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AAS Courses for the 2024-25 Academic Year

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Courses for Fall 2024

AAS 010: African American Culture & Society (A. Williams)

AAS 016: Verbal & Performance Arts in Africa (E. Mukiibi)

AAS 052: African Traditional Religion (M. Adejunmobi)

AAS 107A: African Descent Communities & Culture in the Caribbean & Latin America (B. Ng'weno)

AAS 107C: African Descent Communities & Culture in Asia (B. Ng'weno)

AAS 110: West African Social Organization (M. Adejunmobi)

AAS 123: Black Female Experience in Contemporary Society (E. Mukiibi)

AAS 130: Education in the African American Community (L. Winn)

AAS 170: African American Film and Video

AAS 190: AIDS, Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Black Communities (A. Johnson)

Courses for Winter 2025

AAS 012: Introduction to African Studies (S. Taodzera)

AAS 017: Women in African Societies (M. Adejunmobi)

AAS 018: Introduction to Caribbean Studies (Ng'weno)

AAS 050: Black Popular Culture (E. White)

AAS 103: Black Human Rights (B. Weber)

AAS 107B: African Descent Communities & Culture in North America (E. White)

AAS 145A: Black Social & Political Thought (A. Williams)

AAS 183B: Policing, Prison, & Protest in Global Perspective (B. Weber)

AAS 181: Hip Hop in Urban America (A. Johnson)

AAS 190: Topics in African & African-Diaspora Studies- Anti-Black Racism in Medicine (A. Johnson)

AAS 194HA: Special Study for Honors Students (M. Harrison)

AAS 204: Methodologies in African American and African Studies (B. Ng'weno)

Courses for Spring 2025

AAS 080-1: Introduction to Black Politics (A. Williams)

AAS 080-2: Introduction to Black Politics (K. Nettles-Barcelon)

AAS 100: Survey of Ethnicity in the US (B. Weber)

AAS 101: Introduction to Research in the Afro-American Community (E. Mukiibi)

AAS 107D: African Descent Communities & Culture in Europe (E. White)

AAS 111: Cultural Politics in Contemporary Africa (M. Adejunmobi)

AAS 116: Presidential Politics in Africa (S. Taodzera)

AAS 133: Black Family (E. Mukiibi)

AAS 176: The Politics of Resources (S. Taodzera)

AAS 185: Topics in African American Film (E. White)

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. If you have questions about this, please contact Katherine Ampaw-Matthei, the Student Affairs Officer, at kampaw@ucdavis.edu. The following are the AAS courses that have waived prerequisite requirements:

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