CIS African American Studies

CIS African American Studies

Course Number(s): H404501

Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)

Prerequisites: None 

Grade: 11-12

This semester course is an introduction to the study of people of African descent in the United States with linkages to Africa and connections to the African diaspora. Through reading, writing, discussion and presentation, we will explore why people of African descent have occupied an oppressed position in this culture and globally and how they have resisted this oppression creating social change. We will examine changes over time and employ sociological, economic, cultural, and political tools for understanding the historical and contemporary positioning of African Americans. We will be centrally concerned with how domination, race, gender, and class shape Black life in the U.S. and how resistance and change have occurred. We must be concerned with how Black people see themselves today. How social change is imagined in the 21st century informs our work.

Note: You will receive college credit for completing this course.