Stephen Graves

The course will examine the history and development of Africana Studies as an academic discipline and will provide a comprehensive overview of the field employing a broad interdisciplinary approach. A range of topics will be covered including history, art, literature, language, dance, music, religion, sociology, and geography throughout the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on the United States.

Examination of mass and elite level behavior of minorities in the contemporary U.S. political system.Prerequisite(s): POLS 1113.

The course examines forms of Black popular art and culture as well as the relationship of Black intellectual traditions, political movements, philosophical arguments, or social and historical contexts. Course may cover such forms as popular music, film, performance, comics, fashion, cyber culture, or television. Approaches may be thematic or historical and will include consideration of issues related to race, gender, class, sexuality, and power.

Application of major relevant theoretical perspectives to selected case studies of political problems and issue areas. Theories and attendant case studies selected by visiting faculty members.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.

The course will examine the history and development of Africana Studies as an academic discipline and will provide a comprehensive overview of the field employing a broad interdisciplinary approach. A range of topics will be covered including history, art, literature, language, dance, music, religion, sociology, and geography throughout the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on the United States.

The course will examine the history and development of Africana Studies as an academic discipline and will provide a comprehensive overview of the field employing a broad interdisciplinary approach. A range of topics will be covered including history, art, literature, language, dance, music, religion, sociology, and geography throughout the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on the United States.

The course will examine the history and development of Africana Studies as an academic discipline and will provide a comprehensive overview of the field employing a broad interdisciplinary approach. A range of topics will be covered including history, art, literature, language, dance, music, religion, sociology, and geography throughout the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on the United States.

The course will examine the history and development of Africana Studies as an academic discipline and will provide a comprehensive overview of the field employing a broad interdisciplinary approach. A range of topics will be covered including history, art, literature, language, dance, music, religion, sociology, and geography throughout the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on the United States.

Examination of mass and elite level behavior of minorities in the contemporary U.S. political system.Prerequisite(s): POLS 1113.

Black Political Thought develops a set of critical tools to help explain the distinctiveness of Black Politics. It pursues a deep understanding of the Black intellectual traditions that inform an enhanced understanding of Political Theory’s core concepts. Using the lens of the African diaspora it investigates the abiding concerns of Political Theory, i.e., the meanings of justice, freedom, and equality; the nature of power, obligation, and “thegood life.”

The course examines forms of Black popular art and culture as well as the relationship of Black intellectual traditions, political movements, philosophical arguments, or social and historical contexts. Course may cover such forms as popular music, film, performance, comics, fashion, cyber culture, or television. Approaches may be thematic or historical and will include consideration of issues related to race, gender, class, sexuality, and power.

The course examines forms of Black popular art and culture as well as the relationship of Black intellectual traditions, political movements, philosophical arguments, or social and historical contexts. Course may cover such forms as popular music, film, performance, comics, fashion, cyber culture, or television. Approaches may be thematic or historical and will include consideration of issues related to race, gender, class, sexuality, and power.

Examination of mass and elite level behavior of minorities in the contemporary U.S. political system.Prerequisite(s): POLS 1113.

The course examines forms of Black popular art and culture as well as the relationship of Black intellectual traditions, political movements, philosophical arguments, or social and historical contexts. Course may cover such forms as popular music, film, performance, comics, fashion, cyber culture, or television. Approaches may be thematic or historical and will include consideration of issues related to race, gender, class, sexuality, and power.

The course will examine the history and development of Africana Studies as an academic discipline and will provide a comprehensive overview of the field employing a broad interdisciplinary approach. A range of topics will be covered including history, art, literature, language, dance, music, religion, sociology, and geography throughout the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on the United States.