Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

90 / AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
Spring Semester S.H.
or
AFAM 208 Social Research Methods . . .3
or
POLS 210
SOCL 109
Empirical Approaches . . . . .(3)
Social Research Methods . .(3)
or
or
HIST ___
PHIL 160
THST ___
University Core .....................3
Phil. of Human Nature ........(3)
University Core ...................(3)
____ ___ Critical/Creative Arts Core ......3
____ ___ Science Core ........................3
____ ___ Elective................................3
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15
Junior Year
Fall Semester S.H.
AFAM 335 Socl of the Black Comm . . . .3
AFAM ___ AFAM Upper Division . . . . . .3
or
PHIL ___
THST ___
Upper Division PHIL..............3
Upper Division THST...........(3)
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Spring Semester S.H.
AFAM ___ AFAM Upper Division . . . . . .3
AFAM ___ AFAM Upper Division . . . . . .3
or
PHIL ___
THST ___
Upper Division PHIL..............3
Upper Division THST...........(3)
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Senior Year
Fall Semester S.H.
AFAM ___ AFAM Upper Division . . . . . .3
AFAM ___ AFAM Upper Division . . . . . .3
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Spring Semester S.H.
AFAM 497 Senior Seminar . . . . . . . . . .3
AFAM ___ AFAM Upper Division . . . . . .3
____ ___ Upper Division Elective . . . . .3
____ ___ Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Students may take no more than ten upper division
courses in any one department, except for Philosophy, in
which the maximum is thirteen.
AFAM 115
Introduction to African American Studies
3 Semester Hours
An introductory course designed to give an overview of
African American Studies in order to familiarize the
student with the history, culture, aspirations, and
contemporary issues of the African American experience.
AFAM 150
Black Cultural Arts
3 Semester Hours
A study of Black American art forms, such as music,
dance, theatre, film, painting, sculpture, and literature, as
they have developed in the African Diaspora from slavery
to the modern age.
AFAM 155
African American History
3 Semester Hours
An analysis of the historical forces which shaped the
African American experience in America from past to
present.
AFAM 198
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
AFAM 199
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
AFAM 208
Social Research Methods
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to scientific inquiry and research methods
in the social sciences with special emphasis on African
Americans.