AFAM Major Electives

  • for the most current course list, please consult the Clara Luper Department of African and African-American Studies.

Literary, Artistic and Cultural Studies

AFAM 3133Introduction to African Aesthetics3
AFAM 3143Gospel Music Past and Present3
AFAM 3613Visual Culture and African American Identity: 1895-19393
AFAM 4623Hip Hop Culture and Contemporary America3
ARAB 1115Beginning Arabic5
ARAB 1225Beginning Arabic Continued5
ARAB 2013Colloquial Arabic3
ARAB 2113Intermediate Arabic3
ENGL 4323The Harlem Renaissance3
ENGL 4333Black Arts/Black Power3
MUNM 2313History of Jazz3
MUNM 3313African Repercussions3
MUNM 3713Jazz: Development of an African-American Art Form3

Historical Political Studies

AFAM 4763The History of Lynching and Racial Violence in America3
AFAM 4823African American Politics and Public Policy3
ANTH 3783The Anthropology of Slavery and Captivity3
ANTH 4303Women and Development in Africa3
ANTH 4903Race and Ethnicity3
HIST 3033Black Britain in the Long Nineteenth Century3
HIST 3723Africa Since 19453
HIST 3943Muslim Societies in Africa3
IAS 3793African Politics & Society3
PHIL 3753Philosophy of Race3
HIST 2703African Societies and Cultures3

Community Engagement and Social Issues

AFAM 3423African-American Men3
AFAM 4003Senior Seminar in African and African-American Studies3
AFAM 4423African American Health Issues3
AFAM 4813Prison Industrial Complex3
SOC 3353Race, Class and Gender3
SOC 3623Sociology of Race and Ethnicity3
SOC 3803Inequality in A Global Perspective3
WGS 3353Race, Class & Gender3
WGS 3433Race and Sexuality in Women's Sports3
WGS 4643Black Feminism and Womanism3
H R 4413Adolescent Issues in the African-American Community3