African American Studies

2026-2027

153 courses

AF AMER 1Introduction to Black Studies
AF AMER 105AIdeology and Black Consciousness
AF AMER 105BIssues in Pan-African Biography and Autobiography
AF AMER 105CAfrica, African Americans, and History of Capitalism
AF AMER 105DAfrican American-Caribbean Relations: Difference, Solidarity, and Empire
AF AMER 106AAfrica and World
AF AMER 106BMilitarism, International Security, and African American Political Thought
AF AMER 108Jazz and Political Imagination
AF AMER 110ARace, Science, and Society
AF AMER 110BReproducing While Black: Politics of Black Reproduction
AF AMER 110CBlack Health Matters: Wellness, Health, and Self-Care
AF AMER 112ASunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic
AF AMER 112BAboard Mothership: Introduction to Afrofuturism
AF AMER 117Ecologies of Empire, Liberation, and Resistance
AF AMER 122Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Jamaican Dancehall Music
AF AMER 133Plantation Economy: Social Thought, Poetics, and Politics in New World
AF AMER 157Rastafari World Making
AF AMER 174Intraracial Differences in 20th-Century Black America
AF AMER 175Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare
AF AMER 176Race, Racism, and Law
AF AMER 177African Americans in Higher Education
AF AMER 184AResearch in Black Life, Institutions, and Culture
AF AMER 184BResearch in Black Life, Institutions, and Culture II
AF AMER 184CResearch in Black Life, Institutions and Culture III: Comparative Black Studies Research Perspectives and Methods
AF AMER 188ASpecial Courses in African American Studies
AF AMER 188SAIndividual Studies for USIE Facilitators
AF AMER 188SBIndividual Studies for USIE Facilitators
AF AMER 188SCIndividual Studies for USIE Facilitators
AF AMER 189Advanced Honors Seminars
AF AMER 189HCHonors Contracts
AF AMER 19Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars
AF AMER 195Community or Corporate Internships in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 196Research Apprenticeship in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 197Individual Studies in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 198AHonors Research in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 198BHonors Research in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 198CHonors Research in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 199Directed Research or Senior Project in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 200DAfrican American Women's History
AF AMER 200HSocial Politics of Recent African American Music and Popular Culture
AF AMER 201ASurvey of Black Studies Research: Themes, Issues, and Concepts
AF AMER 201BSurvey of African American Studies Research Part 2: Introduction to Research Methods
AF AMER 201CResearch Proposal Writing Seminar
AF AMER 203APan-Africanism: History and Historiography, 1804-1974
AF AMER 203BReadings in African Political Economy
AF AMER 241Special Topics in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER 270ASurvey of Afro-American Research
AF AMER 293Epistemology and Power in Africana Religious Studies
AF AMER 2AAfrica and Middle East
AF AMER 2BRace and U.S. Military Intervention in Africa
AF AMER 2CBlack Folks Kung Fu Fightin': Black America, Martial Arts, and Popular Culture
AF AMER 596Directed Readings and Tutorials
AF AMER 597Preparation for MA Comprehensive Examination
AF AMER 598Research for and Preparation of MA Thesis
AF AMER 6Trends in Black Intellectual Thought
AF AMER 89Honors Seminars
AF AMER 89HCHonors Contracts
AF AMER 96WVariable Topics in Black Studies
AF AMER 99Student Research Program
AF AMER C168Black Queer Ecologies
AF AMER C191Variable Topics Research Seminars: Afro-American Studies
AF AMER C210DPosthumans
AF AMER C266Future of Work in Decarcerated California
AF AMER C266BFuture of Work in Decarcerated California II: Applied Research and Policy Analysis for Implementation of Justice Transformation
AF AMER C268Black Queer Ecologies
AF AMER C291Special Topics in Afro-American Studies
AF AMER CM106Hip-Hop Theater Collaborative
AF AMER CM110Bibliography and Research Methods in Rap Music/Hip-Hop Studies
AF AMER CM110DPosthumans
AF AMER CM113BLegislative Theater for Race and Gender Justice
AF AMER CM113XPNarratives of Justice: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipeline—Arts, Activism, and Agency
AF AMER CM135AAfrican American Art before 1900
AF AMER CM135BAfrican American Art, 1900 to 1963
AF AMER CM166Future of Work in Decarcerated California
AF AMER CM166BFuture of Work in Decarcerated California II: Applied Research and Policy Analysis for Implementation of Justice Transformation
AF AMER CM206Hip Hop Theater Collaborative
AF AMER CM210Bibliography and Research Methods in Rap Music/Hip-Hop Studies
AF AMER CM213BLegislative Theater for Race and Gender Justice
AF AMER CM213XPNarratives of Justice: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipeline—Arts, Activism, and Agency
AF AMER CM235AAfrican American Art before 1900