Center for African
American Studies
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Undergraduate Courses
Spring 2013
Table of Contents
Required Courses……...….1
Elective Courses…………1, 2
General Requirements:
African American Studies Minor consists of total of (18) credit hours. Students must
take three (3) required course; AAST 2300, AAST 4399 and one (1) core course SOCI
3338 or HIST 3365. In addition, students must take three (3) electives selected from the
list below. Students who wish to minor in African American Studies should first consult
with advisors in their major departments for approval and then with a CAAS academic
advisor.
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Required Courses
AAST 2300
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
3 credits
This course introduces students to the African American experience in the United
States, including an interdisciplinary analysis of the African American experience in
politics, the arts, folklore, religion, economics, sociology, psychology, and community
development; and an examination of local history, contemporary issues, and recent
events in the African American community.
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Electives
AAST/CRCJ 3380
RACE, CRIME, AND JUSTICE
3 credits
TBA
Patricia C. Eddings
Off Web
TBA
Randall R. Butler
Off Web
TBA
Robert L. Bing
Off Web
An examination of race in the context of the criminal justice system. Emphasis is on
social construction of crime; and the treatment of racial minorities as victims and
offenders by law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Offered as CRCJ 3380 and MAS
3380; credit will be granted only once.
AAST/ENGL 3345
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 credits
TuTh 11:00am- 12:20pm
Cedric May (PH206)
On Campus
Offers an introduction to African American literature or focuses on a particular genre,
period or topic. May be repeated for credit as course content changes.
AAST/HIST 4377
African Diaspora II
3 credits
MWF 9:00am- 9:50am
Harold R Harris (COBA140)
On Campus
The major developments which have shaped the history of Africans and their
descendants in Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America since 1800. Emphasis
on the comparative history of Black Diasporic communities; linkages between Africans
and their descendants in the Atlantic Diaspora.
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AAST/MANA 4326
DIVERSITY OF ORGANIZATIONS
3 credits
TuTh 8:00am- 9:20am
Marquardt, Bell (COBA150)
On Campus
TuTh 11:00am- 12:20pm
Marquardt, Bell (COBA138)
On Campus
This course examines the implications of employee diversity in organizations, an issue
of increasing importance. It includes study of the changing demographics of workers,
including multiple demographic groups and areas of difference important to
organizational treatment and outcomes. This course examines research on treatment,
access, and customer discrimination. Legislation related to diversity is also reviewed.
This course also provides suggestions for individuals and organizations to increase
opportunities and outcomes for workers of all backgrounds. Prerequisite: MANA 3318
and 3320.
AAST/SOCI 3337
RACIAL & ETHNIC GROUPS IN US
3 credits
TuTh 11:00am- 12:20pm
Jason E. Shelton (PKH102)
On Campus
Compares the immigration, acculturation, and adjustment processes of various
racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. Examines historical and contemporary discrimination
in relation to the social conditions of racial/ethnic minority groups in the U. S. Topics
include classical and contemporary theory; individualistic, cultural, and structural
arguments about social arrangements; and conflict among majority and minority
groups. Prerequisite: SOCI 1311. Credit will not be granted for both SOCI 3337 and
SOCI 4310 or for MAS 3337 and MAS 4310.
AAST/ SOCI 3345
SOCIOLOGY OF THE 1960s
3 credits
TuTh 8:00am- 9:20am
Ben Agger (UH 10)
On Campus
This course presents a sociological analysis of the sixties, stressing the connection
between grassroots mobilization and large structures of power, war, race and gender.
The legacy of the sixties is examined through stories told by and about activists of the
period. Parallels between the sixties and the present are identified. Movements covered
may include civil rights, black power, anti-war and women's rights.
AAST/PSYC 3315
SOCIAL PSYCOLOGY
3 credits
TuTh 8:00am- 9:20am
Colin T. Jenney (LS 119)
On Campus
TuTh 5:30pm- 6:50pm
Jarryd T. Willis (UH 10)
On Campus
The theories and research dealing with individual behavior in the social environment.
Social influence processes, interpersonal attraction, group behavior, aggression,
conformity, and attitude formation and change. Prerequisite: PSYC 1315
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