AFRICANA STUDIES
Spring 2023 COURSE OFFERINGS
This list is subject to change. Check ALBERT for updates. CAS max points allowed for non-CAS courses is 16.
INTRODUCTORY 1 FOR ALL 7 MAJORS, ONLY INTRO FOR SCA MINOR. MAJORS MUST TAKE BY JUNIOR YEAR. (intros can be taken in any order and do not need to be taken before electives.)
SCA-UA 101.001 Social & Cultural Analysis 101, Singh; Tu-Th 9:30-10:45 Recitation required.
RESEARCH (Req'd for 7 SCA majors, contact dept. for access code, prerequisites)
SCA-UA 90.001 Advanced Research Seminar: Urban Ethnography, Zaloom; M 9:30-12:15 Access Code required.
SCA-UA 90.002 Advanced Research Seminar: Reparations, Transitional Justice, & the Archive, Taher; Tu 9:30-12:15 Access Code required.
SCA-UA 93.001 Seniors Honor Thesis (Faculty varies as do meeting days/times, Prerequisites: SCA-UA 93, 3.65 GPA overall & in major.) Access Code required.
ELECTIVES TAUGHT BY SCA FACULTY (Majors must take 4 of 6 electives from these, minors must take 2 of 4 from these.)
SCA-UA 19.001 Justice Lab, Husain; Tu 6:20-9:00, (2 points) Class meets first 7 weeks only. (Counts as HALF a Faculty elective)
SCA-UA 180.001 Topics in Africana Studies: Back to Black: Visual Voids, Darkness + Chaos, Cooper; MW 12:30-1:45 (
SCA-UA 180.002 Topics in Africana Studies: Race + Trans(gender) Visual Culture, Cooper; W 4:55- 7:35
SCA-UA 180.003 Topics in Africana Studies: The History of Apartheid South Africa, Livingston; M 11:00-1:45 SAME AS HIST-UA 910 .001
SCA-UA 236.001 Race & the American Right, Beltran; Tu-Th 2:00-3:15
SCA-UA 269.001 America in the 60's, Sugrue; MW 3:30-4:45 SAME AS HIST-UA 644.001
SCA-UA 280.001 Topics: Alternative Futures, Cornum; Th 4:55- 7:35
SCA-UA 280.003 Topics: Strangers in a Strange Land, Taher; Tu-Th 3:30- 4:45
SCA-UA 380.001 Topics in A/P/A Studies: Unpopular Culture, Sandhu; MW 12:30-1:45, SAME AS ENGL-UA 800.001
SCA-UA 450.001 Queer Cultures, Gopinath; W 6:20- 9:00
SCA-UA 565.001 Afro-Latino Culture & History, Alba; M 6:20-9:00
SCA-UA 680.002 Topics in Metropolitan Studies: Memorializing Marginalized Histories in NYC, Yeats; F 11- 1:45
SCA-UA 799.001 African American Vernacular English, Blake; W 2:00-4:30 SAME AS LING-UA 23
LANGUAGES TAUGHT BY SCA FACULTY (One semester of Filipino, Cantonese, Yoruba or Swahili can count as an elective for the majors/minors listed)
SCA-UA 122.001 Elementary Swahili II, Nanji; MW 6:20-8:15 (Africana and SCA)
SCA-UA 183.001 Elementary Yoruba II, Mabayoje; Tu-Th 9:30-11:25 (Africana and SCA)
CROSS-LISTED ELECTIVES Majors/minors can take 2 cross-listed courses maxs.
SCA-UA 755.001 Topics American Dilemma: Race, Inequality, Unfulfilled Promises of Public Education, TBD; MW 9:30-10:45, SAME AS TCHL-UE 41.001 Recitation required.
SCA-UA 784.001 20th Century African-American Literature, Posmentier; Tu-Th 11:00-12:15 SAME AS ENGL-UA 251.001
SCA-UA 796.001 African American History Since 1865, Michele; MW 11:00-12:15 SAME AS HIST-UA 648.001
SCA-UA 845.001 African Ways of Knowing, d'Avignon; W 9:30-12:15 SAME AS HIST-UA 572.001 (American and SCA majors BUT NOT MINORS)
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