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