African American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences 
Bentley Annex
Phone: 740.593.4546
Fax: 740.593.0671
african.american.studies@ohio.edu
www.ohio.edu/cas/african-american-studies

Gary Holcomb, Chair
holcomb@ohio.edu
Uzoma Miller, Advising Coordinator
milleru@ohio.edu

Mission

There is an ever-increasing demand for college graduates who are equipped to work in global and multicultural environments. Ohio University’s Department of African American Studies offers a distinctive program that focuses on the African American experience regionally, nationally, and globally. It offers a solid program of study that draws from a range of academic fields including history, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, literature, art, music, and media.

Established in 1969, the Department of African American Studies at Ohio University is one of the oldest programs in the United States. For more than three decades, the Department has been enriching the educational experience for all students at Ohio University. Many of our majors have gone on to graduate school and carved for themselves influential careers in a variety of fields, including law, the performing arts, international affairs, religion, politics, education, and business. Our faculty members have made valuable contributions to the field of African American and African Studies in the United States and around the world.

Programs

The Department of African American Studies offers the following programs:

Majors

African American Studies (BA4903)  

Minors

African American Studies (OR4903)  

Admissions Information

This department does not have additional admission criteria beyond those of the University  and the College of Arts and Sciences .

Programs

• African American Studies Major (B.A.)
• African American Studies Minor

Courses

• AAS 1010 - African American History I, 1526-1875
• AAS 1060 - Introduction to African American Studies
• AAS 1100 - Introduction to African American Literature
• AAS 1500 - Africana Media Studies
• AAS 1900 - Difficult Dialogues: Race, Law, and Religion in America
• AAS 2020 - African American History II, 1876 to late twentieth century
• AAS 2100 - Slave Narrative and Freeman/Freewomen Fiction of the 18th and 19th Centuries
• AAS 2110 - African American Literature II: Black Writing of the 20th and 21st Centuries
• AAS 2200 - Introduction to Black Political Economy
• AAS 2250 - History of the African American Worker
• AAS 2500 - Blackness and the Arts
• AAS 2540 - History of Injustice in the United States
• AAS 2900 - Special Topics in African American Studies
• AAS 3100 - Postmodern Blackness: Identity and Culture in Contemporary African American Literature
• AAS 3110 - Harlem Renaissance: African American Literature of the Early 20th Century
• AAS 3170 - Black Transnational Literature: Caribbean and Transcultural African American Writing
• AAS 3400 - The African American Community Since World War II
• AAS 3410 - African American Personality
• AAS 3450 - The Black Woman
• AAS 3460 - Black Men and Masculinities
• AAS 3500 - African American Arts and Artists
• AAS 3520 - Blacks in Contemporary American Cinema
• AAS 3530 - Survey of Black Independent Cinema
• AAS 3550 - History of African American Music I, Slavery-1926
• AAS 3560 - History of African American Music II, 1926-Present
• AAS 3570 - Black Music Criticism: Hiphop history, culture and politics
• AAS 3640 - Comparative Study of Injustice
• AAS 3650 - The Protracted Struggle for Civil Rights: African American Social Movements in the U.S
• AAS 3680 - African American Political Thought
• AAS 3691 - U.S. Constitutional Law: Pre-Civil Rights Movements
• AAS 3800 - African American Education
• AAS 4110 - Literature Seminar: Black Countercultures
• AAS 4300 - Social Theory, Research and Methodology in African American Studies
• AAS 4400 - The Black Child
• AAS 4500 - The History of Black Women in Popular Culture
• AAS 4693 - Legal Policy and Disparities in the American Health Care System
• AAS 4820 - The Black Family
• AAS 4900 - Special Topics in African American Studies
• AAS 4930 - Independent Study
• T3 4691 - U.S. Constitutional Law: Post-Civil Rights Movements