African and African Diaspora Studies (AFR)
AFR 301 African American Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of African American culture in the United States from the 1600s to the present. Subjects include the circumstances and responses of blacks during North American enslavement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, and contemporary contexts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 302D Analyzing Social Data 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Subjects include conceptualization and operationalization in quantitative measurement, the calculation and interpretation of descriptive statistics and statistical relationships, the application of statistical techniques to understand social phenomenon, and techniques for presenting results from quantitative analysis. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 302D, 302M, 317D (Topic: Numbering Race), Statistics and Data Sciences 310T (Topic: Numbering Race), 311C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 020
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 303 Introduction to Black Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to canonical black studies literature, themes, and theories. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 303, Anthropology 310D, 310L (Topic: Intro to African and African Diaspora Studies). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 310D
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 304 Introduction to the Study of Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the complex histories, intellectual entanglements, and enduring hierarchies of Africa and African studies. Explores the evolution of African studies (both intellectually and institutionally), particularly in regards to the emergence of black studies. African and African Diaspora Studies 304 and 317C (Topic: Introduction to the Study of Africa) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 305 Public Policy and Black Communities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how public policy has both advanced and hindered opportunities for Black people and communities from the Constitutional era to the present, addressing such areas as education, health, housing, and policing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 305, Educational Leadership and Policy 305, Government 318R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ELP 305, GOV 318R
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 310 Introductory Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 310K Introduction to Modern Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to modern Africa, with focus on colonial and postcolonial development in political organization, economics, sociolinguistics, and literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 310
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 310L Introduction to Traditional Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introductory, interdisciplinary course on the peoples and cultures of Africa. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 311K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 310S Introduction to Yoruba Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the cosmological world of the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, covering history, societal organization, myths, legends, customs, and cultural traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310S, Religious Studies 310S, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 310S, WGS 301.35
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 311C Performance, Feminism, and Social Change 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of the ways that engaged performance and feminist practice generate space for social change, including the basic principle that social transformation requires individual awareness, and that awareness necessitates a rigorous examination of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 311C, 317F (Topic: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change), 301 (Topic 14).
Same as: WGS 301.14
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 314C Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the complex and intriguing culture of ancient Egypt and to its legacy in society through the examination of its art and archaeology. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 314C, 315J, 317C (Topic 5), Classical Civilization 304C (Topic 3), 304J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 304J
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315 Afro-Brazilian Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315, Comparative Literature 305D, Latin American Studies 310C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 305D, LAS 310C
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315E The Revolution Will Be Dramatized 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315E, 317F (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), American Studies 315 (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), 315K, Theatre and Dance 305S (Topic 2), 311T (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), 301 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 315K, T D 305S.2, WGS 301.25
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315F Toni Morrison and August Wilson 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315F, 317F (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), American Studies 315 (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), 315L, Theatre and Dance 305S (Topic 3), 311T (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), 301 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 315L, T D 305S.3, WGS 301.26
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315G The United States and Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of political, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Africa from the early origins of the slave trade to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315G, 317C (Topic 1), History 317L (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 317L.7
Core Curriculum: 060
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315I Introduction to African American Women's History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310 (Topic: Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist), 315I, History 317L (Topic: Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist), 317L (Topic 20), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 317L.20, WGS 301.34
Core Curriculum: 060
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315K Introduction to African American History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315K, 317D (Topic 1), History 317L (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 317L.3
Core Curriculum: 060
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315L Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the social importance of race and ethnicity both in America and around the world. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315L, 317D (Topic 2), American Studies 315D, Anthropology 310L (Topic 2). Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 315D, ANT 310L.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315N The Black Power Movement 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the major organizations, key figures, and ideologies of the Black Power movement from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315N, 317D (Topic 3), History 317L (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 317L.9
Core Curriculum: 060
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315O The Politics of Black Identity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the idea that black progress is undermined by the activities and practices of certain black celebrities, leaders, and intellectuals whose attitudes, behavior, and politics differ from the black majority. Examine the history of labels that make reference to black identity, including "Uncle Tom," "Negro," "sellout," and various other denigrating names. African and African Diaspora Studies 315O and 317D (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315P Introduction to Black Women's Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of black womanhood in America through an investigation of history, identity, popular culture, and black feminism/womanism, as well as social and political activism. Only one of the following can be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315P, 317D (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 301.16
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315Q Black Queer Art Worlds 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of over two decades of work produced by and about black queer subjects throughout the circum-Atlantic world. Provides an introduction to various artists and intellectuals of the black queer diaspora, as well as an examination of the viability of black queer aesthetic practice as a form of theorizing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315Q, 317E (Topic 1), Anthropology 310L (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 310L.6, WGS 301.17
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315R Diaspora: Race, Nation, and Resistance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Subjects include makings and meanings of diaspora, the differences and similarities between diaspora and related concepts such as race, nation, and cultural identity. Focuses on the making of the black Atlantic world, and comparative analysis between black diasporic life and that of other global dispersals, particularly among Asian and indigenous populations, and how resistance serves as a key link. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315R, 317E (Topic 2), Anthropology 310L (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 310L.7
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315S Liberation in the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of liberation and freedom struggles in the African diaspora, focusing on common intellectual, political, and social currents among the diaspora's various groups. Course focuses on three major themes: abolitionism, Pan-Africanism and national liberation, and hip hop. Particular emphasis will be on the ideas associated with these movements, and the major organizations and intellectual currents in all three. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315S, 317E (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 310.7
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315T African American Literature and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores texts, drawn from a variety of genres and periods, that indicate the range of African American experiences and how those experiences are influenced by issues such as class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and race. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315T, 317F (Topic 1), English 314V (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 314V.1
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, 309J (or 309K), or Tutorial Course 303C.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315U Music of African Americans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the variety of modes of expression of African American culture in music and other related genres. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315U, 317F (Topic 2), Music 307 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MUS 307.1
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315V African Diaspora Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310F, 310L (Topic: African Diaspora Archaeology), African and African Diaspora Studies 315V, 317E (Topic: African Diaspora Archaeology). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 310F
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 315W Race, Sex, and Tourism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315W, 317E (Topic: Race, Sex, and Tourism), Anthropology 310L (Topic: Race, Sex, and Tourism), 310R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 310R
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 316C Rights in Modern America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316C, 317D (Topic: Rights in Modern America), American Studies 315 (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 315J, History 317L (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 317L (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 301 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 315J, HIS 317L.10, WGS 301.32
Core Curriculum: 060
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 316E Blackness and Comics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the relationship between race and the sequential aesthetics of comic books and comic strips. Explore comics strips, underground comics, and superhero comics from the colonial period to the present day. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310 (Topic: Blackness and Comics), 316E, American Studies 312C, English 319D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 312C, E 319D
