AFST 11450 - Senior Seminar in Africana Studies

Credits: 3

The senior seminar in Africana Studies is designed as the culmination of students’ experiences in the various aspects of the Africana Studies major. The course emphasizes and reinforces elements of the research and service components of the Africana Studies major, while exploring original themes or focusing on more extensive and intensive study of themes covered in survey courses. It will also provide for faculty and students an intellectual discussion community in which to posit, examine, and disseminate cutting-edge scholarship and creative work, including interdisciplinary approaches to topics in the study of peoples of African descent. Students will use critical thinking and analytical skills in understanding and interpreting relevant literature, to develop a proposal for research, and to produce a substantial written research project report, using either qualitative or quantitative research methods or an integration of both.

Prerequisite Courses: (INTR 01104 with a minimum grade of D- or AFST 11104 with a minimum grade of D-) and HIST 05270 with a minimum grade of D- and AFST 11305 with a minimum grade of D- and (INTR 01304 with a minimum grade of D- or AFST 11304 with a minimum grade of D-) and AFST 11310 with a minimum grade of D- and INTR 01470 with a minimum grade of D-
Course Attributes: CAT, UGRD