• AAST 4160: African American Rhetoric

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  African American discourse and its relationship to equality and participation. Through examiniation of various media, music, speeches, and art this course uses the struggle of African Americans as an instructive exemplar, to come to terms with the philosophical concepts, political issues, moral complexities, and discursive characteristics of African American Rhetoric. Dual listed with AAST 5160; cross listed with COJO 4160. Prerequisites: 9 credit hours in AAST or COJO and junior standing.
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• AAST 4190: Dimensions of Racism

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Explores the effects of racism on African people in America using an African centered framework. We will look at the ways racism intersects with sexism, classism, and heterosexism/homophobia within the African community both in America and throughout the Diaspora. Cross listed with COJO 4190. Dual listed with AAST 5190. Prerequisites: AAST 1000, 6 credits of AAST, or COJO 1000 or COJO 1040.
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• AAST 4200: Harlem Renaissance

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the florescence of African American creativity, centered in Harlem, New York, between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression. Cross listed with AMST 4200. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 and junior standing.
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• AAST 4231: Minority Media Ownership

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines ethnic-owned media organizations in the United States. The course addresses African American, Latino, Asian, Native American as well as Arab American owned media. We examine the markets and audiences that ethnic owned media serve and the implications of regulatory, economical, and technological changes in the media industry. Cross listed with COJO 4231. Prerequisite: 9 hours in AAST or COJO courses.
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• AAST 4233: Race Gender Ethnicity Media

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examine the role mass media plays in the Black community and other racial, ethnic, gendered, and socioeconomic communities. Students will develop a critical understanding of the way the mass media uses stereotypes and prejudice to influence society's views about ethnic minorities and women in in contemporary United States society. Cross listed with WMST 4233 and COJO 4233. Dual listed with AAST 5233. Prerequisite: three credit hours in AAST, COJO, or WMST, WB, and junior standing.
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• AAST 4250: Harlem Renaissance

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the florescence of African American creativity, centered in Harlem, New York, between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression. This movement had a tremendous impact on African American culture in and outside of the U.S., including Africa and the Caribbean. Cross listed with AMST 4250. Dual listed with AAST 5250. Prerequisites: CH and WB: graduate standing.
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• AAST 4260: Rhetoric and Social Justice

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Analyzes concepts of ableism, anti-Semitism, heterosexism, racism, sexism, and socioeconomic class through a critical/social construction framework. It attempts to develop a "working" definition of these concepts by analyzing historical and current conceptualizations and identifying marginalization and disenfranchisement as it is woven in the fabric of American society. Cross listed with COJO 4260. Dual listed with AAST 5260 and COJO 5260. Prerequisite: minimum 9 credit hours in AAST or COJO and junior standing.
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• AAST 4400: Black Politics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Afro-American participation in partisan electoral politics in the United States from Reconstruction to the current presidential election. Cross listed with POLS 4400. Prerequisites: 3 hours 3000-level courses in African American studies or political science and USP WA.
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• AAST 4450: The African American Novel

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Considers aesthetic dimension and cultural matrix of novels written by Black Americans. Cross list with ENGL 4450. Prerequisites: AAST 1000, any AAST 2000 level course, junior/senior standing, six hours of 2000-level literature courses in ENGL.
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• AAST 4455: Slavery and Freedom

  1.00 - 4.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Engage in an in-depth study of the literary voices that emerged from the history of enslavement in the Americas from colonial times through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Cross listed with ENGL 4455. Dual listed with AAST 5455. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000 level course, and Junior or Senior Standing, OR six credit hours of literature courses in ENGL.
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