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African American Studies

African American Studies is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical, cultural, social and political experience of African Americans, with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of the African American communities in California and the West as well as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues on African American communities. By drawing upon courses in American Studies and by emphasizing comparative as well as interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in the analytic tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for studying the African American experience in its particularity and ethnic and cultural study in general. The program is particularly appropriate for students interested in integrating studies in the humanities and social sciences and for students preparing to work and interact with diverse communities and cultures in the United States and abroad in such fields as education, human services, business, journalism and public administration.

The program in African American Studies is administered by an advisory committee comprising a director and two other faculty members, one from the social sciences and one from the humanities. These faculty members serve as advisors to majors and minors, providing, in conjunction with the sequence of courses, a unique opportunity for students to undertake an interdisciplinary concentration under close faculty supervision.

African American Studies Major

Degree: B.A., African American Studies

Core Requirements Units

AMST 202 Interethnic Diversity in the West 4

AMST 301 Introduction to American Studies 4

AMST 350 Seminar in Ethnic Studies: Theories and Methods 4

200/300/400-Level Required Courses Units

One course from each of the following categories:

History

HIST 250 History of the Black American 4

HIST 455 Advanced Topics in African-American History 4

Literature and Culture

ENGL 246x Introduction to African-American Literature 4

ENGL 446 African-American Poetry and Drama 4

ENGL 447 African-American Narrative 4

Social and Political Issues

POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System 4

California and the West

GEOG 326 Los Angeles Landscapes 4

HIST 457 The American West 4

HIST 458 History of California 4

PPMT 408a Los Angeles Semester 4

American Comparative Ethnicities and/or Gender

ANTH 315 North American Indians 4

ANTH 316 North American Indians in

American Public Life 4

ANTH 328 Culture Change and the Mexican People 4

ANTH 371 Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs 4

ENGL 445 The Literatures of America:

Cross-Cultural Perspectives 4

ENGL 448 Chicano and Latino Literature 4

ENGL 449 Asian-American Literature 4

ENGL 470 Women in English and American

Literature after 1800 4

ENGL 476 Images of Women in Contemporary

Culture 4

HIST 354 Mexican Migration to the United States 4

HIST 378 History of Asian Immigration to the

United States 4

HIST 472 History of the Mexican-American 4

GERO 433 Ethnicity and Aging 4

JOUR 466 Minorities and the Media 4

LING 375 Sociolinguistics 4

POSC 421 Ethnic Politics 4

POSC 441 Cultural Diversity and the Law 4

SOCI 342 Race Relations 4

SOCI 356 Immigrants in the United States 4

SOCI 366 Chicana and Latina Experiences 4

SOCI 375 Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity and

Social Change 4

SPAN 479 Comparative Chicano/ Mexican Cultures 4

SWMS 305 Sex/Gender/Sexuality as an Issue in

American Public Life 4

SWMS 364 Racial and Ethnic Women in America 4

SWMS 384 Overcoming Prejudice 4

Upper Division Electives Units

Two courses from:

CNTV 407 African American Cinema 4

COLT 462 Pan-African Literature and Culture 4

ENGL 446 African-American Poetry and Drama 4

ENGL 447 African-American Narrative 4

HIST 356 The Old South 4

HIST 455 Advanced Topics in African-American

History 4

MUHL 486 Jazz Masters of the 20th Century 2

REL 469 Black Religion in America 4

Program Minor

Core Requirements		Units
AMST 202	Interethnic Diversity in the West	4
AMST 301	Introduction to American Studies	4
AMST 350	Seminar in Ethnic Studies: Theories and
	Methods	4
200/300/400-Level Required Courses		Units
One course from each category:
History
HIST 250	History of the Black American	4
HIST 455	Advanced Topics in African-American History	4
Literature and Culture
ENGL 246	Introduction to African-American Literature	4
ENGL 446	African-American Poetry and Drama	4
ENGL 447	African-American Narrative	4
Social and Political Issues
POSC 427	Black Politics in the American Political
	System	4
Upper Division Elective		Units
One course from:
COLT 462	Pan-African Literature and Culture	4
CNTV 407	African American Cinema	4
ENGL 446	African-American Poetry and Drama	4
ENGL 447	African-American Narrative	4
HIST 455	Advanced Topics in African-American History	4
MUHL 486	Jazz Masters of the 20th Century	2
REL 469	Black Religion in America	4

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