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  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores media (film, newspaper, radio, television, and social) from the perspective of marginalized and disenfranchised groups. Analyzes the role of media, both past and present, in the framing of groups left out of the center, as well as how such mediated framing shapes cultural attitudes, values, beliefs. Prerequisites: Junior class standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    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 4160; cross listed with COJO 5160. Prerequisites: 9 credit hours in AAST or COJO.
  • 3.00 Credits

    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. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000 level course, junior/senior standing, or nine credits in any level course in COJO; graduate student standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    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 5233 and COJO 5233. Dual listed with AAST 4233. Prerequisite: three credit hours in AAST, COJO, or WMST, WB, and junior standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    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 5250. Dual listed with AAST 4250. Prerequisites: AAST 1000, AMST 2010, any AAST 2000-level course, junior or senior standing, or nine credit hours in any level AMST course. Graduate Standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    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 5260. Dual listed with AAST 4260 and COJO 4260. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    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 5455. Dual listed with AAST 4455. Prerequisite: graduate status or 12 hours of 3000-4000 level work.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Approach African American popular culture from theoretical perspectives which include black feminist, postcolonial, and poststructuralist analyses. Cross listed with AMST 5560. Prerequisites: graduate standing; instructor consent for undergraduate students.
  • 3.00 Credits

    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 5985. Dual listed with AAST 4985 and COJO 4985. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides students with a basic understanding of the role of accounting information in business. Focuses on business operating processes throughout the management planning, performing and evaluating cycles. Intended to open the door on understanding the world of business, provide insights on how businesses operate, and enable students to become familiar with the conventions used by businesses to report to those who need to know more about the business. Prerequisites: none. (Offered fall, spring and summer)