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Academic Year 2001/2002

Debating Blackness
SOC 254 SP

Who is black? What is blackness? What is black culture? The answers to these questions depend on whom you ask. In this course, we will address various controversies around the meaning of blackness by reviewing long-standing scholarly debates in the study of African Americans and by forcing different perspectives to engage each other. We will use these debates to develop an understanding of the concept of race and of racial relations.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: SOC151

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Austin,Algernon   

Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: FISK314

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 8   Jr. major: 8

SR. non-major: 3   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: 3   FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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