The course has two weekly lectures and discussion sections which will be supplied by quest lecturers, colloquia, and films. The Black American Family. This course provides students with an introduction to the scientific study of Black American Family life. The course meets twice weekly and employs a lecture-discussion format. The instructor will open each class with a 15-20 minute presentation to be followed by class discussion of readings and lectures.
Great emphasis is placed on development and enhancement of communication skills.
Students will be expected to take active part in class discussions. In order to do so students will need to keep up with course readings. The World of the Black Child. This course has two objectives. They are, first, to introduce key areas of research and theory related to the socialization of African-American children and, second, to facilitate critical thinking regarding this body of research and theory.