AAS 3570 - African American History I

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or ENG 1009 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, or permission of instructor

Description: Students in this course learn about the early history of African Americans in the United States, beginning with their ancestry in West and West-Central Africa and culminating with the Civil War. Students analyze the cultural, social, economic, and political transformation of African Americans in the colonial and national history of the United States. Topics include the Atlantic Slave Trade, colonial identity, plantation slavery, slave communities, resistance, the Constitution and race, demographics of freedom, abolitionism, the Civil War and its aftermath.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS or HIS.

University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice

Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3570