Africana Studies
4 courses · Palomar College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
AS 100 Introduction to African American Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is an overview of the Africana Studies discipline including its social and academic origins, goals and development. Emphasis is placed on providing students with an understanding of the fundamental areas of study within the field and of the interdisciplinary approach to studying the African experience in America and the world. Emphasis is placed on the cultural, theoretical and historical formation of the African diaspora with particular emphasis on the creation of 'Black' and 'Blackness' as cultural and political identities. This course is intended for all students interested in general knowledge of the Black experience.
AS 101 African-American History I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
African-Americans in the history of the U.S. from Africa through Reconstruction with emphasis on the trans-Atlantic slave trade; colonial period; relations between African Americans and Native Americans; African Americans, Native Americans, whites and the creation of "race"; development of plantation system, slavery; gender specific oppression; African Americans, Native Americans, and the Revolution; the constitution; free African Americans in North and South, emerging class distinctions and African American cultures; westward expansion; emergence of sectionalism; African American and white women and abolitionism in the context of the Great Awakening; the anti-slavery movement, including relations to the women rights movement; the American West and connections between Mexican/American and African American history; African Americans and the Civil War; Reconstruction and post-war adjustments, including role of the African American middle class and working class.
AS 102 African-American History II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 140
Cultural, economic, and political development of African Americans in the United States since Reconstruction. Emphases on post-Civil War difficulties and accomplishments, e.g. racial segregation and repression, community formation and responses to anti-black racism; the Westward Movement; African Americans and Native Americans; industrial development; impact of World Wars I and II on urbanization and social mobility; Great Migration; activism; expansion of government activity; Civil Rights Era and modern militancy; relations with Latinos/as and other ethnic/racial communities; post-Civil-Rights era and debates about black identity, black gender identities, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, class differentiation, African diasporic engagement; Black identity in the 21st century.
AS 120 Introduction to Africana Social Institutions and Behavior
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3.00 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Social institutions and their influence on the behavior of Africana peoples. Analysis of facts, principles, and concepts basic to understanding human behavior.