. Examines two ethnic populations and the elements which make up the musical life of each group. Lectures, guest presentations and concerts. G. Lytle. T/Th 2:45-4pm
12BK. Introduction to African American Psychology. Includes perspectives, education, community, life-span development, gender, and related issues. Emphasizes the critical examination of current research and theory. Students are expected to contribute orally and in writing. Prerequisite: PI Psychology 10 or permission of instructor.
H. Fairchild. T/Th 12-1:10pm

PSYC 125: Culture and Human Development
Situating the study of development in the context of culture has gained tremendous momentum recently. This course explores this movement. We will examine cross-cultural research, but the focus is not on cross-cultural appreciation. Methodological issues pertaining to research across cultures, and theories important in culture and development will be explored.
E. Hurley. T/Th 2:45-4pm

136. Framing Urban Life. D. Basu. M 2:45-5:30pm

AMST 126: Race in U.S. Urban/Suburban History
This course explores urban social and cultural history in the United States from 1900 to the present, focusing on the experiences of communities of color. Looking at case studies from San Francisco, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, and New Orleans, we will examine: rural to urban migration; immigration and labor; suburbanization and housing discrimination; multi-ethnic neighborhoods; urban popular culture; urban poverty; and gentrification.
M. Delmont. M/W 1:15-2:30pm

AMST 130: Multiracial People and Relations in U.S. History
This class will explore the conditions and consequences for crossing racial boundaries in U.S. History. We will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring literary, anthropological, and historical writings along with several feature and documentary film treatments of the subject. We will examine: Relations among Native Americans, whites, and blacks in the colonial era and nineteenth century; the legal formation of race through miscegenation cases; the regulation and representation of multiracial themes in film; transnational relations; the concept of mestizaje; and contemporary debates surrounding the Mixed-race/Multiracial movement.
M. Delmont. M 2:45-5:30pm

PSYC 116 SC: Identity Development Among Minority Youth. This course will examine identity development among children and adolescents from the following populations: African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. Readings will include the major theoretical writings on identity development in general, papers presenting models for identity development specifically in minority populations, and various empirical studies.
S. Walker. M/W 2:45-4pm