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Students may declare either a major or a minor in African and
African American Studies. Prior to declaring a major in AAF students must
complete twenty hours of volunteer work in the community or submit an essay
expressing their interest in the field.
Students selecting a major in African & African American Studies must
complete a minimum of 30 credits, including AAF 201, Introduction to
African American Studies; AAF 202, Introduction to Afro-American Culture and
AAF 498, Senior Seminar. The topic of the Senior Seminar will
change annually but the course is designed to allow students to work
collectively and to put interdisciplinary methods to the test
| Core Courses | |
| AAF 201 | Introduction to African American Studies |
| AAF 202 | Introduction to the Culture of the Diaspora |
| History and Politics 6-9 units | |
| AAF 290/WMS351A | African American Women: Service, Community, and Self |
| AAF 380 | Civil Rights Movement |
| AAF 300G | Blacks in Providence in the 20th Century |
| AAF 300M | Social Movements in the Diaspora |
| AAF 372 | Afro-Americans and the Legal System |
| AAF 415 | Dynamics of Social Change in the Caribbean |
| AAF/HIS 150 | Introduction to African American History |
| AAF 300A/HIS393M | Contemporary African-American Political Thought |
| AAF 300B/HIS393L | Black Urban History |
| AAF 300C/HIS 393E | History of Black Women Artists |
| AAF 300D | Nonviolence: Theories & Strategies of Organization and Mobilization |
| AAF 300I/HIS393I | Black Women in the US: Colonial Times to the Present |
| AAF 300K | Comparative Political Development in Africa |
| AAF/HIS 366 | Black Political Thought, Civil Rights/Black Power Age |
| AAF 300W/HIS393Q | African-American Reconstruction to the Present |
| AAF 300Z/HIS 393Z | Black Popular Culture in the Urban Terrain |
| AAF/HIS 359 | History of Slavery in America |
| AAF/HIS 388 | History of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| AAF/PSC 408 | African Governments and Politics |
| AAF/PSC 410 | Issues in African Development |
| AAF/PSC 466 | Urban Problems |
| Arts and Humanities 6-9 units | |
| AAF/ARH 330 | African-American Artist in Context I |
| AAF/ARH 331 | African-American Artist in Context II |
| AAF/ENG247 | Introduction to Literature of the Diaspora |
| AAF/ENG 248 | Afro-American Literature: 1900-Present |
| AAF 352 | Afro-American Images in Film |
| AAF/ENG 360 | African Folk Life |
| AAF/ENG 362 | African-American Literature Genres |
| AAF/ENG 363 | Afro-American Fiction |
| AAF/ENG 364 | Contemporary African Literature |
| AAF/ENG 474 | Literature of the African Diaspora |
| Social and Behavioral Science 6-9 units | |
| AAF 300P | Conditions of Community Service |
| AAF/COM 310A | Race and Media |
| AAF/COM 333 | Oral Interpretation of Black Literature |
| AAF/COM 465 | Race, Politics, and |
| AAF/PSY 399 | Introduction to Multicultural Psychology |
| AAF 390 Directed Study or Research | (Permission of director by override only) |
| AAF 498 | Senior Seminar |
Additional courses that may be taken but are not cross-listed include:
| SOC 240 | Minority and Majority Relations |
| SOC 318 | Social Movements and Social Change |
| SOC 240 | Race and Ethnic Relations |
| SOC 336 | Social Inequality |
| SOC 428 | Institutional Racism |
| PSY 479I | Contemporary Problems/Seminar in Non-Violence |
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For more information, please contact:
African & African American Studies Program
90 Lower College Road, 318 Roosevelt Hall, Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-2536 Fax: 401-874-4527