Chair:
Richard B. Pierce, Ph.D.
Program Tel.: (574) 631-5628
The
Program of Studies. At Notre Dame, the Department of
Africana
Studies stands at the center of scholarship focused on Africa
and the African diaspora—the global dispersion of peoples of African
descent.
Building on the legacy of the African and African American Studies
Program, the
department provides a disciplined and rigorous intellectual environment
in
which to study the histories, literatures, political systems, arts,
economies,
and religions that the African continent has given rise to, both within
and
beyond its borders. These inquiries are conducted within an
interdisciplinary
framework that incorporates the expertise of faculty members from a
wide
variety of fields. The department serves as an important resource for
graduate
students and faculty members across the University whose research
involves Africa or the diaspora.
Course
Descriptions. The following course descriptions give the
number
and title of each course. Lecture hours per week, laboratory and/or
tutorial
hours per week, and semester credit hours are in parentheses. The
University
reserves the right to withdraw any course without sufficient
registration.
CRNs
for independent study courses may be obtained from the department
office, from
the Summer Session office, or from insideND.
AFST 10401. Introduction to
Jazz
(Cross-listed with MUS 10131)
3 credits, Dwyer (5-0-3)
8:55–10:15 MTWR 6/17–7/31
CRN 3791;
ID # AFAM 10401 01
Last “add” date: 6/22
“Drop” dates: refund, 6/26; last, 7/10
A recommended University elective music appreciation
course requiring no musical background and no prerequisites. General
coverage
of the various elements, styles, and structures of music. This course
will be
held in the Band
Building.
AFST 20274. Slavery
in the Atlantic World
CANCELLED 06/04/08
(cross-listed with GSC 30570)
3 credits, Challenger (5-0-3)
1:15-3:45 MW 6/17-7/31
CRN 3789; ID # AFST 20274 01
Last "add" date: 6/22
"Drop" dates: refund, 6/26; last,7/10
This survey course explores the nature and meaning of the Atlantic
world.
Covering the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century, it
interrogates the
role of coerced African labour in the birth of the Atlantic world. Created as a consequence of the Columbian
encounter, a main focus will be on the ways in which the common
historical
threat of trans-Atlantic slavery connected the economies, cultures and
societies that bordered the Atlantic Ocean. Thematically this course explores, in a
variety of geographical sites, the varied and nuanced claims to humanity that Afro descended peoples displayed against
the systematic attempts to dehumanize and exploit their bodies.
Africans
throughout various communities in West Africa, North America, Brazil
and the
British Caribbean are the primary focal points of this course.
AFST 43701. Psychology of Race
(cross-listed with ILS 40601, PSY 43348)
3 credits, Pope-Davis, Brooks (5-0-3)
1:15–3:45 T,R 6/17–7/31
CRN 3380;
ID # AFAM 43701 01
Last “add” date: 6/22
“Drop” dates: refund, 6/26; last, 7/10
The purpose of this course is to examine the
psychological aspects of racial and ethnic identity development in the United States.
This course will look at the general ideas of identity development from
a
psychological basis as well as the personal identities of American
groups. The
main course objectives are: To increase students’ cultural awareness of
their
own and others’ racial and ethnic identities; to develop relevant
knowledge of
about identity constructs in understanding different populations; and
to
develop critical thinking skills in studying and evaluating research on
the
role of racial and ethnic identity development in psychological
processes and
human behavior.