
Spring 2025 Courses
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Below, you'll find a list of "featured courses" that are organized by theme. Scroll down to see the full list of courses the department will offer in Spring 2025. Click on the "course preview" links to find full descriptions of class contents and teaching approach.
Undergraduate Courses Spring 2025
Undergraduate Courses: 104 - 200

AAAS 103 Intro to African History
Instructor: Yékú
In-Person
Instructor: Yékú
In-Person

AAAS 104 Intro African-American Studies
Instructor: Alexander
Online
Instructor: Alexander
Online

AAAS 160 Introduction to West African History
Instructor: Trouillot
In-Person
Instructor: Trouillot
In-Person

AAAS 200 Directed Studies
Instructor: Various
Instructor: Various
Undergraduate Courses: 203 - 305

AAAS 203 Culture and Health
Instructor: Morris
Hybrid
Instructor: Morris
Hybrid

AAAS 204 Culture and Health, Honors
Instructor: Morris
Online
Instructor: Morris
Online

AAAS 250 Intro to Translation & Theory
Instructor: Dickey
In-Person
Instructor: Dickey
In-Person

AAAS 305 Modern Africa
Instructor: MacGonagle
In-Person
Instructor: MacGonagle
In-Person
Undergraduate Courses: 306 - 316

AAAS 306 The Black Experience in the U.S. Since Emancipation
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person

AAAS 314 Black Church in America
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person

AAAS 316 Ministers and Magicians: Black Religions from Slavery to the Present
Instructor: Schwaller
In-Person
Instructor: Schwaller
In-Person

AAAS 320 African Studies In: Afro-Latin American Cultures
Instructor: De Andrade Tosta
In-Person
Instructor: De Andrade Tosta
In-Person
Undergraduate Courses: 320 - 323

AAAS 320 African Studies In: Alexa, Play Black Social Justice, Political Music
Instructor: Ukpokodu
Online
Instructor: Ukpokodu
Online

AAAS 320 African Studies In: Rethinking Intellectual History through Africa
Instructor: Trouillot
In-Person
Instructor: Trouillot
In-Person

AAAS 320 African Studies In: Women and Gender in Islam
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person

AAAS 323 African-American Studies In: Alexa, Play Black Social Justice, Political Music
Instructor: Ukpokodu
Online
Instructor: Ukpokodu
Online
Undergraduate Courses: 323 - 325

AAAS 323 African-American Studies In: Black Lives Matter
Instructor: Hines
Online
Instructor: Hines
Online

AAAS 323 African-American Studies In: Museums & Society: Past, Present, Future
Instructor: Vaccaro
Online
Instructor: Vaccaro
Online

AAAS 323 African-American Studies In: Research & the Black Community
Instructor: Hines
Online
Instructor: Hines
Online

AAAS 325 Popular Black Music
Instructor: Leslie-Canty
Online
Instructor: Leslie-Canty
Online
Undergraduate Courses: 355 - 433

AAAS 355 African Theatre and Drama
Instructor: Ukpokodu
In-Person
Instructor: Ukpokodu
In-Person

AAAS 400 Readings In:
Instructor: Various
Instructor: Various

AAAS 415 Women and Islam
Instructor: Benbaba
Online
Instructor: Benbaba
Online

AAAS 433 Islamic Literature
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Undergraduate Courses: 460 - 543

AAAS 460 Topics and Problems
Instructor: Various
Instructor: Various

AAAS 496 Field Experience
Instructor: Various
Instructor: Various

AAAS 534 The Rhetoric of Black Americans
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person

AAAS 543 Language and Culture in Arabic Speaking Communities
Instructor: El Haimeuer
In-Person
Instructor: El Haimeuer
In-Person
Undergraduate Courses: 550 - 695

AAAS 550 Senior Seminar in: Research in African & Black Diaspora Studies
Instructor: Bolden
In-Person
Instructor: Bolden
In-Person

AAAS 611 History Black Power Movement
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person

AAAS 690 Investigation and Conference
Instructor: Varies
In-Person
Instructor: Varies
In-Person

AAAS 695 Honors Project In:
Instructor: Varies
Online
Instructor: Varies
Online
Graduate Courses Spring 2024
Graduate Courses: 502 - 505

AAAS 502 Directed Language Study (Elementary)
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online

AAAS 503 Directed Language Study (Intermediate)
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online

AAAS 504 Directed Language Study (Advanced)
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online

AAAS 505 Directed Language Study (Readings in)
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online
Instructor: Varies
In-Person and Online
Graduate Courses: 520 - 657

AAAS 520 African Studies In: The Sciences in Islamicate Societies
Instructor: Trouillot
In-Person
Instructor: Trouillot
In-Person

AAAS 523 African-American Studies In: Black Popular Music
Instructor: Leslie-Canty
Online
Instructor: Leslie-Canty
Online

