Academics: M.A. Program of Study
Required Core Courses: (12 credits from core courses)
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Course
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Course Title
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AAS 525
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Research Methods in African American and Pan African Studies
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AAS 610
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Seminar in Pan Africanism: Research and Readings
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AAS 611
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Arts, Literatures and Cultures of the Pan African World
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AAS 612
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Societies and Politics of the Pan African World
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External Experience (6 credits):
We encourage students to participate in the External Experience on either a domestic level via local and national travel or on an international level via travel to the Caribbean, South America, Europe, or Africa. The sites that students have considered include:
The Gullah Islands in the Carolinas
The Underground Railroad Project
Harriet Tubman Centers/Institutes
The African American Burial Ground in New York City
Quilombo sites in Brazil
Black London
Black Paris
Maroon Settlements in Jamaica
Great Zimbabwe Ruins
Goree Island
Elmina and Cape Coast
Students must take 2 other courses—for a total of 6 credit hours.
Before registering for a course from list A or list B students must obtain the approval of their advisor and the chairperson of the Graduate Committee of the Department of African American Studies.
List A:
Roster of Additional Courses Offered by or Cross-listed with the Department of African American Studies
(Includes courses formally cross-listed with the Department of African American Studies. Where relevant, the Sponsoring Department is emphasized.)
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Course
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Course Title
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AAS 500
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Seminar in African American Studies: Research and Readings
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AAS 501
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African American Sociological Practice, 1900-1945
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AAS/HIS 510
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Studies in African American History
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AAS/WSP 512
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African American Women History
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AAS/REL 543
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Religious Cultures of the American South (AA)
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AAS 600
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Selected Topics in Pan African Studies
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AAS 604
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Francophone African/Caribbean Literatures
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AAS/WSP 620
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Black Women Writers: African American/Caribbean/African
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AAS 625
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Seminar in African Orature
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AAS 626/ANT 426
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African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean
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AAS 631
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African Drama and Theatre
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AAS/HST 634/434
/ANT694/494
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Underground Railroad
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AAS 640/ANT 640
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Topics in African Archaeology
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AAS 656/SOC 656
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Seminar on Urban Research: The Black Community
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AAS 670
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Experience Credit
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AAS 671/PSC 800**
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Caribbean Intellectual Thought
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AAS 681/PSC 681
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Comparative State-Society Relations
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AAS 690
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Independent Study
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AAS 700
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Seminar in African American Studies
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AAS 731/PSC 780**
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Militarism and Transformation in Southern Africa
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AAS 765/HIS 765
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Readings and Research in African History
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*AAS/GEO 730
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Seminar on Africa
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*Cross-listing requested
* *Political Science will cross list as a special topic course on a semester by semester basis.
List B:
Roster of Courses Offered by Other Departments
The following are examples of courses, which students may elect to enroll in subject to the approval of their advisor and the chairperson of the Graduate Committee of the Department of African American Studies. Enrollment is also conditional upon consultation with the instructor of the course regarding any pre-requisites and the suitability of the course to a particular student's academic interests and previous academic preparation. List B will vary from semester to semester depending on what is offered by other departments. As a general rule, list B courses give attention to the Pan African experience in a more limited fashion than those in list A, perhaps by devoting a unit of study over several sessions or weeks to topics which relate directly or indirectly to the Pan African experience. These include:
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Course
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Course Title
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EDP 684
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Cross Cultural Counseling
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EDP 777
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The Development of Multicultural Awareness
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ANT/WSP 553
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Women in Social Change
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ANT 756
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Development Anthropology
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ECN/WSP 558
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Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination
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SWK/WSP 628
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Human Diversity in Social Contexts
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LAW 758
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Civil Rights
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Other options will be identified and added as the program progresses and as needs arise. The AAS Graduate Studies Committee will continue to foster networking with relevant departments targeted for cross listing. As this process continues, courses identified will be added to the standing list.
