Courses

Spring 2026

ARTH 080. Black Art In and Out of the Museum
- Cross-List: BLST 009
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Batts.
BLST 009. Black Art In and Out of the Museum
- (Cross-listed as ARTH 080)
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Batts.
BLST 039. Black Health Futures
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Batts.
BLST 067B. James Baldwin's B-sides
- Cross-listed with ENGL 067B H4.
- 1
- Foy
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 049C. Repertory/Ensemble: African Diaspora Traditions
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 053 African Diaspora Traditions II
- Corequisite:
  DANC 043 African Diaspora Traditions I or DANC 053 African Diaspora Traditions II.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I or at consultation and discretion of instructor.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Osayande.
ENGL 089. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 043)
- Humanities. Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, ESCH, GSST, GLBL-core
- DiChiro.
ENVS 043. Race, Gender, Class, and the Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 089)
- Social Sciences. Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, ESCH, GLBL - Core, GSST
- Di Chiro.
FMST 047. Gender, Race, Dance, and Cinema
- (Cross-listed as GSST 022, DANC 039)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for GSST, DANC, BLST, ASAM, ESCH
- Li.
FREN 045D. Le monde francophone: Cinémas africains
- Prerequisite:
  FREN 015 or instructor permission.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, FMST, GLBL-paired
- Yervasi.
GSST 022. Gender, Race, Dance, and Cinema
- cross-listed with FMST 047 and DANC 039.
- Humanities
- 1
- Eligible for GSST; BLST; ASAM; ESCH
- Li.
HIST 007B. Black America II
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for Eligible for BLST, GSST, LALS. Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance
- Mitchell.
HIST 050. Healing in the Black Atlantic
- Social sciences.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for Eligible for BLST, GSST, LALS. Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality; Science, Medicine, and Environment
- Mitchell.
LING 025. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture, and Society (LCS)
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 040B)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH.
- Conrod.
LITR 078F. Film and Place: West African Filmmakers at Home and Abroad
- Crosslisted with FMST 058 .
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, GLBL-paired
- Yervasi.
SOAN 040B. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture and Society
- (Cross-listed as LING 025)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ESCH.
- Conrod.

Fall 2026

ARTH 066. Colloquium: Race, Space, and Architecture
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST
- Goldstein.
BLST 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 007 for Fall 2026)
- Humanities.
- 1 cedit.
- Eligible for Eligible for BLST, ENVS, ESCH
- Berger.
BLST 015. Introduction to Black Studies
- Non-distribution.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Veras.
BLST 061. The Literatures of Slavery
- (Cross-listed with ENGL 061)
- 1 credit.
- Foy.
BLST 064C. Black Protest and Possibility
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 064C)
- 1 credit.
- Foy.
BLST 117. Édouard Glissant in relation
- Humanities; Social Sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Smith.
DANC 025A. Dance and Diaspora
- (Cross-listed as ANTH 020J)
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, GSST, GLBL-Core, ASAM
- Staff.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I or at consultation and discretion of instructor.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
ECON 181. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 011, ECON 021, and either ECON 031, STAT 011, or STAT 021
- Social sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC
- O'Connell.
EDUC 068. Urban Education
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020B)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, LALS, ESCH, ASAM
- Liu.
EDUC 161. Politics, Policy and Education
- Prerequisite:
  EDUC 014.
  Recommended: EDUC 068 and EDUC 041.
- Social sciences.
- Writing course.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ESCH, ASAM, LALS, BLST.
- Mayorga.
ENGL 061. The Literatures of Slavery
- Cross-listed as BLST 061
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Foy.
ENGL 064C. Black Protest and Possibility
- Cross-listed as BLST 064C
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Foy.
LING 025. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture, and Society (LCS)
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 040B)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH.
- Fuller Medina.
RELG 029. Islam, Race, and Genocide
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST
- al-Jamil.
SOAN 040B. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture and Society
- (Cross-listed as LING 025)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ESCH.
- Fuller Medina.

