M. Nicole Horsley
Assistant Professor and Coordinator
The African Diaspora Studies Minor examines the experiences of people of the African Diaspora: sub-Saharan Africa; Latin America; the Caribbean; the United States; Canada; and Europe. The African Diaspora is based upon a globalized notion of blackness—a collective notion of community and identity. It describes the dispersal, movement, migration, and removal/exile of people from Africa. From an African American and African Diaspora Studies perspective, the minor examines the movement and migration of blackness through geography (Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean, and other locales); culture (art, music, film & media, beauty); and identity (race, gender, sexuality, class) to understand the afterlife of slavery through mass incarceration, anti-blackness, and other disparaging systems created to maintain white domination.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the major historical and sociopolitical developments in the experiences of people of the African diaspora.
- Critically analyze information using theories, methods, and concepts from African Diaspora and African American Studies to bridge community action and scholarly inquiry.
- Interpret the relationships among race, power, and resistance.
- Examine how blackness and ethnicity intersect with other factors such as gender, class, sexuality, religion, and nationhood.
- Illustrate a deep understanding for the development of the African Diaspora and the quest for liberation and social justice.
Minors are required to take six courses (18 credit hours), two from Conceptual Frameworks and one each from the following four categories:
- Policy and Praxis
- Culture and History
- Power and Liberation
- Comparative and International
The Minor in African Diaspora Studies: SPRING 2021 courses are in bold.
Conceptual Framework Courses (6 credits required in this category)
|
CSCR |
10600 |
Introduction to African Diaspora |
|
CSCR |
12300 |
Introduction to Culture, Race & Ethnicity Concepts |
Policy & Praxis (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
24200 |
Miscegenation and Racial Binaries |
|
CSCR |
30501 |
Practicum in Social Change: Urban Mentorship Initiative |
|
CSCR |
32400 |
Critical Race Theories in the United States |
|
CSCR |
35200 |
Punishment, Prisons & Democracy |
|
SOCI |
24000 |
Special Topics in Inequality: Inequality and its Consequences |
|
POLT |
40200 |
SEM: Black American Politics |
|
POLT |
31900 |
ST: Race, Class, and Housing |
|
SOCI |
20300 |
Juvenile Delinquency/Youth Incarceration and Justice |
|
SOCI |
33703 |
Discipline and Punishment in Public Schools |
|
SOCI |
43501 |
ST: Surveillance & Society |
Culture & History (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
20700 |
Hip Hop Feminism |
|
CSCR |
21100 |
American Gangster |
|
CSCR |
25000 |
Hip-Hop Cultures |
|
CSCR |
25600 |
Politics of Whiteness |
|
CSCR |
26100 |
Watching Race in American Media |
|
CMST |
42500 |
Rhetoric of Religion |
|
ENGL |
22000 |
Black Women Writers |
|
ENGL |
22100 |
Survey of African American Literature |
|
ENGL |
36900 |
Multicultural American Literature |
|
ENGL |
46900 |
African American Literature: Toni Morrison |
|
HIST |
18400 |
Caribbean History 1492-present |
|
HIST |
22700 |
Early Islam |
|
HIST |
39202 |
Revolution & Counter Revolutions |
|
HIST |
24600 |
After the American Civil War: Race, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation |
|
HIST |
37000 |
Slavery & the Old South |
|
JAZZ |
16100 |
Survey of Jazz History |
|
MUNM |
10308 |
West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble |
|
MUNM |
25900 |
African American Popular Music: Blues to Hip Hop |
|
MUNM |
25600 |
Women in Popular Music: From Bessie Smith to MTV |
|
SOCI |
33507 |
ST: Black Lives, Black Arts |