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 316F Black and Latinx Intersections 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the complex relationships between and among Black and Latinx communities and the political and structural forces and contexts that shape their interactions. Explore Black identity within the Latinx population, racial politics, coalitions of Black American and Latinx groups, race among Latinxs, racial inequality, and the politics of immigration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316F, Government 319C, Mexican American Studies 318F, 319 (Topic: Black/Latinx Intersections), Sociology 309D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 319C, MAS 318F, SOC 309D
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 316G Police, Prisons, and Inequality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ethical issues related to inequality and the United States criminal legal system. Examine the experiences of the poor, Indigenous people, immigrants, racial minorities, women, sexual minorities, and gender-nonconforming people. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316G, Mexican American Studies 308E, 319 (Topic: Police/Prisons/Inequality), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 308E, WGS 301.36
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 316K Introduction to Religions of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a survey of religious practice across Latin America and the Caribbean. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316K, 317E (Topic: Intro Relig/Lat Amer/Carib), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Intro Relig/Lat Amer/Carib), 316L, Religious Studies 316K (Topic: Intro Relig/Lat Amer/Carib), 316L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 316L, R S 316L
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
AFR 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Center for African and African Diaspora Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
AFR 320C Power and Place: Making Texas History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 320C, 370 (Topic: Power/Place: Making Tex His), History 320T (Topic 3), 365G (Topic: Power/Place: Making Tex His), 365G (Topic 21), 320C, Mexican American Studies 320C, Race, Indigeneity, and Migration 320C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 320C, MAS 320C, RIM 320C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 320T Texas History's History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore evolving ideas and meanings concerning the most significant events, personages, and social processes in Texas' history. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 320T, History 320T (Topic 4), Mexican American Studies 320T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 320T.4, MAS 320T
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 321 The African Diaspora in the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Black cultures and societies in the New World, and their African heritage. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.9
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 321L Sociology of Education 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Education as a societal institution, with emphasis on the United States educational system: how the system works; the effects of the system; recent changes. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 321L, Sociology 321L, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 23), 345F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 321L
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 322 Introduction to African Prehistory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.7
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 322D Race and the Digital 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review of theoretical developments in the sociological study of "race, including an examination of processes of racialization and cultural texts, in order to better understand the ways in which identities are socially produced. Attention will be placed on forms of popular culture, black cultural production, and political action to question how such practices are shaped by migrations within the African diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 322D, Sociology 322D, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 7), 322G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 322D, WGS 322G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 323N Critical Race Theory and the Novel 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 323N, English 323D (Topic: Crit Race Theory, the Novel), 323D (Topic: Crit Race Thry/Novel:Hon), 323N, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Crit Race Thry/The Novel). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 323N
Pre/Corequisites: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 324E Racism and Antiracism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the theories and definitions of racism across several fields: anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, and gender/sexuality studies. Also includes a section that focuses on anti-racist activism, particularly within people of color and immigrant communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 324E, Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 2), 330C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330C
Core Curriculum: 080
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 325C Latinx Sexualities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Latinx sexualities from a historical perspective to comprehend the social, cultural, political, and economic factors, which have shaped these experiences. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325C, American Studies 337J, Mexican American Studies 337J, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 27), 335J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 337J, MAS 337J, WGS 335J
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 325D Gender and Translation in the Arab World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine complex politics and poetics behind the translation and marketing of Arab women's writing in the West. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325D, Asian Studies 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Gndr and Trnsltn/ and Arab World), 342 (Topic 81), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 343C, MES 342.81, WGS 340S.1
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 325S Statistical Analysis of Social Disparities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of racial inequality through social statistics. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325S, 350, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 21), 325S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 325S
Core Curriculum: 020
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Center for African and African Diaspora Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
AFR 330 Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 330, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 335 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 335.11
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330C Fashion And Desire 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330C, 372E (Topic: Fashion And Desire), Textiles and Apparel 365 (Topic: Fashion And Desire), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Fashion And Desire), 340 (Topic 84). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 340.84
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330D Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330D, 374F (Topic: Harlem Renaissance), English 353R, 376M (Topic: Harlem Renaissance). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 353R
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330E Gwendolyn Brooks 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330E, Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 11), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 72). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: T D 357T.11
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330F Writing for Black Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330F, American Studies 321Q, Creative Writing 325T, Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Writing for Black Performance), 357T (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321Q, CRW 325T, T D 357T.5
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330I The Arts of Hip Hop 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330G, 330I, 374D (Topic: Art, Theft, and Hip-Hop), American Studies 325 (Topic: Art, Theft, and Hip-Hop), 325D, 325I, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Art, Theft, and Hip-Hop), 323 (Topic 53), 323 (Topic 69). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 325I, C L 323.69
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330J Toni Morrison 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An examination of select novels by the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist focuses on the positional uniqueness that womanism shares with a predominant feminism, which surfaces in historicized familial relationships. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330J, 372E (Topic 1), English 349S (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 46), 345I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 349S.5, WGS 345I
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330K African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of African American writing, including autobiography, poetry, fiction, and drama. Authors may include Douglass, Jacobs, Frances E. W. Harper, Chestnutt, Du Bois, Hurston, and Hughes. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330K, 372E (Topic 4), English 376R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 376R
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330L African American Literature since the Harlem Renaissance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The development of African American poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction since the Harlem Renaissance. Authors may include Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Malcolm X, Baraka, Morrison, Shange, and Charles Johnson. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330L, 372E (Topic 5), English 376S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 376S
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330M Contemporary African American Women's Fiction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330M, 372E (Topic 15), English 343W, 376M (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343W, WGS 340.29
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330N Self-Revelation in Women's Writing 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330N, 372E (Topic 8), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 4), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 19), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.4, MES 342.19
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330O Black Film at the Oscars 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330O, 374D (Topic: Black Film at the Oscars), English 343F, 376M (Topic: Black Film at the Oscars). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343F
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330P Writing Slavery 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the controversial rewriting of slavery in a presentist context by contemporary authors. Addresses challenges that archival limitations and revisionist writings about slavery pose for academic disciplines, literary instruction, and/or pedagogy. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330P, English 323E, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 31), 340W. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 323E, WGS 340W
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330Q Caribbean Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330Q, 374F (Topic 7), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 6), English 343C, 360L (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.6, E 343C
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330R Literature of Black Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the novels, plays, and critical essays of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison as works of democratic political theorizing and political engagement. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330R, 374F (Topic 21), American Studies 370 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.43
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330S Danticat and Diaz 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330S, 372E (Topic: Danticat and Diaz), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Danticat and Diaz), 323 (Topic 60), English 349D, 349S (Topic: Danticat and Diaz). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.60, E 349D
