Clark Atlanta University

African and African American Studies

Department of African and African
American Studies and
Africana Women's Studies
McPheeters-Dennis Hall, Rooms 11 and 14
Telephone: (404) 880-8533

Curriculum

African and African American Studies | Africana Women's Studies

Course Offerings - African and African American Studies

AAS 301. Introduction to African and African American Studies

An overview of the discipline of African World Studies: popular and academic attitudes and approaches; its significant historical periods and its definable school of thought; the concepts of discipline, interdisciplinary humanities, social sciences, and area studies as relevant to African American Studies. (3 credits)

AAS 302. The Modern Era

An examination of the African American historical, social and cultural experience in the 20th century, its salient periods (Harlem Renaissance, Black Arts Movement, etc.), arts (jazz, hip hop, rap, etc.), and ideologies (integration, Afrocentrism, etc.). (3 credits)

AAS 501. Africa and the African Diaspora

Introduction to research methods and current concepts of culture and value systems as applied to Africa and African -derived cultures of the Americas. Various cultures of the Diaspora viewed as exemplars. (3 credits)

AAS 535. Africa and African American Folklore

A survey of the principal characteristics of African and African American folklore in its social, historical, and aesthetic contexts. (3 credits)

AAS 550. African and African American Music

A study of the principal characteristics of African American music with pertinent references to music on the Continent. (3 credits)

AAS 560. African American Art

A study of the aesthetic tradition and the social context of African American art. (3 credits)

AAS 564. African Art

A survey of the basic forms and styles of traditional African art and an examination of colonial and post-independence styles and trends. (3 credits)

AAS 601. Directed Study

Readings and other research based on a corpus suited to the research needs and interests of the individual student. (2-3 hour credits)

AAS 630. Seminar in Selected African Americans

Men and women of historical importance in the shaping of destiny or culture, such as Frederick Douglass, W. E. D. DuBois, Alain Locke, are studied in detail. (3 credits)

AAS 640. Seminar in Comparative Black Literature

Selected research problems comparing and contrasting traditions in Francophone, Afro-Hispanic and African American literature. (3 credits)

AAS 801. Thesis Consultation*

1 credit

AAS 802. Thesis Consultation*

1 credit

AAS 804. Thesis Research*

Variable credits

AAS 805. Thesis Research*

Variable credits

*Course may be repeated for credit