• AAST 3300: Intro Black Theatre and Perf

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: AAST 2000 or permission of instructor;Description: Introducing Black Theatre and Performance explores the history of black theatre as it relates to African American and American society. The course examines works by playwrights such as Lorraine hansberry, August Wilson, and Ntozake Shange to learn how these artists helped shape theatre in the 20th and 21st century.
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• AAST 3400: Blacks, Film and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: ENGL 2330; Cross Listed: COMM 3400;Course Description: Students will explore the role movies and television have played in the early formation and nurturing of racism in the U.S. Students will also examine how black men and women historically have been portrayed throughout popular culture and how film has been used to dismantle racism in the U.S.
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• AAST 3450: Lit of Black Power Movement

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: ENGL 2330;Description: Study of the literature, the culture, and the peoples of the Black PowerMovement using primary sources and film.
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• AAST 3500: Race, Gender and Sexuality

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: ENGL 2330;Description: Study of race, gender, and sexuality in the black community and how well it has embraced LGBT issues and black masculinity and femininity.
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• AAST 3650: Race, Sports, and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisites: ENGL 2330; Cross Listed: COMM 3650; Course Description: We will explore the intersection of race, sports, and protest in American history.We will examine the transformation of sports from a form of entertainment—andan escape from the world’s worst problems—to what it has become today: astaging ground for American patriotism.
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• AAST 4000: Seminar in African Am Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: AAST 2200 or permission of instructor;Description: This course will be divided into two components. In the first component, students will learn research methodologies appropriate for African American Studies. In the second component, students will identify a topic of interest and develop a research project. The final project will be presented to an audience.
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• AAST 4050: The Social Meaning of Race

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: ENGL 2330;Description: This course is a study of race as a social construct and the recurrent cause of differentiation in multiracial societies. We will also discuss the impact of race on social, cultural, economic, and political institutions as well as prejudice andracism.
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• AAST 4100: African Amer Studies Field Exp

  4.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: Permission of Director...Course Description: Students in consultation with the Director of African American Studies will complete a supervised experiential-based, work/volunteer assignment within Clarksville or surrounding areas. The Director may approve placements in other geographical locations. During the assignment, students will apply the theories and research methodologies learned in other African American Studies courses.
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• AAST 4200: African Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: AAST 2200, 4000 or permission of instructor...Course Description: This course explores ancient, traditional, and contemporary philosophical/theoretical concepts and doctrines of Africans through an investigation of their cosmological, metaphysical, ontological, and ethical worldview.
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• AAST 4610: African Amrcn Humor and Cultre

  3.00 Credits

  Austin Peay State University

  
  Prerequisite: ENGL 2330; Cross Listed: COMM 4610; Course Description: An examination of one of several traditions of African American humor forinsights into shifting notions of race, culture, language, and identity in andbeyond Black America.
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