African American Studies (AAST)

AAST 1700:   Intro to African History  
African American Studies  
This course is an introduction of African history from the earliest times to the present.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 or WRIT 0970, if required.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 2010:   African American Experience I  
African American Studies  
General overview including focus on race, economy, institutions, and key historical periods.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 or WRIT 0970, if required.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 2020:   African American Experience II  
African American Studies  
Survey of black experience using the study of culture and the arts as a major focus.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 or WRIT 0970, if required.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3020:   Jdcl. Sys & Afri Amer Cmnty.  
African American Studies  
This course is an examination of the historical and contemporary relationships and interactions between the black population and the legal system in America. Concepts covered will include considerations of definitions of criminal conduct, societal responses to minority pressures and demands for justice, as well as intergroup relations between nondominant ethnic groups and enforcement components of society.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3080:   Const Law II: Civil Lib/Rts  
African American Studies  
American legal and political freedoms, judicial policy making, criminal justice, civil rights.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
AAST 3100:   Exprs. of Black Mississippians  
African American Studies  
Cross-disciplinary focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of African American history in the state with the largest concentration of African Americans in the United States.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 3150:   Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa  
African American Studies  
Analysis of the political systems of sub-Saharan Africa and their development from the interaction of African and European social forces.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3160:   The African Diaspora  
African American Studies  
This course is an introduction to several of the most important methods to the study of African Diaspora experiences, including cultural, archaeological,biological and linguistic approaches. Topics include slavery and colonialism,black revolt in the modern world, black nationalism, religious and ritual forms, foodways, music, genetics and genealogies, speech genres, and material culture.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3200:   African American Politics  
African American Studies  
An overview of the interaction between African Americans and the American political system.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3250:   African American Hist. to 1865  
African American Studies  
This course examines black American history from West Africa to 1865, emphaszing the role of black leaders and their struggle against racial segregation and oppression.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3260:   Afri American Hist Since 1865  
African American Studies  
This course is a survey of the history of black Americans from the Emancipation Proclamation to the present, emphasizing the role of black leaders, the struggle against oppression, and the evolution of race relations.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3280:   Black Feminist Thought  
African American Studies  
Exploration of the micro-level and institutional intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality as articulated by Black women intellectuals from the 19th century to present with particular emphasis on social scientific theory and methodology. Topics include early Black feminist thought; comparisons of Black and white women's feminisms; third-wave Black feminist thought; sexuality, the body, and hip-hop.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(AAST 2010 or AAST 2020 or ISOM 2010 or SOCY 1010) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 3300:   Racism and Religion  
African American Studies  
This course examines the intersections between racism and religion in relationships between Christianity and African Americans in the U.S.; Jews in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries; and the treatment of Muslims in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3340:   Intro. to Fld. Work Techniques  
African American Studies  
Examination of theory, practice, and tradition of documentary field research, including the use of photography, film and video, and tape recorders. Special emphasis on documentary study of the American South.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3370:   Anthropology of Blues Culture  
African American Studies  
Examines the blues in all its myriad social and cultural roles and contexts, using the anthropological models and approaches of the oral and musical arts, linguistics, ethnohistory, ethnography, religion, and ritual analysis among others.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3410:   African A.Lit Survey to 1920  
African American Studies  
Students will examine selected African American prose, poetry, and drama from early settlement to the 20th century.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3420:   Afri A.Lit Survey Since 1920  
African American Studies  
Students will examine selected African American prose, poetry, and drama of the 20th century.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3500:   Topics in Afri American Hist.  
African American Studies  
Explores important themes from the perspective of historical studies. May be repeated once with a change in topic.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 3510:   Top. in AAS Pol & Soc. Institu  
African American Studies  
Explores important themes from the perspective of social and behavioral studies. May be repeated once with a change in topic.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3520:   Topics in AAS Culture  
African American Studies  
Explores important themes from the perspective of cultural studies. May be repeated once with a change in topic.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3530:   Black Psychology  
African American Studies  
In this course, students will examine Black psychology’s historical context and growth, analyze research methodologies and theoretical frameworks, and develop critical thinking on psychological liberation and wellness for African/Black communities.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3600:   Top. in Afri Amer. St. Abroad  
African American Studies  
Students do departmentally approved course work at a foreign university. May be repeated with permission of director of the African American Studies program.  
1 - 6 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3620:   African American Women's Hist.  
African American Studies  
This course is an introduction to African American women's history, exploring the epistemology and scholarship of the field.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3630:   African American Genres  
African American Studies  
This course is an intensive study of genres, subgenres, or forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credts.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3640:   St. in African American Lit  
African American Studies  
May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3660:   Afri American Sci. Fiction Lit  
African American Studies  
African American science fiction and speculative fiction.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3670:   Blues Tradition in A.Lit.  
