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(AAAS) AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES Beverly Bond, Ph.D., Director Interdisciplinary Studies Office Room 107, Scates Hall http://www.memphis.edu/aaas/
In addition to the courses below, the department may offer the following Special Topics courses: AAAS 4990-4999. Special Topics in African and African American Studies. (3). Topics are varied and in online class listing. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours credit when topic varies.
AAAS 2100 - Intro Afr/Afr American Study (3) Status of Africans and African Americans in historical and modern times.
AAAS 3100 - Research Method/Afr American (3) Students design research project focusing on African and African American experiences and issues.
AAAS 4100 - Seminar Afr/Afr Amer Studies (3) Capstone course to provide an integrated and interdisciplinary understanding of the black experience which arises from culture, society, and the natural world.
AAAS 4251 - African Religions/Diaspora (3) Transplantation of African religions to the Western hemisphere; change in religions over time; African religious thought; retention, adaptation, hybridity in religious movements.
AAAS 4351 - Ghanaian Hist/Culture (3) Study of the history and cultures of Ghana.
AAAS 4901 - Independent Study (1-3) Readings and writing assignments designed to further understanding of specialized areas within African and African American Studies. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours credit when topic varies.
AAAS 4990 - Voices of Black Churches (3) Examination of the Black Church tradition.
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