Franklin College Multicultural Requirement

Multicultural Requirement Courses

All undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences will be required to complete (grade of D or better) at least one full credit course (3 or more semester credit hours) with a significant focus on African American, Asian American, Hispanic American or Native American cultures

AFAM 2000/2000H - Introduction to African American Studies

Cultural, social, and historical movements among Americans of African descent.

AFAM/RELI 2005 - African American Religious Traditions: An Introduction.

Major and selected contemporary religious groups and movements among African Americans.

AFAM/SOCI 2020 - African American Society.

The class, status, and power relations of African Americans as part of both the United States social structure and the African diaspora.

AFAM/PSYC 2150 - Understanding Cultural Diversity

Cross-cultural psychology, including a examination of issues such as conformity, leadership, and attributional style as they vary across different cultures, with consideration of their implications for the emerging world.

AFAM/CMLT 2600 - Multicultural Black Diaspora Literature.  Prerequisite:  ENGL 1102 or 1030/1102M.

Multicultural literature of the world-wide dispersion of Africans and people of African descent based on select representative works of African-American, African-Caribbean, and African literature.

AFAM/SPCM 2810 - Communication in African American Communities.

Not open to students with credit in SPCM/AFAM 4810

Rhetorical strategies and patterns of orality in African American communication, cultural styles in conflict, and skill development for cultural interaction.

AFAM/SOCI 2820 - Race and Ethnicity in America.

The causes and consequences of racial and ethnic discrimination in America, with a focus on ethnic competition and conflict.

AFAM/MUSI 2960 - African American Percussive Music: From Africa to Americas.

Traditional and contemporary African American percussive music beginning with its African heritage and tracking its development throughout the Americas, with particular emphasis on the United States. Teaching/learning strategies include in class performance, demonstrations, audiovisuals, and lectures. No previous music performance background required.

AFAM/HIST 3101 - The Early African American Experience.

The African background of African Americans, the institution of slavery, the development of the African American community institutions, and African American participation in and impact on the Civil War and Reconstruction.

AFAM/HIST 3102 - Modern African American Experience.

The twentieth-century struggle for civil rights, black identity, and self-determination. The response to industrialism and urbanization. The role of black institutions and political organizations. The philosophy and tactics of accommodation, integration, and separatism.

AFAM/PSYC 3150 - Introduction to Black Psychology.

Prerequisite: Permission of department.

Deconstruction of traditional thought, behavior, and development as well as reconstruction of the same on contemporary terms; testing of nuances and varieties of multicultural and indigenous models. The designs and projected future of the Black Psychology Movement.

AFAM/ENGL 3230 - Development of African American Literature.

Prerequisite: Permission of department.

African American literature since 1773, particularly 1830 to the present: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Dorothy West, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and August Wilson, including diverse voices rooted in the folk origins for literary forms.

AFAM/SOCI 3310 - Race and Culture.

Prerequisite: SOCI 1101 or SOCI2600 or Permission of department.

Evolution of cultures among racial groups as part of, and in contrast to, Western civilization. Particular attention is given to the ways race and culture intersect to provide styles, practices, and patterns of living for individuals in contemporary society.

AFAM/SPCM 3820 - Interracial Communication.

An applied approach to understanding the significance of interracial communication in Western Society. The societal influences of history, language, and mass media in shaping our knowledge and understanding of positive interracial relationships.

AFAM 3880 - African American Folklore.

Prerequisite: ENGL 3010 or permission of department.

African American folk expressions: their functions and their relationships with folk expressions of other peoples. Folk speech (proverbs, riddles, signifying, playing the dozens), folk narative (animal tales, slave stories, modern legends, jokes, toasts, rap songs), folk songs (African songs, gospel songs, work songs, ballads, blues songs)

AFAM/ENGL/LING 4040 - Language Use in the African American Community.

Prerequisite: LING 2100 or ENGL(LING) 3030 or CMLT 2111 or CMLT 2210 or CMLT 2212 or CMLT 2220 or CMLT 2400 or ENGL 2310 or ENGL 2320 or ENGL 2330 or ENGL 2340 or ENGL 2400.

History and structure of the speech and language styles used in the African American community; examination of linguistic and cultural issues that confront the majority of African Americans; the role of the vernacular language of African Americans in society.

AFAM/HIST 4055 - Historical Survey of African American Thought.