Spring 2027

BLST 020. Global Colorism
- Cross-listed with SOCI 020C and GLBL 020.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, GLBL-paired, LALS
- Veras.
BLST 050. Fanon: From the Postcolonial to the Philosophical
- 1 credit.
- Smith.
BLST 062. Classic Black Autobiography
- (Cross-listed with ENLG 062)
- 1 credit.
- Foy.
BLST 067. James Baldwin's Civil Rights
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 067)
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASAM
- Foy.
BLST 088. (Re)Visiting the Black South
- (Cross listed as SOCI 088)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Johnson.
BLST 121. Race, Unfreedom, and Statelessness
- (Cross-listed as SOCI 121)
- Social Sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Veras.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 049C. Repertory/Ensemble: African Diaspora Traditions
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 053 African Diaspora Traditions II
- Corequisite:
  DANC 043 African Diaspora Traditions I or DANC 053 African Diaspora Traditions II.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I or at consultation and discretion of instructor.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
ECON 081. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC, GLBL-core
- O'Connell.
ENGL 062. Classic Black Autobiography
- Cross-listed as BLST 062
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Foy.
ENGL 067. James Baldwin's Civil Rights
- Cross-listed as BLST 067
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ASAM.
- Foy.
GLBL 020. Global Colorism
- Cross-listed with SOCI 020C and BLST 020.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, GLBL-paired, LALS.
- Veras.
HIST 007B. Black America II
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for 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.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ISLM, PEAC. Concentrations: Domination and Resistance, Empires and Nations
- Brown.
LING 025. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture, and Society (LCS)
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 040B)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH.
- Fuller Medina.
MUSI 005A. Music and Dance Cultures of the World
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020D)
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for GLBL - Core, BLST
- Stewart.
POLS 063. African Politics (CP)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST; GLBL-Paired; PEAC; PPE.
- Paddon Rhoads.
SOCI 016B. Research Methods in Social Science (M)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Laurison.
SOCI 020C. Global Colorism
- Cross-listed with (BLST 020, GLBL 020)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, GLBL-paired, LALS
- Veras.
SOCI 121. Race, Unfreedom, and Statelessness
- (Cross listed as BLST 121)
- Social sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for BLST
- Veras.

Fall 2027

ANTH 003G. First-Year Seminar: Development and its Discontents
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ENVS, PEAC, ESCH, GLBL - Core
- Schuetze.
BLST 015. Introduction to Black Studies
- Non-distribution.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ESCH
- Batts.
BLST 038. Blackness on Film and Video
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for FMST
- Batts.
BLST 045. Remapping Caribbean Spaces
- 1 credit.
- Smith.
BLST 060. Early Black Media Cultures
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 060)
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST
- Cohen.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I or at consultation and discretion of instructor.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
ECON 082. Political Economy of Africa
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, PEAC, GLBL-Paired
- O'Connell.
ECON 181. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 011, ECON 021, and either ECON 031, STAT 011, or STAT 021
- Social sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC
- O'Connell.
ENGL 060. Early Black Media Cultures
- (Cross-listed as BLST 060)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST.
- Cohen.
HIST 008A. West Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade, 1500 to 1850
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, GLBL-Paired. Concentration: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance
- Burke.
MUSI 005A. Music and Dance Cultures of the World
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020D)
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for GLBL - Core, BLST
- Stewart.
MUSI 008B. Music, Race and Class
- (Cross-listed as BLST 008B)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for PEAC, BLST, GLBL-Core, ASAM
- Ouyang.
RELG 029. Islam, Race, and Genocide
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST
- al-Jamil.

Spring 2028

BLST 039. Black Health Futures
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Batts.
BLST 042. Black Feminist and Queer Contemporary Culture
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for GSST
- Batts.
BLST 114. The Other America(s)
- 2 credits.
- Smith.
DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 049C. Repertory/Ensemble: African Diaspora Traditions
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 053 African Diaspora Traditions II
- Corequisite:
  DANC 043 African Diaspora Traditions I or DANC 053 African Diaspora Traditions II.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
DANC 053. African Diaspora Traditions II
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 043. African Diaspora Traditions I or at consultation and discretion of instructor.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for BLST
- Staff.
ECON 081. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC, GLBL-core
- O'Connell.
HIST 068. African Life Histories
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit
- Eligible for BLST; Method/Theory. Concentration: Culture and Identity; Migration, Diaspora, and Space.
- Burke.
HIST 070. Polycrisis Africa: Life in the Right Now
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit
- Eligible for BLST. Concentration: Domination and Resistance; Empires and Nations.
- Burke.
MUSI 006D. Performing Resistance: Black Music and Protest in the African Diaspora
- Eligible for GLBL - Paired, PEAC, BLST
- Stewart.
POLS 028. The Urban Underclass and Public Policy (AP)
- Prerequisite:
  POLS 002
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST; PPE.
- Reeves.

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