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330T Diasporic Magic: Literature and Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330T, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 67), 323R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323R
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330V Greek Tragedies and Postcolonial Dramas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study the adaptation of great dramatic literature of the Greek civilizations to their phenomenal evolution into popular African performances. Putting classical writings from Ancient Greek in dialogue with texts that formed the background of African anti-colonial revolutions, analyze how Africans have used these works to re-shape literary canon and given their world and their histories universal purchase. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330V, 374F (Topic: Greek Tragedy/Postcol Drama), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Greek Tragedy/Postcol Drama), 323 (Topic 73), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Greek Tragedy/Postcol Drama), 357T (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.73, T D 357T.9
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For theatre and dance majors, consent of instructor; for all others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 330W Black Queer Literature and Film 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyzes written works, films, and videos by and about lesbians, bisexual, transgender, and gay black people, with an emphasis on understanding the historical and theoretical construction of sexual and gender identities and sexual/cultural practices in black communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330W, English 343M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 47), 340L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343M, WGS 340L
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 331 Early Black Atlantic 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331, English 363S, 376M (Topic: Early Black Atlantic). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 363S
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 331C Expressive Arts of Global Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore music, dance, and other artistic forms as modes of political expression and community building. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331C, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Expressive Arts Global Africa), 328I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 328I
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 331D Drugs in African American Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the legal, political, and philosophical intersection of blackness, whiteness, and drugs in the late twentieth century through film, music, and literature. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331D, 370 (Topic: Drugs in Afr Am Lit/Culture), American Studies 334, English 345D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 334, E 345D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 331E Black Cops in African American Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the history of black policing in America and representations of black police officers in popular literature and film of late Twentieth Century America. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331E, 370 (Topic: Black Cops Afr Am Pop Cultr), American Studies 331E, English 342C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 331E, E 342C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 331F Black Horror and Psychoanalysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the intersection of race, horror aesthetics, and psychoanalytic theory. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331F, 370 (Topic: Black Horror/Psychoanalysis), American Studies 370 (Topic 76), English 342P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.76, E 342P
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 331G Contemporary African Writing in English 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 331G, 370 (Topic: African Writing in English), English 323D (Topic: African Writing in English), 333P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 333P
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335C Africana Women's Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of the diverse modes of presentation, mediums, definitions, and influences of Africana women artists in the diaspora. Designed to use critical theory and art history found in oral and written literatures, music, films, and other formal and informal documents. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335C, 374F (Topic: Africana Women's Art), 374F (Topic 9), Art History 346L, 373C (Topic: Africana Women's Art), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Africana Women's Art), 340 (Topic 46). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 346L, WGS 340.46
Core Curriculum: 050
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335D Visual Cultures of Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Painting, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, performance, mixed media, photography, films, and the aesthetic ideas behind the production of African visual cultures from the perspectives of rituals, rites of passage, celebrations, initiations, documentations, and expressions. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335D, 374F (Topic 10), Art History 346M, 373C (Topic: Visual Cultures of Africa). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 346M
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335E Introduction to African Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigates the lives and works of several artists who have made substantial contributions to the definition, history, and interpretation of the visual arts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335E, 374F (Topic 11), Art History 346K, 373C (Topic: Introduction to African Art), 374 (Topic: Introduction to African Art). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 346K
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335F Visual Arts of the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A look at a wide range of artists from the countries of the Caribbean, including examples of cinema and reggae music packaging. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335F, 374F (Topic 12), Art History 345M, 373D (Topic: Visual Arts of the Caribbean), 374 (Topic: Visual Arts of the Caribbean). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 345M
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335G Diaspora Visions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of border crossing by cultures and groups including Yorubas, Jews, Armenians, Tibetans, Hamish, Pakistanis, and Indians and the production of images by immigrants, exiles, and nomads in alien lands. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335G, 374F (Topic 13), Art History 345L, 373D (Topic: Diaspora Visions), 374 (Topic: Diaspora Vision), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 345L, WGS 340.48
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335I Contemporary British Artists of the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A look at a wide range of artists, practicing in Britain, who are part of the African diaspora via such factors as the Atlantic slave trade and various patterns of international migration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335I, 374F (Topic 14), Art History 345K, 374 (Topic: Contemp Brit Artists Afr Diaspora). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 345K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335J Contemporary Artists of the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines a wide range of artists, practicing in different parts of the world, who are part of the African diaspora via such factors as the Atlantic slave trade and various patterns of international migration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335J, 374F (Topic 15), Art History 345J, 373D (Topic: Contemp Artist of Afr Diaspora), 374 (Topic: Contemp Artist of Afr Diaspora). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 345J
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335K Twentieth-Century African American Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of visual art produced by people of African descent in the United States with an emphasis on the twentieth century and its sociohistorical framework. Changes in modes of expression, formal concerns, pictorial themes, and the impact of the Black Arts movement, feminism, and Afrocentrism on art are explored, as well as the relationship of the work of black artists to art from West and Central Africa and the visual traditions of European and Euro-American artists. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335K, 374F (Topic 19), Art History 344J, 366N (Topic: 20th-Cen African American Art). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 344J
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335L The Black Figure in American Art and Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how popular culture and artistic practices facilitate or challenge social constructions of "Blackness" in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335L, 370 (Topic 2), (Topic: Black Figure in Pop Culture), American Studies 370 (Topic 78), Women's and Gender Studies 335L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.78, WGS 335L
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335M Art of the Harlem Renaissance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the factors which gave rise to the Harlem Renaissance, with a particular emphasis on art and artists. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 344L, 374 (Topic: Harlem Renaissance), African and African Diaspora Studies 335M, 374F (Topic: Harlem Renaissance). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 344L
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335N Black Art, Brown Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335N, 372E (Topic: Black Art, Brown Art), Art History 373E (Topic: Black Art, Brown Art), 373E (Topic 1), Mexican American Studies 323C, 374 (Topic: Black Art, Brown Art). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 373E.1, MAS 323C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335Q Blackness in the Contemporary Art Museum 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore issues related to the acquisition, stewardship, and repatriation of the art of the African Diaspora in the face of an increasingly virtual and market-driven art world. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335Q, 370 (Topic: Blackness in Cont Art Museum), American Studies 333, Art History 374 (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 333, ARH 374.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 335T Photographs and Blackness in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine issues raised at the intersection of Blackness and photography in contemporary art of the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335T, 370 (Photographs/Blackness in US), (Topic 1), American Studies 370 (Topic 77), Art History 344M, 374 (Photographs/Blackness in US), (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.77, ARH 344M
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 338C Black Perspectives in Jazz 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the social, cultural, political, and artistic relationships between jazz and the black experience, both within the African American context and throughout the diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338C, 372E (Topic 12), Music 342 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MUS 342.5
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 338D Music of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338D, 374F (Topic: Music of Latin America), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of Latin America), 326 (Topic 2), Music 334 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 326.2, MUS 334.2
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 338E The Music of the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Subjects include the shifting meanings of "black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338E, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 5), 326D, Music 334 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 326D, MUS 334.5
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 338F Music of Mexico and the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Attention will be given to music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin. Mexico and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean receive special attention. Class meetings will be divided into lecture/discussion segments, videos, listening, and performance instruction/demonstration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338F, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 1), 326M, Music 334 (Topic 1).
