2023-2024 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Black World Studies
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The black world studies major is designed to enable students to demonstrate a deep understanding of black world experience, culture, societies, life, history, and philosophies. Students must also be able to grasp, analyze, and synthesize the various applicable texts used or recommended by disciplines that are included in the major. Black world studies is the study of “blackness” both within and without geographic, temporal, spatial, political, and/or ethnic boundaries. Blackness is defined as an evolving set of constructs that elucidate key elements of African diasporic history and culture through utilization of wide-ranging academic disciplines. This approach moves in concert with contemporary scholarly trends that seek to situate black world studies in a broader international scope. Dominican’s international relations and diplomacy program and the civic mandate exemplified in Dominican’s commitment to service learning link to black world studies in a variety of significant ways. For example, the global examples of blackness brought to the forefront of black world studies parallel the unique challenge of black identity in a global environment. Thus, students who elect this major or choose selected courses are prepared to engage in a number of post-graduate options that contribute to enhancing global cultures and identities, not unlike other university programs. The choice of the name “black world studies” over Africana, African, or African-American studies is a reflective one that embodies its global parameters. It is designed to engage themes such as Atlantic history or culture; a revision of themes of culture; and contact between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Black world studies also seeks to engage blackness in other distinct contexts such as Pacific Rim and/or Middle East examples of blackness, or evolving methodological questions around the validity of Afro-centricity and interpretations of blackness relative to subaltern and post-colonial themes, all of which coalesce in a well-developed black world studies program. To achieve these goals, students must take a number of courses, chosen in conference with a major advisor or the director of the black world studies program. ProgramsUndergraduate ProgramsCourses- BWS 101 - Black World Studies and Multiculture
- BWS 103 - Black Nationalism and Afrocentricity
- BWS 105 - A Little Black-ish and a Little Grown-ish: Navigating Blackness and Education
- BWS 106 - Hip-Hop, Multiculture, and Philosophy
- BWS 107 - Black Women in Society
- BWS 108 - Black and Educated: The Intersection of Race, Class, Gender, Family and College Choice
- BWS 109 - Being Black in America: A Reflection
- BWS 110 - Introduction to Sociology
- BWS 154 - Racism: The Foundation of American Education System and Economy
- BWS 180 - Pre-Colonial Africa
- BWS 200 - African and African-American Thought
- BWS 201 - Ghana: A Gateway to Africa
- BWS 202 - Ethics in World Politics: USA and Africa
- BWS 203 - Black Cultures in Africa, the USA, and the Caribbean
- BWS 205 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
- BWS 206 - West African Antecedents/Afro-Atlantic World
- BWS 209 - Being Black in America: A Philosophical Appraisal
- BWS 211 - Diasporas and Diversity
- BWS 212 - Caribbean Dialectology
- BWS 216 - American Political Thought
- BWS 217 - Caribbean History: Columbus to Castro
- BWS 220 - Writing in Africa and the African Diaspora
- BWS 221 - Literature of the African Diaspora
- BWS 222 - Black Women Writers
- BWS 223 - African-American Popular Culture
- BWS 225 - Critical Race Theory
- BWS 226 - A Cosmos of Color
- BWS 227 - History of Pan-Africanism
- BWS 228 - World Literature
- BWS 230 - African Women and Politics
- BWS 231 - Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Africa
- BWS 232 - Global Terrorism
- BWS 233 - West African Fiction
- BWS 234 - Apostles Acting Up: Gender, Race, Prison, and Power in the New Testament
- BWS 236 - Blacks in Latin America: Philosophy and Culture
- BWS 237 - Great Festivals and Holidays in the Black World
- BWS 238 - Global Inequality
- BWS 243 - The New African Diaspora in the Americas Since 1945
- BWS 245 - Multicultural Psychology
- BWS 254 - The Black Madonna
- BWS 264 - Politics in Africa
- BWS 266 - Blues and Jazz Appreciation
- BWS 267 - History of Rock and Roll
- BWS 271 - Trinidad and Tobago: A Gateway to the Caribbean Islands
- BWS 277 - African-American Religious Experience and Theology
- BWS 279 - Africa’s Culinary Legacy Across the World
- BWS 280 - Discrimination and Society
- BWS 281 - Colonial Africa
- BWS 282 - Multicultural Food Patterns
- BWS 283 - Global Inequity
- BWS 287 - Contemporary Multiethnic US Literature
- BWS 288 - African Environmentalism
- BWS 289 - Introduction to French and Francophone Cinema: From Pictures to Pixels, 1890 to the Present
- BWS 290 - US Latino/a Literature
- BWS 297 - Postcolonial Literature
- BWS 298 - African-American Literature
- BWS 299 - Community-based Learning
- BWS 303 - Research Methods in Black World Studies
- BWS 304 - African-centered Pedagogy
- BWS 311 - Black Spirituality
- BWS 317 - Non-Western Political Thought
- BWS 318 - Intercultural Communications
- BWS 320 - From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Experience from 1619 to 1877
- BWS 321 - From Jim Crow to the White House: The African-American Experience Since 1877
- BWS 350 - Special Topics in Hispanic Culture and Civilization
- BWS 366-367 - Study in Stellenbosch, South Africa
- BWS 372 - Law and Society
- BWS 380 - Contemporary Africa
- BWS 381 - Social Inequality
- BWS 385 - Critical Theoretical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity
- BWS 386 - Diversity, Language, and Culture
- BWS 400 - Black World Studies Capstone; A Synthesis of Knowledge
- BWS 401 - Topics in Black World Studies
- BWS 410 - Black World Seminar
- BWS 450 - Independent Study
- BWS 455 - Internship
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