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Africana Studies Courses

In addition to the courses noted below, specific classes may be added at the discretion of the Director of the BAIS program.

Not all courses will be offered every semester.

Anthropology

  • ANTH 2052 Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 3090 Special Topics (when appropriate)
  • ANTH 3315 Caribbean Peoples and Cultures [D]
  • ANTH 3351 Peoples and Cultures of Africa [A]
  • ANTH 4767 Race and Racism
  • ANTH ANTH 4090 Advanced Topics (when appropriate)

English

  • ENGL 2071 African-American Literature I [D]
  • ENGL 2072 African-American Literature II [D]
  • ENGL 4093 Studies in Black Literatures [D]

Fine Arts

  • FA 4210 African Art [A]

Geography

  • GEOG 1002 World Regional
  • GEOG 2451: Geography of Africa [A]

History

  • HIST 1010 Intro to African American History [D]
  • HIST 2251 The Islamic World
  • HIST 2602 African Americans in Louisiana
  • HIST 2603 History of New Orleans
  • HIST 2701 Africa to 1830 [A]
  • HIST 2702 Africa 1830-Present [A]
  • HIST 3315 Contact and Conquest in the Americas [D]
  • HIST 3551 African-American History to 1860 [D]
  • HIST 3552 African American History since 1860
  • HIST 3992 Special Studies (when appropriate)
  • HIST 4406 Caribbean Civilization [D]
  • HIST 4100 Hist of Atlantic World, 1400-1825 [D]
  • HIST 4105 Women & Slavery in the Americas
  • HIST 4551 African-American Slavery [D]
  • HIST 4552 Black Movements and Messiahs
  • HIST 4555 The Civil Rights Era
  • HIST 4991 Special Topics: France & North Africa [A]

Music

  • MUS 1003 EarlyJazz
  • MUS 1004 Contemporary Jazz
  • MUS 2006 Jazz History
  • MUS 2205 Jazz Profiles

Philosophy

  • PHIL 3095 Special Topics: African Philosophy [A]

Political Science

  • POLI 4650 Southern Politics
  • POLI 4653 Political Socialization of American Blacks
  • POLI 4710 Politics of the Developing Areas
  • POLI 4780 Comparative Democratization

Sociology

  • SOC 2994 Multiculturalism and Diversity in U.S. Society [D]
  • SOC 4881 Urban Community

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