Same as: LAS 326M, MUS 334.1
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340 Contemporary African Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340, 372G (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Anthropology 322C, 324L (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), 340 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322C, WGS 340.49
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340D Apartheid: South African History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A study of the social, political, economic, and cultural history of South Africa to contextualize the rise of apartheid. Primarily focuses on the period since 1948 from the perspectives of women, children, and men of all racial backgrounds who lived through that particular period. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340D, History 364G (Topic: Apartheid: South African History), 364G (Topic 6), 364P, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 42). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 364P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340E African Women's History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Major themes include politics, economics, religion, the family, culture, technology, feminism, colonialism, nationalism, and development in relation to the lives of African women. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340E, 372G (Topic: African Women's History), 372G (Topic 6), History 364G (Topic: African Women's History), 364G (Topic 5), 364J, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: African Women's History), 340 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 364J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340F African History in Films and Photographs 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the social, economic, and political challenges of the past fifty years of Africa's history through an examination of several popular films. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340F, 372G (Topic 32), History 364F, 364G (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: African History in Films and Photographs), 340 (Topic 73). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 364F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340G Ancient Egypt 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discussion of Egypt's culture, language, and history from the prehistorical period (13,000 BC) to the New Kingdom (1069 BC). Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340G, 374C (Topic: Ancient Egypt), Classical Civilization 348 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Ancient Egypt), 342 (Topic 55). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 348.11, MES 342.55
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340I Modern Egypt in Film and Fiction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the history and culture of modern Egypt through selected readings in twentieth-century film and fiction. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340I, History 334F, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Modern Egypt Film/Fiction), 342 (Topic 78), Radio-Television-Film 352 (Topic: Modern Egypt Film/Fiction), 352 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 334F, MES 342.78, RTF 352.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340J African Travel Narratives 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines histories of Africa and travel through eyewitness accounts. Studies journeys Africans have made within and from the continent alongside accounts of travelers visiting Africa from elsewhere. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340J, 372G (Topic: African Travel Narratives), 372G (Topic 9), History 350L (Topic: African Travel Narratives), 350L (Topic 84). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.84
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340K Medicine in African History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of how communities have confronted disease throughout Africa's history. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340K, 372D (Topic: Medicine in African History), 372D (Topic 3), History 350L (Topic: Medicine in African History), 350L (Topic 88). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.88
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340L Historical Imagining of Africa in Films 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340L, 374F (Topic 18), History 350L (Topic 70), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.70, WGS 340.40
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340M Geographies of International Development in Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Critically examines the major approaches to "Development" in colonial and postcolonial eras, with a focus on a range of African resources: from water to wildlife, forests to farms, airways to rangelands, and including a consideration of African bodies themselves as sites of development and resistance. African and African Diaspora Studies 340M and Geography 330F may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 330F
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340N African Queer Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the development of African queer studies as the interdisciplinary study of sexuality on the African continent, and its impact on the academic and activist realm. Focus on intersectional feminist and queer theory and how this field offers tools that can be used to rethink issues of oppression and domination in relationship to race, nation, sex, gender, and sexuality on the African continent. Of particular interest will be LGBTQ activism and the ways in which queer Africans engage and shape their sexuality, and create forms of belonging in their countries and their communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340N, 372G (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 335.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340P Egyptian Hieroglyphics in Cultural Context 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The vocabulary and grammar of ancient Egypt as a guide to understanding artifacts and monuments from the different periods of Egyptian history, whether in museums, exhibitions, or on site overseas. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340P, 374C (Topic: Egyptian Hieroglyphics in Cultural Context), 374C (Topic 5), Classical Civilization 348 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 348.17
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340Q Daily Life in Ancient Egypt 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Delve into all areas of Egyptian daily life from the dawn of the dynasties to the age of Cleopatra. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340Q, 374C (Topic 7), Classical Civilization 348 (Topic 24), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 29), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 51). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 348.24, MES 342.51
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340R Archaeology of African Thought 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data as they relate to the foundations of contemporary African and African American societies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora 340R, 372G (Topic 3), Anthropology 324L (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.24
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340S Gender in North and West Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines gender discourses through North African and West African literary works by looking at the role(s) played by Islam and Christianity in the creation of the identities of African men and women. Includes discussion of the question of what gender is, and whether it is socially constructed. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340S, Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 16), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 28), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 342.28
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340T African Religious Culture and Creativity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine religion as an aesthetic practice and explore the inventiveness of the imagination that underlines African religious practices. Study religious practices spanning from the pre-colonial and post-colonial eras to the contemporary period particularly in urban centers. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340T, 372G (Topic: Afr Relig Cultur/Creativity), Religious Studies 360 (Topic: Afr Relig Cultur/Creativity), 360C, Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Afr Relig Cultur/Creativity), 357T (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 360C, T D 357T.7
Pre/Corequisites: For theatre and dance majors, consent of instructor; for all others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340U Africa and Rome 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the history of Roman Africa with emphasis on what is now Tunisia and northern Algeria. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340U, 370 (Topic: Africa and Rome), 374C (Topic: Africa and Rome), Ancient History and Classical Civilization 330 (Topic: Africa and Rome), Classical Civilization 348 (Topic: Africa and Rome), 348P, History 321J, 364G (Topic: Africa and Rome), 366N (Topic: Africa and Rome), Middle Eastern Studies 343 (Topic: Africa and Rome), 343 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 348P, HIS 321J, MES 343.15
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340V Sociology of Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the sociological study of sub-Saharan Africa. Major themes include: sources of knowledge about Africa; characteristics of African states and societies, from origin to internal social boundaries (religion, ethnicity, class); kinship and family; and development and change. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340V, 374C (Topic: Sociology of Africa), Sociology 321T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 321T
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 340W Coloniality in West Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study the changes and continuities of socio-political categories in African contexts from the period of formal colonial rule to the present day. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340W, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Coloniality in West Africa), 328G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 328G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 341 African Cities Since 1500 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Africa's past through the story of urbanization beginning with an overview of African cities around 1500--a time of increasing human migration and global trade. Assess African cities in the modern period, focusing on the advent of European colonialism in the 1800s and its aftermath. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 341, 374C (Topic: African Cities Since 1500), History 359C, History 366N (Topic: African Cities Since 1500), Urban Studies 321G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 359C, URB 321G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 341C Fashion in Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine fashion history through readings, videos, social media, and textile making to provide an immersive experience in African design history. Address the ways in which textiles are tied to class distinctions and politics, wrapped up in the history of trade (including human trafficking and slavery), mixed into revolutionary struggles and post-independent governance, and inspire haute couture and global fashion trends. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 341C, History 350L (Topic: Fashion in Africa), 359D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 359D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345 History of East Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of the history of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from prehistoric times to the postindependence era. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 359P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345C History of West Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A history of the West Africa region: the rise and fall of kingdoms, relations with Europe and Asia, the great revolutions of the nineteenth century, colonial administration, decolonization, and the search for economic development and political stability since independence. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 359R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345D Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds and the connections and contrasts between them. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345D, 372G (Topic 8), 374E (Topic: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 3), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 328.3, PRC 320E.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345E Afro-Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the historical experiences of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean beginning in the slavery era, and focuses on the histories of Afro-Latin Americans after emancipation. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345E, 372G (Topic 10), History 350L (Topic 68), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.68, LAS 366.31
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345F Sex and Power in the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of various experiences and theories of sex, intimacy, and desire alongside intellectual and artistic engagements with power hierarchies and spirituality across transnational black communities. Subjects include the concept of "erotic subjectivity" from various theoretical and methodological angles, principally within African diasporic contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345F, 372G (Topic 33), Anthropology 324L (Topic 48), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 52). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.48, WGS 340.52