This course examines representative works of such nineteenth- and twentieth-century social, cultural, and political thinkers as Frederick Douglass, Cornel West, Anna J. Cooper, and Angela Davis among other outstanding women and men who have contributed significantly to the intellectual life of the African American community.

AFAM/WMST 4060/6060 - Black Feminism.

Examination of the ideas and practices of black feminists and womanists. Students will examine African communities within the diaspora, particularly the historical and contemporary debates of black women in the United States, including black womanhood, sexual mythologies and vulnerabilities, class distinctions, and the origins of black feminist thought.

AFAM/POLS 4200 - African American Social Change.

Pre-requisite: POLS 1101 and AFAM 2000.

African American social movements, principally those in the United States, such as the convention and colonizing movements of the 19th century and the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 20th century.

AFAM/RELI 4201 - African-American Religious History.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of department.

The religious traditions of African Americans from Colonial times to the present; major religious movements, personalities, and ideas and their relationship to various aspects of American culture.

AFAM/RELI 4202 - Southern Religious History.

Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing or Permission of department.

The origins, growth, and current practices of religion in the American South. The interaction between religion and other aspects of Southern culture, such as racial and gender concerns, education, Darwinian science, temperance, and politics.

AFAM/RELI 4203 - The Bible in the Black Church.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of department.

Biblical interpretation in black America from 1865 to the present.

AFAM 4250 - Special Topics in African American Studies.

Prerequisite: AFAM 2000 and AFAM 3880 or AFAM/POLS4200.

Recurring topics and themes in African American life from the perspective of the behavioral sciences and humanities.

AFAM/SOCI 4370 - Seminar in Race and Ethnicity.

Prerequisite: SOCI 1101 or 1600.

Special topics in race and ethnicity for advanced undergraduates.

AFAM/THEA 4480/6480 - African American Drama and Theatre.

Not open to students with credit it DRAM 4480/6480.

The emergence of a distinct and conscious African American theatre in the United States.

AFAM/DRAM 4490 - African and African American Women in Cinema: Image and Aesthetics.

Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

Selected films by and about African and African American women. A historical/critical overview of the presentation of these women in cinema with emphasis on contemporary African and African American women filmmakers.

AFAM/PSYC 4500 - Psychology of Prejudice.

Prerequisite: (PSYC 1101 or SOCI 1101) and senior standing.

Motivational, cognitive, social, and cultural factors that lead to discrimination in our society and various perspectives found in the research on discrimination.

AFAM/ESSE 4515 - The History of African American Education.

Examination of the educational experiences of African Americans from slavery through the present, paying attention to both formal and informal education.

AFAM/PSYC 4550 - Classic Studies in Black Psychology.

Prerequisite: AFAM/PSYC 3150 or permission of department.

Studies that have had major social or scientific impact on (a) the lives of Black Americans and (b) the way Black people have been viewed with psychology. Approach will be historical and interdisciplinary.

AFAM/POLS 4570 - African American Social Change.

Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or AFAM 2000.

African American social movements, principally those in the United States, such as the convention and colonizing movements of the nineteenth century and the civil rights and black power movements of the twentieth century.

AFAM/ENGL 4620 - African American Poetry.

Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

African American poetry from the colonial period to the present, including slave and folk songs of the mid-nineteenth century, the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's, and contemporary poetry. Emphasis on such figures as Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, and others.

AFAM/ENGL 4630 - African American Fiction.

Prerequisite: Permission of department.

Important African American stories and novels from the 19th and 20th centuries, including works by such authors as Frances Harper, Jean Toomer, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison.

AFAM/SPCM 4810 - African American Rhetoric and Communication.

The history and criticism of the communication of African American speakers, wtih emphasis upon oral rhetoric relating to social-political development since 1860.

AFAM/SPCM 4830 - African American Relational Communication.

Prerequisite or corequisite: SPCM 1500 or SPCM 3700 or AFAM 2000 or PSYC(AFAM) 2150 or AFAM(PSYC) 3150.

Interpersonal communication within African American relationships from a holistic framework. Historical, sociological, and psychological factors that affect individual behaviors within these relationships, including gender socialization from Africa to America.

AFAM/SPCM 4840 - African American Family Communication.

Prerequisite or corequisite: SPCM 3700 or AFAM 2000 or PSYC/AFAM 2150 or AFAM/PSYC 3150.