African American Studies  
This course will examine how writers have translated the oral culture and social milieu of blues musicians into a range of literary forms, including epigrams, poems, stories, novels, plays, folkloric interviews, and autobiographies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3680:   African A.Lit and the Classics  
African American Studies  
This course examines the engagement of African American writers and thinkers with the Greek and Roman classical past, with particular attention to how classics has functioned both as foundation and foil for literary articulations of Black identity and experience.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3700:   Afri American Legal Experience  
African American Studies  
This course covers legal issues germane to America's Black population, with a focus on statutory law development.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3720:   Decolonization in Africa  
African American Studies  
This course will focus on the decline of European political power over Africa since the mid-1950s. It will examine different theories of decolonization and examine the genesis and development of nationalism across Africa.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3730:   St. in Comparative Black Lit  
African American Studies  
Students will examine various black literatures, including African, African-American, and African-Caribbean, in a comparative, socio- cultural context. May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3740:   Survey of Carribbean Lit.  
African American Studies  
This course is a survey of Caribbean literatures from pre-Columbian cultures to the present.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3750:   Survey of African Literature  
African American Studies  
This course is a survey of the development of African literatures in the context of African history and of the political, social, and cultural forces that have influenced various African countries.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3760:   History of West Africa to 1800  
African American Studies  
This course provides a summary of the major political, economic, and social developments in West Africa from early times until 1800.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3770:   Hist. of West Africa From 1800  
African American Studies  
This course provides a summary of the major political, economic, and social developments in West Africa since 1800.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3780:   Africa since Independence  
African American Studies  
This course is a history of Africa’s recent past, focusing on the era since 1960, when African nations began winning independence from colonial rule.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3850:   Hist. of Mass Incar. in the US  
African American Studies  
This course will explore the historical origins of this modern carceral state and contemporary solutions by criminal legal reformers and prison abolitionists.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3860:   Afri and Afri American Arts  
African American Studies  
Interdisciplinary approach to the continuities between traditional and contemporary African and African American arts, with emphasis on architecture, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, basketry, jewelry, dance, and music.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3880:   African Art  
African American Studies  
This course introduces students to the art of Africa through an in-depth study of the artistic repertoires of select cultures that are representative of the continent’s various regions.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3900:   Nationalism in Africa  
African American Studies  
This course introduces students to the development of nationalism in 20th-century Africa.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3910:   Philosophy of Race  
African American Studies  
This course examines concepts such as race, ethnicity, and racism, including how these concepts emerge, how they might change over time, and how they relate to other concepts such as gender and class.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3920:   Modern Africa  
African American Studies  
Analysis of the major trends in African history from 1800 to the present.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3930:   History of Southern Africa  
African American Studies  
This course is a history of Southern Africa that focuses on the imprint of European settlement, the movement of migrant workers, and the bonds of trade and capital.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3940:   History of Islam in Africa  
African American Studies  
This course explores the history of Islam in Africa from the seventh century through the 20th century. The primary focus is on West and East Africa. Topics include Muslim minorities in non-Muslim societies, Islam and slavery, women in Muslim societies, Jihad movements in Africa, Muslim responses to the 19th-century European expansion, Islam and colonialism and Islam and post-colonial developments.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 3950:   Survey of Black American Art  
African American Studies  
History and appreciation of the art of black Americans with emphasis on painting, sculpture, architecture, and other plastic art forms.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4120:   St. in Black Popular Culture  
African American Studies  
Using a broad definition of black popular culture, this course will consider the relationship between representation and everyday life and pay particular attention to the production, dissemination, and consumption of black images produced by both blacks and non-blacks in the public arena.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
AAST 2010 and AAST 2020 and 3 credits in any course at the 3000 level or above and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 4130:   Race and Ethnicity  
African American Studies  
Economic, political, cultural, and historical dimensions of contemporary racial and ethnic relations in both U.S. and international contents.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
SOCY 1010 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4140:   Race, Place, and Space  
African American Studies  
This course explores the significance of race, place, and space to modern identity formation. Through a multiple-disciplinary exploration, we will analyze the influence of social, political, cultural, and historical factors on the development of real and perceived "racialized places and spaces," identities, and experiences in America, with special emphasis on gender and the American South.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4210:   Readings in US Black Feminism  
African American Studies  
Students will study the development, expression, ideology, and praxis of the politics African American women have developed to simultaneously counter both racism and sexism.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(AAST 3250 or AAST 3260 or AAST 3620) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 4230:   Black Women's Ent & Activism  
African American Studies  
This course explores the history of enterprising African American women and their political and social activism from the early 19th century through the late 20th century.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4380:   Rise and Fall of Amer Slavery  
African American Studies  
This course is an exploration of the rise and fall of slavery in the United States from its colonial origins in 1619 through the end of Reconstruction in 1877, with an eye toward placing American slavery in a broader Atlantic context.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4400:   Hist. of Afri Amers in Sports  
African American Studies  
This course is a historical survey of African Americans and their roles in various sports, beginning with black participation in the late 19th century and chronicling that involvement into the 21st century.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4420:   The New Negro Era  
African American Studies  