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345G Religions of the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the histories and politics of religious practices in the Greater Caribbean, encompassing the islands and Central American coasts as well as the continental diasporas, from Vodou and Rastafari to popular Hinduism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean) 345G, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 323D, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 322D, Religious Studies 366 (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 366 (Topic 2), 366D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323D, LAS 322D, R S 366D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345I Nationalisms in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345I, 374E (Topic: Nationalism in Caribbean), History 363K (Topic: Nationalism in Caribbean), 371Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Nationalism in Caribbean), 366C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 371Q, LAS 366C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345J Race, Rebellion and Revolution in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345J, 374E (Topic: Race/Rebellion/Rev Caribbean), History 363K (Topic: Race/Rebellion/Rev Caribbean), 372Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Race/Rebellion/Rev Caribbean), 366D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 372Q, LAS 366D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345K Race Against Empire: Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345K, 374E (Topic: Race Against Empire: Amers), History 366N (Topic: Race Against Empire: Americas), 374Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Race Against Empire: Amers), 366 (Topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 374Q, LAS 366.44
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345M Reimagining Cuba, 1868-Present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores Cuban-United States relations from the nineteenth century to the present, including issues of empire and transnationalism, and social change engagements between Cuba and the United States before and after the Cuban Revolution. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345M, 374E (Topic 4), History 347C, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 347C, LAS 366.22
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345N Afro-Caribbean Diasporas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of the socio-cultural contexts of the African diaspora in the Americas, with a specific focus on the African diaspora in the islands of the Caribbean. Designed to analyze the cultural, social, and philosophical contributions of these diasporic populations and the ways they build social and cultural agency in their specific national or diasporic contexts. African and African Diaspora Studies 345N and Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 19) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 322.19
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345O Debt and Colonialism in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the role that debt has played in the formation of colonial and neocolonial practices in the Caribbean region. Take a broad approach to the concept of debt in order to explore the financial and monetary dynamics of debt, but also the political and cultural implications of debt. Focus in particular on debt as justification in the furtherance of colonialism throughout the Caribbean. Engage in a historical examination of the United States' colonial projects and military interventions in the region throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345O, 374E (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), American Studies 321 (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), 321O, History 345O, 363K (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), 366 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321O, HIS 345O, LAS 366.43
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345P African Religion in the New World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the contributions of scholars and artists who engage African diaspora religions in their work through multiple conceptual approaches. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345P, 370 (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), 374E (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), 322N, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), 366 (Topic: African Religion in New World), 366N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 322N, R S 366N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345Q Mediascapes: Literature and Media in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyzes the relationship between literature and media technologies in contemporary Caribbean cultures. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345Q, 370 (Topic: Lit and Media in Caribbean), 372G (Topic: Lit and Media in Caribbean), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 5), 370S (Topic 28), Spanish 350E, Spanish 350K (Topic 5), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 328.5, SPC 320C.2
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345S Afro-Latinos: Memory, Literature, Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss the lives and works of Afro-Latinos in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345S, 370 (Topic: Afro Latinos: Memory/Lit/Cul), 374F (Topic: Afro-Latinos: Memory/Lit/Cul), Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Afro Latinos: Memory/Lit/Cul). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345T Afro-Latinidades in the United States and Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345T, 370 (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am), 374E (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am), 322Q, Mexican American Studies 364K, 374 (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 322Q, MAS 364K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345U Race Politics and Caribbeans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine racial and political themes among Spanish-speaking Caribbeans on the islands and in the United States. Explore racial politics in the three countries and compares notions of identity, experiences with racism and anti-racist protest with the United States Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345U, Government 337J, Mexican American Studies 364R, 374 (Topic: Race Politics & Caribbeans), Sociology 322N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337J, MAS 364R, SOC 322N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345V Literature of AIDS in Africa 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the emerging cultural representations of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa through journalistic, social science, and historical accounts. Explore the difficulty of representing the various aspects of a public-health crisis. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345V, 372G (Topic 1), English 343V, 360S (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343V
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 345W Global Black Feminisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Black feminist theories and practices around the world from a transnational and comparative perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345W, 370 (Topic: Global Black Feminisms), Anthropology 325S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 325S, LAS 324L.23
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 346C Cuba in Question 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Cuba's peoples, cultures, ethnicities, and the social and historical processes that go far beyond the common media stereotypes. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Cuba in Question), 346C, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Cuba in Question), History 347D, 363K (Topic: Cuba in Question), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Cuba in Question), 328 (Topic 16), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Cuba in Question), 320C (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 347D, LAS 328.16, SPC 320C.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350C Black Middle Class 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350C, 372C (Topic: Black Middle Class), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Middle Class), 324C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Middle Class), 340 (Topic 83). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324C, WGS 340.83
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350D Politics of Black Life 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350D, 372F (Topic: Politics of Black Life), American Studies 370 (Topic: Politics of Black Life), 370 (Topic 57). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.57
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350F Black Women on Trial 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Using press coverage of historical and contemporary court cases and trials of women ranging from Angela Davis to Marissa Alexander, explores how media shapes public and popular perceptions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the law. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350F, 374D (Topic: Black Women on Trial), History 350R (Topic: Black Women on Trial), 350R (Topic 40), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Women on Trial), 340 (Topic 69). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350R.40, WGS 340.69
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350J HIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350J, 374E (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Anthropology 324J, 324L (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324J, WGS 335.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350K Puerto Rico In Crisis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350K, 374E (Topic: Puerto Rico In Crisis), American Studies 370 (Topic: Puerto Rico In Crisis), 370 (Topic 56), History 347J, 363K (Topic: Puerto Rico In Crisis), Mexican American Studies 364P, 374 (Topic: Puerto Rico In Crisis). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.56, HIS 347J, MAS 364P
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350L Race And Place 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350L, 372C (Topic: Race And Place), American Studies 321 (Topic: Race And Place), 321P, Geography 356T (Topic: Race And Place). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350N Barack Obama and American Democracy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on the impact of Barack Obama's watershed presidency on American democracy. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350N, 372F (Topic: Obama/American Democracy), History 350R (Topic: Obama/American Democracy), 350R (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350R.38
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350P Urban Slavery in the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines urban slavery in the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350P, 374E (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), American Studies 370 (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), 370 (Topic 55), History 347N, 350L (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), 366 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.55, HIS 347N, LAS 366.36
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350Q African-American Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the evolution, nature, and role of African-American politics within the American political system. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350Q, 374D (Topic 13), Government 370K (Topic 3), 371G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 371G
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350R Global History of Disease 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to major themes in the history of medicine through the lens of disease. To be considered are the roles governments, medical practitioners, and patients play in the social construction of disease and health. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350R, 372D (Topic: Global History of Disease), History 366N (Topic: Global History of Disease), 366N (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 366N.18
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350S The Black Church in African American Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the political role of the Black church in the African American experience. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350S, 374D (Topic 14), Government 370K (Topic 4), 371F, Religious Studies 346 (Topic 7), 346K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 371F, R S 346K
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350T Domestic Slave Trade 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the inner workings of the domestic slave trade from the perspectives of slaveholders, speculators, and the enslaved. Analysis of maps, letters, diaries, newspaper advertisements, and legislation relating to the domestic slave trade. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350T, 374D (Topic 20), History 350R (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350R.24
