Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. Selected topics in African American literature such as African American autobiography, Harlem Renaissance, Gwendolyn Brooks and Richard Wright, and Black American literature and aesthetics. Offered every year. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. Jazz ensemble with improvisation laboratory.
Audition is required.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year. From Africa to the Americas. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. Traditional and contemporary African American percussion music beginning with its African heritage and tracking its development throughout the Americas, with particular emphasis on the United States. No previous music performance background is required.