Africana Studies (AAS) -For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-6335.

Course Listings

  Course#    Course Title (Credit Hours) CRN    Day/Time          Location    Session   Instructor

Course Descriptions

005. African Civilizations: Sub-Saharan Africa through the millennia of the ancient world to the present. Human origins, state and non-state systems, the external slave trade; colonialism, resistance to European rule; independence movements; neocolonialism. SS

106. Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Spanish Speaking Classroom: A sociological examination of race and a look at an individual’s experience. We consider how concepts like “race”
and “ethnicity” have been defined and how they have been institutionalized in law, government, social policy, social thought, and economic structures. We consider the importance of concepts like “race,” “cultures,” and“mestizaje” to our understanding of citizenship and national identity, and we address contemporary African and indigenous movements against racial inequality. SS

263. Caribbean Artistic & Cultural Traditions:  Representation of contemporary popular culture in the
Caribbean in literature, music, painting and other artistic expressions. Major attention is devoted to the
influences on tradition, folklore and religion in modern Caribbean life. HU