AFAM 438E: Studies in Caribbean Regional Literature
Spring 2014
Authors and literary forms representative of the Caribbean. (Cross
-listed with ENGL 438E.001)
001
TR
11:40AM-12:55PM 19072
Gulick
COURSE OFFERINGS
AFAM 442: African-American English
Linguistic examination of the structure, history, and use of AfricanAmerican English, as well as literary presentations, language
attitudes, and issues relating to education and the acquisition of
Standard English. (Cross-listed with ENGL 457.001, ANTH
442.001, LING 442.001)
001
MW
2:20PM-3:35PM
18960
Stewart
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
IMPORTANT DATES
For AFAM Major & Minor Requirements see:
SPRING 2014
African
American
Studies
Program
http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/afra/prog_requirements.html
January 13 Classes begin
January 17 Last day to change a course schedule or drop a
course w/out a “W”
January 20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day—No
Classes
February 3 Last day to apply for May graduation
March 3 Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a
grade of “WF” being recorded
Midpoint in Semester
258 Gambrell Hall
University of South Carolina
http://www.cas.sc.edu/afra/
Columbia, SC 29208
March 9 -16 Spring break—No classes
April 17 Awards Day
(803) 777-7248
April 28 Last day of classes
http://www.cas.sc.edu/afra/
April 29 Reading Day
http:www.facebook.com/usc.afam
April 30 - May 7 Final examinations
May 9 - 10 Commencement Exercises
258 Gambrell Hall
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-7248
http:www.facebook.com/usc.afam
HISTORY AND SOCIETY COURSES
CORE COURSES
AFAM 201: Intro to African American Studies: Social & Historical Foundations
AFAM 330: Psychology and the African American Experience
Introduction to the key debates, figures, and concepts in the
study of the historical, political, and social development of black
life in America.
ARTS & CULTURE COURSES
AFAM 308: African American Feminist Theory
001
MW
2:20PM-3:35PM
12922
Cummings
Psychological theory and research as it applies to African Americans. Explores Afrocentric and other perspectives and roles of
culture, racism, and historical phenomena. (Cross-listed with
PSYCH 330.001)
E01
TR
7:35PM-8:50PM
13754
de la Cova, A
001
TR
10:05AM-11:20AM 18257
Cooper
An interdisciplinary survey of the contributions of African-American
women to feminist theory. (Cross-listed with WGST 308.001 &
308.E01)
001
TR
10:05AM-11:20AM 19076
Mitchem
E01
TR
6:00PM-7:15PM
White
13768
AFAM 202: Intro to African American Studies: Arts & Cultural
AFAM 335: Survey of the Civil Rights Movement
AFAM 331: Black Experience in the US to 1865
Introduction to the key debates, figures, and concepts in the
study of the artistic, literary, and cultural development of black life
in America.
This course will explore the origins of Jim Crow and the multifaceted struggle against it in the American South and the rest of
the US.
The social, cultural, economic, and political life of black people in
the United States to 1865. (Cross-listed with HIST 211.001)
001
TR
10:05AM-11:20AM 12925
McAllister
E01
002
MW
3:55PM-5:10PM
Singleton
AFAM 353: Introduction to U.S. Racial and Ethnic Politics
12936
AFAM CORE FACULTY & STAFF
MW
5:30PM-6:45PM
13759
Watson
MW
8:05AM-9:20AM
12939
TR
1:15PM-2:30PM
18265
Donaldson
AFAM 398: Topics - Music in Africa
Survey of theories of the impact of race, ethnicity, and racism on
American politics, and analysis of major policies and racialgroup experience regarding American Citizenship. (Cross-listed
with POLI 353.001)
001
001
Shaw
An introductory survey to music of various cultures and regions in
Africa.( Meets with SCHC 467.H10)
001
TR
2:50PM-4:05PM
12954
Johnson
AFAM 398: Topics - Media and Civil Rights History
A study of the black freedom struggle across the 19th and 20th
centuries through the lens of communications and media. (Meets
with JOUR 463.001)
AFAM 397: Topics - Race and Ethnic Relations
Folashade Alao, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Jason Cummings, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Carlina de la Cova, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Birgitta Johnson, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Valinda Littlefield, Ph.D.
[email protected]
001
Marvin McAllister, Ph.D.
[email protected]
AFAM 498: Seminar in African-American Studies
The study of the relationship among persons of color, women, and
the mass media in the United States.. (Cross-listed with JOUR
311.001 & WGST 311.001)
Todd Shaw, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Kimberly Simmons, Ph.D.
[email protected]
001
003
Qiana Whitted, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Theories, methods, and substantive issues in the study of majority-minority group relations and social processes, and cultural
orientations associated with racial and ethnic differentiation.
(Meets with SOCY 355.H10)
MW
TR
3:55PM-5:10PM
18273
11:40AM-12:55PM 12968
Cummings
de la Cova, C
002
TR
2:50PM-4:05PM
20698
Bedingfiel d
AFAM 398: Topics - Minorities, Women, and the Mass Media
MW
3:55PM-5:10PM
22977
Campbell
AFAM 428B: African American Literature II: 1903 - Present
Representative works of African-American writers from 1903 to the
present. (Cross-listed with ENGL 428B.001)
Director of African American Studies
Valinda Littlefield
001
Associate Directors of African American Studies
MW
2:20PM-3:35PM
12964
TBA
Qiana Whitted & Todd Shaw
Business Manager
Valerie Ashford
[email protected]
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