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Academic Year 2004/2005

Introduction to African American Studies
AFAM 201 FA

This course familiarizes you with the basic contours of the black experience in the United States and exposes you to a series of African American texts of various forms of writing, including history, autobiography, political and educational theory, sociological analysis, and literature. Our primary concern in the course will be to examine various African American responses to and representations of the political and social conditions of America from the middle of the 19th century to the present.

MAJOR READINGS

Authors include Cornel West, W.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Jacobs, Toni Morrison and others.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A 5-page paper, 2-page papers and a final examination.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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