The Major |
A total of 60 hours are available to the Major in AAAS at Claflin University.
Thirty (30) of these hourswill come from the following designated courses: |
| AAAS 201 Introduction to African American Studies |
3 |
| AAAS 202 Introduction to African Studies |
3 |
| AAAS 301 African-American History to 1865 Cross-list HIST 405 African American History |
3 |
| AAAS 302 African-American History since 1865 Cross-list HIST 403 Civil War and Reconstruction |
3 |
AAAS 305 The History of the African-American Religious Experience
Cross-list RLGN 408 African-American Religious Experience |
3 |
| AAAS 310 African American Social and Political Thought |
3 |
| AAAS 316 The Black Male Experience in Contemporary Society |
3 |
| AAAS 317 The Black Female Experience in Contemporary Society |
3 |
| AAAS 325 African Intellectuals and Critical Thought |
3 |
| AAAS 318 Undergraduate Seminar: Topics in Diaspora Studies |
1 |
AAAS 329 Undergraduate Seminar: The Art of Black Leadershipand
Vocational Aspirations |
1 |
| AAAS 490 Senior Thesis |
1 |
| or HNTH 391 Honors Thesis Seminar I |
1 |
| or HNTH 392 Honors Thesis Seminar II |
1 |
or HNTH 491 Honors Thesis Seminar III, A total of twenty-one hours
(21) will come from the following recommended electives: |
2 |
| GEOG 302 World Geography |
3 |
| GEOG 304 Geography of the United States |
3 |
| GEOG 305 African World Geography |
3 |
| PSCI 301 American National Government |
3 |
| or |
| PSCI 302 State and Local Government |
3 |
| PSCI 304 International Relations |
3 |
| AAAS 320 The Black Family in America |
3 |
| Cross-list SOCI 202 The Sociology of Marriage, Kinship, and the Family |
|
| AAAS 321 Introduction to Black Social Psychology |
3 |
| AAAS 322 Introducation to Black Sociology |
3 |
AAAS 323 Black Politics, Mass Movements, and Liberation Themes Cross-list
PSCI 412 The Black Experience and the American Political Process |
3 |
| AAAS 340 Perspective on Ancient African Religions and Cosmology |
3 |
| AAAS 345 Religious African American Movements and Resistance |
3 |
| AAAS 350 African Religion and Philosophy |
3 |
| AAAS 382 Major Voices in the African and African American Experience |
3 |
| AAAS 353 African American Film and Video |
3 |
| Cross-list MCOM 352 Black Media in America |
|
AAAS 360 The African American Visual Arts Tradition: A Historical and
Cultural Study From Reconstruction to the Present |
3 |
| AAAS 361African American Language in Music & Art |
3 |
| Cross-list MUSC 310 Black Music |
|
| AAAS 390 Black Journalism |
3 |
| AAAS 400 Economics in the African-American Experience |
3 |
| AAAS 401 Law and the African-American Community Past and Present |
3 |
| AAAS 402 Government, the Constitution, and African Americans |
3 |
| AAAS 406 African-American and Community Health |
3 |
| The remaining nine hours (9) are free electives within the program of AAAS. |
| AAAS 306 Gullah Culture, History, and Language: An Introduction |
3 |
| AAAS 307 Ancient Egypt |
3 |
| AAAS 308 Ancient Egyptian Language and Culture |
3 |
| AAAS 309 African-American Oral History |
3 |
| AAAS 325 African Intellectuals and Critical Thought |
3 |
| AAAS 326 Women in Africa |
3 |
| AAAS 327 Socio-Thological Perspectives of Adam Clayton Powell, |
3 |
| Martin King and Malcolm X |
|
| AAAS 328 Politics of Protest: The Black Panther Party |
3 |
| AAAS 346 Historical Aspects of the Bible and Images of Africa |
3 |
| AAAS 347 African American Women and the History of World Religions |
3 |
| AAAS 380 African Culture and Language |
3 |
| AAAS 391 Caribbean Writers |
3 |
| AAAS 395 African American Folklore |
3 |
| AAAS 359 African American Visual Arts Tradition:A Historical and Cultureal Study From 1600s to Reconstruction |
3 |
| AAAS 354 Cyberspace, Black Culture and Community |
3 |
| AAAS 356 History of African American Television |
3 |
| AAAS 358 Black Images in Popular Culture |
3 |
| AAAS 405 Issues in Black Gerontology |
3 |
| AAAS 407 African-American Community Health and Substance Abuse |
3 |
| AAAS 499 Fall Senior Colloquium |
2 |
The Minor |
|
A total of eighteen (18) hours are required for the minor in AAAS. Twelve (12) of
these hours are required courses: |
| AAAS 201 Introduction to African American Studies |
3 |
| AAAS 202 Introduction to African Studies |
3 |
| AAAS 305 History of the African American Religious Experience |
3 |
| AAAS 310 African American Social and Political Thought |
3 |
| The remaining hours are takend from above electives. |
The Certificate |
The program of African and African American Studies offers a certicate in African and
African American studies to students who have both a major and minor in another
field of study. A total of twelve (12 )hours are required for the undergraduate certificat
in AAAS. Twelve hours are required courses: |
| AAAS 201 Introduction to African American Studies |
3 |
| AAAS 202 Introduction to African Studies |
3 |
| AAAS 305 History of the African American Religious Experience |
3 |
| AAAS 310 African American Social and Political Thought |
3 |
