Spring 2027

Introduction to African American Studies

Introduction to African American Studies exploring the discipline's origins, historical and contemporary contributions to understanding the African American experience, and current struggles for freedom, justice, and humanity.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.62 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe and critically assess seminal texts in African American thought.

  • Recognize the significant contributions that African American people have made to the social, political, and economic development of the United States.

  • Identify strengths and weaknesses of various frameworks for addressing antiblackness and achieving racial equity.

  • Apply concepts and knowledge from the course to systemic inequities and current events.

  • Develop and communicate a position on the necessity of African American Studies.

  • Reflect on the field of African American Studies in relation to their own lives.

  • Contribute to the further development of an informed, educated, and proactive citizenry through the application of African American Studies methodologies.

  • Communicate with others in a way that displays an understanding of racial inequities in the US.

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AFROAMER 101

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.62 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Origins and early forms of African American Studies as an academic discipline
  • Historical and present-day contributions to understanding the African American experience
  • Current struggles of the Black community for freedom, justice, and humanity
  • Frameworks for addressing antiblackness and achieving racial equity

Skills

  • Critically assessing seminal texts in African American thought
  • Identifying strengths and weaknesses of frameworks for addressing antiblackness and racial equity
  • Applying course concepts to systemic inequities and current events
  • Developing and communicating positions on the necessity of African American Studies

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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