New Undergraduate Certificate (Effective Fall 2009)

 

Certificate In African and African Diaspora Studies

African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) encompass the study and research on peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa and their experiences, and on communities of the African diaspora both in continental Africa and elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.  It also involves the dissemination of knowledge about continental African peoples and diasporic Africans internationally.  Housed within the College of Arts and Sciences, the African and African Diaspora Studies Certificate provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the global, economic, cultural, and historical experiences of people of African descent. The Certificate complements students’ work in their major fields of study at the undergraduate level while fostering greater understanding of traditionally marginalized topics.

Thanks to the diversity of areas of research interests of the core and affiliate AADS faculty, students may choose courses that will allow them to focus more specifically on either U.S. born African Americans,

Continental Africans, or communities of the African diaspora internationally. Students might also choose courses that will bring them to learn about all three or any other combination of these areas. The Certificate places a strong emphasis on African and African diasporic cultural expressions in all their regional, temporal, and socioeconomic diversities.  It offers coordinated insights into the ongoing challenges black communities face locally and internationally. It also focuses on the ways in which continental African and African diasporic communities and individuals have developed political and creative strategies for survival in the midst of, and resistance to, racism and political, economic, and social oppression.

 

Requirements

 

General Requirements (15)

Students complete 15 credit hours of study from disciplines as diverse as geography, history, international relations, journalism, sociology, anthropology, literature, music and political science.  The core requirement is AFA 2XXX Black Popular Cultures, Global Dimensions. This required course should be taken at the start of the Certificate Program. The other 12 credits 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 2004  Black Popular Cultures, Global Dimensions (3)

 

Arts and Humanities Courses (3-9 credits)

AFA 3153        African Civilization

AFA 4104        Teaching the African American Experience

AFA 4930        African and African Diaspora Studies Theory

AFA 4931        Special Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies

AFA 4933        Special Topics in Black Experience 

AFA 4301        African Visual Arts

AFA 4372        Hip Hop Race, Gender & Sex

AFA 4351        Hip Hop Entrepreneurship

AFA 4370        Global Hip Hop

AFA 4200        African Drum I

AFA 4201        African Drum II

AFA 4340        Health in African World

AFA 4905        African and African Diaspora Studies Independent Study

AFH 4100        History of Africa I

AFH 4200        History of Africa II

AFH 4342        History of West Africa

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 4606       Studies in 19th Century African- American Literature

AML 4607       Studies in 20th Century African- American Literature

AML 4624       African American Women Writers

AML 4621       Major African American Writers

DAA 3345       Caribbean Dance

DAA 3346       Haitian Dance

DAA 3347       West African Dance

DAN 4396       Dance Ethnology

FRW 4750       Francophone Literature of Africa

FRW 4751       Francophone Literature in the Caribbean

HAI 3500        Haiti: Language and Culture

HAI 3213        Accelerated Haitian Creole

HAI 3214        Accelerated Intermediate Haitian Creole

HAI 3370        Haiti: Study Abroad

HIS 4454         The History of Racial Theory in Europe and the United States

LIN 2612         Black English

LIN 4612         Black English

LIT 4351         Major African Writers

PHI 3073         African Philosophy

REL 3139        African American Religious Movements

REL 4370        African Religions

SPT 4400        African Presence in Latin American Literature

WOH 4230      The African Diaspora and the Atlantic Slave Trade

WOH 4301      The Modern African Diaspor

 

Social Sciences Courses (3-9 Credits)

ANT 4451       Anthropology of Race and Ethnic Relations

ANT 4352       African Peoples and Cultures

ANT 4353       Representations of Africa and African in Films

ANT 4397       African Diaspora Cultures and Performativity

CPO 3320        African Politics

CPO 4725        Comparative Genocide

ECO 4321        Radical Political Economy

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

SYD 4700        Sociology of Minorities/Race and Ethnic Relations

SYD 4704        Seminar in Ethnicity

SYP 4733        Aging in the Black Community

 

Course Descriptions

AFA 2004  Black Popular Cultures, Global Dimensions (3). A core requirement for those considering a certificate in African and African Diaspora Studies. The course provides an in-depth examination of key issues including black popular cultures in global perspectives with a comparative focus on historical processes, race or racialization, gender and sexuality, language, religion, identity/identification, and other related topics. 

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 and African Diaspora Studies Theory (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.

AFA 4931 Special Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies (3) An examination of different features of African and African Diaspora Studies, introducing students to themes and ideas in the field.

AFA 4933 Special Topics in Black Experience (3) A course designed to give groups of students special studies in the black experience transnationally and the ability to analyze, in-depth, specific aspects in the field.

AFA 4301 African Visual Arts (3) Africana, and/or African Diaspora visual aesthetics. It examine relationships between Africana Visual Arts and other creative forms.

AFA 4372 Hip Hop Race, Gender & Sex (3) The examination of racial, gender and sexuality constructions within the context of Hip Hop Culture in the United States.

AFA 4351 Hip Hop Entrepreneurship (3) Hip Hop Culture, Social Consciousness and Social Entrepreneurship.

AFA 4370 Global Hip Hop (3) Examines the Global, Transnational and Africana dimensions of Hip Hop.

AFA 4200 African Drum I (3) A beginner hands-on course for students who are interested in West African music, dance, drum, performance and culture.

AFA 4201 African Drum II (3) An advanced course on the complex arts of West African Drums and drumming techniques that immerses students in the Malian and Senegalese polyrhythmic traditions especially dundun and djembe drums.

AFA 4340 Health in African World (3)Examines the social and humanistic aspects of health in the African World.  It’s interdisciplinary and comparatives framework offers students the opportunity to explore the intersections of social policy, cultural traditions, history, values and behaviors with scientific principles and methods.

AFA 4905 African and African Diaspora Studies Independent Study (3) Student generated research projects in African and African Diaspora studies, independent investigations, reports on individual and assigned readings with AADSS core and affiliated faculty.

AFA 4941 African and African Diaspora Studies Internship (3) Practical application in a supervised setting outside of the classroom of knowledge acquired in the classroom, hours arranged.  Consent of faculty sponsor and program director required.

AFA 3153 African Civilization (3) An introductory level overview of ancient African origins of civilization, religion and philosophy.