Black Studies

College of Ethnic Studies
Dean: D. Phillip McGee

Department of Black Studies
PSY 103
415-338-2698
Chair: Theophile Obenga

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

Online course descriptions are available.

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).

Program Units
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
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

Program Units
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