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Fall 2021
May 19, 2024 |
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| AAS 1301 - Introduction to Africana Studies |
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Formally institutionalized in the American academy in the last half of the twentieth century, African Studies is a vibrant and dynamic discipline that creates new knowledge about the world and human existence through the critical and comprehensive study of the peoples, cultures, and ideas of Africa and the African diaspora. In this introductory lecture course students will examine the history and evolution of the discipline, key scholars, ideas, and themes, ideas, central disciplinary questions and debates, and prominent theoretical and methodological frameworks used by African Studies scholars. Students will also engage African social and political thought and literary, cultural, and aesthetic forms and expressions. In all, this course is designed to enable students to develop a solid disciplinary understanding of African Studies, gain facility in understanding the conceptual, theoretical, and analytical frameworks of the discipline, and acquire skills in critically comprehending interdisciplinary scholarship. Prerequisites: None 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Syllabus Available Levels: Second Undergrad Degree, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar Liberal Studies Department Course Attributes: General Education, AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, LO: Critical Reading |
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