HUM 2454 - Introduction to African-American Studies

3 hours Lecture, 3 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
Prerequisite(s): Requires placement at the college level or satisfaction of developmental education requirements in reading and writing.
AA Elective: Yes
This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of African-American arts, culture, and intellectual traditions from the 17^th century to the present. The student examines vital contributions within literature, music, visual arts, and philosophy, focusing on the 19^th through 21^st centuries. The course explores how African-American cultural expressions including dance, theater, and film, have addressed themes of spirituality, creativity, community, and social justice within the contexts of slavery, abolitionism, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement. The student analyzes these artistic expressions and their relationship to broader cultural, societal, and global impacts.

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