Kingfisher Concentration - African American & Black Diasporic Studies requirements (9 Credits)
Program Director: Amy Wendling, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
African American & Black Diasporic Studies is the interdisciplinary study of American history, literature, politics, social sciences, education, and the arts through the prism of the African American experience. African American & Black Diasporic Studies enables students to investigate, more widely, areas in the Humanities and Social Sciences connected to their major or track, to help them develop cultural competency (applicable to medicine, social work, pharmacy and other professions). As contemplatives in action, students and faculty will draw from the study of the African American experience to engage with the local, national and global community as men and women for others. Independent studies and independent research are available to advanced students.
This Kingfisher Concentration has an associated minor that allows for continued study of these topics: African American & Black Diasporic Studies Minor
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select two of the following core courses: | 6 | |
| Conquest, Piracy, and Slavery: A History of the Atlantic | ||
| Jazz in American Culture | ||
| The African-American Experience | ||
| African-American Literature | ||
| Select one of the following electives: | 3 | |
| Politics of Africa | ||
| Seminar In Film Studies: Africa And African American | ||
| Nationalist Movements in Colonial Africa | ||
| Southern Africa: The Politics of Race | ||
| Minority Politics in America | ||
| Global Citizenship | ||
| Encountering Africa: Experiencing our Shared Humanity | ||
| (De)Colonizing Bodies | ||
| Public Health and Social Justice in Haiti | ||
| The Urban Social System | ||
| Race and Justice | ||
| Equality, Minorities, and Public Policy | ||
| Black History Through Literature | ||
| Origins of Modern Africa | ||
| Introduction To African Literature | ||
| Seminar in Black Studies | ||
| Literature of Francophone Africa | ||
| Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychology | ||
| Race in America: Idea and Reality | ||
| Women and Gender in Africa | ||
| Directed Independent Readings | ||
| Directed Independent Research | ||
| The Rwanda Genocide as a Challenge for the Church | ||
| Being Color Brave: Race, Privilege, Oppression, and Justice | ||
| Introduction to African Literature | ||
| Globalization and Leadership in Africa | ||
| Medicine in Africa and the African Diaspora | ||
| Puerto Rico and the U.S.: Citizenship, Colonialism, and Cultural Nationalism | ||
| Conquest, Slavery and Piracy in the Atlantic World, 1492-1825 | ||
| Theorizing Hip Hop Music and Culture | ||
| Slavery and Freedom | ||
| The Carceral State: Police Violence, Adjudication, and Mass Incarceration | ||
| Culture, Identity, and Resistance in the Caribbean | ||
| Crime, Victimization and Public Health | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |