Black Studies

Academic units may not accept all active courses listed and students should contact their academic adviser to verify degree applicability. Courses listed below include all courses and may not be offered every semester.

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Course Name Course Title Category Properties
BL_STU-3815 Africa and the World: Studies in African Histories, Cultures and Politics
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4003 Topics in Black Studies-Behavioral Science
  • BSCI
BL_STU-4004 Topics in Black Studies-Social Science
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4005 Topics in Black Studies-Humanities
  • HUM
BL_STU-4020 Studies in Black Feminist Thought
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4040 Slavery and the Crisis of the Union: The American Civil War Era
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4130 African-American Politics
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4210 African-American Religion
  • HUM
BL_STU-4230 Women, Development, and Globalization
  • BSCI
BL_STU-4270 African-Americans in the Twentieth Century
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4300 Black Children, Youth, and Families
  • BSCI
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4303 Black Studies in Race, Class, Gender, and U.S. Policy
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4335 The Wire: Race, Urban Inequality, and the “Crisis” of the American City
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4400 Studies in African Diaspora Literature
  • HUM
BL_STU-4409 Studies in African Diaspora Literature, 1890 to Present
  • HUM
BL_STU-4415 African Americans and American Justice
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4415W African Americans and American Justice – Writing Intensive
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4420 Africana Womanism
  • HUM
BL_STU-4480 Major African Diaspora Women Writers
  • HUM
BL_STU-4488 Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1789 to 1890
  • HUM
BL_STU-4489 Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1890 to Present
  • HUM
BL_STU-4489W Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1890 to Present – Writing Intensive
  • HUM
BL_STU-4604 Advanced Studies in Black Politics
  • SSCI
BL_STU-4640 African Politics
  • SSCI
  1. Only one of this type of Humanities and/or Fine Arts courses may be applied towards meeting the Humanities and/or Fine Arts General Education Distribution of Content requirement.
  2. Students subject to the General Education requirements in the 2019 Fall catalog and later editions: This course counts towards fulfillment of the Humanities and/or Fine Arts Distribution of Content requirement.
    Students subject to the General Education requirements in a catalog version earlier than 2019 Fall: Only students in CAFNR, Engineering, SHP, and Nursing, and students in degrees formerly in HES, may use this course towards fulfillment of the Humanities and/or Fine Arts Distribution of Content requirement, and only if the entire 12-13 hour elementary language sequence is completed.