Students will study the politics, artistic production, and changing natures of African American identity and racial politics in the period between World War I and World War II.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
AAST 2010 and AAST 2020 and 3 credits in any course at the 3000 level or above and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 4430:   The Civil Rights Era  
African American Studies  
This course examines the African American struggle for civil equality, emphasizing the role of African Americans, the resistance of other racial and ethnic groups, and the role of federal and state agents/agencies from the perspective of political and social history.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4440:   Afri Amers in Film and TV  
African American Studies  
This course is a survey of African Americans in film and television during the early 20th century through the 21st century. It will examine how the images of African Americans in film and television have significantly changed and how those images have often remained the same.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4680:   Major African American Writers  
African American Studies  
This course is a comparative look at the development and impact of African American writers.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4690:   Spec. Topics in African A.Lit  
African American Studies  
May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4730:   Prison & the Ltry. Imagination  
African American Studies  
Students will explore how writers of 20th-century African American literature depict prison life and issues related to the U.S. criminal justice system  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4770:   Rhet.s of Race in the US South  
African American Studies  
This course explores the rhetorical landscape of the U.S. South. Students will study debates about racialized words and symbols. They will develop research projects that complicate simplistic notions of race, identity, and region.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(WRIT 1020 or LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or SPCH 1020 or SPCH 1050) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4790:   Spec. Top. in Comp. Black Lit  
African American Studies  
May be repeated for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4800:   Afri Amer St. Senior Seminar  
African American Studies  
Capstone of the African American studies major using the seminar format to integrate interdisciplinary approaches to themes in African American culture, history, and institutions.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
9 credit hours in AAST courses.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 4810:   Spec. Top. in Carribbean Lit.  
African American Studies  
May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4830:   Special Topics in African Lit.  
African American Studies  
May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4930:   Spec. Top. in Race & Ethnicity  
African American Studies  
May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(ENGL 2221 or ENGL 2222 or ENGL 2223 or ENGL 2224 or ENGL 2225 or ENGL 2226 or ENGL 2990) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 4980:   AAS Directed Study  
African American Studies  
Individual study of an issue or topic in an area of specialization where the student has demonstrated the interest and competence necessary for independent research. The issue topic must be selected in conference with appropriate faculty.  
3 - 6 credits  
Prerequisites
15 credit hours in AAST courses.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
AAST 5010:   African American St. Seminar  
African American Studies  
Research, using the seminar format to focus on the African American experience during key historical periods: African origins, slave trade era, slavery, emancipation, urban migrations, and social and political integration. Special attention will be given to the socioeconomic, cultural, and political development of African Americans and the context within which it has occurred. Course content will vary.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
AAST 2010 and either AAST 3250 or AAST 3260.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 5040:   Res. in African American St.  
African American Studies  
Intellectual history of research about the African American experience and the rise of African American studies. Critical examination of past and current research and its significance to various disciplines.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
AAST 2010 or AAST 2020.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 5090:   Histog. of Afri Amer Hist  
African American Studies  
An introduction to the research methods and principles of historiography as applied to specific events and issues in African American history. The course will focus on how African American history has been, and is being written. Topics include the major historians, theories, sources, uses of authentic materials, and fields of investigation. Does not satisfy history department M.A. 500-level historiography requirements.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 5170:   African American Musical Trad.  
African American Studies  
A study of the historical and stylistic development of African American music from ancient Africa to present.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 5180:   History of Jazz  
African American Studies  
A historical survey of American jazz with an emphasis on the musical styles and genres of specific African American composers and musicians.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 5430:   African American Literature  
African American Studies  
Selected Afrrican American prose, poetry, fiction, and drama, with emphasis on major figures, themes, periods, and movements. (May be repeated once for credit).  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 5510:   African American St. Seminar  
African American Studies  
Research, using the seminar format to focus on the African American experience during key historical periods: African origins, slave trade era, slavery, emancipation, urban migrations, and social and political integration. Special attention will be given to the socioeconomic, cultural, and political development of African Americans and the context within which it has occurred. Course content will vary.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
AAST 2010 and either AAST 3250 or AAST 3260.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 5540:   Res. in African American St.  
African American Studies  
Intellectual history of research about the African American experience and the rise of African American studies. Critical examination of past and current research and its significance to various disciplines.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
AAST 2010 or AAST 2020.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 5590:   Histog. of Afri Amer Hist  
African American Studies  
An introduction to the research methods and principles of historiography as applied to specific events and issues in African American history. The course will focus on how African American history has been, and is being written. Topics include the major historians, theories, sources, uses of authentic materials, and fields of investigation. Does not satisfy history department M.A. 500-level historiography requirements.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
AAST 5670:   African American Musical Trad.  
African American Studies  
A study of the historical and stylistic development of African American music from ancient Africa to present.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 5680:   History of Jazz  
African American Studies  
A historical survey of American jazz with an emphasis on the musical styles and genres of specific African American composers and musicians.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
AAST 5930:   African American Literature  
African American Studies  
Selected Afrrican American prose, poetry, fiction, and drama, with emphasis on major figures, themes, periods, and movements. (May be repeated once for credit).  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar