Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.59 GPA, 81.2% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Selected Topics in African American Culture
AFROAMER 271 is an introductory course exploring specific topics within African American culture.
Summary
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Workload is low, consisting of weekly vocab quizzes and short writings graded easily, with exams focused on memorizing test bank questions.
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Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Mosi Ifatunji's course is entirely online with weekly Canvas quizzes and short writings. One reviewer notes that exams rely heavily on a purchased test bank, suggesting memorization over reading or attendance.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.58 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Johanna Almiron describe her as engaging and passionate, creating a comfortable environment for large discussions. Reviewers noted her clear goal of student growth over memorization, with positive feedback on her vibe and ability to captivate students even those taking the course for requirements.
ANTHONY BLACK is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CARL GRANT is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ETHELENE WHITMIRE is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JOHANNA ALMIRON is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MOSI IFATUNJI is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
THULANI DAVIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 26 / 30 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 24 / 30 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 30 | 0 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 32 / 60 | 0 |
| LEC 005 | Classroom Instruction | 24 / 25 | 0 |
| LEC 006 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 25 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Mosi Ifatunji's online course is described as easy, with weekly quizzes and exams drawn entirely from a test bank, requiring minimal reading or attendance.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 74.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Workload is low, consisting of weekly vocab quizzes and short writings graded easily, with exams focused on memorizing test bank questions.
Students find the course convenient and easy, noting that class attendance is unnecessary except for midterm and final exams.
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Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
6 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.
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Catalog & offerings
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Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Selected Topics in African American Culture
Recorded 2026-09-07Multiculturalism & Soc Justice
Recorded 2026-09-07African Americans Abroad
Recorded 2026-09-07African American Biography
Recorded 2026-09-07Afrofuturism and Popular Cult
Recorded 2026-09-07Race Ethnicity & Blk Pop Hlth
Recorded 2026-09-07Black Urban Regimes
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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