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2000-2001 Catalog |
African-American studies at The University of Montana-Missoula offers a broad historical link of African, Caribbean, and African-American experiences into the 21st century. The overall goal of the curriculum is to develop appreciation for a wholistic paradigm that is applicable to any discipline. This interdisciplinary emphasis explores a socio-historical perspective of the evolving status of African-Americans with courses internal and external to liberal studies including: anthropology, Asian studies, the arts, economics, geography, international studies, psychology, and sociology. Topics concern African heritage and African-American cultural identity, ancient African civilizations, peoples of Africa, middle passage, holocaust of African enslavement, civil war, reconstruction, Harlem renaissance, civil rights movements, Gandhi and King, and the plight of African-Americans into the 21st century.
The following courses also relate to African-American studies:
Anthropology
180S Race and Minorities
Dance
107A Jazz Dance I
Economics
332 International Economic Relations
Geography
101S Introduction to Human Geography
321S Urban Geography
History
355 The Age of the Civil War: U.S., 1830-1880
Political Science
326H Politics of Africa
Sociology
220S Race and Ethnic Relations
Courses
U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or graduate credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-6) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 220H The African/African-American: A Search for Identity 3 cr. Historical perspective linking Africans to the African-American experience. Variable topics such as ancient African civilizations, peoples of Africa, the holocaust of African enslavement, Civil War, Reconstruction Era, the civil rights movement, and the evolving status of African-Americans into the 21st century.
U 295 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 325 Sexism and Racism 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Explores the experience of women and minorities who face segregation and prejudice through the oppressive application of law and de facto law.
U 326 Violence and Nonviolence in Human Relationships 3 cr. Offered autumn even-numbered years. Study of the interrelated problems of violence in our society, in our homes, and in our personal lives. The course interrelates violence of socialization, childrearing and the problems of race and sex discrimination.
UG 327 The African-American Family 3 cr. Examination of contemporary theories and research studies of African-American families to familiarize the student with major issues within family life. Key concepts in the course are diversity, historical perspective, and social systems.
U 368E Gandhi and King: Ethics of Nonviolence 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. An examination of the writings of Gandhi and King in search of the ethical basis for their struggles for justice.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 396 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr.
U 493 Omnibus Variable cr. (R-6) Prereq., consent of instr.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr.
Faculty
Professor
Ulysses S. Doss, Ph.D., The Union Institute, 1974 (Emeritus)