Spring 2008
Below are the graduate courses for Spring 2008. This list is tentative and subject to change without notification.
500 Level
A503 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies, Part II
(3 cr.)
As the second half of the sequence in the year-long introductory course on Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies, this course focuses specifically on the research methods, theoretical issues, and approaches to publishing in the African American and African diaspora studies discipline.
A550 Black Atlantic (3 cr.) A & H, CSA
This course is an interdisciplinary and comparative study of historical, cultural, and political issues related to Africa and the African diaspora (the Americas and Europe). Emphasis will also be on team-teaching using IUB faculty. Course will be of interest to students in all university departments and schools.
A580 Contemporary Black American Writing (3 cr.)
The black experience in America as it has been reflected since World War II in the works of outstanding Afro-American writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
A590 Special Topics in African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.)
Intensive study and analysis of selected Afro-American problems and issues of limited scope, approached within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary, but will ordinarily cut across departmental concentration areas.
600 Level
A669 Independent Project in Black Social Issues (3 cr.)
Designed to meet individual interests of students by providing opportunities for research on a chosen topic and by encouraging nontraditional approaches or settings in the application of concepts developed in formal classes.
A680 The Black Novel (3 cr.) A & H, CSA
Analysis of the African American novel from the Harlem Renaissance to the present: genesis, development, and current trends. Emphasis on traditions arising out of the black experience and on critical perspectives developed by black critics and scholars. R: A379 or A380. This class is open to both undergraduate (A480) and graduate students. Graduate students will perform additional course work.
A689 Independent Project in Black Literature (3 cr.)
Designed to meet individual interests of students by providing opportunities for research on a chosen topic and by encouraging nontraditional approaches or settings in the application of concepts developed in formal classes.
A690 Core Readings in African American and African Diaspora Studies (4 cr.)
Preparation for the comprehensive master's examination. Colloquium in which students will read and critically examine, both in oral presentations and in written assignments, core texts that reflect the complexity and pluralism of African American and African Diaspora Studies.
A692 Writing & Literature of the African American & African Diaspora (3 cr.)
This pro-seminar on writings and literatures in AAADS introduces
graduate students to interdisciplinary and globalized approaches to
Africans in the diaspora and the Americas. Course also introduces
graduate students to the history canons, paradigms, theories,
methods, and seminal-thinker biographies of the field.
A694 The Arts in the African American & African Diaspora: Race and Josephine Baker (3 cr.)
This pro-seminar on performing, material and visual arts in AAADS introduces students to interdisciplinary and globalized approaches to Africans in the Americas and the Diaspora. Course also introduces graduate students to the history, canons, paradigms, theories, methods, and seminal thinker biographies of the field.
A695 Master's Thesis Colloquium (3 cr.)
This interactive seminar utilizes a collaborative team approach within an interdisciplinary framework to address issues and questions students have concerning fieldwork, compiling data, and interpreting historical and cultural primary and secondary sources.
A698 Field Study Seminar (4 cr.)
Development of the final master's project. A critical paper, a thesis-length documentation of a field study, or a substantial record of creative activity is required.
A699 Independent Project in Black Music (3 cr.)
Designed to meet individual interests of students by providing opportunities for in-depth research on a chosen topic and by providing settings for the creative and practical application of concepts developed in formal class settings.