Course variations

Course summary

This program is designed to enable students to engage, analyze and create knowledge involving African Americans as well as linkages with areas of the Caribbean and continental Africa.

Program modules

The modules are AAS/ANT 112 Introduction to African American Studies in the Social Sciences and either, AAS 231 African American Literature to 1900: An introduction, or AAS 232African American Literature: 20th Century, AAS/HST 332 African American History, or AAS/HST 333 African American History and AAS 525 Research Methods in African American Studies, AAS 331 The African American Novel: 20th Century, AAS 433 The Harlem Renaissance: Literature and Ideology, AAS 305 African Orature, AAS 345/REL 345 African American Religious History, or AAS 361 Art of the Black World, AAS 470 Internship in African American Studies, AAS/PSC 306 African American Politics, AAS/PSC 341 Politics of Africa, AAS/SOC 353 Sociology of the Black Experience, AAS 300/400/500 Selected Topics in African American Studies, AAS 302 Contemporary African American Theater, AAS 303 Black Women Writers, AAS 304 Workshop in African American Theater, AAS 305 African Orature, AAS 307 African Women Writers, AAS 310 Elements of Production, AAS 312 Pan Africanism, AAS 327 A History of Southern Africa, AAS 331 The African American Novel: 20th Century, AAS/HST 332 African American History Before 1865, AAS/HST 333 African American History After 1865, AAS 338 Creative Writing Workshop, AAS/REL 345 African American Religious History, AAS 361 Art of the Black World, AAS 367 Protest Movements and African American Artists: 19th and 20th Centuries, AAS/HST 402 Slavery and Abolition, AAS/WGS 403 African/Caribbean Women Writers, AAS 408 Masters of American Black Music, AAS 409 History of Jazz 1940-Present, AAS 433 The Harlem Renaissance: Literature and Ideology, AAS/HST 434 Underground Railroad, AAS 465 The Image of Blacks in Art and Film, AAS 470 Internship in African American Studies, AAS 490/290 Independent Study, AAS 501 African American Sociological Practice, AAS/WGS 512 African American Women's History,AAS/WGS 513 Toni Morrison: Black Book Seminar, AAS 540 African American Sociological Practice, AAS/REL 543 Religious Cultures of the American South, AAS 300/400/500 Selected Topics in African American Studies, AAS 305 African Orature, AAS/PSC 306 African American Politics, AAS 307 African Women Writers, AAS 312 Pan Africanism, AAS/HST 326 Africa Since 1800, AAS/PSC 341 Politics of Africa, AAS/REL 345 African American Religious History, AAS/PSC 346 Comparative Third World Politics, AAS/SOC 353 Sociology of the Black Experience, AAS/PSC 364 African International Relations, AAS/PSC 365 International Political Economy of the Third World, AAS 380/480/580 International Courses, AAS 390/490/590 Independent Study, AAS/HST 402 Slavery and Abolition, AAS 410 Seminar on Social Change, AAS 416 Race, Crime, and Punishment, AAS/SOC/WGS 427/627 New York City: Black Women Domestic Workers, AAS/HST 434 Underground Railroad, AAS/SOC/WGS 445/645 The Caribbean: Sex Workers, Transnational Capital and Tourism, AAS 470 Internship in African American Studies, AAS 501 African American Sociological Practice, 1900-1945, AAS/HST 510 Studies in African American History, AAS 540 Seminar in African American Studies.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must demonstrate sufficient academic preparation to achieve success in their studies at Syracuse University; the ability to pay for their education here; and proficiency in the English language. International students must have obtained a minimum TOEFL score of 85 or minimum IELTS score of 6.5.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Syracuse University

Department name

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of African American Studies