THE CARIBBEAN AND ITS DIASPORAS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the historical roots of the racial, political, cultural, and social structures of contemporary Caribbean societies and their diasporas Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the multiple ethnic and cultural origins of Caribbean communities and the impact these communities had in the modeling of Atlantic and global historical developments Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and synthesize information, provide evidence-based interpretations about the past, and develop arguments regarding the history of Caribbean societies and their global diasporas Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and analyze within their social, cultural, and economic contexts key historical developments in the history of the Caribbean from the fifteenth century to the present Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze the role that social and cultural factors—such as gender, religion, ethnicity, and class, among others—had in shaping Caribbean historical developments Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify and analyze within the their social, cultural and economic contexts the history of the idea of race as it relates to the history of the Caribbean Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Discern the impact of local and global political and economic developments, in the shaping of ideas about racial, ethnic, social, and cultural hierarchies and public policies in Caribbean nations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Understand the different methodological approaches and research strategies that historians, anthropologists, and other scholars have used to examine the histories of the Caribbean from the sixteenth century to the present Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the historical roots of the racial, political, cultural, and social structures of contemporary Caribbean societies and their diasporas Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the multiple ethnic and cultural origins of Caribbean communities and the impact these communities had in the modeling of Atlantic and global historical developments Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and synthesize information, provide evidence-based interpretations about the past, and develop arguments regarding the history of Caribbean societies and their global diasporas Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and analyze within their social, cultural, and economic contexts key historical developments in the history of the Caribbean from the fifteenth century to the present Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze the role that social and cultural factors—such as gender, religion, ethnicity, and class, among others—had in shaping Caribbean historical developments Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify and analyze within the their social, cultural and economic contexts the history of the idea of race as it relates to the history of the Caribbean Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Discern the impact of local and global political and economic developments, in the shaping of ideas about racial, ethnic, social, and cultural hierarchies and public policies in Caribbean nations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Understand the different methodological approaches and research strategies that historians, anthropologists, and other scholars have used to examine the histories of the Caribbean from the sixteenth century to the present Audience: Graduate