This course provides students with an opportunity to examine communication within the African American family from an African-centered perspective. It requires students to read and critically examine various theoretical and methodological approaches to the African American family.

AFAM/ENGL 4880 - Topics in African American Literature.

Prerequisite: Permission of department.

Selected topics in African American literature such as African American autobiography, Harlem Renaissance, Gwendolyn Brooks and Richard Wright and Black American literature and aesthetics.

AFST/HIST 2052 - Multiculturalism in Modern America.

United States history since 1865 from a multicultural and multiethnic perspective. The course will emphasize social, cultural, and political dimensions of the American experience, paying particular attention to issues of race and ethnicity. Highlights the contributions of the many different peoples who make up America.

ANTH 3410 - Contemporary Native America.

Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the United States, Canada and Mexico, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art and socio-economic conditions.

ANTH 3410H - Contemporary Native America (Honors).

Prerequisite: ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2120H and permission of Honors. Not open to students with credit in ANTH 3410.

Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the United States and Canada, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art, and socioeconomic conditions. Non-traditional format: When course is taken as part of a summer field school, all lectures and demonstrations will total the equivalent amount of time as the traditional three hours lecture per week during a semester. The emphasis is on direct experiential contact with Native America -- landscape, ceremony, and culture.

ANTH 3540 - Multicultural Health Care.

Multicultural diversity of beliefs and practices about health and illness of ethnic groups in the United States as it impacts on health care. Specific consideration of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and Asian Americans.

ANTH/NAMS 4020 - Indians of North America.

North American Indian cultures at the time of European contact. Additional topics include origin and development of Indian culture, impact of European contact on native cultures, and problems faced by Native Americans today.

ANTH/HIST 4470 - The Rise and Fall of the Southeastern Chiefdoms.

Development of the native societies of the southeastern United States, the exploration of the area by Spain in the 16th century, and the consequences of the meeting of the two peoples.

ANTH/HIST 4480 - The Indians of the Old South.

Native peoples of the southern United States from the beginnings of the Spanish missions and the English deerskin trade through Indian removal.

ARED 5310/7310 - Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Study in Art Education.

Various cultural traditions in the United States with emphasis on multicultural and cross-cultural art education curricula.

ARTS 2050 - Cultural Diversity in American Art.

Past and present art created by African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.

CMLT 2400 - Asian-American Literature.

Works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translations of works originally written in Asian languages.

CMLT 2410H- Asian-American Literature. (Honors)

Works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translations of works originally written in Asian languages.

CMLT 2500 - Comparative Ethnic American Literatures.

A comparative study of ethnic literatures in the United States, including African-American, Arabic-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Jewish-American, and Native-American literatures.

CMLT/AFAM 2600 - Multicultural Black Diaspora Literature.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or 1030/1102M.

Multicultural literature of the world-wide dispersion of Africans and people of African descent based on select representative works of African-American, African-Caribbean, and African literature.

DRAM/AFAM 4490 - African and African American Women in Cinema: Image and Aesthetics.

Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

Selected films by and about African and African American women. A historical/critical overview of the presentation of these women in cinema with emphasis on contemporary African and African American women filmmakers.

ELAN/LLED 4620/4620E - ESOL Service Learning.

Applied practice in education (tutoring) of English language learners, including discussion and application of methods, venues, strategies, and materials for supporting academic achievement.

Non-traditional format: Course entails applied tutoring or teaching in approved after-school programs for English language learners enrolled in local K-12 schools. This course offers variable numbers of hours credit and must be taken for at least 3 hours in order to satisfy the Franklin College Multicultural Requirement.

ELAN/LLED 5040/5040E - Language and Culture in the Classroom.

Prerequisite: Permission of department. Not open to students with credit in EDMS(EDEC)(EDEL)(ELAN) 5180/7180.

Exploration of topics on the relationship between language and culture and on pedagogical principles of multicultural education.

ENGL 1102M - Multicultural English Composition. 

Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1102, 1030 or 1050H.

Themes on fiction, poetry, and drama using multicultural literature.

ENGL 1060H - Composition and Multicultural Literature. (Honors)

Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1102, ENGL 1030, ENGL 1102M or ENGL 1050H. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101 or equivalent and permission of Honors.

Close analysis of multicultural literary works as the basis of effective critical writing.

ENGL 2390H - Multicultural Literature in America (Honors).

Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2400. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102, 1102M  or ENGL 1030 and permission of Honors.

Important writers and movements in the mosaic of American culture and literature with special attention paid to African American, Native American, Hispanic American, and Asian American literatures.

ENGL 2400 - Multicultural Literature in America.

Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2390H  Prerequisite: ENGL 1102, 1102M  or ENGL 1030.

Important writers and movements in the mosaic of American culture and literature with special attention paid to African American, Native American, Hispanic American, and Asian American literatures. 

ENGL/AFAM 3230 - Development of African American Literature.

Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

African American literature, since 1773, particularly 1830 to the present: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Dorothy West, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and August Wilson, including diverse voices rooted in the folk origins for literary forms.

ENGL/AFAM/LING 4040 - Language Use in the African American Community.

Prerequisite: LING 2100 or ENGL(LING) 3030 or CMLT 2111 or CMLT 2210 or CMLT 2212 or CMLT 2220 or CMLT 2400 or ENGL 2310 or ENGL 2320 or ENGL 2330 or ENGL 2340 or ENGL 2400.

History and structure of the speech and language styles used in the African American community; examination of linguistic and cultural issues that confront the majority of African Americans; the role of the vernacular language of African Americans in society. 

ENGL/AFAM 4620 - African American Poetry.

Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

African American poetry from the colonial period to the present, including slave and folk songs of the mid-nineteenth century, the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's, and contemporary poetry. Emphasis on such figures as Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, and others.

ENGL/AFAM 4630 - African American Fiction.

Prerequisite: Permission of department.

Important African American stories and novels from the 19th and 20th centuries, including works by such authors as Frances Harper, Jean Toomer, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison.

ENGL 4860 - Multicultural Topics in American Literature.

Prerequisite: Permission of department.

Topics in multicultural studies, with primary focus on literature by members of one or more traditionally marginalized cultural groups within the United States and with attention to historical context and theoretical aspects.

ENGL/AFAM 4880 - Topics in African American Literature.

Prerequisite: Permission of department

Selected topics in African American literature such as African American autobiography, Harlem Renaissance, Gwendolyn Brooks and Richard Wright and Black American literature and aesthetics.

EPSY4061 - Motivational Foundations for Education

Psychological theory, research, and principles of motivation are applied to all aspects of instruction. Motivational constructs, such as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, are considered in a variety of formal and informal educational settings. Emphasis is on motivational principles for achievement in these settings.

ESSE/AFAM 4515 - The History of African American Education.

Examination of the educational experiences of African Americans from slavery through the present, paying attention to both formal and informal education.

FILM 2130 - American Ethnic Cinema.

Cultural history of the most important ethnic filmmakers in the American cinema from the 1920s to the present. With emphasis on stories and styles of the films, as well as the underlying ecomomic and social contexts.

GEOG 1103/2130H - Cultural Geography of the United States.

Geographic factors underlying multiculturalism and ethnic relationships in the United States. Spatial development and organization of culture; population growth, migration and urbanization; and the spatial dimensions of political, economic and social processes.

HIST 2050H/2051 - Multiculturalism in Early America.

The multicultural reality of the American experience from the 1600s through the 1800s by examining the complex interactions of people of diverse races, ethnicities, classes, and gender in forging the American nation. Offered every year on a regular basis. 

HIST/AFST 2052 - Multiculturalism in Modern America.

United States history since 1865 from a multicultural and multiethnic perspective. The course will emphasize social, cultural, and political dimensions of the American experience, paying particular attention to issues of race and ethnicity. Highlights the contributions of the many different peoples who make up America.

HIST 3050 - American Indian History to 1840.

Explores the impact of colonization on Native Americans to 1840. The course will focus on the creative adaptations of Indians to the great changes unleashed by the meeting of the new and old worlds. 

HIST 3051 - American Indian History Since 1840.

Government policy towards Indians, but more importantly, exploration of how Native Americans themselves constructed their lives over the past 150 years. The readings give voice to Indians while at the same time providing a structured historical background. 

HIST/AFAM 3101 - The Early African American Experience.

The African background of African Americans, the institution of slavery, the development of the African American community institutions, and African American participation in and impact on the Civil War and Reconstruction.

HIST/AFAM 3102 - Modern African American Experience.

