AFAM 480 | Advanced Seminar in Black Racial Contracts

Advanced seminars are intended for African American Studies majors and minors with junior or senior standing and are designed to facilitate in-depth examination of a specific topic on a focused experience of Black people in the Americas and/or in diasporas beyond. Course topics and emphases for advanced seminars are determined by the instructor. Such courses provide students with content that necessitates a substantive level of comprehension of African American Studies' (AFAM's) methods and theories and the ability to apply knowledge gained in AFAM Studies to critical analysis and interrogation of the seminars' topics. Through advanced seminars, students strengthen their AFAM Studies lenses in such a way that enables them to understand, in more depth, the roles race, power, privilege, and oppression have in knowledge production, and societal interactions and conditions. Additionally, students as AFAM majors or minors, expand the knowledge and interpretive capacities to grow into informed and active participants in the broader society. Please consult the department website for information on current and upcoming topics.