Dr. Xochitl Shuru
Dr. Xochitl Shuru has been a professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Language for two decades. Shuru received her doctorate from the University of New Mexico. Shuru teaches the Spanish capstone, SPAN-440W, which is an elective for the AAAS Minor.
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HIST-351: Africa's Cultures of Resistance
The text focuses on a History course offered as part of the 2019-2020 course catalog and as an elective to the AAAS minor. The course is a 300-level History course. The course focuses on the various mediums in African culture that continue to act as a means of resistance. Special attention is put on music. This course is taught by Dr. Onaci.
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HIST-228: Struggle & Triumph: Modern African American History
The text focuses on a History course offered as part of the 2019-2020 course catalog and as an elective to the AAAS minor. The course is a 200-level History course. The course takes attention to African American's political, social, economic, and intellectual historical development of the United States. This historical reflection will allow for a complex understanding of today. This course is taught by Dr. Onaci.
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POL-316: African American Politics in the United States
The text focuses on a Politics course offered as part of the 2019-2020 course catalog and as an elective to the AAAS minor. The course is a 300-level Politics course. This course pays attention to the political strategies used by African Americans in the struggle for political gain in the United States. Focus is given to leadership and the power of political protest. This course is taught by unknown Faculty.
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AAAS Minor Requirements
This course details the requirements to be minor in African American & Africana Studies in the 2019-2020 course catalog. The minor requires 20 credits, 4 of which must be on AAAS-200, an introductory class. The other 16 elective credits can come for numerous different departments, and no more than 2 classes can come from one department. The AAAS program and minor aim to educate students on African American and African diasporic experiences. The current electives reflect the courses offered by the departments in the program.
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AMST-200: Issues in American Studies
Growth of the African American and Africana Studies Program at Ursinus College
Issues in American Studies (AMST-200) is an American Studies course offered as an elective of the African American and Africana Studies (AAAS) Program minor. The course is an introduction to American Studies aiming to engage students in the examination of a theme or question surrounding American society and culture. Topics vary according to the instructor but explore through readings, different disciplines.
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Growth of the African American and Africana Studies Program at Ursinus College
Dr. Jasmine Harris (middle) is pictured in the Ursinus College Ruby Yearbook of 2017. Dr. Harris is an Assistant Professor of African American and Africana Studies, Anthropology and Sociology. Dr. Harris specializes in teaching African American Experience, Contemporary Social Issues, Research Methods, Sex and Gender, and Race and Ethnic Relations. Currently, she is the professor of SOC-255 (Race and Ethnic Relations), a four-credit, elective course of the AAAS minor. The course inspects relations between racial and ethnic groups and the consequences of their positions.
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Growth of the African American and Africana Studies Program at Ursinus College
Dr. Patricia Lott (second to left top row) is pictured in the Ursinus College Ruby Yearbook of 2017. Dr. Lott is an Assistant Professor of American Studies, African American and Africana Studies, and English at Ursinus. Dr. Lott specializes in teaching Afrofuturism, Black Atlas, Death and the Black Subject, Issues in African American and Africana Studies and Race and the University. Currently, she is the professor of AAAS-200 (Issues in African American and Africana Studies), a four-credit, required course of the AAAS minor. The course is a discussion-oriented introductory seminar for the program. The course is constructed to examine African-American and Diasporic experiences and cover the history, roles, and contributions of various disciplines.
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Issues in African American and Africana Studies
African American and Africana Studies
The introduction course to African American and Africana Studies is the core requirement for the AAAS minor. This course is currently taught by Dr. Patricia Lott and is offered approximately every two years. Students in the course read a variety of text highlighting views of African history and present day African experience, and also do a digital project on Ursinus African history.
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