Course Descriptions

BL101 Introduction to Black Studies

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the field of Black Studies, looking back to African contexts and the effects of colonialism, to the Atlantic slave trade and the Middle Passage, and to the arrival of Africans in the Americas. It examines the experiences of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, and then explores U.S. history and culture from African-American perspectives. Grounded in history and relying throughout on literary expression for illustration, the course material also introduces students to film, painting and sculpture, and music, as well as to approaches based in sociology, anthropology, politics, and religious studies.
3 credits