University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Courses
ADS
26 courses with the subject ADS, 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.
ADS 200African American Art History 3
The development of African American art placed within the context of mainstream American art and the history of the blacks in this country.
ADS 205Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies 3
Introduction to African American and African Diaspora culture through a historical and social perspective. Includes foundational documents in American democracy.
ADS 210Blacks in American Society: Social, Economic, and Political Perspectives 3
Social, political, economic experience of blacks in the United States. Topics include the black family, Civil Rights Movement, black politicians, and blacks in the labor market.
Race is among the most fundamental, yet profoundly misunderstood, aspects of socioculture. This course seeks to provide a comprehensive look at race, especially in its sociopolitical and biocultural dimensions.
ADS 310The Portrayal of African Americans in Film 3
An examination of African American film roles as a reflector of America's perception of black character and behavior. Various film genres will be considered for insight into movie portrayals as social commentary.
ADS 315Theories and Paradigms in African American Studies 3
A concentrated examination of the theories or systematic explanations of the social, cultural, and historical phenomena and/or experiences of African Americans.
This course will serve as a general introduction to the contemporary social, economic and political facets of the African continent and its people post-independence. Students will gain theoretical perspectives for the critical understanding of the continent and its peoples and highlights the interconnections between Africa and the world at large.
Focus on the history of a relation between race and gender in Black performance as it relates to the enactment of and resistance to neocolonial, patriarchal control and captivity.
Critical survey of literature written by people of Africa and the Diaspora and their cultures, ideas, and experiences from the eighteenth century to the present.
The origins, rise, and collapse of Black Populism, the independent black political movement between Reconstruction and the consolidation of Jim Crow, in the South.
Practical experience at sites serving populations of people of African descent. Two semester meetings with program director. Students must complete 8 to 15 hours per week at site.
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Repeatable
may be repeated a maximum of 3 times for course credit, but may not exceed 6 credit hours in total.
ADS 650Topics in African American Gender Studies 3
Constructed gender identity of African Americans and intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Politics of African American gender construction, historical notions of gender performance, and aspects of black sexuality.
Implications of historical displays of Black people in relation to contemporary black performance, particularly as it involves a shift in bodies and terms.
ADS 653Perspectives on the African American Experience 3
Investigates selected individuals, events, and social and cultural movements that have fundamentally shaped the course of African American advancement in mainstream society.
