4 courses with the subject BLST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
BLST 150Introduction to Black Studies3
Attributes: HU, LA This course chronologically explores the Black experience from a number of perspectives. Students study the progression of Black political and social thought, engagement and protest, and the struggle to enact change. Students gain a comprehensive introduction to the social, political, legal, and economic roots of the contemporary challenges faced by Blacks, with applications to the lives of other racial and ethnic groups in the United States and in other societies.
BLST 220The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements3
Attributes: HU, LA This course examines the origins, evolution, and outcomes of the Black freedom struggle, focusing on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. The course assesses the roles played by individuals, movements, governments, and political leaders in the process of social change. Leaders such as Martin Luther King and his nonviolent protest during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, Malcolm X and his call for Black pride, economic uplift, and self-determination, as well as the Black Panther movement and their fight against police repression will be discussed. Close attention is paid to the roles of organizations, resources, leadership, recruitment, commitment, values, ideology, political culture, gender, and counter-movements.
BLST 230Contemporary Issues in the Black Community3
Attributes: HU, LA Students engage in an exploration of the social, political, cultural and economic issues in the Black community. Topics include health, education, and policing in Black communities. This course provides insight on the extent to which these issues affect the Black individual and family in their interaction with the majority of American society.
BLST 240The Caribbean: History, People, and Culture3
Attributes: GL, HU, LA This course explores Caribbean society from the Columbian era to the period of emancipation. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it focuses on the foundations of Caribbean civilizations in the English-, French-, and Spanish-speaking areas of the region. Students use a variety of primary sources, including film, music, memoirs, and diaries to explore the unmaking and making of empire in the Anglophone, Francophone, and Hispanic Caribbean through the everyday lives of inhabitants of the islands. Additionally, the course will examine the ways that Caribbean people have shaped and engaged narratives of the past and aspirations for the future.
