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BLKS 5502
Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations in African American Studies
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This course will provide an in-depth examination of the theoretical and conceptual parameters of African American studies. We will study the evolution of the field, key scholars and creative intellectuals, and seminal categories of thought. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 3 hours
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BLKS 5503
Writing for Afican American Studies
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This course instructs students in how to produce advanced knowledge in the field of African American studies. It provides training in the construction of quality research papers for graduate, scholarly, and professional work and exposes students to a wide array of scholarly journals, databases, and authoritative resources in African American studies. Each time the course in taught, students will develop their research around a specific topic defined by the instructor. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 3 hours
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BLKS 5504
Research Seminar
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This course introduces the logic, theory, and techniques of empirical research and applies them to African American Studies. It exposes students to a variety of research approaches in order to examine their utility for producing knowledge within the field. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 3 hours
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BLKS 5520
Critical Health Issues in Black Communities
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Beginning with the African context and the imposition of chattel slavery, this course examines social, cultural, and historical factors affecting the health status of African Americans to the present era. It explores a variety of health-related issues including the interplay between environment, biology, and culture; folk and popular health practices; structured inequality and oppression; lifestyle, beliefs, and values; and the organization and delivery of health care.Moreover, this course moves well beyond the idea that medical care- its presence, absence, or quality- is the singular or most critical factor determining the health of a people, community, or society. It reveals the importance of social phenomena in disease resistance and health promotion. Historical shifts from the prominence of infectious to chronic diseases; the implications to health of chattel slavery, sharecropping, segregation, poverty, and structures inequality; the relationship between psychosocial factors and disease, i.e. destabilized social settings that compromise resistance to disease; environmental racism; and the health status of African Americans as it relates to the organization of work, family structure and function, religious beliefs, the organization of medical care, lifestyle, consumer manipulation, and post-industrial society are major issues addressed by the course.
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Credits: 3 hours
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BLKS 5521
The Black Family & Male-Female Relationships
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The course examines the historical evolution and current status of the African American family in the e United States. Utilizing the African experience as its stating point, the course conveys a broad understanding of the role of the family in human survival and progress. We investigate such issues as male-female relationships, sexual practices, dating, marriage, single parenting, the education issues, including institutionalized inequality, that affects the viability of today's African American family.
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Credits: 3 hours
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BLKS 5580
Special Topics/Seminar
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In-depth exploration of special topics in Black Studies. When available, topics will be announced prior to registration. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 1-3 hours
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BLKS 5590
Directed Study/Research
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Individual research and learning projects supervised by a faculty member. Offered: On Demand.
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Credits: 1-6 hours
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BLKS 5599
Research Thesis
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Individually directed research leading to preparation and completion of a thesis. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 1-6 hours
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BLKS 5699
Research and Dissertation
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Individually directed research leading to preparation and completion of a doctoral dissertation. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 1-12 hours
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BLKS 5899
Required Graduate Enrollment
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Enrollment required during the completion of a thesis/dissertation. Offered: On demand.
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Credits: 1 hours
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