• AAST 3110: AA Exp After 1865

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Experience of African Americans in the United States. Begins with the emancipation of the slaves and traces the evolution of "black" culture and identity; the construction and destruction of racial segregation, and the continuing struggle for freedom. Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or 3 hours in history.
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• AAST 3120: Africa Since 1800

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Survey of African history from the onset of the 19th century to the present day. Designed to provide an introduction to the main historical themes of the African past and an understanding of some of the main issues confronting Africa today. Cross listed with HIST 3120. Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course, or AAST/HIST 2360.
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• AAST 3130: Global Impact Afric Cultures

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines concepts of culture and value systems as applied to Africa and African-derived cultures and the impact on civilizations around the globe. Using the lens of the Diaspora, examines aspects of African culture on the African continent along with the traditions, experiences, socialization, and histories that continue for dispersed peoples of African descent. Prerequisite: : AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course.
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• AAST 3260: African Spirits in New World

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Begins with Yoruba roots in Africa travels with the African diaspora focusing on spirit possession in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santeria, Jamaican Revival Zion, Jamaican Rastafarianism, Brazilian Candomblé, and "Black Church" in the United States using ethnography and postcolonial theory of religious studies. Cross listed with RELI 3260. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000 level course or RELI 1000.
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• AAST 3400: Orig African America

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Deals with the introduction of slavery into sugar plantations off the coast of West Africa in the 15th Century, CE; the Atlantic slave trade; the development of plantation societies in the "New World;" the Haitian Revolution; and the end of the legal slave trade to Anglophone America. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 or 3 hours of history; and WA.
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• AAST 3450: Emerg African Amer

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Looks, comparatively, at the slavery experience in sugar, cotton, rice, tobacco, and coffee cultures; the evolution of African American culture and society; the end of slavery; and the post-emancipation experience. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 or 3 hours of history; and WA.
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• AAST 3600: Technology Bytes

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Technology Bytes seeks to better understand the nature of digital technologies by examining the historical and global contexts of their emergence and by their impacts on the everyday lives of users across world regions. The course is interdisciplinary and uses a digital-free teaching methodology to gain greater perspective on the subject matter. Prerequisite: COM 2
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• AAST 3670: African Diaspora

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the process through which aspects of African culture have endured in the Diaspora. Analyzes the social relations between Diaspora Africans and non-African populations in North and South America, the Carribean, Britain, Asia, and the Mediterranean. Cross listed with HIST 3670. Prerequisites: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000 level course, or AAST/HIST 2360.
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• AAST 3933: African Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the work of philosophers of Africa, of African descent and others who deal with the African diaspora. Topics include the nature of African Philosophy and the African American struggle, African colonialism, philosophy, political philosophy and gender, traditional African thought. Prerequisite: A prior course in either African American and Diaspora Studies, Global and Area Studies, or Philosophy.
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• AAST 4000: Black Freedom Movement

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Presents the struggle of African Americans for self-definition, self-development, and self-determination from the inception of the modern civil rights movement to the contemporary period. Prerequisite: 3 hours of AAST coursework.
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