Black Studies

Overview

Black Studies at 十大正规网赌平台 is a transnational and interdisciplinary study of the history, scholarship, 非洲侨民的艺术和文化. 作为一个异质性和多样化的学科, 《正规博彩十大网站排名推荐》鼓励严谨的批判性思考和辩论. It engages with and expands upon the vibrant intellectual tradition of critical engagement already established at the college. Students of Black Studies learn to examine the world and their local communities with an eye to black people's important and sometimes overlooked contributions, and to understand the ways the experiences of people of African descent have shaped and continue to inform campaigns for human rights.

课程借鉴了教师在政治领域的专业知识, 国际关系, English, American Studies, History, Philosophy, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, and others. The program explores the conditions and experiences of race in the twenty-first century through a historical study of the enduring traditions of scholarship, activism, 以及整个非洲侨民社区. 学生参与黑人人口的交叉分析, 密切关注如何上课, location, gender, sexuality, 塑造了黑人的身份, 过去和现在的文化产品和政治参与形式.

主修黑人研究的学生将:

• Learn about the history and contemporary culture of people in African descent across the diaspora, including the development of foundational ideas and documents for our contemporary understanding of social justice and human rights;
• Engage in interdisciplinary and intersectional analysis of black communities in the U.S. 在国外，无论是过去还是现在;
• Contribute to longstanding discussions about the enduring effects of slavery and colonization, 种族在公民权和正义观念中的地位, 非洲人后裔在重大社会发展中的中心地位, artistic, political, 和科学)在世界各地;
• 通过出国留学体验美国以外的黑人社区;
• Have the opportunity to get involved in the local community through community-based partnerships in Los Angeles and surrounding communities;
• 毕业生准备从事法律工作, medicine, education, entertainment, 国际业务, and several others that involve communicating with and understanding people across difference and within specific communities.

Requirements

Major

Core Courses

跨学科选修课

有三个跨学科集群:历史视角, 表达形式, 政治和理论. 学生需要完成三门课程(12个单元) 跨越这些跨学科集群, with a minimum of one course (4 units) in each of the three interdisciplinary clusters.

历史的视角

Expressive Forms

政治与理论

黑人研究研讨会

Students are expected to complete two 300 level Black Studies seminars (4 units) from the following list of courses. The completion of one of these research seminars will satisfy the second-stage writing requirement.

额外的选修课

Students must take three additional electives chosen from the list of approved outside electives below, 或者任何一个黑人研究跨学科集群.

专业荣誉

要有资格获得荣誉，学生必须至少达到3分.总绩点25分，3分.专业平均绩点5分. Additionally, the student will be required to enroll in the senior seminar (currently BLST 490) in their senior year and complete a 40-page paper on a topic relevant to Black Studies. The paper must earn a grade of A- or above which is to be determined by the adviser in consultation with readers and the department chair.

Minor

The Black Studies minor is a five-course, 20-unit program consisting of one required core class (BLST 101); one elective from each interdisciplinary cluster (表达形式, 历史的视角, 政治和理论 (three courses /12 units); and one additional elective chosen from the approved Black Studies courses.

主干课程

历史的视角

这类课程中的一门.

Expressive Forms

这类课程中的一门.

政治与理论

这类课程中的一门.

额外的选修课

One course either from one of the above categories or from this list of approved outside electives.

阶段的写作

第二阶段的写作要求可以通过以下两种方式之一来满足:

Option 1

Option 2

A student may complete the 阶段的写作 Requirement in Black Studies by submitting to the chair a portfolio consisting of fifteen pages of writing submitted as a final assignment in a 300-level Black Studies designated course or a course approved by the adviser in which the student has composed a final assignment addressed specifically to the topic of Black Studies. The portfolio may include more than one essay if a single essay is less than fifteen pages in length. 投资组合将由顾问与主席协商后进行评估.

为了顺利通过第二阶段的写作要求, 提交的论文必须展示以下证据: 

• 正确使用美国学术散文的惯例，包括语法, punctuation, syntax, and vocabulary
• 正确的引用格式，最好是MLA或芝加哥手册格式
• 构建一个引人注目和清晰的论文或论点
• 有说服力地使用证据(二手资料、数据等).)来支持论文和相关主张
• Organization of the essay as a whole into a logical sequence with smooth transitions

Essays submitted as part of a portfolio will be assessed against these criteria and graded Acceptable/Unacceptable.

The course or portfolio must be completed by the end of the spring semester during the student's junior year.

Should a student not successfully complete the writing requirement by the end of their Junior year Spring semester, they will be required to submit a revised essay/portfolio to the adviser no later than the fourth week of their senior year fall semester.

全面的要求

学生必须参加高级研讨会(BLST 490)，以便为他们的综合项目开展工作. Students will complete their comprehensive requirement by submitting a 25-page paper on a topic relevant to Black Studies.