Power & Liberation (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
29005 |
ST: Moving Towards a Black (Fem(me)) Queer Politic |
|
CSCR |
35100 |
Race & Sexual Politics |
|
CSCR |
29000 |
Black Sexualities |
|
CSCR |
43300 |
Education, Oppression, and Liberation |
|
HLTH |
21200 |
Inequalities in Health |
|
HLTH |
21300 |
Multicultural Perspectives on Healing |
|
SPMM |
40700 |
Sport in the Civil Rights Movement |
|
SOCI |
43701 |
Special Topics in Inequality: Women of Color |
|
SOCI |
32600 |
Social Movements |
Comparative & International (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
42000 |
Scholarship of and by Women of Color |
|
CSCR |
43500 |
Black Radical Traditions |
|
ANTH |
24100 |
Continuity and Change in African Cultures and Societies |
|
ARTH |
27000 |
African Art and Architecture (Majeed) |
|
POLT |
12900 |
Explorations in Global & Comparative Studies |
|
POLT |
33200 |
Africa Through Film |
|
SOCI |
20700 |
Race and Ethnicity |
|
SOCI |
34500 |
21st Century Conversations on Race |
Conceptual Framework Courses (6 credits required in this category)
|
CSCR |
10600 |
Introduction to African Diaspora |
|
CSCR |
12300 |
Introduction to Culture, Race & Ethnicity Concepts |
Policy & Praxis (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
24200 |
Miscegenation and Racial Binaries |
|
CSCR |
30501 |
Practicum in Social Change: Urban Mentorship Initiative |
|
CSCR |
32400 |
Critical Race Theories in the United States |
|
CSCR |
35200 |
Punishment, Prisons & Democracy |
|
SOCI |
24000 |
Special Topics in Inequality: Inequality and its Consequences |
|
POLT |
40200 |
SEM: Black American Politics |
|
POLT |
31900 |
ST: Race, Class, and Housing |
|
SOCI |
20300 |
Juvenile Delinquency/Youth Incarceration and Justice |
|
SOCI |
43501 |
ST: Surveillance & Society |
Culture & History (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
20700 |
Hip Hop Feminism |
|
CSCR |
21100 |
American Gangster |
|
CSCR |
25000 |
Hip-Hop Cultures |
|
CSCR |
25600 |
Politics of Whiteness |
|
CSCR |
26100 |
Watching Race in American Media |
|
CMST |
42500 |
Rhetoric of Religion |
|
ENGL |
22000 |
Black Women Writers |
|
ENGL |
22100 |
Survey of African American Literature |
|
ENGL |
36900 |
Multicultural American Literature |
|
ENGL |
46900 |
African American Literature: Toni Morrison |
|
HIST |
18400 |
Caribbean History 1492-present |
|
HIST |
22700 |
Early Islam |
|
HIST |
39202 |
Revolution & Counter Revolutions |
|
HIST |
24600 |
After the American Civil War: Race, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation |
|
HIST |
37000 |
Slavery & the Old South |
|
JAZZ |
16100 |
Survey of Jazz History |
|
MUNM |
10308 |
West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble |
|
SOCI |
33507 |
ST: Black Lives, Black Arts |
Power & Liberation (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
29005 |
ST: Moving Towards a Black (Fem(me)) Queer Politic |
|
CSCR |
35100 |
Race & Sexual Politics |
|
CSCR |
26200 |
Black Sexualities |
|
CSCR |
43300 |
Education, Oppression, and Liberation |
|
HLTH |
21200 |
Inequalities in Health |
|
HLTH |
21300 |
Multicultural Perspectives on Health & Healing |
|
SPMM |
40700 |
Sport in the Civil Rights Movement |
|
SOCI |
43701 |
Special Topics in Inequality: Women of Color |
|
SOCI |
32600 |
Social Movements |
Comparative & International (choose one 3 credit course in this category)
|
CSCR |
20100 |
Black Cinema |
|
CSCR |
42000 |
Scholarship of and by Women of Color |
|
CSCR |
43500 |
Black Radical Traditions |
|
ANTH |
24100 |
Continuity and Change in African Cultures and Societies |
|
ARTH |
27000 |
African Art and Architecture |
|
POLT |
12900 |
Explorations in Global & Comparative Studies |
|
POLT |
33200 |
Africa Through Film |
|
SOCI |
20700 |
Race and Ethnicity |
|
SOCI |
34500 |
21st Century Conversations on Race |