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31 courses with the subject AFR, 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.

AFR 100African Art and Culture3

Description: History of African Art, from antiquity to present, in relation to the cultures which produced the art. Examination of representative African forms. West, East, and Central Africa. Introduction to historic African Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 110African American Dance Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with DAN 117 ) This is the first course in the AFR 110 - AFR 111 sequence. Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Dance Ensemble Productions. Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 111African American Dance Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with DAN 118 ) This is the second course in the AFR 110 - AFR 111 sequence. Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Dance Ensemble Productions. Offered: Fall Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 112A Survey of the Art of African American Dancers and Choreographers3

Description: (Dual listed with DAN 125 ) An introduction to the contributions of African American creative and performing artists to the development of social and theatrical dance in America. Classroom demonstrations by representative artists and field trips to danc Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 113African American Dance Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with DAN 217 ) This is the first course in the AFR 113 - AFR 114 sequence. Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Dance Ensemble productions. Offered: Fall Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 114African American Dance Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with DAN 218 ) This is the second course in the AFR 113 - AFR 114 sequence. Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Dance Ensemble productions. Offered: Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 130African American Literature I3

Description: (Dual listed with ENG 207 ) This course covers development of African American literature from early slave narratives and folklore following the advent of the trans-Atlantic slave trade through the Revolutionary, pre- and post-Civil War periods, to the Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 131African American Literature II3

Description: (Dual listed with ENG 208 ) The course examines the ideas, themes, and aesthetics in literature by African Americans from the 1930s to the present. Writers such as West, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hayden, Alice Walker, To Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 140African American History I3

Description: (Dual listed with HIS 176 ) A survey of the African American experience in the New World, from the advent of the African slave trade to the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era. Emphasis centers on the African background, the cultural heritage of the Af Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 141African American History II3

Description: (Dual listed with HIS 177 ) A survey of the African American experience since the Reconstruction Era to the post-World War II period and the current scene. Emphasis centers on the Civil Rights Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Revolution and t Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 142History of African Civilization3

Description: The course concentrates on the traditional African ways of life and the African responses, political and cultural, to the colonial experience. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 143History of Contemporary Africa3

Description: (Dual listed with HIS 110 ) The study of African independence movements; discussion of the problems of post-independent Africa, such as nation building, strategies of development, education, pan-Africanism; and problems of democracy in southern Africa. Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 150African American Choral Ensemble1

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 129 ) This is the first course in the AFR 150 -151 sequence. Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Choral Ensemble productions. (3 hours) Offered: Fall Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 151African American Choral Ensemble1

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 130 ) This is the second course in the AFR 150 - AFR 151 sequence. Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Choral Ensemble performances. (3 hours) Offered: Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 152Perspective on Jazz3

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 207 ) This course is designed to explore the inception and evolution of jazz, its styles and influence on other musical types. Included is the heritage of the African American: i.e., spirituals, work songs, blues, with emphasis on Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 153African American Choral Ensemble1

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 229 ) Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Choral Ensemble productions. (3 hours) Offered: Fall Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 154African American Choral Ensemble1

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 229 - MUS 230 ) Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Choral Ensemble productions. (3 hours) Offered: Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 155African American Music3

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 205 ) In addition to an evaluation of the basic musical materials of African American music and its effects on other music forms, an historical/philosophical/political analysis and survey are also included. Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 170Black Social Philosophy3

Description: (Dual listed with PHI 108 ) An examination of the social philosophy of thinkers such as Du Bois, Garvey, King and Fanon. Particular attention is paid to oppression and the struggle for self-identity. The ideals of freedom, equality, justice and communit Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 185African American Culture3

Description: (Dual listed with SOC 214 ) A comprehensive survey of the various aspects of the lives, life-styles, values, art forms and social impacts of the African American. The course includes the varying lifestyles at different socioeconomic levels; speech patte Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 186The African American Family3

Description: (Dual listed with SOC 219 ) Sociological approaches to the African American family. Topics include interactions with public and social institutions, male/female relationships, state of the extended family, identity as a socialization agent, courtship, s Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 190Introduction to Black Theatre in America3

Description: (Dual listed with THR 102 ) An introduction to the literature and artists of the contemporary African American theatre. The course includes representative playwrights, actors and technicians as speakers in the class and field trips to theatre production Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 191African American Theatre Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with THR 117 ) Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Theatre Ensemble productions. Offered: Fall Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 192African American Theatre Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with THR 118 ) Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Theatre Ensemble productions. Offered: Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 193African American Theatre Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with THR 217 ) Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Theatre Ensemble productions. Offered: Fall Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 194African American Theatre Ensemble, Rehearsal and Performance1

Description: (Dual listed with THR 218 ) Participation in the production, rehearsal and performance of the African American Theatre Ensemble productions. Offered: Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 197Communications in Black America3

Description: (Dual listed with COM 130 ) A study of how oral communication functions in various relationships. Emphasis on discussion, group exercises, role playing. The role of oral communication in the Black experience. Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 200History of the Black Woman3

Description: (Dual listed with HIS 178 ) A historical examination of the image, role and treatment of the Black Woman in America from the Age of Slavery to the advent of the feminist movement and the contemporary scene. Emphasis centers on the burdens of racism, sex Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 203The Afro-Caribbean World3

Description: (Dual listed with HIS 221 ) A historical presentation of the African experience in the Caribbean nations of Cuba, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the nations of the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago. Emphasis centers on Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 295Independent Study-Africa3

Description: Formerly AFR 699. Students who have completed AFR 699 will not receive credit for AFR 295 . Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
AFR 297Introduction to Reggae Music3

Description: (Dual listed with MUS 297 ) This course traces the roots of Jamaican music, popularly known as Reggae, examining its cultural-historical influences from Africa and its diaspora, analyzing the works of key performers, musicians, producers, as well as con Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
AFR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu

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