Core Courses (12 Credits)
- AFRCNA 2031 - Critical Africana Pedagogy
- AFRCNA 2750 - Africana Studies Proseminar I
- AFRCNA 2850 - Africana Studies Proseminar II
- AFRCNA 2860 - Africana Research Methods
Additional Courses in the Department of Africana Studies: (6 credits)
- Students will have a wide selection of courses from which to choose each semester.
Change “Theme Courses” to “Sample Courses in the Race & Equity Concentration Area”
Theme: Migration & Community Transformation
Building from the extensive scholarship in Africana and African Diaspora Studies, this research track analyzes the causes and implications of the movements of people of African origin throughout time and space. Through an interdisciplinary methodological approach, it sheds light on how such movements led to transformative outcomes in both the sending and receiving spaces. Graduate students may find support for their research with the University Center for International Studies and the World History Center.
Sample Courses in the Migration & Community Transformation Concentration Area
AFRCNA 2012 Early 20th Century Black Social Movements
AFRCNA 2035 Black Body Studies
AFRCNA 2039 History Of Caribbean Slavery
AFRCNA 2131 Mobility, Identity, and the Black Atlantic
AFRCNA 2201 Global Diasporas: Contemporary African And Caribbean Migration
AFRCNA 2240 African Literature And Society
AFRCNA 2250 Black Europe
AFRCNA 2301 Black Space: Architectures of Race and Resistance.
AFRCNA 2309 Women Of African And African Diaspora
AFRCNA 2310 Cultures Of Africa
AFRCNA 2330 Science And Technology In Africana Context
AFRCNA 2347 Francophone Africana Literature
AFRCNA 2349 Contemporary Caribbean Literature
AFRCNA 2425 Caribbean Identities
AFRCNA 2450 Africana Cultural Memory
AFRCNA 2510 Health In The African Diaspora
AFRCNA 2535 Dimensions Of Racism
FRCNA 2537 Race And The Criminal Justice System
AFRCNA 2555 Afro Caribbean Dance
AFRCNA 2610 Health in the Environment in the Caribbean
AFRCNA 2628 Afro-Latinos In The United States
AFRCNA 2655 African Cinemas/Screen Griots
AFRCNA 2704 Africana World Literature
Theme: Culture & Creative Production
This track seeks to illuminate the intersections between socio-economic, political, intellectual, and psychological transformation and Black cultural productions in music, literature, performing and visual arts, as well as film & media. To further develop their expertise, graduate students may use resources from various units, including the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, the Jazz Studies Program, the graduate program in Film & Media Studies, the August Wilson archive, and the Rob Penny papers.
Sample Courses in the Culture & Creative Production Concentration Area
AFRCNA 2010 Issues in Contemporary Africa
AFRCNA 2035 Black Body Studies
AFRCNA 2042 Class and Inequality Portrayals in Black Women’s Writing
AFRCNA 2108 African American Folk Culture
AFRCNA 2110 Race and Race-Making in U.S. History
AFRCNA 2131 Mobility, Identity, and the Black Atlantic
AFRCNA 2150 Contemporary African American Writing
AFRCNA 2240 African Literature And Society
AFRCNA 2301 Black Space: Architectures of Race and Resistance.
AFRCNA 2330 Science And Technology In Africana Context
AFRCNA 2347 Francophone Africana Literature
AFRCNA 2349 Contemporary Caribbean Literature
AFRCNA 2420 Power And Performance In Africa: From Hip-Life To Soukouss
AFRCNA 2450 Africana Cultural Memory
AFRCNA 2555 Afro Caribbean Dance
AFRCNA 2616 African American Women Writers
AFRCNA 2655 African Cinemas/Screen Griots
AFRCNA 2704 Africana World Literature
