UWM Undergraduate Catalog 2007-08

College of Letters and Science

Africology

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Africology is the discipline that scrutinizes the life histories and prospects of peoples of primary African origin. Employing both the methods and techniques of scientific inquiry as well as the logic of normative discourse, it describes, explains, evaluates, and predicts ranges of phenomena that ground its subject matter. The major in Africology thus is designed to educate students in the best traditions of the liberal arts and sciences, providing them with a sound knowledge of the past, present, and future roles of peoples of primary African origin in the structuring of life in diverse societies.

The department’s courses are designed to satisfy the needs of at least three groups of students: those who desire to specialize in Africology, those whose career objectives make it desirable to have a knowledge of the Afroworld, and those who seek to broaden the scope of their education in the liberal arts and sciences.

Students thinking of majoring or minoring in Africology are encouraged to go to the department in Mitchell Hall 214 for assistance.

Course of Study: Major

All majors must be accepted by the department, and their programs must be arranged with a departmental advisor. To be retained as majors, students must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or better in Africology courses. A total of 39 credits is required to complete the major; 15 credits at the 300 level or above must be taken in residence at UWM.

Prospective majors must take the following courses:

Philos 211	Elementary Logic	3
Africol 215	Introduction to Black Social and Cultural Traditions	3
Africol 220	Introduction to Statistics in Africology	3

(With the approval of the department, the statistics requirement may be satisfied with another statistics course.)

Africol 222	Introduction to Research, Data Analysis, and Computer Applications in Africology	3
Africol 228	Introduction to Black Political Economy	3

Africology 100 is recommended strongly; however, 100-level courses do not count toward the major, although they do prepare students for higher-level Africology courses.

An additional 24 credits are required. Majors specialize in one of two options: Political Economy or Culture and Society. Students also must complete a research experience in the major. Contact the Department for more information about this requirement.

Option A: Political Economy. A minimum of 24 credits; six may be taken from Option B, and at least 15 must be taken at or above the 300 level.

Africol 235¹	African Americans and South Africa	3
Africol 239	International Relations of African States	3
Africol 300	Urban Violence	3
Africol 321	Black Workers in Technologic Society	3
Africol 322	Order and Disorder: The Quest for Social Justice	3
Africol 323	Capitalism, Socialism, Nationalism, and Fascism	3
Africol 326	Economic Problems of Black Business	3
Africol 329	Problems and Prospects of U.S./Africa Economic Relations	3
Africol 334 (234)¹	Survey of Black American and Black Brazilian Societies	3
Africol 341	Black Politics and City Government	3
Africol 344	Political Movements and Organizations in the Afroworld	3
Africol 361	Philosophy and Thought in the Afroworld I	3
Africol 362	Philosophy and Thought in the Afroworld II	3
Africol 381¹	Honors Seminar: (Subtitle)	3H
Africol 411¹	Change in African-American Communities	3
Africol 412	Blacks and the United States Constitution	3
Africol 416	Race, Injustice, and Change in America	3
Africol 417	Race, Class, and Gender in Southern Africa	3
Africol 418	Race, Class, and Gender in the Caribbean	3
Africol 420	The Political Economy of Slavery	3
Africol 489¹	Internship in Africology, Upper Division	1-6
Africol 565¹	Selected Texts/Topics in Africology: (Subtitle)	3
Africol 699¹	Independent Study	1-6

Option B: Culture and Society. A minimum of 24 credits; 6 may be taken from Option A, and at least
15 must be taken at or above the 300 level.

Africol 205	The Poetry of African, African-American, and Caribbean Writers	3
Africol 2l0	The African-American Novel	3
Africol 218	Conflict and Cooperation in Black-White Relations	3
Africol 232	Survey of African Societies and Cultures	3
Africol 235¹	African Americans and South Africa	3
Africol 250	Black Women and White Women in the Contemporary United States	3
Africol 26l	Survey of African-American Political Philosophy	3
Africol 265	Psychological Effects of Racism	3
Africol 311	African Religious Thought and Social Organizations	3
Africol 312	The Church in African-American Life	3
Africol 314	The School in African-American Life	3
Africol 319	History of Blacks in the American City	3
Africol 320	Black Cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Africol 334 (234)¹	Survey of Black American and Black Brazilian Societies	3
Africol 350	The Black Family	3
Africol 351	Sex, Marriage, and Health Care in the Afroworld	3
Africol 352	Extended Families in Black Societies	3
Africol 369	Mass Media and Black Self-Images	3
Africol 372	African-American Literary Movements: The Harlem Renaissance	3
Africol 381¹	Honors Seminar: (Subtitle)	3H
Africol 402	Black Personality Development	3
Africol 411¹	Change in African-American Communities	3
Africol 414	The Black Woman in America, Africa, and the Caribbean	3
Africol 450	Cultural Transmissions: Black Africa and Black America	3
Africol 451	Rites of Passage in Black Societies	3
Africol 489¹	Internship in Africology, Upper Division	1-6
Africol 565¹	Selected Texts/Topics in Africology: (Subtitle)	3
Africol 699¹	Independent Study	1-6

¹These courses may count as either Option A or B.

Course of Study: Minor

The purpose of the minor is to expose to students a range of concepts, theories, and phenomena that ground the discipline of Africology. Students are required to take 18 credits, of which at least 12 must be upper-division credits (300 level or above); of these upper-division credits, at least 6 must be from courses satisfying Option A of the major in Africology and at least 6 must be from courses satisfying Option B of the Africology major. Nine credits at the 300 level or above must be taken in residence at UWM.

Crosslisted Courses

The following courses offered by the Department of English may be used to satisfy the requirements of the undergraduate major or minor in Africology.

English 517	Studies in African-American Literature: (Subtitle)
English 631	Seminar in African-American Literature: (Subtitle)

Faculty

Osei-Mensah Aborampah, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bartholomew Armah, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame

Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Prof., Ph.D.
The American University

Abera Gelan, Asst. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Sandra E. Jones, Asst. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Joyce F. Kirk, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D., Chair
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ahmed F. Mbalia, Senior Lect., Ph.D.
University of Maryland, College Park

Doreatha D. Mbalia, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Urbana

Winston Van Horne, Prof., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

Erin N. Winkler, Asst. Prof., Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley

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