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		2008-09 Bulletin of the Duke University Graduate School

African and African American Studies (AAAS)

Professor Piot, Interim Director (141 Franklin Center); Associate Professor Neal, Director of Graduate Studies (139 Franklin Center); Professors H. Baker, Gaspar, Holloway, James, McClain, Payne, and Powell; Associate Professors L. Baker, Crichlow, Lubiano, Neal, and Piot; Assistant Professors Glymph, Holsey, and Makhulu

The African and African American Studies Program (AAASP) offers a certificate in African and African American studies. Students enrolled in doctoral programs and in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program are eligible and may work concurrently with their departments to satisfy the requirements for a certificate in African and African American studies. The curricular format is a trifold course of study that includes coursework, teaching, and research. The award of a graduate certificate is carried on the student's official transcript upon completion of the program. Students enrolled in the graduate program are eligible to apply for AAASP-sponsored teaching assistantships for undergraduate courses.

Graduate study leading to the certificate in African and African American studies encourages research and scholarship in all dimensions of the African and African American experience. The graduate program is designed to provide access for students and scholars to a broad range of information and research from the humanities and social sciences, and the arts and professions, while taking advantage of the university's distinctive resources in each of these areas of study. Approximately seventy-five faculty in nearly 34 university departments and programs participate in AAASP and are available to mentor graduate students. Graduate students enrolled in the program are encouraged to participate in all African and African American Studies Program events, and to audit the lecture series and symposia.

A brochure is available upon request giving detailed information about requirements for the graduate certificate. For further information regarding application and enrollment in the graduate certificate program in African and African American studies, contact the program's director of graduate studies.

200S. Seminar in Asian and African Cultural Studies. 3 units. C-L: see Asian and African Languages and Literature 200S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 288S, Literature 200S

210S. Black Visual Theory. 3 units. C-L: see Visual Studies 221S

213S. African Modernities. Encounters between African societies and global forces, including colonialism, capitalism, development initiatives. Instructor: Holsey. 3 units. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 203S

229S. Poverty, Inequality, and Health. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 229S

254. Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam. 3 units. C-L: see Religion 254; also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 254

262S. Minority Mental Health: Issues in Theory, Treatment, and Research (P). 3 units. C-L: see Psychology 262S

269S. Harlem Renaissance. 3 units. C-L: see Visual Studies 220S

270S. Topics in African Art. 3 units. C-L: see Art History 270S

278S. Race and American Politics (A). 3 units. C-L: see Political Science 278S; also C-L: Public Policy Studies 278S

279S. Race, Racism, and Democracy. 3 units. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology 279S

293. Special Topics in Literature and History. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.

297S. Teaching Race, Teaching Gender. Interdisciplinary analyses of the problematics of teaching about social hierarchies, especially those of race, class, and gender. Curricular content and its interaction with the social constructions of students and teachers. Instructor: Lubiano. 3 units. C-L: Women's Studies 297S, History 297S, Literature 225S

299. Special Topics. Topics vary from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.

299S. Special Topics. Seminar version of African and African American Studies 299. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.

391. Special Topics. Topics vary from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.

399. Special Readings. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.