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350U The Civil Rights Movement from a Comparative Perspective 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on African American and Mexican American struggles for civil rights. Asian American and Native American movements will also be addressed. Using a comparative approach the student will consider the distinctiveness of each of these struggles while also viewing them in relation to each other. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350U, American Studies 336G, 370 (Topic 60), History 350R (Topic 35), Mexican American Studies 364C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 336G, HIS 350R.35, MAS 364C
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 350V Gender and Slavery in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the gendered experience of chattel slavery in the United States. Includes critical analysis of classic and contemporary texts, films, and songs that focus on slave labor, family, community, sexuality, and the economy. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350V, 372C (Topic 4), History 350R (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350R.14, WGS 345.31
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351 The Global City 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351, 374D (Topic: The Global City), American Studies 321 (Topic: The Global City), 324E, Anthropology 324L (Topic: The Global City), 324S, Urban Studies 330G, 353 (Topic: The Global City). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324E, ANT 324S, URB 330G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351C Women and Social Movements in the Twentieth-Century United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines women's participation in well-known and lesser-known social movements during the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351C, 372C (Topic: Women and Socl Mvmnts in US), 372C (Topic 7), American Studies 321 (Topic 10), History 365G (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 53). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321.10, HIS 365G.8, WGS 340.53
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351G Black Women in America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Uses primary sources, historical monographs, and essays to provide a chronological and thematic overview of the experiences of black women in America from their African roots to the circumstances they face in the present era. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351G, 374D (Topic 9), History 350R (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350R.17, WGS 340.9
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351J Texas Black History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Surveys the history of blacks in Texas from before American settlement to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351J, 374D (Topic 15), History 320T (Topic 2), 365G (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 320T.2
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351K Antebellum Slavery 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of slavery at its maturity during the nineteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351K, History 365G (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 365G.6
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351L The United States in the Civil Rights Era 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines United States history in the post-World War II era, including how civil rights and other racial issues helped shape the politics, popular culture, and social life of this period. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351L, 374D (Topic 17), American Studies 321 (Topic 9), History 356P, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321.9, HIS 356P
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351M African American Social and Political Thought 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the speeches and writings by major theorists and critics of the prophetic tradition of black political thought. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351M, 374D (Topic 21), American Studies 321J, Core Texts and Ideas 326 (Topic 3), 326J, Government 335G, 335M (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321J, CTI 326J, GOV 335G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351N Black Political Thought 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of black social and political thinkers, writers, and reformers, and how their works influence the legacies of slavery, empire, and patriarchy within the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351N, 372C (Topic 14), American Studies 370 (Topic 42). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.42
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351O Slavery across Genres 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Uses nonfictional and fictional narrative accounts of slavery in the United States to examine the political, social, cultural, economic, and psychological aspects of the institution of slavery at different historical moments. Sources may include authors such as Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edward P. Jones; graphic novels; conceptual art; court records; and bills of sale. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351O, 372E (Topic 2), American Studies 370 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.32
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351P Atlantic Slavery: History and Memory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Charts a history of Atlantic slavery by focusing on primary sources detailing crucial events and contexts such as the Zong Massacre, the Haitian Revolution, and Dred Scott vs. Sandford, among others. Considers how historians, memoirists, fiction writers, visual and performance artists and filmmakers have come to terms with that history and its implications. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351P, 374E (Topic 3), American Studies 370 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.33
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351Q Slavery and Its Legacies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how slavery has evolved in the United States since the end of the Civil War. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351Q, American Studies 366G, History 365G (Topic: Slavery and Its Legacies), 365G (Topic 26), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 366G, HIS 365G.26, WGS 340S.3
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351R African American Family in Historical and Contemporary Contexts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how African Americans managed to maintain a sense of family from the time of slavery to the present trend of mass incarceration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372D (Topic: Afr Am Fam: Hist/Contem Contxt), 351R, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Afr Am Fam: Hist/Contem Cntxt), 351C, Sociology 321K (Topic: Afr Am Fam: Hist/Contem Cntxt), 325F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAH 351C, SOC 325F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.50.
Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351S Science, Magic, and Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cross-cultural overview of the constructed concepts of magic, science, and religion through comparative examinations of cultural contexts from the Islamic world, western Europe, the Caribbean, the U.S., and Mozambique. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Science/Magic/Religion), 351S, American Studies 327 (Topic: Science, Magic, Religion), 327K, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Science, Magic, & Religion), 324C, Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Science, Magic, & Religion), 373 (Topic 6), 373L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 327K, ANT 324C, R S 373L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351T Anthropology for Liberation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Takes a critical look at anthropologists' quests to shifting the legacy of anthropology from the colonial toward freedom and liberation. Explores anthropology's relationship to human rights, violence, questions of race, gender, and sexuality, imperialism and neoliberalism, and the ways that some anthropologists have chosen to use their field work in new and different ways. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351T, 372C (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation), 372C (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation), 324L (Topic 65), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Anthropology for Liberation). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.65
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351U Race, Capitalism, and the Environment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351U, 372C (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), Geography 324F, 356T (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), 340 (Topic 82). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 324F, WGS 340.82
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 351V Black Slavery in the Atlantic 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the history of slavery in the Atlantic from 1450 to 1865. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351V, American Studies 344F, French Civilization 341 (Topic: Black Slavery in Atlantic), 344, History 364S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 344F, F C 344, HIS 364S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352C Psychology of Race and Racism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review of the history and evolution of the construct of race as a psychological and social phenomenon. Multidisciplinary but primarily social-psychological approach: in addition to readings from psychology, ideas in the areas of anthropology, sociology, and biology will be discussed. Emphasis on theoretical and conceptual approaches toward understanding the psychology of racial thinking. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352C, 372D (Topic 1), Educational Psychology 354J, 362 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EDP 354J
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352D Psychology of the African American Experience 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of the psychology of people of African descent using an African-centered liberatory model. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352D, 374D (Topic 11), Educational Psychology 354G, 362 (Topic: Psychology of the African-American Experience), 362 (Topic 9: Psychology of the African-American Experience). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EDP 354G
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352E African Americans in Sports 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theoretical and practical complexities in issues surrounding African Americans in sports, including the relationship between athletics and higher education. Focuses on racial stereotyping, identity theory, and how practical knowledge of these theories can aid in understanding the current state of athletics. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352E, 374D (Topic 12), Curriculum and Instruction 373. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EDC 373
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352F Sociocultural Influences on Learning 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine human learning in multisocial, multilingual, and multicultural contexts; realities of society and their impact on learning; social concerns such as prejudice, stereotyping, cross-cultural attitudes, bilingual issues, parent and community involvement. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352F, 372D (Topic 2), Applied Learning and Development 327, Education 327, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Sociocultural Influences on Learning), Special Education 327. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with field hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Three semester hours of coursework in psychology.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352G African American Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey the history and variety of religion as practiced by Americans of African descent. Examine the social construction of African religion, black religion, and the black church, within the cultural context of the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352G, 374D (Topic: African American Religions), Religious Studies 346 (Topic: African American Religions), 346V. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 346V
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352J Black Lives in the Archives 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352J, 374E (Topic: Black Lives in the Archives), History 366N (Topic: Topic: Black Lives in the Archives), 369Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 369Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352K African-American Women's Political Activism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Black feminism and African-American women's political participation. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352K, 374D (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), Government 355M (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), 370K (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), 371M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 94). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 371M, WGS 340.94
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government and upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352L Africa and Indian Ocean World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the connected histories of the geographical regions and economic communities that share the littoral space of the Indian Ocean. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352L, 374C (Topic: Africa/Indian Ocean World), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Africa/Indian Ocean World), 361P, History 350L (Topic: Africa/Indian Ocean World), 350L (Topic 96). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 361P, HIS 350L.96
