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African/African-American Studies

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WHAT IS AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES?

The interdisciplinary African and African American Studies Program at UCA dedicates itself to teaching and researching about Africa and its various diasporas, especially in the Americas and Europe. We offer courses and conduct research that investigates the contributions, challenges, aspirations and achievements of those of African ancestry. Our aim is to produce thoughtful, well rounded and globally competent graduates who are ready to function in a densely interconnected world.

African and African-American Studies 2020-2021 Bulletin

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Selected Core Courses

This is a selection of core courses for African and African American Studies Majors. Click here to browse additional courses and view the major/minor checklists

 

1330 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES This course is a requirement for students majoring or minoring in African/African American Studies and will introduce them to the study of African and African American literature and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Satisfies the UCA Core lower-division requirement in Inquiry and Analysis – Fine Arts/Humanities. The course format is lecture/discussion.

 

4382 RACE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE Required for African and African-American Studies majors; satisfies the core elective requirement for African/African-American Studies minors and upper-division elective requirement for English majors and minors. This course explores the depictions of racial definitions, identities, and conflicts offered by American writers of various races and may include such writers as Wheatley, Kingston, Ellison, Twain, and O’Connor. Lecture, discussion, writing. May be repeated once with the consent of the chair, if the topics differ. Prerequisite: ENGL 2312 or 2313 or consent of the instructor. [UD UCA Core: D]

 

3340 CRITICAL THEORIES OF RACE An elective for majors and minors in philosophy and African/African-American Studies. Attempts to understand the history, significance and value of the African American experience. Key issues include identity, alienation, justice and racism. Combines lecture and discussion. [UD UCA Core: D, R]

 

4372 PAN-AFRICANISM, ANTICOLONIALISM & AFRICAN UNITY Upper-division elective. Major and minor in African and African American studies. The course will interrogate the historical origins and development of the pan-African ideology and its impact on the anti-colonial movement in Africa and the subsequent efforts for political and economic integration in the continent. The emphasis will be on critical investigation of historical evidence. The course will involve a combination of lectures, discussion, document analysis, and writing. [UD UCA Core: D, R]