Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program examines, from numerous disciplinary perspectives, the experiences of people of African descent in Black Atlantic societies, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Students in the department explore the historical, cultural, political, economic, and social development of Black Atlantic societies. The major demands that students acquire both an analytic ability rooted in a traditional discipline and interdisciplinary skills of investigation and research. Students majoring in African American Studies are required to choose an area of concentration, comprised of five courses. This cluster of interrelated courses is intended to ground the student's learning experience in one area of investigation. Often students will choose an area of concentration in a traditional discipline such as political science, sociology, American studies, history, or English language and literature. (This strategy is especially helpful for students planning to fulfill the requirements of two majors.) Students can also construct interdisciplinary areas of concentration that span traditional departments and encompass broader theoretical frameworks such as race and ethnicity, cultural studies, or feminism and gender studies. All majors are encouraged to take upper-level courses as part of their concentration, especially those courses centering on research and methodology. None of the seven required courses in African American Studies may be counted among the five electives in the area of concentration.

Modul program

The modules are AFAM 019a, Representing U,S, Slavery, AFAM 026a, The Black Arts Movement, AFAM 095b, African American Freedom Movements in the Twentieth Century, AFAM 160a, African American History, 1500–1888,, AFAM 162b, African American History: From Emancipation to the Present, AFAM 167b, African American Women's History, AFAM 253b, Jazz in Transition, 1960–1980, AFAM 279a, Black Women's Literature, AFAM 280a, Black and Jewish Community Politics, AFAM 282a, Poverty Under Postindustrial Capitalism, AFAM 283a, Voting Rights and Representation, AFAM 294a, African American Literature I: 1740–1900, AFAM 295b, African American Literature II: 1900–1970, AFAM 296b, African American Literature III: 1970 to the Present, AFAM 302a, Music and Poetics in the African Diaspora, AFAM 304b, Toni Morrison, AFAM 319a, Technology and the Black Experience, AFAM 333b, Critical Ethnography: Methods, Ethics, Poetics, AFAM 345a, Law, Race, and Narrative, AFAM 347a, Caribbean Lives: Psychosocial Aspects, AFAM 368a, Interraciality and Hybridity, AFAM 383b, The Two Congos: Literature and Culture in the Heart of Africa, AFAM 387b, The Electric Music of Miles Davis, AFAM 389b, Sexuality in African American Literature and Popular Culture, AFAM 406b, Autobiography in America, AFAM 408a, African American Poets of the Modern Era, AFAM 410b, Interdisciplinary Approaches to African American Studies AFAM 421b, Race and Ethnicity in American Politics, AFAM 427a, Rise and Fall of Atlantic Slavery, AFAM 471a, Independent Study: African American Studies, AFAM 472b, Independent Study: African American Studies, AFAM 480a, Senior Colloquium: African American Studies, AFAM 491a, The Senior Essay, AFAM 491b, The Senior Essay.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students will be selected based on their academic performance. They should have Either the SAT I and two SAT II Subject Tests, or the ACT, with only two exceptions. Students whose home countries (e.g., mainland China) do not have a testing center are exempt. In addition, students enrolled in A-level programs may use completed A-level results as a substitute for the SAT II Subject Tests on a one-for-one basis provided official test results arrive at Yale by February of the application year. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for any applicant whose first language is not English and who has not received at least two years of his or her secondary education in an English-medium curriculum. A minimum score of 600 is expected on the paper-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 100 is expected on the Internet-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 7 is expected on the IELTS exam.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Yale University

Nama jurusan

Yale College