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352M Race, Gender, Sex, and Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use an intersectional feminist framework to examine the construction and maintenance of normative categories of race, gender, sex, and sexuality within United States religious discourse. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352M, American Studies 373I, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Race, Gender, Sex, Religion), 373I, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 373I, R S 373I, WGS 335.28
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352N Technologies of United States Empire 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigate the various technologies that the United States has used to maintain imperial geographies at "home" and abroad. Focus on imperial entanglements of global capital, liberalism, and technological systems. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352N, American Studies 370 (Topic: Technologies of US Empire), 370 (Topic 72), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 85). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.72, WGS 340.85
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352O Queering Black Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ways Africana religion practitioners disrupt and reframe dominant western discourses of gender and sexuality. Examine concepts of temporality, spirit manifestation, subjectivity, corporeality, and Africana religious epistemologies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352O, American Studies 335, Religious Studies 335D, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 335, R S 335D, WGS 335.25
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352P Food in the Racialized City 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a variety of issues related to producing, accessing, and consuming food in city spaces in the context of racial inequities. Investigate and question constructs such as "food" and "city" as means of exploring different points of view and approaches to studying not only food and cities but also various approaches to food justice. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352P, 370 (Topic: Food in the Racialized City), American Studies 371C, Geography 321F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 371C, GRG 321F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352Q Black Geographies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the relationship between Blackness and the production of space and place. Examine the tensions and possibilities that emerge when Black people are rendered un-geographic as a fundamental component of racial capitalism while they are simultaneously creating spaces of freedom under constant threats to Black life. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352Q, 370 (Topic: Black Geographies), American Studies 371D, Anthropology 323O, Geography 328F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 371D, ANT 323O, GRG 328F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 352R Rhetoric of Ethnic Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study the histories of ethnic (and gender) studies in both higher education and K-12 institutions, and the rhetoric of attacks on, and defenses of, ethnic and gender studies through an examination of primary and secondary source materials. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352R, American Studies 352R, Mexican American Studies 364V, 374 (Topic Rhetoric of Ethnic Studies), Women's and Gender Studies 352R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 352R, MAS 364V, WGS 352R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 353C Mapping Urban Destruction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigates how demolitions have shaped the material and social lives of two compelling, rapidly-changing global cities: Sao Paulo and Austin. Develop technical skills in digital mapping in a supportive environment. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 353C, 370 (Topic: Mapping Urban Destruction), History 324C, Informatics 320 (Topic: Mapping Urban Destruction), 320C (Topic: Mapping Urban Destruction). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 324C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 356D African American Theatre History: 1950 to Present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Chronological examination of the history of African American theatre since 1950, through the study of productions, performance theory, play texts, essays, reviews, and manifestos within their sociopolitical contexts, with an emphasis on strategies of resistance that are embedded in aesthetics. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 356D, 374F (Topic: African American Theatre History, 1950-Present), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: African American Theatre History, 1950-Present). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 357C African American History to 1860 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review of West African origins; New World settlement patterns, social life, and culture; discussion of the Atlantic slave trade, the development of capitalism and plantation slavery, and the origins of racism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 357C, American Studies 321 (Topic: African American History to 1860), 321E, History 357C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321E, HIS 357C
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 357D African American History since 1860 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of the history of African Americans in the United States from 1860 to the present: Emancipation, Reconstruction politics, migration and urbanization, and the evolution of African American culture; kinds of sources and methods valuable for analyzing African American life and culture. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 357D, American Studies 321 (Topic: African American History since 1860), 321F, History 357D, Urban Studies 327D, 353 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321F, HIS 357D, URB 327D
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 358F Race and Policing: History, Policy, and Practice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the origins and evolution of policing in the United States, with a focus on the development and impact of policing policies. Analyze how policies have supported or oppressed Black, working-class, and ethnic communities. African and African Diaspora Studies 358F and Government 372G may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 372G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 358K Power and Money in U.S. Education Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how power dynamics and financial forces shape education opportunity, who controls what gets taught, how resources are allocated, the political influences behind educational decisions, and the impact of the decisions upon different groups of students. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 358K, 370 (Topic: Power/Money In TX Publ Ed), Educational Leadership Policy 320F, Government 372E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ELP 320F, GOV 372E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 358M Black Education Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine key educational policy moments that have impacted Black communities--including anti-literacy laws, segregation, contemporary funding, and curriculum debates. Explore how Black communities have responded through institution-building, legal advocacy, and alternative educational practices. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 358M, Educational Leadership and Policy 321F, Government 372F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ELP 321F, GOV 372F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 359N History of Africa since 1800 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Development of sub-Saharan Africa from the end of the slave trade to independence. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 359N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360 Race, Law, and United States Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the intersection of racial ideology and legal culture in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360, American Studies 330C, 370 (Topic 5), History 365G (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 330C, HIS 365G.13
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360C Social Media for Social Impact 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the social media universe through the lens of black studies. Discuss traditional black studies issues as they play out in the social media context. Engage in professional development activities and service learning. Interpret black participation in the social media landscape, and examine the possibilities for social media participation as a community benefit. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360C, 372C (Topic: Black Studies & Social Media), 372C (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360D Race, Gender, and Surveillance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of theories in the sociology of social control, with a focus on risk, power, ethics, and surveillance. Examines historical transformations in social control and the distributions of power in the United States and global contexts, with attention to race, gender, and class. Subjects include: the transatlantic slave trade; prisons and punishment; the gaze, voyeurism, and reality television watching; the Internet; travel and state borders; privacy; and biometrics and the body. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360D, 372C (Topic 12), American Studies 321 (Topic 6), Sociology 322V, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 8), 322J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 321.6, SOC 322V, WGS 322J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360E Black Women and the State 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.78, LAS 324L.17, WGS 340.7
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360F Urban Unrest 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of the roots of urban unrest, exploring a range of origins: joblessness, state violence, white flight, backlash against civil rights gains, new immigration, and interracial strife. Beyond race and class, subjects include exploring unrest as a mode of pushing the normative boundaries of gender and sexuality in public space. Course material will draw from film, literature, history, geography, and anthropology. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360F, 372F (Topic 13), American Studies 321 (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic 46), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 6), 330G, Urban Studies 327U, 354 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330G, AMS 321.8, ANT 324L.46, URB 327U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360G Blacks and Asians: Race and Social Movements 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the relations between Asians and Blacks in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360G, 374D (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 374D (Topic 19), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 324L (Topic 77), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Blacks/Asians: Race/Social Movements), 330 (Topic 3), 330D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330D, ANT 324L.77
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360I Black Freedom Movement 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360I, 372C (Topic: Black Freedom Movement), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Freedom Movement), 324D, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Black Freedom Movement), 322G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324D, LAS 322G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360J Migration Crisis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360J, 374D (Topic: Migration Crisis), Asian American Studies 330N, 335 (Topic: Migration Crisis), Mexican American Studies 364J, 374 (Topic: Migration Crisis), Race, Indigeneity, and Migration 330N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330N, MAS 364J, RIM 330N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360K Race and Ethnicity Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore racial and ethnic politics throughout the United States with a focus on Black and Latino politics. Examine group identity, racial inequality, policy making, activism, criminal justice system, and immigration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360K, Government 337N, Mexican American Studies 364Q, 374 (Topic: Race and Ethnicity Politics), Sociology 322K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337N, MAS 364Q, SOC 322K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360L Race and United States Social Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the relationship between race and the development of United States social policy. Explore how specific social policies affect racial and ethnic inequality. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360L, 370 (Topic: Race and US Social Policy), Government 371P, Sociology 340S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 371P, SOC 340S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360M Abolition Medicine 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine race-based diagnostics tools and treatment guidelines that reinforce antiquated and scientifically inaccurate notions of biological race. Discuss the upstream structures that enable downstream violence, such as police brutality. Analyze, through an abolitionist lens, various systems of power in medicine, culture, and society to trace the colonial logics, practices, and institutions in the afterlife of slavery pertaining to health, illness and disease, healthcare, and public health in the United States and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360M, 370 (Topic: Abolition Medicine, Anthropology 325P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 325P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360N Displacement and Resistance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore technologies of displacement, as well as tactics, digital media work, mapping projects, and activism that communities engage with to resist dispossession. Examine, locally and globally, the displacement and resistance effects of various events including infrastructure projects and gentrification. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360N, American Studies 370 (Topic: Tech Of Displcmnt/Resistnce), 370 (Topic 80), Anthropology 326T, Women's and Gender Studies 345Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.80, ANT 326T, WGS 345Q
