Courses

Fall 2024

ANTH 020J. Dance and Diaspora
- (Cross-listed as DANC 025A)
- Writing course.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, GSST, GLBL-Core
- Chakravorty.
BLST 007A. More Than a Drum Line: Exploring the Legacies of HBCU Marching Band Traditions
- (Cross-listed as MUSI 007A)
- Stewart.
BLST 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- (Cross-listed with ENVS 007)
- Eligible for Eligible for BLST, ENVS, ESCH
- Berger.
BLST 010. FYS: Blackness in the Crosshairs: Living (and dying) in an Anti-Black World
- (Cross-listed as SOCI 005C)
- Veras.
BLST 015. Introduction to Black Studies
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Batts.
BLST 038. Blackness on Film and Video
- Eligible for FMST
- Batts.
BLST 050. Fanon: From the Postcolonial to the Philosophical
- Smith.
BLST 067. James Baldwin's Civil Rights
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 067)
- Eligible for ASAM
- Foy.
DANC 025A. Dance and Diaspora
- (Cross-listed as ANTH 020J)
- Writing course.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, GSST, GLBL-Core, ASAM
- Chakravorty.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043 or permission from instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
ECON 081. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC, GLBL-core
- O'Connell.
EDUC 068. Urban Education
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020B)
- Eligible for BLST, LALS, ESCH, ASAM
- Liu.
ENGL 067. James Baldwin's Civil Rights
- Cross-listed as BLST 067
- Eligible for BLST, ASAM.
- Foy.
ENVS 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- (Cross-listed as BLST 007)
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, ESCH.
- Berger.
ENVS 025. The Environmental History of Africa
- (Cross-listed as HIST 089)
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS
- Burke.
HIST 050. Healing in the Black Atlantic
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST, LALS. Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality; Science, Medicine, and Environment
- Mitchell.
HIST 089. The Environmental History of Africa
- Cross-listed as ENVS 025
- Eligible for BLST. Concentrations: Empires and Nations, Science, Medicine, and Environment
- Burke.
LING 025. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture, and Society (LCS)
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 040B)
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH.
- Fuller Medina.
MUSI 005A. Music and Dance Cultures of the World
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020D)
- Writing course.
- Eligible for GLBL - Core, BLST
- Stewart.
MUSI 007A. More Than a Drum Line: Exploring the Legacies of HBCU Marching Band Traditions
- BLST 007A
- Eligible for BLST
- Stewart.
RELG 010. African American Religions
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH, PEAC
- Chireau.
RELG 029. Islam, Race, and Anti-Blackness
- Eligible for BLST
- al-Jamil.
SOAN 020B. Urban Education
- (Cross-listed as EDUC 068)
- Eligible for BLST, LALS, ESCH
- Liu.
SOAN 040B. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture and Society
- (Cross-listed as LING 025)
- Eligible for ESCH.
- Fuller Medina.
SOCI 005C. FYS: Blackness in the Crosshairs: Living (and dying) in an Anti-Black World
- (Cross-listed as BLST 010)
- Eligible for BLST
- Veras.
SOCI 007B. Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in the United States
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Veras.
SOCI 048L. Urban Crime and Punishment
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Johnson.

Spring 2025

BLST 011. Black Theater & Performance
- (Cross-listed THEA 010)
- Wooden.
BLST 039. Black Health Futures
- Batts.
BLST 040G. Between the "Is" and the "Ought" Black Social and Political Thought
- (Cross-listed as SOCI 048G)
- Johnson.
BLST 042. Black Feminist and Queer Contemporary Culture
- Eligible for GSST
- Batts.
BLST 048I. Race and Place: A Philadelphia Story
- (Cross-listed as SOCI 048I)
- Johnson.
BLST 060. Early Black Media Cultures
- ENGL 060
- Eligible for BLST
- Cohen.
BLST 064A. The New Negro Versus Jim Crow
- (Cross-listed with ENGL 064A)
- Foy.
BLST 133. Race, Boyhood, and Education
- (Cross-listed as EDUC 133)
- Eligible for BLST, GSST
- Nelson.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 049C. Repertory/Ensemble: African Diaspora Traditions
- Prerequisite:
  Permission of the instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043 or permission from instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
EDUC 133. Race, Boyhood, and Education
- (Cross-listed as BLST 133)
- Eligible for BLST, GSST.
- Nelson.
ENGL 060. Early Black Media Cultures
- (Cross-listed as BLST 060)
- Eligible for BLST.
- Cohen.
ENGL 064A. The New Negro Versus Jim Crow
- Cross-listed as BLST 064A
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Foy.
HIST 007A. Black Atlantic History I: Slavery and Revolutions
- Eligible for BLST, GSST, LALS. Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance
- Mitchell.
LING 026. Sociolinguistics of Creole Languages (LCS)
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 026)
- Eligible for AFST at BMC and HAV, BLST, ESCH, GLBL, LALS
- Fuller Medina.
MUSI 009B. Music as Oral Tradition
- Eligible for GLBL - Paired, Lang Engaged Scholarship, BLST
- Stewart.
POLS 028. The Urban Underclass and Public Policy (AP)
- Prerequisite:
  POLS 002
- Eligible for BLST.
- Reeves.
SOCI 016B. Research Methods in Social Science (M)
- Eligible for BLST.
- Su Ya.
SOCI 048I. Race and Place: A Philadelphia Story
- (Cross-listed with BLST 048I)
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH, PEAC
- Johnson.
SOCI 127. Race Theories
- Eligible for BLST
- Veras.
THEA 010. Black Theater and Performance
- Wooden.

