Undergraduate Certificates

 

 

African-New World Studies


African-New World Studies is the study, research, interpretation and the dissemination of knowledge concerning African peoples internationally.  Housed within the College of Arts and Sciences, the African-New World Studies Certificate Program provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the global, economic, cultural, and historical experiences of people of African descent. The Certificates complement students’ work in their major fields of study on the undergraduate level while fostering greater understanding of traditionally marginalized topics. African New World Studies offers two certificates:

1.     Certificate in African-New World Studies

2.     Certificate in African Studies

3.     Certificate in African-American Studies

 

Certificate in African-American Studies

The Certificate in African-American Studies is designed for students who are interested in focusing specifically on the history and culture of blacks in the United States. The curriculum places emphasis on the African-American cultural expressions in all their regional, temporal, and socioeconomic diversities; and offers coordinated insights into the ongoing challenges facing black communities. It also focuses on the ways in which African-American developed political and creative strategies of survival and resistance to political, economic, and social oppression.

Required Courses

Fifteen (15) credit hours, distributed as follows:

Core Requirement (6 credits)

AMH 4571

African American History from the 17th to the late 19th Centuries

AMH 4573

African American History from the late 19th Century to the Present

Social Sciences Requirement (3-6 credits)

AFA 4930

African-New Studies: Theory and Methods Seminar (Senior Seminar)

AFA 4933

Black Experience

AFH 4100

History of Africa I

AFH 4200

History of Africa II

ANT 3451

Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity

ANT 4451

Anthropology of Race and Ethnic Relations

ANT 4397

African Diaspora Cultures and Performativity

AFA 4104

Teaching the African-American Experience

ECO 3143

Economics of Racism

HIS 4454

The History of Racial Theory in Europe and the United States

MMC 4661

Race, Multiculturalism and the Mass Media

PSY 4930

Race, Ethnicity and Psychology

WOH 4301

The Modern African Diaspora

WOH 4230

The African Diaspora and the Atlantic Slave Trade

WOH 5237

The African Diaspora Since the End of the Slave Trade

Humanities Requirement (3-6 credits)

AML 4606

Studies in 19th Century African American Literature

AML 4607

Studies in 20th Century African American Literature

AML 4503

Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

AML 4621

Major African American Writers

AML 4624

African American Women Writers

AFA 4931

Special Topics in African-New World Studies

LIT 5358

Black Literature and Literacy/Cultural Theory

REL 3139

African American Religious Movements

REL 5384

Rasta, Vodou, Santeria

REL 3197

Topics in Race and Religion

SYP 4733

Aging in the Black Community

Certificate in African-New World Studies

Requirements

General Requirements (15)
Students complete 15 credit hours of study from disciplines as diverse as dance, geography, history, international relations, journalism, sociology, anthropology, literature, music and political science.The core requirement is AFA 2000 (African Worlds – Introduction). This required course should be taken at the start of the Certificate Program. The other 12 hours must come from each of two lists, one comprising the Arts and Humanities, and the other the Social Sciences. The program director may approve other courses upon request.  Students requesting an exception must present a syllabus for the course they would like to enroll in.

Required Core Courses (3)

AFA 2000

African Worlds - Introduction

3


Arts and Humanities Courses (3-9 credits)

AFH 4100

History of Africa I

AFH 4200

History of Africa II

AFH 4405

History of East Africa

AFH 4450

History of South Africa

AMH 4570

African-American History

AMH 4571

African American History from the 17th to the late 19th Centuries

AMH 4573

African-American History from the late 19th Century to the Present

AML 2602

African-American Literature

AML 4014

Studies in 19th Century African- American Literature

AML 4024

Studies in 20th Century African- American Literature

AML 4624

African American Women Writers

AML 4621

Major African American Writers

DAN 4396

Dance Ethnology

FRW 4750

Francophone Literature of Africa

HAI 3500

Haiti: Language and Culture

LIN 2612

Black English

PHI 3073

African Philosophy

ANT 4353

Representations of Africa and African in Films


We encourage students to enroll in one of the following three dance courses. Only three credit hours (one course) will count towards the fulfillment of the certificate requirements.

