AAS Courses for the 2022-2023 Academic Year
Courses for Fall 2022
AAS 010: African American Culture & Society (TBA)
AAS 012: Introduction to African Studies (S. Taodzera)
AAS 016: Verbal & Performance Arts in Africa (E. Mukiibi)
AAS 080: Introduction to Black Politics (A. Williams)
AAS 101: Introduction to Research in the Afro-American Community (E. Mukiibi)
AAS 141: Psychology of the African American Experience (TBA)
AAS 165: Afro-Christianity & the Black Church (M. Harrison)
AAS 178: African Modernity & Globalization (S. Taodzera)
AAS 181: Hip Hop in Urban America (H. Davis)
Courses for Winter 2023
AAS 018: Introduction to Caribbean Studies (B. Ng'weno)
AAS 050: Black Popular Culture (E. White)
AAS 107B: African Descent Communities & Culture in North America (E. White)
AAS 133: The Black Family in America (E. Mukiibi)
AAS 176: The Politics of Resources (S. Taodzera)
AAS 180: Race & Ethnicity in Latin America (D. Barksdale)
AAS 183A: Policing, Prison, & Protest in Local Perspective (B. Weber)
AAS 183B: Policing, Prison, & Protest in Global Perspective (B. Weber)
AAS 190: Topics in African & African-Diaspora Studies (S. Taodzera)
Courses for Spring 2023
AAS 010: African American Culture & Society (TBA)
AAS 015: Introduction to African American Humanities (TBA)
AAS 107A: African Descent Communities & Culture in the Caribbean and Latin America (B. Ng'weno)
AAS 107C: African Descent Communities & Culture in Asia (B. Ng'weno)
AAS 107D: African Descent Communities & Culture in Europe (E. White)
AAS 123: Black Female Experience in Contemporary Society (E. Mukiibi)
AAS 130: Education in the African American Community (E. Mukiibi)
AAS 185: Topics in African American Film (E. White)
AAS 190: Topics in African & African-Diaspora Studies (K. Nettles-Barcelon)
***GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY*** AAS 201: Critical Foundations in African American Studies (B. Weber)
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The African American and African Studies Department has waived prerequisite requirements for specific AAS upper division courses. The following are the AAS courses that have waived prerequisite requirements:
AAS 100—Survey of Ethnicity in the US
AAS 101—Introduction to Research in the Afro-American Community
AAS 123—Black Female Experience in Contemporary Society
AAS 133—The Black Family In America
AAS 141—Psychology of the African American Experience
AAS 145A—Black Social & Political Thought
AAS 145B—Black Intellectuals
AAS 152—Major Voices in Black World Literature
AAS 181—Hip Hop in Urban America
**For questions, please contact Katherine Ampaw-Matthei, the AAS Student Affairs Officer, at kampaw@ucdavis.edu.**
Previous Quarters -
Courses for Spring 2022
Courses for Winter 2022
Courses for Fall 2021
Courses for Spring 2021
Courses for Winter 2021
Courses for Fall 2020
Courses for Spring 2020
Courses for Winter 2020
Courses for Fall 2019
Earlier Quarter Course lists available by request.