The twentieth-century struggle for civil rights, black identity, and self-determination. The response to industrialism and urbanization. The role of black institutions and political organizations. The philosophy and tactics of accommodation, integration, and separatism. 

HIST 3040 - Latinos and Latinas in the United States.

A history of the Latino people in the United States and Georgia, their diversity and their contributions to American culture and society.

HIST/AFAM 4055 - Historical Survey of African American Thought.

This course examines representative works of such nineteenth- and twentieth-century social, cultural, and political thinkers as Frederick Douglass, Cornel West, Anna J. Cooper, and Angela Davis among other outstanding women and men who have contributed significantly to the intellectual life of the African American community. 

HIST 4110 - Multicultural Georgia.

The history of the state, with an emphasis on its racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and regional diversity, to be examined through historical documents, novels, short stories, folklore, memoirs, music, and film.

HIST/ANTH 4470 - The Rise and Fall of the Southeastern Chiefdoms.

Prerequisite: ANTH 1102 or permission of department.

Development of the native societies of the southeastern United States, the exploration of the area by Spain in the 16th century, and the consequences of the meeting of the two peoples. Not offered on a regular basis. 

HIST/ANTH 4480 - The Indians of the Old South.

Prerequisite: ANTH 1102 or permission of department.

Native peoples of the southern United States from the beginnings of the Spanish misssions and the English deerskin trade through Indian removal.

LING/AFAM/ENGL 4040 - Language Use in the African American Community.

Prerequisite: LING 2100 or ENGL(LING) 3030 or CMLT 2111 or CMLT 2210 or CMLT 2212 or CMLT 2220 or CMLT 2400 or ENGL 2310 or ENGL 2320 or ENGL 2330 or ENGL 2340 or ENGL 2400.

History and structure of the speech and language styles used in the African American community; examination of linguistic and cultural issues that confront the majority of African Americans; the role of the vernacular language of African Americans in society. 

LLED/ELAN 4620/4620E - ESOL Service Learning.

Applied practice in education (tutoring) of English language learners, including discussion and application of methods, venues, strategies, and materials for supporting academic achievement.

Non-traditional format: Course entails applied tutoring or teaching in approved after-school programs for English language learners enrolled in local K-12 schools. This course offers variable numbers of hours credit and must be taken for at least 3 hours in order to satisfy the Franklin College Multicultural Requirement.

LLED/ELAN 5040/5040E - Language and Culture in the Classroom.

Prerequisite: Permission of department. Not open to students with credit in EDMS(EDEC)(EDEL)(ELAN) 5180/7180.

Exploration of topics on the relationship between language and culture and on pedagogical principles of multicultural education.

MUSI 2040 - History of Popular Music.

Rotating subjects in popular music, drawing upon a wide variety of influences and ethnicities. Course content will be drawn from such topics as jazz, hispanic styles and influences, folksong, and American musical theatre. 

MUSI 2050 - Survey of Jazz History.

A historical survey of the development of jazz as an indigenous American art form.

MUSI 2060 - History of Rock and Roll.

Rock and roll music from its origins to the present. The sociology and origins from African American Blues to present styles and the role of Georgia and Athens in the current music scene.

MUSI 2080 - African American Music.

African American music and musical influences involving serious and popular styles and approaches. Jazz and blues influences, slave traditions, and early vaudeville and other music for the stage, sacred and secular vocal/choral traditions ranging from European influences to concert spirituals.

MUSI/AFAM 2960 - African American Percussive Music: From Africa to Americas.

Traditional and contemporary African American percussion music beginning with its African heritage and tracing its development throughout the Americas, with particular emphasis on the United States. Teaching/learning strategies include in-class performance, lecture, demonstrations, audiovisuals, and lectures. No previous music performance background required.

NAMS/RELI 1100 - Introduction to Native American Studies.

A broad overview of Native American cultures and history. Focus will be on tribes in North America.

NAMS/RELI 2004 - Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures.

Native religious traditions of selected cultures of North America, with special attention to cultures of the Southeast, Great Plains, and Southwest.

NAMS/RELI 2004H - Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (Honors).

Elements of religion in selected cultures of North America, with emphasis on issues of cross-cultural understanding.

NAMS/ANTH 4020 - Indians of North America.

North American Indian cultures at the time of European contact. Additional topics include origin and development of Indian culture, impact of European contact on native cultures, and problems faced by Native Americans today.

