2018-19 Undergraduate Catalog

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2018-19 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

African American Studies: Concentration in African American Sociological, Political, and Community Development [AAS_AASC]

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For more information about this program, contact the Africana Studies Department .

A. 9 Credit Hours:

AAS 100 - Introduction to African American Studies (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 412 - Independent Research in African American Studies (1-3 cr. hr.)
AAS 486 - Senior Seminar in African American Studies (3 cr. hr.)

B. 27 Credit Hours in Additional Courses in African American Studies.

With at least 18 credit hours in courses numbered 300 and above, including:

At least one course from African American history:

AAS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 312 - African-American History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 313 - African-American History since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 390 - South Africa (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.)

At least one course from African American literature and the humanities:

AAS 110 - Survey of African American Music (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 206 - Blues Appreciation in Culture (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 231 - Hip-Hop Culture (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 241 - African American Chorale (1 cr. hr.)
AAS 251 - Introduction to African-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 460 - Geography and Film (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 332 - Jazz (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 352 - Early African American Writing (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 425 - African American Women Novelists (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 436 - Films of Spike Lee (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 470 - American Multicultural Literature (3 cr. hr.)

At least 12 credit hours from African American sociological, political and community development:

AAS 106 - Africana Dance (1 cr. hr.)
AAS 110 - Survey of African American Music (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 120 - Politics and Multiculturalism (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 170 - Institutional Racism (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 205 - Prisons and Punishments (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 290 - Introduction to African Politics and Society (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 292 - Race and Politics in America (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 304 - Peoples of Africa (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 362 - Politics of Developing Nation States (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 376 - African American Community Organizations (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 395 - International Race Relations (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 396 - African American Social and Political Thought I (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 397 - African American Social and Political Thought II (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 404 - Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 431 - Communication and Prejudice (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 432 - African Americans in Television and Film (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 456 - International Politics in the Middle East (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 468 - African-American Sport History (3 cr. hr)
AAS 485 - Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 581 - Teaching the Inner City Child (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Example of the B.A. in African American Studies over four years

First Year Fall

AAS 100 - Introduction to African American Studies (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 120 - Politics and Multiculturalism (3 cr. hr.)
COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.)
COM 100 - Human Communication (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 101 (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

First Year Spring

AAS 110 - Survey of African American Music (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 241 - African American Chorale (1 cr. hr.)
SOC 150 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr. hr.)
CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 102 (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Second Year Fall

AAS 251 - Introduction to African-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 290 - Introduction to African Politics and Society (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 201 (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Second Year Spring

AAS 231 - Hip-Hop Culture (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 292 - Race and Politics in America (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 202 (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Third Year Fall

AAS 300 level (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 300 level (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Third Year Spring

Study Abroad (6 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (3 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (3 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (3 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (1 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Fourth Year Fall

AAS 412 - Independent Research in African American Studies (1-3 cr. hr.)
AAS 486 - Senior Seminar in African American Studies (3 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (3 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (3 cr. hr.)
Elective/minor/concentration (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Fourth Year Spring

AAS 300 level (3 cr. hr.)
AAS 300 level (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

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African American Studies: Concentration in African American Sociological, Political, and Community Development [AAS_AASC]

A. 9 Credit Hours:

B. 27 Credit Hours in Additional Courses in African American Studies.

At least one course from African American history:

At least one course from African American literature and the humanities:

At least 12 credit hours from African American sociological, political and community development:

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Example of the B.A. in African American Studies over four years

First Year Fall

Total credit hours for semester: 16

First Year Spring

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Second Year Fall

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Second Year Spring

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Third Year Fall

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Third Year Spring

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Fourth Year Fall

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Fourth Year Spring

Total credit hours for semester: 15