DAA 3345

Caribbean Dance

DAA 3346

Haitian Dance

DAA 3347

West African Dance


Social Sciences Courses (3-9 Credits)

ANT 4451

Anthropology of Race and Ethnic Relations

CPO 3320

African Politics

ECO 4321

Radical Political Economy


College of Arts and Sciences

ECS 4433

Economics of the Caribbean

GEA 3600

Population and Geography of Africa

INR 3253

International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa

INR 4283

International Relations, Development, and the Third World

MMC 4661

Race, Multiculturalism and the Mass Media

REL 3135

African-American Religious Movements

REL 4370

African Religions

SYD 4700

Sociology of Minorities/Race and Ethnic Relations

SYD 4704

Seminar in Ethnicity

SYP 4733

Aging in the Black Community

ANT 4397

African Diaspora Cultures and Performativity

Course Descriptions

AFA 2000 African Worlds-Introduction (3). A core requirement for those considering a certificate or major in African-New World Studies.  Key ideas, thinkers, theories, and geographical locations of peoples and culture of the African Diaspora.

AFA 3153 African Civilization, Religion and Philosophy (3). An introductory level overview of Ancient African origins of civilization, Religion and Philosophy.

AFA 4104 Teaching the African-American Experience (3). Teachers Institute which includes literature, culture, history, politics, and the arts designed to meet Florida State Teachers Certification Requirements.  Includes instruction on pedagogy, teaching methods and FCAT.

AFA 4930 African-New World Studies: Theory & Methods Seminar (3). Nature, meaning and intent of intellectual productions in Africa and the Diaspora. Examines the works of key thinkers that have made visible some of the submerged or appropriated realities of African peoples.

Certificate in African Studies

General Information

Akin Ogundiran, Director, African-New World Studies & Associate Professor, African History
Kingsley Banya, Associate Professor, Education
Pascale Becel, Chair & Associate Professor, Modern Languages
Carole Boyce Davies, English & African-New World Studies
John Clark, Chair & Associate Professor, International  Relations
Mohammed Farouk,Associate Professor, Education
Veronique Helenon, Assistant Professor, History & African-New World Studies
Kevin Hill, Associate Professor, Political Science
Jeremy Levitt, Associate Professor, College of Law

Rod Neumann, Professor, International Relations-  Geography Program
Jean Rahier, Associate Professor, Sociology &  Anthropology & African New World Studies
Albert Wuaku, Certificate Coordinator & Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

The primary goal of the Certificate in Continental African Studies is to enable students to obtain an interdisciplinary concentration in African studies.  The mechanism of a certificate provides students with a credential that attests to their sustained scholastic efforts in the area of Continental African studies. The African Studies certificate parallels those in Asian Studies, European Studies, and Latin American Studies in providing students with an opportunity to certify their sustained study of the social affairs and humanities of a particular geographical region. The certificate will require students to take one course in African history as a core subject, and four additional three credit hours divided between the humanities and social sciences.

Requirements

Prescribed Courses and Other  Requirements:
The Certificate requires students to complete 15 credit hours, distributed as follows:

Core Requirements (3 credits)
One of the following two courses:

AFH 4100

History of Africa I

3
 

or

 

AFH 4200

History of Africa II

3


Social Sciences Requirement (3-9 credits)

ANT 4352

African Peoples & Cultures

3

ANT 4353

Representations of Africa and Africans in Film

3

CPO 3204

African Politics

3

GEA 3600

Population & Geography of Africa

3

INR 3252

International Relations of North Africa

3

INR 3253 

International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa

3


Humanities Requirement (3-9 credits)
Students take from one to three 3-credit courses from the
following:*

AFA 4930

African-New World Studies: Theory &  Methods Seminar

3

AFH 4405

History of East Africa

3

AFH 4450

History of South Africa

3

FRW 4750

Francophone Literature of Africa

3

LIT 4351

Major African Writers

3

PHI 3073

African Philosophy

3

REL 4990

African Religions

3


We encourage students to enroll in the following dance course. Only three credit hours (one course) will count towards the fulfillment of the certificate requirements.

DAA 3347

West African Dance

3


*The program director may approve other courses upon request. Students requesting an exception must present a syllabus for the course in which they would like to enroll.