 

POLS 4050 - African American Political Thought.

Prerequisite: POLS 1101.

African American political thought since the nineteenth century, ranging from early emigrationist sentiments to the nationalist exhortations of contemporary African American youth culture, including African American feminist and socialist thought. 

POLS/AFAM 4200 - African American Social Change.

Prerequisite: POLS 1101.

African American social movements, principally those in the United States, such as the convention and colonizing movements of the 19th century and the civil rights and black power movements of the 20th century.

POLS 4560 - African American Politics.

Prerequisite: POLS 1101.

African American political behavior, including the theoretical underpinnings of political action, the electoral preferences of African Americans, and the role of African Americans in United States political institutions.

POLS/AFAM 4570 - African American Social Change.

Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or AFAM 2000.

African American social movements, principally those in the United States, such as the convention and colonizing movements of the nineteenth century and the civil rights and black power movements of the twentieth century.

PSYC 2100 - Survey of Black Psychology.

Not open to students with credit in PSYC 4130 or AFAM 4250.

Black people as psychologists and as subjects of psychological inquiry. The history of Black psychology and African philosophy as a basis for Black psychology will be discussed. Other topics include self-concept and identity, intelligence and school achievement, the Black family, and Black speech and language.

PSYC/AFAM 2150 - Understanding Cultural Diversity.

Cross-cultural psychology, including an examination of issues such as conformity, leadership, and attributional style as they vary across different cultures, with consideration of their implications for the emerging world.

PSYC/AFAM 3150 - Introduction to Black Psychology. Prerequisite: Permisssion of department.

Deconstruction of traditional thought, behavior, and development as well as reconstruction of the same on contemporary terms, testing of nuances and varieties of multicultural and indigenous models. The designs and projected future of the Black Psychology Movement.

PSYC/AFAM 4500 - Psychology of Prejudice.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1101 or SOCI 1101 and senior standing.

Motivational, cognitive, social, and cultural factors that lead to discrimination in our society and various perspectives found in the research on discrimination.

PSYC/AFAM 4550 - Classic Studies in Black Psychology.

Prerequisite: AFAM/PSYC 3150 or permission of department.

Studies which have had major social or scientific impact on the lives of Black Americans and the way black people have been viewed within psychology. Approach is historical and interdisciplinary. 

RELI/NAMS 1100 - Introduction to Native American Studies.

A broad overview of Native American cultures and history. Focus will be on tribes in North America.

RELI/NAMS 2004 - Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures.

Native religious traditions of selected cultures of North America, with special attention to cultures of the Southeast, Great Plains, and Southwest.

RELI/NAMS 2004H - Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (Honors).

Elements of religion in selected cultures of North America, with emphasis on issues of cross-cultural understanding.

RELI/AFAM 2005 - African American Religions: An Introduction.

Major and selected contemporary religious groups and movements among African Americans.

RELI/AFAM 4201 - African-American Religious History.

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department.

The religious traditions of African Americans from Colonial times to the present; major religious movements, personalities, and ideas and their relationship to various aspects of American culture.

RELI/AFAM 4202 - Southern Religious History.

Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing or Permission of department.

The origins, growth, and current practices of religion in the American South. The interaction between religion and other aspects of Southern culture, such as racial and gender concerns, education, Darwinian science, temperance, and politics.

RELI/AFAM 4203 - The Bible in the Black Church.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of department.

Biblical interpretation in black America from 1865 to the present.

RELI 4701 - Methods in the Study of Native American Cultures.

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department.

Prerequisite or corequisite: RELI 2004.

Examination of the various methods used to study Native American cultures and religious traditions, including history, anthropology, literature, and history of religions. 

ROML 2550 - Latino Literature, Language, and Culture.

Not open to students with credit in SPAN 2550.

Critical analysis of the literary, socio-linguistic, and cultural presence of representative Hispanic groups in the United States. Designed for non-speakers of Spanish. Given in English.

ROML 3000 - Topics in Romance Languages

(temporary approval for spring 2000 semester only)

SOCI/AFAM 2020 - African American Society.

The class, status, and power relations of African Americans as part of both the United States social structure and the African diaspora.

SOCI/AFAM 2820 - Race and Ethnicity in America.

The causes and consequences of racial and ethnic discrimination in America, with a focus on ethnic competition and conflict.

SOCI/AFAM 3310 - Race and Culture.

