Summer 2015 Course Schedule

The following courses will be offered during the first session of Summer 2015

AFRS 1100-080 Introduction to Africana Studies (3)

Interdisciplinary survey of key issues in the life and history of peoples of African descent and their interaction with other peoples and world cultures; introduction to theoretical foundations in the field of Africana Studies. (fall, spring)

Method – Online – Asynchronous

Instructor – Dr. Felix Germaine

AFRS 2215-001 Black Families in the United States (3)

Course explores the African American family from a number of different perspectives through a series of writing assignments. More specifically, AFRS 2215 focuses on how institutions affect family structure, relationships, socio-economic conditions, health, and other social factors.

Method – Hybrid M, 12:30pm – 3:30pm, Fretwell 223

Instructor – Dr. Dorothy Smith Ruiz

AFRS 3050-002 Topics in Africana Studies: Rethinking the Modern Civil Rights Movement (3)

This course is a comparative study of Civil Rights in the 1950s and 1960 and the present.

Method – Face-to-Face MTW, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Fretwell 118

Instructor – Dr. Cheryl Hicks

LBST 2102-001 Global Connections-AFRS (3)

The course on Global and Intercultural Connections will examine and analyze the concept and effect of globalization in diverse issue areas in an effort to derive the potential positive or negative impacts globalization has on various parts of the world. Using appropriate theoretical tools, the issue areas will encompass trade, outsourcing of American jobs overseas, Islam and other religions, terrorism (including the 9/11 incidence), nationalism, conflict and security, poverty, women and development, weapons proliferation and the environment. The course will also examine various cultures and how they function and interact with others in a diverse world.

Method – Face-to-Face M, T, W, R, F – 9:30 am – 11:00 am, Denny 106

Instructor – Dr. Veronica Hilliard

LBST 2212-001 Literature and Culture (3)

This course examines the connections between literature and culture and offers the opportunity to study the role literature plays in reflecting, shaping, and challenging cultures. The course accepts the premise that literature is a cultural production.

Specifically, in this course, students will work to receive training in the criticism, understanding, and appreciation of African literature within the context of the African experience through extensive readings and critical analyses. Students will learn to evaluate how literature, via its distinctive formal features, both enacts and reflects the efforts of individuals and groups to negotiate the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they live.

Method – Face-to-Face M, T, W, R, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Fretwell, 202

Instructor – Dr. Tanure Ojaide

The following courses will be offered during the second session of Summer 2015

AFRS 3050-080 Topics in Africana Studies: Race, Religion, and Murder (3)

An introduction to the intersection of race, religion, and violence in American culture. Addresses how Judeo-Christian, Islamic, and Asian traditions have been used to justify and even condone acts of violence against women, children, and peoples of color. (TR 2-3:15 Julia Robinson) Cultural or Textual Analysis.

Method – Internet

Instructor – Dr. Julia Robinson

AFRS 3270-080 Afro-Latin Americna History (W) (3)

Method – Internet

Instructor – Dr. Oscar De La Torre

LBST 2102-001 Global Connections-AFRS (3)

The course on Global and Intercultural Connections will examine and analyze the concept and effect of globalization in diverse issue areas in an effort to derive the potential positive or negative impacts globalization has on various parts of the world. Using appropriate theoretical tools, the issue areas will encompass trade, outsourcing of American jobs overseas, Islam and other religions, terrorism (including the 9/11 incidence), nationalism, conflict and security, poverty, women and development, weapons proliferation and the environment. The course will also examine various cultures and how they function and interact with others in a diverse world.

Method – Face-to-Face M, T, W, R, 12:30pm – 2:30 pm, Fretwell 202

Instructor – Dr. Oscar De La Torre