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• AAST 200: Intro to African Amer Studies

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An interdisciplinary introduction to African American Studies that combines the teaching of core thinkers, concepts, and debates in the field with instruction in critical reading and writing. After exploring the field's institutionalization in US higher education, students engage foundational texts in African American Studies such as works by Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Toni Morrison, the Combahee River Collective, Malcolm X, Audre Lorde, and James Baldwin. After taking this course, students should emerge with rich and textured insights into African American history, thought, and culture that provides them with critical lenses for analyzing contemporary social issues impacting African Americans.
  ShareAAST 200 - Intro to African Amer Studies

• AAST 250: Read African Amer Soc Sci Res

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  In this course students will analyze African American life and culture using the tools of social science in order to understand and explain the functioning of power in society, the creation and maintenance of oppression, the formation of individual and community identities, and resistance. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 250 - Read African Amer Soc Sci Res

• AAST 270: Folklore of African Diaspora

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An introductory survey that traces the development of folk culture across the African Diaspora from Ancient African cultures to the importation of enslaved Africans in the New World. Students will explore folklore as an academic discipline, focusing on the various genres and groups that shape traditional expressions and the socio-historical context in which is was created. The course will cover such traditions as the African griot/djeli, blues music, folktales, vernacular speech & dialect, conjuring/hoodoo, death & burial rites, hip-hop, ancestor worship, and naming conventions.
  ShareAAST 270 - Folklore of African Diaspora

• AAST 280: Intro African Amer. Music

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This class introduces major themes and debates that animate the study of African American music to provide a deeper understanding of the African American experience. Students will also develop skills to critically analyze lyrics and the form of music (i.e. rhythm, harmony, timbre, tempo, instrumentation, etc.) during our weekly listening assignments and discussions. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 280 - Intro African Amer. Music

• AAST 290: Special Topics

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An examination of a selected topic, designed to supplment or to investigate more fully offerings in the African American Studies curriculum. Choice of topics will reflect both student and faculty interest. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 290 - Special Topics

• AAST 300: Special Topics

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An examination of an area of African American Studies for which no regular course is offered. This course may be repeated for credit if the content is different. The specific content will be listed when the course is offered. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 300 - Special Topics

• AAST 305: Visiting Artist Practicum

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course examines African American history and culture through visual, dramatic, or musical art. Students will work with a visiting artist to research, produce, and showcase an original work. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 305 - Visiting Artist Practicum

• AAST 315: Black Women Writers

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A study of a representative selection of black women's fiction, poetry and drama, focusing on how these writers use the figure of the black woman and her intersectional identity to explore social, political, and aesthetic ideas. Readings may vary from year to year. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 315 - Black Women Writers

• AAST 319: Cont Construct Black Womanhood

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course is a critical examination of contemporary representations of black women in film, music, and literature. Taking black feminist scholarship as our guide, we will also investigate the ways in which black womanhood is characterized through intersectional racial, sexual, gender, and class identities. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
  ShareAAST 319 - Cont Construct Black Womanhood

• AAST 320: Studies in Hip-Hop Culture

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A variable topic course that explores the history, controversy, content, culture, and legacy of the music known as Hip-Hop. The course covers the foundational principles and evolution of Hip-Hop and its global impact. Students will conduct interpretative analysis of audio and visual texts, while combining scholarship and theory to critically engage subgenres, prominent figures, and debates in Hip-Hop. Topics/readings will vary from year to year and may include a range of global and black transnational perspectives.
  ShareAAST 320 - Studies in Hip-Hop Culture