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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. Restricted to HONR students only. AASP101 Public Policy and the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Formerly AASP300. 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. AASP297 Research Methods in African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202. For AASP majors only. Not open to students who have completed AASP299R. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AASP297 or AASP299R. Formerly AASP299R. Introduces African American Studies majors to the basic research skills, methodologies, sources, and repositories for studying African Diaspora. Students will be required to select a research topic, write a research proposal, develop an annotated bibliography, and in the process will be prepared for completing their senior thesis or other significant writing projects necessary to fulfill the requirements of the major. AASP298B Special Topics in African American Studies: Constructions of Manhood and Womanhood in the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. 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 ENGL 234. Discussion groups will be on-line. 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. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AASP298W, ENGL294, ENGL294N, or ENGL278C. AASP298Z Special Topics in African American Studies: Jazz as a Cultural Art Form; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Formerly: AASP298U. AASP303 Computer Applications in African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: STAT100 or SOCY201 or MATH111 or equivalent. Introduction to statistics and database processing software used in model estimation and simulation in policy analysis. Special emphasis on applications for applied research on policy problems confronting minority communities. AASP305 Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Research Issues in African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: AASP301 and (STAT100 or BMGT230 or PSYC200 or SOCY201 or ECON321 or equivalent course with permission of department). Formerly AASP401. Theories and concepts in the social and behavioral sciences relating to problems in minority communities. Issues include validity and soundness of theoretical arguments, epistemological questions of various methodologies and the relationship between policy making and policy research. AASP310 African Slave Trade; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202 or permission of department. Formerly AASP311. The relationship of the slave trade of Africans to the development of British capitalism and its industrial revolution; and to the economic and social development of the Americas. AASP314 The Civil Rights Movement; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or HIST157. Survey of the twentieth century civil rights movement from the desegregation of UM Law School through the National Black Political Congress in Gary in 1972. Major themes include leadership, legal and constitutional challenges, non-violence, Black Power, Pan-Africanism. 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. AASP402 Classic Readings in African American Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202. Classic readings of the social, economic and political status of blacks and other minorities in the United States and the Americas. AASP441 Science, Technology, and the Black Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202 or HIST255 or permission of department. Scientific knowledge and skills in solving technological and social problems, particularly those faced by the black community. Examines the evolution and development of African and African American contributions to science. Surveys the impact of technological changes on minority communities. AASP443 Blacks and the Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course. Prerequisite: AASP100 or AASP202 or HIST255 or permission of department. The relationship between black Americans and the law, particularly criminal law, criminal institutions and the criminal justice system. Examines historical changes in the legal status of blacks and changes in the causes of racial disparities in criminal involvement and punishments. AASP498C Special Topics in Black Culture: African Americans and the City: 1899-2007; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498Q Special Topics in Black Culture: Qualitative Research Methods in Urban Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. AASP498W Special Topics in Black Culture: Washington and Prince George's History, Culture, and Public Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. 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.
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