AAAS 523 African-American Studies In: The Black Church
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person

AAAS 657 Women and Gender in Islam
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Graduate Courses 662- 716

AAAS 662 Gender and Politics in Africa
Instructor: Britton
In-Person
Instructor: Britton
In-Person

AAAS 690 Investigation and Conference
Instructor: Varies
In-Person
Instructor: Varies
In-Person

AAAS 695 Honors Project In:
Instructor: Varies
In-Person
Instructor: Varies
In-Person

AAAS 716 Women in Islam
Instructor: Ben Baba
Online
Instructor: Ben Baba
Online
Graduate Courses: 723 - 723

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: African Theater and Drama
Instructor: Ukpokodu
In-Person
Instructor: Ukpokodu
In-Person

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: Afro-Latin American Cultures
Instructor: Tosta
In-Person
Instructor: Tosta
In-Person

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: Alexa, Play Black Social Justice, Political Music
Instructor: Ukpokodu
Online
Instructor: Ukpokodu
Online

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: Black Lives Matter
Instructor: Hines
Online
Instructor: Hines
Online
Graduate Courses: 723- 760

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: Critical Approaches to Psychology (and Social Science): Critical Race Theory and Decolonial Theory
Instructor: Adams
In-Person
Instructor: Adams
In-Person

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: Research in the Black Community
Instructor: Hines
Online
Instructor: Hines
Online

AAAS 723 Special Topics in Africana Studies: Reading Stuart Hall
Instructor: Whaley
In-Person
Instructor: Whaley
In-Person

AAAS 733 Islamic Literature
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Instructor: Muazu
In-Person
Graduate Courses: 760 - 812

AAAS 760 Topics and Problems
Instructor: Various
Instructor: Various

AAAS 802 Intro Africana Studies: African
Instructor: Ojiambo
In-Person
Instructor: Ojiambo
In-Person

AAAS 804 Seminar in Africana Studies
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person

AAAS 812 The Black Power Movement
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person
Instructor: Alexander
In-Person
Graduate Courses: 834 - 899

AAAS 834 he Rhetoric of Black Americans
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person
Instructor: Pennington
In-Person

AAAS 843Language and Culture in Arabic Speaking Communities
Instructor: El Haimeuer
In-Person
Instructor: El Haimeuer
In-Person

AAAS 899 Thesis
Instructor: Varies
In-Person
Instructor: Varies
In-Person
Language Classes Spring 2024
Arabic

ARAB 110 Elementary Arabic I
Instructor: Mohammed
Online
Instructor: Mohammed
Online

ARAB 120 Elementary Arabic II
Instructor: Varies
Online & In-Person
Instructor: Varies
Online & In-Person

ARAB 220 Intermediate Arabic II
Instructor: El Haimeur
In-Person
Instructor: El Haimeur
In-Person

ARAB 320 Advanced Arabic II
Instructor: Ben Baba
In-Person
Instructor: Ben Baba
In-Person
Arabic - 2nd Line
Haitian

HAIT 110 Elementary Haitian I
Instructor: Laguerre
Online
Instructor: Laguerre
Online

HAIT 120 Elementary Haitian II
Instructor: Laguerre
Online
Instructor: Laguerre
Online

HAIT 230 Intermediate Haitian I
Instructor: Laguerre
Online
Instructor: Laguerre
Online

HAIT 240 Intermediate Haitian II
Instructor: Laguerre
Online
Instructor: Laguerre
Online
Haitian - 2nd line
Kiswahili

KISW 110 Elementary KiSwahili I
Instructor: Heddi
In-Person
Instructor: Heddi
In-Person

KISW 220 Intermediate KiSwahili II
Instructor: Heddi
In-Person
Instructor: Heddi
In-Person

KISW 320 Advanced KiSwahili II
Instructor: Ojiambo
In-Person
Instructor: Ojiambo
In-Person

KISW 402 Readings in KiSwahili II
Instructor: Heddi
In-Person
Instructor: Heddi
In-Person
Wolof

WOLO 110 Elementary Wolof I
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Instructor: Fernandes
Online

WOLO 120 Elementary Wolof II
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Instructor: Fernandes
Online

WOLO 210 Intermediate Wolof I
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Instructor: Fernandes
Online

WOLO 220 Intermediate Wolof II
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Wolof -Line 2

WOLO 320 Advanced Wolof II
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Instructor: Fernandes
Online

WOLO 402 Readings In: Wolof II
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Instructor: Fernandes
Online
Yorùbá

AAAS 200 Elementary Yorùbá I
Instructor: Johnson
In-Person
Instructor: Johnson
In-Person

AAAS 200 Elementary Yorùbá II
Instructor: Johnson
In-Person
Instructor: Johnson
In-Person