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360P Race and Migration: The Mediterranean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the history of migration within and from the Mediterranean area. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360P, American Studies 347R, History 374C, Italian Civilization 347R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 347R, HIS 374C, ITC 347R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360Q Black Women and Mass Incarceration 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the history of Black women and mass incarceration in America. Explore how race, class, and gender have historically influenced the production of crime and unfair criminal justice policies. Investigate why mass incarceration matters, what its historical legacy is, and how it impacts Black women today. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360Q, American Studies 365G, History 365G (Topic: Black Womn/Mass Incarceration), 365G (Topic 25), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 365G, HIS 365G.25, WGS 340S.2
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 360R Crime and Capitalism in African American Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the intersection of crime and capitalism in black literature, motion pictures and music of late twentieth and early twenty-first Centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360R, 370 (Topic: Crime/Capitlsm Afr Am Cultr), American Studies 326C, English 344Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 326C, E 344Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 361K Performing Race: African American Literary Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the criticism and performance of modern African American drama. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 364O Central Americans in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the extensive and diverse histories, cultures, social and political movements of Central Americans in the United States, particularly through a Black, Indigenous, and Ethnic Studies framework. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 364O, Mexican American Studies 364O, 374 (Topic: Central Americans in the US), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 364O, WGS 340S.6
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 365C African American Language 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history and contemporary form of African American Language (AAL). Through readings, examine the linguistic description of essential features, the use of AAL in the creation of culturally and historically influential texts, and AAL as a subject of public discussion. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 365C, English 364D (Topic: African American English), 364E, Linguistics 373D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 364E, LIN 373D
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 370 Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Photographs and Blackness in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 370 (Topic: Photographs/Blackness in US), 370 (Topic: Hist Photography/Blackness), 370 (Topic 1), Art History 374 (Topic: Photographs/Blackness in US), Art History 374 (Topic 5).
Topic 2: Black Figure in Pop Culture. African and African Diaspora Studies 370 (Topic: Black Figure in Pop Culture) and 370 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
AFR 373 Independent Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Supervised individual research on a problem in African and African diaspora studies. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, African and African Diaspora Studies 301 or 303, and written consent of the supervising faculty member on forms available in the department office for that purpose.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 375 Community Internship 3 Hours
8 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Internship in a community organization that facilitates the economic, political, and social development of Austin's African American community. Students participate in research projects under the supervision of a faculty member. Approximately eight hours of fieldwork a week for one semester. Additional lecture hours may be required.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, African and African Diaspora Studies 301, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 376 Senior Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A capstone course focusing on black intellectual traditions. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Completion of seventy-five semester hours of college coursework, African and African Diaspora Studies 301, and consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in African and African diaspora studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 679H Honors Tutorial Course 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual reading of selected works for one semester, followed in the second semester by the writing of an honors thesis. Conference course for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 679HA, admission to the African and African Diaspora Studies Honors Program no later than two semesters before expected graduation; for 679HB, African and African Diaspora Studies 679HA. A University grade point average of at least 3.00 and a grade point average in African and African diaspora studies of at least 3.50 are required for admission to the African and African Diaspora Studies Honors Program.
Restrictions: For honors candidates in African and African diaspora studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
AFR 380 Introduction to Policy Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the tools needed to understand policy issues and analysis with respect to contemporary case examples. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 380C Marginalized Communities and Policy Development 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of how different racial groups in the United States have been historically and are presently marginalized through larger political and social systems, and how these systems have allowed groups to attain and maintain power and privilege in the United States. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 380D Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Policies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of the development of race, ethnicity, and gender theories and their application to social issues, policy development, and policy implementation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 382 Race and the Urban Crisis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the roots of the urban crisis, or the decline of U.S. and global cities in the post-World War II era, and begins with the premise that the story of the urban crisis is simultaneously the story of racial crisis. Explores how the origins of themes such as urban unrest, concentrated poverty, the housing crisis, the drug epidemic, and welfare dependency are rooted in race, class, and spatial inequities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 385C Topics in Black Studies Humanities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Reading the Maghreb. Examine Maghrebi literature and film of both French and Arabic expression, along with works of psychoanalytic and postcolonial theory. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 385C (Topic 1), French 390N (Topic: Reading the Maghreb), 390N (Topic 1), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: Reading the Maghreb), 386 (Topic 22). Same as: FR 390N.1, MES 386.22
AFR 385C.1 Reading the Maghreb 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Maghrebi literature and film of both French and Arabic expression, along with works of psychoanalytic and postcolonial theory. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 385C (Topic 1), French 390N (Topic: Reading the Maghreb), 390N (Topic 1), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: Reading the Maghreb), 386 (Topic 22).
Same as: FR 390N.1, MES 386.22
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 386C Topics in Black Studies Social Sciences 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Violence, Sovereignty, and Religion. Explore the relationships among violence, sovereignty, and religion. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 385 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 385C (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 386C (Topic 1), Anthropology 388D, 391 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), Latin American Studies 391 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), Religious Studies 383C (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 383C (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 388D, R S 383C.1 Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
AFR 386C.1 Violence, Sovereignty, and Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the relationships among violence, sovereignty, and religion. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 385 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 385C (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 386C (Topic 1), Anthropology 388D, 391 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), Latin American Studies 391 (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), Religious Studies 383C (Topic: Violence/Sovereignty/Relig), 383C (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 388D, R S 383C.1
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 387C Topics in Black Studies Fine Arts and Expressive Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 389 Academic Writing for Graduates 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Produce clear, accurate, and well-argued scholarly work, covering a range of commonly used writing styles, including essays, research papers, literature reviews, grant writing, thesis proposals, master's reports, qualifying examinations, and dissertations. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 390 Black Studies Theory I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of the innovative, complex, and distinctive African diaspora social structures and cultural traditions, as well as the historical, cultural, political, economic, and social development of people of African descent. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 391 Black Studies Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of seminal black studies texts and methods that have transformed the social sciences, humanities, and fine arts in producing a distinct black studies epistemology. Explores what black studies scholars have done to transform traditional methods and disciplines in pursuit of a distinct black studies methodology. African and African Diaspora Studies 381 (Topic: Black Studies: Theory and Methods) and 391 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 195P, 395P Special Subjects in Professionalization in African and African Diaspora Studies 1,3 Hours
1,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced seminar designed to introduce students to African and African diaspora studies and the skills needed in this field; including writing and revision, competitive and successful applications for grants and fellowships, and development and preparation of a dissertation proposal. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 395Q Qualifying Examination Preparation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 396 Conference Course in Black Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in specialized problems of advanced research in black studies.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the department.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 397R Literature Review 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to be counted toward the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in African and African diaspora studies and consent of the supervising instructor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
AFR 698 Thesis 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in African and African diaspora studies; for 698B, African and African Diaspora Studies 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
AFR 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in African and African diaspora studies, African and African Diaspora Studies 397R, and consent of the supervising instructor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
AFR 398T Supervised Teaching in African and African Diaspora Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
AFR 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral