Courses
Courses below with an asterisk fulfill the Africa and Americas outside of the United States portion of the major and minor. Pre-approved courses offered at Fisk may count toward elective requirements.
Areas of Study Courses
Area of Study I: Gender and Sexuality
AADS 1204: Diaspora Feminisms*
AADS 1404: Comparative Black Male Writers
AADS 2104: Popular Culture and Black Sexual Politics*
AADS 2204: Black Women and the Politics of Blackness and Beauty*
AADS 2214: History & Myth: Black Women in the United States
AADS 2294: Black Paris–Paris Noir: The African Diaspora and the City of Light*
AADS 2514: Insider/Outsider: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Trans Black Histories*
AADS 2654: Memoirs and Biographies*
AADS 3104W: Soul Food as Text in Text: An Examination of African American Foodways* AADS 3204W: African American Children’s Literature*
AADS 3214: Black Masculinity: Social Imagery and Public Policy*
AADS 4104: Environmental History, Sustainability, and African American Foodways
AADS 4264: Black Diaspora Women Writers*
Area of Study II: Literature, Theory, and Visual Culture
AADS 1016: Race Matters*
AADS 1506: Reel to Real: Film Aesthetics and Representation*
AADS 1706: Capoeira*
AADS 1716: The African City*
AADS 1906: Curating Black Lives: Imagination, Art, and Global Social Change*
AADS 2106: African Diaspora: A Problem for Thought*
AADS 2166: Blacks in Country Music
AADS 2306: Race, Mixed Race, and “Passing” *
AADS 2356: African Spirits in Exile: Diaspora Religions in the Americas*
AADS 3004: The Morrisonian Era: Toni Morrison and American Social Reality
AADS 3006: James Baldwin: Five Ways of Looking at His Life, Writing and Place*
AADS 3106: GOAT: Life, Times, and Politics of Muhammad Ali*
AADS 3206: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem in Black Detective Fiction
AADS 3306: Black Detroit
AADS 3556: The Political Economy of Racism
AADS 4126: The Black Classics*
AADS 4256: Haiti: Freedom, Democracy*
AADS 4506: Slavery and Public Memory*
Area of Study III: Social Sciences
AADS 1108: Making of the African Diaspora*
AADS 1408: Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean*
AADS 1808: On Whiteness: Whiteness, Race, and Identity*
AADS 2168: Black Migrations in the African Diaspora*
AADS 2178: Global Africa*
AADS 3178: Colonialism and After*
AADS 3208W: Blacks in the Military*
AADS 3258: Black Issues in Education
AADS 3278: Black Europe*
AADS 3458: Atlantic African Slave Trade*
AADS 4198: Global Anti-Blackness and Black Power*
AADS 4228W: Black Girlhood: History, Performance, and Counter-Narratives
AADS 4270: Research Methods
AADS 4588: The Black Studies Movement*
All Course Offerings
AADS 1001: Commons iSeminar
AADS 1010: Introduction to African American and Diaspora Studies
AADS 1016: Race Matters
AADS 1108: Making of the African Diaspora
AADS 1111: First-Year Writing Seminar
AADS 1204: Diaspora Feminisms
AADS 1404: Comparative Black Male Writers
AADS 1506: Reel to Real: Film Aesthetics and Representation
AADS 1706: Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Race, Culture, and Expression
AADS 1716: The African City: Urban Landscapes on the Page, Screen, and Canvas
AADS 1808: On Whiteness: Whiteness Studies, Race, and Identity
AADS 1906: Curating Black Lives: Imagination, Art, and Global Social Change
AADS 2104: Popular Culture and Black Sexual Politics
AADS 2106: African Diaspora: A Problem for Thought
AADS 2148: Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean
AADS 2166: African American Influences on Country Music
AADS 2168: Black Migrations in the African Diaspora
AADS 2178: Global Africa
AADS 2204: Black Women and the Politics of Blackness and Beauty
AADS 2214: History and Myth: Black Women in the United States
AADS 2294: Black Paris – Paris Noir: The African Diaspora and the City of Light
AADS 2294W: Black Paris
AADS 2306: Race, Mixed Race, and “Passing”
AADS 2308: Critical Race Theory: Race, Racism and Narratives in Education
AADS 2356: African Spirits in Exile: Diaspora Religions in the Americas
AADS 2514: Insider/Outsider: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Black Histories
AADS 2654: Memoirs and Biographies
AADS 3004: The Morrisonian Era: Toni Morrison and American Social Reality
AADS 3006: James Baldwin: Five Ways of Looking at His Life
AADS 3016: GOAT: Life, Times, and Politics of Muhammad Ali
AADS 3104W: Soul Food as Text in Text: An Examination of African American Foodways
AADS 3178: Colonialism and Its Afterlives
AADS 3204W: African American Children’s Literature
AADS 3206: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem in Black Detective Fiction
AADS 3208W: Blacks in the Military
AADS 3214: Black Masculinity: Social Imagery and Public Policy
AADS 3248: Atlantic African Slave Trade
AADS 3258: Black Issues in Education
AADS 3278: Black Europe
AADS 3278W: Black Europe
AADS 3306: Black Detroit
AADS 3336: Literatures of Protest
AADS 3556: The Political Economy of Racism: Erasures, Slavery, Eviction, and Fables of Whiteness
AADS 3611: Jazz Acting
AADS 3850: Independent Study
AADS 3880: Internship Training
AADS 3881: Internship Readings and Research
AADS 3890: Special Topics
AADS 4104: Environmental History, Sustainability, and African American Foodways
AADS 4108: Medical Apartheid: Race, Gender and Health
AADS 4126: The Black Classics
AADS 4198: Global Anti-Blackness and Black Power
AADS 4228W: Black Girlhood: History, Performance and Counter-Narratives
AADS 4256: Haiti: Freedom and Democracy
AADS 4264: Black Diaspora Women Writers
AADS 4270: Research Methods
AADS 4506: Slavery and Public Memory
AADS 4588: The Black Studies Movement
AADS 4851: Special Topics in Humanities
AADS 4852: Special Topics in Social Sciences
AADS 4979: Senior Thesis in African American and Diaspora Studies
AADS 4999: Senior Honors Thesis