The course will also assess the social, political, economic, and psychological impact of the slave trade on Africa and Africans and trace the links between the slave trade and the origins of European colonialism in Africa. The subject matter of the course will be covered mostly in seminars but also in lectures by the instructor. This course facilitates the development of an expanded knowledge base and strategies to support evaluation of knowledge construction and representation of the Africana experience across the school curriculum. Collaborative learning about holistic, culturally relevant approaches to teaching and learning about the Africana experience is stressed. An individualized program of faculty supervision of the student in the process of devising, designing, researching, writing and submitting a master's thesis.
Meetings depend on number of credits the student takes.