{"id":33,"date":"2024-04-19T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T12:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/african-american-diaspora-studies\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:25:36","slug":"undergraduate-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/african-american-diaspora-studies\/undergraduate-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"top\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/african-american-diaspora-studies\/undergraduate-courses#areas\">Areas of Study<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/african-american-diaspora-studies\/undergraduate-courses#all\">All Courses<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"areas\">Areas of Study Courses<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"area-one\">Area of Study I: Gender and Sexuality<\/h3>\n<p>AADS 1204: Diaspora Feminisms<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1404: Comparative Black Male Writers<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2104: Popular Culture and Black Sexual Politics<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2204: Black Women and the Politics of Blackness and Beauty<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2214: History &amp; Myth: Black Women in the United States<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2294: Black Paris\u2013Paris Noir: The African Diaspora and the City of Light<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2514: Insider\/Outsider: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Trans Black Histories<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2654: Memoirs and Biographies<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3104W: Soul Food as Text in Text: An Examination of African American Foodways* AADS 3204W: African American Children\u2019s Literature<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3214: Black Masculinity: Social Imagery and Public Policy<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4104: Environmental History, Sustainability, and African American Foodways<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4264: Black Diaspora Women Writers<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"area-two\">Area of Study II: Literature, Theory, and Visual Culture<\/h3>\n<p>AADS 1016: Race Matters<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1506: Reel to Real: Film Aesthetics and Representation<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1706: Capoeira<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1716: The African City<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1906: Curating Black Lives: Imagination, Art, and Global Social Change<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2106: African Diaspora: A Problem for Thought<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2166: Blacks in Country Music<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2306: Race, Mixed Race, and \u201cPassing\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2356: African Spirits in Exile: Diaspora Religions in the Americas<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3004: The Morrisonian Era: Toni Morrison and American Social Reality<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3006: James Baldwin: Five Ways of Looking at His Life, Writing and Place<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3106: GOAT: Life, Times, and Politics of Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3206: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem in Black Detective Fiction<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3306: Black Detroit<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3556: The Political Economy of Racism<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4126: The Black Classics<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4256: Haiti: Freedom, Democracy<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4506: Slavery and Public Memory<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"area-three\">Area of Study III: Social Sciences<\/h3>\n<p>AADS 1108: Making of the African Diaspora<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1408: Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1808: On Whiteness: Whiteness, Race, and Identity<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2168: Black Migrations in the African Diaspora<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2178: Global Africa<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3178: Colonialism and After<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3208W: Blacks in the Military<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3258: Black Issues in Education<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3278: Black Europe<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3458: Atlantic African Slave Trade<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4198: Global Anti-Blackness and Black Power<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4228W: Black Girlhood: History, Performance, and Counter-Narratives<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4588: The Black Studies Movement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/african-american-diaspora-studies\/undergraduate-courses#top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"all\">All Course Offerings<\/h2>\n<p>AADS 1001: Commons iSeminar<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1010: Introduction to African American and Diaspora Studies<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1016: Race Matters<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1108: Making of the African Diaspora<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1111: First-Year Writing Seminar<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1204: Diaspora Feminisms<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1404: Comparative Black Male Writers<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1506: Reel to Real: Film Aesthetics and Representation<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1706: Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Race, Culture, and Expression<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1716: The African City: Urban Landscapes on the Page, Screen, and Canvas<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1808: On Whiteness: Whiteness Studies, Race, and Identity<\/p>\n<p>AADS 1906: Curating Black Lives: Imagination, Art, and Global Social Change<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2104: Popular Culture and Black Sexual Politics<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2106: African Diaspora: A Problem for Thought<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2148: Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2166: African American Influences on Country Music<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2168: Black Migrations in the African Diaspora<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2178: Global Africa<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2204: Black Women and the Politics of Blackness and Beauty<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2214: History and Myth: Black Women in the United States<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2294: Black Paris &#8211; Paris Noir: The African Diaspora and the City of Light<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2294W: Black Paris<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2306: Race, Mixed Race, and &#8220;Passing&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2308: Critical Race Theory: Race, Racism and Narratives in Education<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2356: African Spirits in Exile: Diaspora Religions in the Americas<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2514: Insider\/Outsider: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Black Histories<\/p>\n<p>AADS 2654: Memoirs and Biographies<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3004: The Morrisonian Era: Toni Morrison and American Social Reality<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3006: James Baldwin: Five Ways of Looking at His Life<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3016: GOAT: Life, Times, and Politics of Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3104W: Soul Food as Text in Text: An Examination of African American Foodways<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3178: Colonialism and Its Afterlives<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3204W: African American Children&#8217;s Literature<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3206: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem in Black Detective Fiction<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3208W: Blacks in the Military<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3214: Black Masculinity: Social Imagery and Public Policy<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3248: Atlantic African Slave Trade<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3258: Black Issues in Education<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3278: Black Europe<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3278W: Black Europe<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3306: Black Detroit<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3336: Literatures of Protest<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3556: The Political Economy of Racism: Erasures, Slavery, Eviction, and Fables of Whiteness<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3611: Jazz Acting<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3850: Independent Study<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3880: Internship Training<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3881: Internship Readings and Research<\/p>\n<p>AADS 3890: Special Topics<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4104: Environmental History, Sustainability, and African American Foodways<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4108: Medical Apartheid: Race, Gender and Health<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4126: The Black Classics<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4198: Global Anti-Blackness and Black Power<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4228W: Black Girlhood: History, Performance and Counter-Narratives<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4256: Haiti: Freedom and Democracy<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4264: Black Diaspora Women Writers<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4506: Slavery and Public Memory<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4588: The Black Studies Movement<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4851: Special Topics in Humanities<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4852: Special Topics in Social Sciences<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4979: Senior Thesis in African American and Diaspora Studies<\/p>\n<p>AADS 4999: Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/african-american-diaspora-studies\/undergraduate-courses#top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/registrar.vanderbilt.edu\/catalogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Undergrad Catalog<\/a> \u00a0 <a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"http:\/\/yes.vanderbilt.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YES (enrolled students)<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/admissions.vanderbilt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply to Vanderbilt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courses below with an asterisk fulfill the Africa and Americas outside of the United States portion of the major and minor. 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