Fall 2025

ANTH 023C. Anthropological Perspectives on Conservation
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, GLBL- core
- Schuetze.
BLST 010. FYS: Blackness in the Crosshairs: Living (and dying) in an Anti-Black World
- (Cross-listed as SOCI 005C)
- Veras.
BLST 015. Introduction to Black Studies
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Staff.
BLST 017. Introduction to Black Queer Studies
- Eligible for GSST
- Smith.
BLST 064B. Black Renaissance and Resistance
- (Cross-listed with ENGL 064B)
- Foy.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043 or permission from instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
ECON 082. Political Economy of Africa
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Eligible for BLST, PEAC, GLBL-Paired
- O'Connell.
ENGL 064B. Black Renaissance and Resistance
- Cross-listed as BLST 064B
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Foy.
HIST 053. History of the Black Body
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST, GSST. Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality, Science, Medicine, and Environment
- Mitchell.
POLS 063. African Politics (CP)
- Eligible for BLST; GLBL-Paired; PEAC
- Paddon Rhoads.
SOAN 040B. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture and Society
- (Cross-listed as LING 025)
- Eligible for ESCH.
- Staff.
SOCI 007B. Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in the United States
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Veras.
SOCI 016B. Research Methods in Social Science (M)
- Eligible for BLST.
- Su Ya.
SOCI 030C. The Black Atlantic: Diasporic Perspectives and Resistance
- (Cross-listed as BLST 030C)
- Eligible for BLST
- Veras.
SOCI 138. Du Bois and the 21st Century Color Line
- (Cross-listed as BLST 138)
- Eligible for BLST
- Johnson.

Spring 2026

ANTH 003G. First-Year Seminar: Development and its Discontents(W)
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, PEAC, ESCH, GLBL - Core
- Schuetze.
BLST 009. Blackness In and Out of the Museum
- (Cross-listed as ARTH 080)
- Batts.
BLST 030C. The Black Atlantic: Diasporic Perspectives and Resistance
- (Cross-listed as SOCI 030C)
- Eligible for BLST
- Veras.
BLST 042. Black Feminist and Queer Contemporary Culture
- Eligible for GSST
- Batts.
BLST 045. Remapping Caribbean Spaces
- Smith.
BLST 064C. Black Protest and Possibility
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 064C)
- Foy.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 049C. Repertory/Ensemble: African Diaspora Traditions
- Prerequisite:
  Permission of the instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043 or permission from instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
ECON 073. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Eligible for BLST, GSST
- Staff.
ENGL 064C. Black Protest and Possibility
- Cross-listed as BLST 064C
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Foy.
ENVS 043. Race, Gender, Class, and the Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 089, SOAN 020M)
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, ESCH, GLBL - Core, GSST
- Di Chiro.
HIST 007B. Black Atlantic History 2: Freedom and Anticolonial Movements
- Eligible for BLST, LALS. Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance
- Mitchell.
HIST 050. Healing in the Black Atlantic
- Writing course.
- Eligible for BLST, LALS. Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality; Science, Medicine, and Environment
- Mitchell.
HIST 090T. African Nationalism and Postcolonialism: 1940-1980
- Eligible for BLST, GLBL-paired. Concentrations: Empires and Nations, Migration, Diaspora, and Space
- Burke.
SOAN 020M. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 043, ENGL 089)
- Eligible for ENVS, GSST, BLST, GLBL-core, ESCH
- Di Chiro.
SOCI 048G. Between the "Is" and the "Ought" Black Social and Political Thought
- (Cross-listed as BLST 040G)
- Eligible for BLST
- Johnson.

Fall 2026

DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043 or permission from instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
HIST 008C. From Leopold to Kabila: The Bad Twentieth Century in Central Africa
- Eligible for BLST. Concentrations: Domination and Resistance, Migration, Diaspora and Space
- Burke.

Spring 2027

DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 049C. Repertory/Ensemble: African Diaspora Traditions
- Prerequisite:
  Permission of the instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043 or permission from instructor.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
HIST 007A. Black Atlantic History I: Slavery and Revolutions
- Eligible for BLST, GSST, LALS. Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance
- Mitchell.
HIST 031. France in Algeria, France and Algerians, 1830-present
- Prerequisite:
  Department prereq of a previous history course, or permission of instructor.
- Eligible for BLST, ISLM, PEAC. Concentrations: Domination and Resistance, Empires and Nations
- Brown.

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