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AASP African American Studies( Behavioral and Social Sciences) AASP100 Introduction to African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course.Significant aspects of the history of African Americans with particular emphasis on the evolution and development of black communities from slavery to the present. Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, legal and economic roots of contemporary problems faced by blacks in the United States with applications to the lives of other racial and ethnic minorities in the Americas and in other societies. AASP100H Introduction to African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AASP101 Public Policy and the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Formerly AASP 300. The impact of public policies on the black community and the role of the policy process in affecting the social, economic and political well-being of minorities. Particular attention given to the post-1960 to present era. AASP200 African Civilization; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. A survey of African civilizations from 4500 B.C. to present. Analysis of traditional social systems. Discussion of the impact of European colonization on these civilizations. Analysis of the influence of traditional African social systems on modern African institutions as well as discussion of contemporary processes of Africanization. AASP202 Black Culture in the United States; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. The course examines important aspects of African American life and thought which are reflected in African American literature, drama, music and art. Beginning with the cultural heritage of slavery, the course surveys the changing modes of black creative expression from the 19th-century to the present. AASP202H Black Culture in the United States; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. AASP298A Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: African Civilization to 1800; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Also offered as HIST122. AASP298I Special Topics in African American Studies: Introduction to Black Women's Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as WMST263. AASP298L Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: Introduction to African-American Literature; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Literature (HL) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Also offered as ENGL234. AASP298V Special Topics in African American Studies: The Blues as a Cultural Art Form; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP298W Special Topics in African American Studies: Introduction Creative Writing: African American Perspective; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as ENGL278C. AASP301 Applied Policy Analysis and the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: (AASP101 and ECON200) or (AASP101 and ECON201). Recommended: One semester of statistics. Development and application of the tools needed for examining the effectiveness of alternative policy options confronting minority communities. Review policy research methods used in forming and evaluating policies. Examination of the policy process. AASP313 Black Women in United States History; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Sophomore standing. Also offered as WMST314. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AASP498W, AASP313, WMST314 or WMST498N. Formerly AASP 498W. Black American women's history is examined from slavery to the present. The principal focus of the readings discussions and student assignments will be based upon gaining a fuller understanding of the effect of race, class and gender on the life cycles and multiple roles of Black women as mothers, daughters, wives, workers and social change agents. A variety of primary source materials on black women's experiences will be utilized. Also offered as WMST314. AASP386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Junior standing. AASP396 Independent Study Non-Thesis Option; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisites: AASP297 (formerly:AASP299R), and AASP386. Senior standing. For AASP majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AASP396 or AASP397. A research seminar that allows African American Studies majors to complete an independent study research project in lieu of completing the AASP397: Senior Thesis. Students will examine various concepts of race, gender, labor and ethnicity in the seminar lecture component to be applied toward their specific research projects. AASP397 (PermReq) Senior Thesis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Directed research in African American Studies resulting in the completion and defense of a senior thesis. AASP400 Directed Readings in African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202. The readings will be directed by the faculty of African American Studies. Topics to be covered will be chosen to meet the needs and interests of individual students. AASP400H (PermReq) Directed Readings in African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202. For general honors students only. AASP411 Black Resistance Movements; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100. A comparative study of the black resistance movements in Africa and America; analysis of their interrelationships as well as their impact on contemporary pan-Africanism. AASP468A Special Topics in Africa and the Americas: Social Inequalities and Health in the African Diaspora; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP483 Gender, Sexuality and the Black Family; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AASP483 or AASP498F. Formerly AASP 498F. Examining the historical, economic, social, and scholarly construction of African American family structures. The problematization of "Black matriarchy," hetero- and homosexuality, bi-racialism, and other efforts to "normalize" African Americans to conform to Eurocentric and religious concepts of family will be critically analyzed. AASP498D Special Topics in Black Culture: Women of the African Diaspora; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498Q Special Topics in Black Culture: Using Qualitative Research Methods in Urban Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498T Special Topics in Black Culture: Black Masculinities; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP499A Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: Government and Politics of Africa; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP499B Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: Race, Ethnicity, Wealth and Health; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP499G Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: The Evaluation of Social Programs; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or permission of department. This course aims to be able to answer difficult questions while investigating federal programs, among them Urban Relocation Programs, Project Head Start, and local and state After-School programs. AASP499L Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: Law and Identities; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Also offered as AAST498D, JWST419D, LASC448L, LGBT448L, and WMST498C. AASP499P Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: African-American Politics and Political Economy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP101. AASP499T Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community: Race, Poverty, Violence, and the Juvenile Justice System: A Theoretical and Contextual Analysis of Social Capital; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP621 Public Policy and Black Communities; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. This course explores the role of race in social policy formation and emphasizes the importance of both political institutions and economic relations as determinants of the policy making process and context.
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