AFRICANA STUDIES

Fall 2023 COURSE OFFERINGS

This list is subject to change. Check ALBERT for updates.

IMPORTANT: SOME OF THESE COURSES DO NOT APPEAR IN ALBERT UNDER AFRICANA STUDIES. REGISTER FOR THESE UNDER SCA-UA.  HOWEVER, NOT ALL SCA-UA COURSES COUNT, READ NOTES. 

INTRODUCTORY 1 FOR MAJOR, MUST TAKE BY JUNIOR YEAR, DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD AFRICANA MINOR. Intros can be taken in any order and do not need to be taken before electives.

SCA-UA 101.001 Social & Cultural Analysis 101, Saldaña-Portillo; Tu-Th 3:30-4:45 Recitation required.

INTRODUCTORY 2 FOR MAJOR, ONLY INTRO FOR MINOR, ONLY OFFERED IN THE FALL, MAJORS MUST TAKE BY FALL OF JUNIOR YEAR. 

CORE-US 534.001 Cultures & Contexts: Black Atlantic, Morgan; M-W 4:55-6:10 Recitation required, majors/minors unable to register the 1st 5 days of registration email core.cas@nyu.edu the second week & request a space.

RESEARCH

SCA-UA 90.001 Advanced Research Seminar: Reparations, Transitional Justice, & the Archive, Taher; M 2-4:45  (Spaces reserved for fall 23/spring 24 grads until the end of the semester. For access codes, email sca@nyu.edu AFTER departmental advising.) 

SCA-UA 92.001 Seniors Honor Seminar,  Zaloom; M 9:30-12:15 (All 7 majors, application required, contact sca@nyu.edu for more information.) 

AFRICANA STUDIES ELECTIVES TAUGHT BY SCA FACULTY (All electives can be with SCA faculty but majors must take at least four of these, minors must take atleast two)

SCA-UA 18.001 Topics in Social & Cultural Analysis: SCA Theory & Practice in Organizations & Careers, Brito; Tu 4:55-7:40, 2 points Class meets FIRST 7 weeks only. (Counts as HALF an elective.) 

SCA-UA 18.002 Topics in Social & Cultural Analysis: Public Knowledge and Participatory Politics Patros; W 4:55-6:10,  2 points. SAME AS: MEIS-UA 798.004 (Counts as HALF an SCA faculty elective Africana, American, Asian/Pacific/American, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Metropolitan & SCA)

SCA-UA 153.001 Race, Football, and American Culture, Dent; M 6:20-9pm

SCA-UA 156.001 Black Feminism, Morgan; M 12:30-3:15

SCA-UA 180.002 Topics in Africana Studies: Critical Approaches to Borders and Crossings, Taher; M-W  11-12:15

SCA-UA 232.001 Ethnicity & The Media, Davila; Tu-Th 3:30-4:45 SAME AS ANTH-UA 232

SCA-UA 366.001 Constitution and People of Color, Ouyang; Tu-Th 4:55-6:10

SCA-UA 421.001 Queer NYC, Gopinath & Hebert, T 11am-1:45pm

SCA-UA 680.001 Topics in Metropolitan Studies: Urban Poverty, Gonick, M-W 3:30-4:45

SCA-UA 680.002 Topics in Metropolitan Studies: (Un)Burying the Past: Lost Geographies of LES,  Johnson; W 12:30-3:15

SCA-UA 799.001 African American Vernacular English, Blake; W 2-4:45 SAME AS LING-UA 23.001

LANGUAGES TAUGHT BY SCA FACULTY  (One semester of  Yoruba or Swahili can count as an elective for Africana)

SCA-UA 121.001 Elementary Swahili I Nanji; M-W  6:20-8:15

SCA-UA 182.001 Elementary Yoruba I Mabayoje; Tu-Th 9:30- 11:25

ELECTIVES CROSS-LISTED (Majors and minors can take TWO cross-listed courses total.)

SCA-UA 755.001 American Dilemma: Race, Inequality, Unfulfilled Promises of Public Education Recitation required, TBD; MW 9:30-10:45 SAME AS TCHL-UE 41.001

SCA-UA 784.001 20th Century African-American Lit, Posmentier; Tu-Th 11-12:15 SAME AS ENGL-UA 251.001

SCA-UA 795.001 African American History to 1865, Mitchell;  Tu-Th 11-12:15 SAME AS HIST-UA 647.001  (Africana major/minor, and American and SCA majors NOT minors)

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