• AFST 443: Topics in Black Literature

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Content varies according to particular genres, authors, or theories from 1845 to the present, including Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks, writing by black women, international black literature in English, and black American autobiography. (See ENGL 443.) Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)(RE) Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102, ENGL 118, ENGL 132, ENGL 290, or ENGL 298.
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• AFST 444: Black Masculinities

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  The objective of this course is to introduce students to the major sociological, historical, and cultural perspectives on African American masculine identity, paying special attention to race and ethnicity. For some, race and/or ethnicity is an inescapable fact of life. For others, race and/or ethnicity is virtually invisible and does not seem to affect their daily experiences. Students will be engaged with critical texts that range from slave narratives and autobiographies to speeches, writings and other contemporary works in a quest to investigate African American masculine identity at different historical points. For instance, we will attempt to answers questions such as: How has masculinity been defined and displayed throughout the African American experience? What forces have impacted these definitions and perceptions? And, how do African American men communicate, recall, and make meaning from these experiences? Upon successful completion of this course, students should be familiar with the social and cultural importance that identity plays in everyday life and how African American men have navigated how they are (re)positioned within American society. (Same as SOCI 444 and WGS 444)
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• AFST 450: Issues/Topics Afr-Am Studies

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Topics vary, but include a variety of problems, issues, and individuals from the field of African American studies. Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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• AFST 452: Foundations/African Politics

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Traces political dynamics on the continent from the pre-colonial era to the present. Focuses on African political development, and especially its economic, social, environmental, cultural, and demographic determinants. Writing-emphasis course. (See POLS 452.)
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• AFST 456: Race/Ethnicity/Crime/Justice

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Examines racial/ethnic disparities in criminal offending and victimization, as well as different experiences with law enforcement, judicial, and correctional agencies. Emphasis on social justice. (See SOCI 452.)
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• AFST 460: Africana Research Methods

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  This course will provide students with the building blocks to enable them to read and critique scholarly work in Africans studies as well as to conceptualize and develop their own research proposal. This course provides an overview of social research methods by studying ways researchers formulate research questions, design a research project, collect data, measure aspects of social life, and interpret results. Students will survey and investigate the influences of various methodological approaches and concerns in the discipline; determine their intellectual uses and applications; discuss some of the strengths, benefits, drawbacks, and criticisms of these methods, particularly as they relate to contemporary thinking about local, national, and international Black experiences; and deploy these methodologies in their individual research proposals/projects.
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• AFST 464: Art of Southern/Eastern Africa

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Art traditions of the eastern and southern regions of Africa. Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture, and human adornment will be examined. Some ancient Stone and Iron Age traditions will be examined, but the main emphasis will be on the diverse ethnic and regional art traditions practiced in the area from the 19th century to the present. Writing-emphasis course. (See ARTH 461.)
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• AFST 465: Art & Archaeol: Ancient Africa

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Historical art traditions of sub-Sahara Africa. Topics to be covered include prehistoric rock paintings, art from archaeological sites and ancient kingdoms. The time period covered ranges from the first and second millennia BC for some of the early terracotta sculpture and rock paintings, the 11th through 19th centuries AD for the later ancient kingdoms. Writing-emphasis course. (See ARTH 462.)
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• AFST 466: Arts of the African Diaspora

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Examines the aesthetic, philosophical and religious patterns of the African descendants of Brazil, Surinam, the Caribbean and the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the full range of art forms, including the sculptural and performance traditions, as well as architecture, textile, basketry, and pottery art forms. Writing-emphasis course. (See ARTH 463.)
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• AFST 471: African-American Art

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Traces the artistic and social legacy of African American art from the eighteenth century to the present day. Specifically, this class will focus on the ways in which artists used creativity to confront, deny, or complicate understandings of racial identity and racism. Examines broad scope of artistic production including painting, sculpture, photography, multi-media, fiction writing, and video art. Writing-emphasis course. (See ARTH 470.)
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