ARTISTIC/CULTURAL IMAGES OF BLACK WOMEN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and interpret works of art by African American women artists in relation to historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply critical thinking and analytical skills regarding gender, race, and other social categories of identity and oppression to the study of visual images by and about Black women. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the role of art and visual representation in the creation, development, and continuing legacy of race- and gender-based discrimination. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the role of art and visual culture in African American women artists’ resistance to historical systemic and institutional oppression. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify ways in which certain images have been valued or devalued, and analyze how these differences have promulgated disparities in contemporary American society. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and interpret works of art by African American women artists in relation to historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply critical thinking and analytical skills regarding gender, race, and other social categories of identity and oppression to the study of visual images by and about Black women. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the role of art and visual representation in the creation, development, and continuing legacy of race- and gender-based discrimination. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the role of art and visual culture in African American women artists’ resistance to historical systemic and institutional oppression. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify ways in which certain images have been valued or devalued, and analyze how these differences have promulgated disparities in contemporary American society. Audience: Undergraduate