Courses
Smith College reserves the right to make changes to all announcements and course listings online, including changes in its course offerings, instructors, requirements for the majors and minors, and degree requirements.
100-level Courses
Fall 2012
- AAS 111 Introduction to Black Culture
- AAS 117 History of Afro-American People to 1960
Spring 2013
200-level Courses
Fall 2012
- AAS 242 Death and Dying in Black Culture
- AAS 243 Black Activist Autobiography
- AAS 249/ENG 348 Black Women Writers
- AAS 289 Feminism, Race and Resistance: History of Black Women in America
Spring 2013
- AAS 201 Methods of Inquiry
- AAS 202 Topics in Black Studies: Yet Do I NMarvel: The African American Poetic Tradition
- AAS 222 Introduction to African-American Music: Gospel, Blues and Jazz
- AAS 232 The Black Church in the United States
- AAS 254 Race and Identity in the Global City: Anthropology of the African Diaspora
- AAS 278 The 60's: A History of Afro-Americans in the United States from 1954-1970
300-level Courses
Fall 2012
- AAS 336 Seminar: Exiles, Transplants and In-betweeners: Literature of the African Diaspora
- AAS 370 Seminar: Modern Southern Africa
Spring 2013
- AAS 335 Seminar: Free Blacks in the U.S. Before 1865
- AAS 360 Seminar: Toni Morrison
400-level Courses
Fall 2012
- AAS 400 Special Studies
- AAS 430D Honors Project
- AAS 431 Honors Thesis
Spring 2013
- AAS 400 Special Studies
- AAS 430D Honors Thesis
- AAS 431 Honors Project
Additional courses related to Afro-American Studies
As an interdisciplinary department, we encourage students to explore course opportunities in other departments and in the Five Colleges. Some examples are listed below. Students should check departmental entries to find out the year and semester particular courses are being offered.
ANT 230 Africa: Peoples, Environment and Development Issues
ANT 271 Globalization and Transformation in Africa
CLT 256 Studies in South African Literature and Film: Topic: The Political Imagination in Contemporary South Africa
ENG 249 Literatures of the Black Atlantic
GOV 204 Urban Politics
HST 234 Global Africa
HST 257 Early African History to 1800
HST 258 History of Modern Africa since 1800
HST 259 Aspects of African History
HST 265 Race, Gender, and United States Citizenship, 1776-1861
HST 266 The Age of the American Civil War
HST 371 Problems in 19th Century United States History: African-American Historical Memory
PHI 254 African Philosophy
SOC 213 Race and National Identity in the United States
SWG 201 Queer Black Studies, An Introduction **
**These courses are cross-listed with Afro-American Studies
