This course will explore the introduction of Islam into West Africa beginning in the 10th Century and explore its expansion and development in the region, placing emphasis on the 19th century to present day. It will focus on the development of West African Muslim cultural, social, religious, and political life, to understand not only how the religion affected societies, but also how West African local societies shaped Islam. The course also aims to introduce students to a critical understanding of Islamic writing in West Africa. It will also examine the organization of Muslim Sufi orders in West Africa through time and space. The course is organized around a series of lectures, readings, as well as print and visual media.

This course provides an introduction to the experiences of African Americans from a psychological perspective. Throughout the course, we will consider a range of theoretical and methodological approaches that scholars have developed to conceptualize the thoughts, styles, and behaviors of African Americans. The course begins with an overview of these theories, methodologies, and frameworks. The second part of the course is devoted to exploring psychological research around pertinent topics in the field such as racism and discrimination, gender, achievement and schooling, kinship and family, racial identity, religion and spirituality, and mental health. Finally, we conclude the course with discussions of current topics, controversies, and recent advances in African American psychology. Prereq: Psychology 100B.

The Civil Rights Movement is known as a southern movement, led by church leaders and college students, fought through sit-ins and marches, dealing primarily with non-economic objectives, framed by a black and white paradigm, and limited to a single tumultuous decade. This course seeks to broaden our understanding of the movement geographically, chronologically, and thematically. It pays special attention to struggles fought in the North, West and Southwest; it seeks to question binaries constructed around "confrontational" and "accommodationist" leaders; it reveals how Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans impacted and were impacted by the movement; and it seeks to link the public memory of this movement with contemporary racial politics. Modern, U.S. PREREQUISITE: SEE HISTORY HEADNOTE.

From the period of bondage through the 21st century, terror and racialized violence have consistently been used as a form of social control. This course is constructed to explore the historical foundations of extreme threats of violence inflicted among populations of African descent. The fabric of American culture has given birth to its own unique brand of terrorism, of which this class spends considerable time interrogating. Yet, in recognizing that these practices are commonly found in other parts of the Black Atlantic, students will be encouraged to take a comparative view to better tease out the wider strands of violence operative in places like England, the Caribbean, and Latin America Within this course, we will explore the varied ways in which music, films, newspapers, and historical narratives shed light on these often life altering stories of the past. Some of the themes touched upon include: the use of punishment/exploitation during the era of slavery; lynching; sexual violence; race riots; police brutality; motherhood; black power; and community activism.

Interrogating Health, Race, and Inequalities is intended for graduate students in the School of Social Work and in Arts & Sciences as well as advanced undergraduates in Arts & Sciences who have previous coursework in medical anthropology, public health, or urban policy. The fundamental goal of the course is to demonstrate that health is not merely a medical or biological phenomenon but more importantly the product of social, economic, political, and environmental factors. To meet this goal the course is designed to examine the intersection of race/ethnicity and health from multiple analytic approaches and methodologies. Course readings will draw from the fields of public health, anthropology, history, and policy analysis. Teaching activities include lectures, group projects and presentations, videos, and discussions led by the course instructors. These in-class activities will be supplemented with field trips and field-based projects. By the end of the course it is expected that students will have a strong understanding of race as a historically produced social construct as well as how race interacts with other axes of diversity and social determinants to produce particular health outcomes. Students will gain an understanding of the health disparity literature and a solid understanding of multiple and intersecting causes of these disparities.

This capstone seminar is required for students who are majoring in African and African American Studies.

Fourth semester Swahili language course emphasizes the development of the ability to discuss a wide range of cultural and literary topics. These topics are introduced by reading intermediate-level, authentic texts in the language. Grammar will be reviewed through these texts. PREREQUISITE, Swahili 4041, 4042, 4043 or permission of instructor.

What images are conjured up by the phrase, "Harlem Renaissance"? The blues trailing out of smoky after-hours clubs; brash Southern migrants like Zora Neale Hurston with "the map of Florida" on their tongues; doctors moonlighting as detective story writers, Civil Rights activists turning out best-sellers? We will read the key novels of this period, selected poetry, and essays, as well as listen to and analyze a variety of the expressive arts. Satisfies the American requirement.

A fieldwork project carried out under the direction of an instructor in the African and African American Studies program. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and the Director of African and African American Studies prior to enrollment. See Program office for forms.

PREREQUISITE, SATISFACTORY STANDING AS A CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR HONORS AND PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM