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African American Literature and Culture at University of Kentucky






Undergraduate Curriculum

ENG 168 ALL THAT SPEAK OF JAZZ: AN INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY INTO JAZZ AND DEMOCRACY (UK Core, Arts and Creativity or Citizenship)
ENG 260/AAAS 264 INTRODUCTION TO BLACK WRITERS (UK Core, Inquiry in the Humanities, GWR)
ENG 265 SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I
ENG 266 SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE II
ENG 361 EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENG 362 FLIGHTS TO FREEDOM: LITERATURE OF THE GREAT BLACK MIGRATIONS
ENG 368 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOICES
ENG 369 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN’S WRITING
ENG 460G STUDIES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE: (Subtitle required) 
ENG 490G STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND GENDER: (Subtitle required)
ENG 491G STUDIES IN THEORY: (Subtitle required) 
ENG 492G CULTURAL STUDIES: (Subtitle required) 
ENG 495 MAJOR HONORS SEMINAR: (Subtitle required).  This course is required for English majors who want to graduate with departmental honors.


AAS 200: Introduction to African American Studies:
AAS 235-001 (also SOC 235): Inequalities in Society:
AAS 254-001 (also HIS 254): Colonial and Post-Colonial History of Sub-Saharan Africa
AAS 261-001 (also HIS 261): African American History 1865-Present
AAS 328 (also GEO 328): Geography of Middle East and North Africa
AAS 360-001 (also HIS 360): Race and Sports in America
AAS 400-001: Special Topics in AAAS: Black Women Leaders
AAS 400-002: Special Topics in AAAS: Images of African American Women
Christina Haynes
AAS 401-001: Reading/Research in AAAS
AAS 550-001 (same as EDC 550): Education in Culturally Diverse Society
AAS 616-001 (same as EDP 616): Multicultural Psychology


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