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Berea College Online Catalog
Criteria for African and African American Studies Courses
African and African American Studies courses should adhere to the following criteria:
At least 50 percent of the course material must engage
issues pertaining to the African Diaspora and the socio-political
constructions
of "race." -
The central focus of the course must clearly
emphasize the contributions, perspectives, and experiences
of African Diaspora
peoples.
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The course content should reflect and acquaint students
with African Diaspora scholarship, including African American
scholars.
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The course must analyze the ways in which "race," class,
ethnicity, gender, and other systems of oppression and domination
affect how "blackness" is constructed, experienced
and expressed. The course should engage rather than ignore
these differences.
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The course must equip students with the ability
to identify and analyze stereotypes, assumptions, and biases
that represent
and disenfranchise peoples of the African Diaspora.
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The
course should examine historical, political, social, and
economic constructions of "race," and attempt to
deconstruct these notions.
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The course should explore the production
of knowledge through the history, art, literature, and
other disciplines that illustrate
African Diaspora experiences.
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The course should examine
institutional structures and modes of authority and power
with specific consideration of the
implications
for African Diaspora peoples.
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