Prerequisite: SOCI 1101 or SOCI2600 or Permission of department.

Evolution of cultures among racial groups as part of, and in contrast to, Western civilization. Particular attention is given to the ways race and culture intersect to provide styles, practices, and patterns of living for individuals in contemporary society.

SOCI/AFAM 4370 - Seminar in Race and Ethnicity.

Prerequisite: SOCI 1101 or 1600.

Special topics in race and ethnicity for advanced undergraduates.

SPAN 2550 - Latino Literature, Language, and Culture.

Not open to students with credit in ROML 2550.

The literary, socio-linguistic, and cultural presence of representative Hispanic groups in the United States. Intended for Spanish speakers. Given in Spanish.

SPCM 1800 - Cultural Diversity in Communication.

Not open to students with credit in SPCM 4800.

Patterns of public and interpersonal communication among ethnic groups, especially North American minority cultures, strategies for fostering group identity, difficulties in inter-group communications, and skills for improving the quality of those interactions.

SPCM/AFAM 2810 - Communication in African American Communities.

Not open to students with credit in SPCM/AFAM 4810.

Rhetorical strategies and patterns of orality in African American communication, cultural styles in conflict, and skill development for cultural interaction.

SPCM 3330 - Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement.

Exploration of the role of rhetoric in shaping civil rights discourse. Using the struggle of African Americans as an instructive case study, this course will attempt to come to terms with the philosophical concepts, political issues, moral complexities, and discursive characteristics of civil rights rhetoric.

SPCM/AFAM 3820 - Interracial Communication.

An applied approach to understanding the significance of interracial communication in Western Society. The societal influences of history, language, and mass media in shaping our knowledge and understanding of positive interracial relationships. 

SPCM 4800 - Intercultural Communication.

Prerequisite: SPCM 3700 or permission of department.

Factors that facilitate or impede effective communication between members of different cultural groups. Considers interactions between people from different nations as well as co-cultures within the same nations. Effects of differing world-views, value systems, language varieties, nonverbal codes, and relational norms. Skills for disseminating ideas across cultures and for building intercultural competence.

SPCM/AFAM 4810 - African American Rhetoric and Communication.

The history and criticism of the communication of African American speakers, wtih emphasis upon oral rhetoric relating to social-political development since 1860.

SPCM/AFAM 4830 - African American Relational Communication.

Prerequisite or corequisite: SPCM 1500 or SPCM 3700 or AFAM 2000 or PSYC/AFAM 2150 or AFAM/PSYC 3150.

Interpersonal communication within African American relationships from a holistic framework. Historical, sociological, and psychological factors that affect individual behaviors within these relationships, including gender socialization from Africa to America. 

SPCM/AFAM 4840 - African American Family Communication.

Prerequisite or corequisite: SPCM 3700 or AFAM 2000 or PSYC/AFAM 2150 or AFAM/PSYC 3150.

This course provides students with an opportunity to examine communication within the African American family from an African-centered perspective. It requires students to read and critically examine various theoretical and methodological approaches to the African American family.

THEA 2110 - Voice of Diversity of Contemporary American Drama.

Dramatic works which foreground issues of race, gender, culture, and/or ethnicity. Concepts of perception and identity, groups relationships, and social/political protest.

THEA/AFAM 4480/6480 - History of African American Drama and Theatre.

Not open to students with credit it DRAM 4480/6480.

A study of the emergence of a distinct and conscious African American theatre in the United States.

WMST 1110/1110H - Multicultural Perspectives on Women in the United States.

Experiences of women in selected racial and ethnic communities; Latinas/Chicanas, AfricanAmericans Native Americans, Asian Americans and other women in contemporary United States.

WMST 3110 - Gender, Race, and Class.

Prerequisite: WMST 1110 or 2010 or permission of department.

Issues of gender, race, and class intersecting in the lives of women in the United States. Historical and social construction of gender, race, and class which have shaped the productive, political, and cultural experiences of women of diverse backgrounds will be examined.

WMST/AFAM 4060/6060 - Black Feminism.

Examination of the ideas and practices of black feminists and womanists. Students will examine African communities within the diaspora, particularly the historical and contemporary debates of black women in the United States, including black womanhood, sexual mythologies and vulnerabilities, class distinctions, and the origins of black feminist thought.

last edited by Greg Kline, 4/23/2012