Black Studies

College of Ethnic Studies
Dean: D. Phillip McGee

Department of Black Studies
PSY 103
415-338-2698
Chair: Wade W. Nobles (Acting)

Faculty

 Professors--Head, McGee, Nobles, T'Shaka, Yansane

Associate Professor--Richards

Programs

B.A. in Black Studies

Minor in Black Studies

Program Scope

The general goals within the course structure of the Black Studies major are to relate logical, artistic, and scientific principles to events both historical and current in the Black community. Particular emphasis is given to content and data accumulated in the behavioral sciences, humanities, and creative arts. Social institutions which directly affect the Black community and the constraints operating on them will be analyzed.

The principal objectives of the program are to provide an opportunity for an integrated liberal arts major in Black Studies for those students interested in the education and development of the Black and global community.

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BLACK STUDIES

Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (consult Index for page reference).

The Bachelor of Arts in Black Studies includes basic core courses (27 units), an area of concentration (12 units), and electives on advisement (6 units).

Units

Program

BL S 101	Introduction to Black Studies		3

BL S 200	Introduction to Black Psychology		3

BL S 201	Black Involvement in Scientific 

Development			3

BL S 210	Introduction to Black Literature		3

BL S 300	From Africa to America		3

BL S 302	Black Diaspora		3

BL S 340	Economics of the Black Com-

munity			3

BL S 516	Research Methods		3


BL S 551	Field Work in Black Studies		3

Total for core		27

Area of Concentration(chosen from one of 

the following)		12

Electives upon advisement from Black Studies 


or related area		6

Total for major		45

Black Humanities Concentration

 
Units selected on advisement		12

BL S 221	Afro-American Music: A 20th 

Century Survey

BL S 225	Images and Issues in Black Visual

Media

BL S 301	Africa in Global Perspectives

BL S 303	Afro-American History

BL S 400	Black Arts and Humanities

BL S 411	African--African-American 

Literature

BL S 420	Black Fiction

BL S 430	Black Poetry

BL S 440	Black Oratory

BL S 450	Black Philosophy

BL S 617	Black Dance Experience

BL S 660	Black Journalism

Black Behavioral and Social Sciences
Concentration

 
Units selected on advisement		12

BL S 111	Black Cultures and Personalities

BL S 206	Black Child Development

BL S 215	Introduction to Black Family 

Studies

BL S 301	Africa in Global Perspectives

BL S 303	Afro-American History

BL S 310	Anthropology of Blackness

BL S 320	Black Politics, Mass Movements, 

and Liberation Themes

BL S 326	Black Religion

BL S 330	Sociological Dimensions of the 

Black Experience

BL S 370	Health, Medicine, and Nutrition 

in the Black Community

BL S 515	Black Family Studies

BL S 555	Pigmentation and the Experience 

of Color

BL S 610	Art, Myth, and Religion

BL S 655	Selected Topics in Black 

Studies (1-3)

MINOR PROGRAM IN BLACK STUDIES

 
BL S 101	Introduction to Black Studies		3

BL S 200	Introduction to Black Psychology		3

BL S 201	Black Involvement in Scientific 

Development			3

BL S 210	Introduction to Black Literature		3

BL S 300	From Africa to America		3

BL S 302	Black Diaspora		3

BL S 340	Economics of the Black 

Community			3


BL S 516	Research Methods		3

Total		24