Africana Studies Major requirements, Africana Studies Minor requirements and a list of all AFRS courses can be found in the Tulane University Catalog. Current classes can be found on the Tulane Schedule of Classes website by searching by the "Africana Studies" subject filter.
Past Courses
Spring 2025 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 2000 | Intro to Africana Studies | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 3300-01 | Black Women's Ent. & Activism | Garrett-Scott, Shennette |
| AFRS 4570-01 | CPS Internship | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| AFRS 4810-01 | Black UnKnown: Fugitive/Opaque | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| AFRS 4811-01 | Sociology of Black Resistance | Boyles, Andrea S |
| AFRS 4812-01 | Race, Art, Empire | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| AFRS 4812-02 | Race, Art, Empire (Writing Intensive) | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| AFRS 4920 | Independent Study | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 4920-01 | Activism in Hip-Hop | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 4920-02 | Trauma in U.S. Healthcare | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 5000 | Honors Thesis | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 7810-01 | Black UnKnown: Fugitive/Opaque | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| ARHS 6874-01 | Race, Art, Empire | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| ARHS 6874-02 | Race, Art, Empire | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| COMM 4811-01 | Theorizing Black Queer America | Poe, Watufani |
| DANC 1910-01 | African Dance I | Jackson, Ausettua |
| DANC 1920-02 | Brazilian Dance | Barber-Pierre, Carolyn R. |
| DANC 1950-01 | Jazz Dance I | Knight, Kai |
| DANC 2950-04 | Jazz Dance II | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 2950-05 | Jazz Dance II | Knight, Kai |
| DANC 3240-01 | US/Caribe Social Dance | Trask, Beverly A. |
| DANC 3950-01 | Jazz Dance III | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 4900-01 | Building Comm Thru Arts | Hayley, Barbara |
| DANC 4950-01 | Jazz Dance IV | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| ENLS 2730-01 | Intro to Black Literature | Lewis, Nghana T |
| ENLS 4100-01 | Literature and Film | Wexler, Elad |
| HACR 1020-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole II | Louis, Herby C. |
| HISB 1310-01 | Africa Since 1800 | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 6070-01 | Gender in African History | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 6070-02 | Gender in African History (Writing Intensive) | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISL 4740-01 | Caribbean Cultural History | Adderley, Laura R. |
| LAST 3000-01 | Constructing the Caribbean | Coleman, Kaillee K. |
| MUSC 1900-01 | Music in New Orleans | Decoste, Kyle A. |
| MUSC 3310-01 | Music in Brazil | Sharp, Daniel B. |
| MUSC 3440-01 | Black Music, Black Lives | Sakakeeny, Matthew K., Bundy, LaTesha |
| POLC 3200-01 | African Politics | Grossman, Allison N. |
| PORT 3130-01 | Intro to Brazilian Culture | Atencio, Rebecca |
| PSDV 4950-01 | Gender & Pol. Devlp. Countries | Rains, Emily |
| PSYC 4610-01 | Blck Youth Develop Psyc | Cunningham, Michael |
| THEA 4750-01 | African American Theatre Histo | Proctor, III, John F. |
| THEA 4750-02 | African American Theatre Histo (Writing Intensive) | Proctor, III, John F. |
Fall 2024 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 3300-01 | Beyonce, Inc. | Garrett-Scott, Shennette |
| AFRS 4560-01 | CPS Internship | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 4810-01 | Dark Black: Race/Horror/Pess | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| AFRS 4810-02 | Dark Black: Race/Horror/Pess (Writing Intensive) | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| AFRS 4811-01 | Trauma & Black Expressive Art (Writing Intensive) | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 4910 | Independent Study | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 4990 | Honors Thesis | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 4990-01 | Hip Hop as a Buffer | Cunningham, Michael |
| ANTH 4150-01 | African Prehistory | McCall, Grant S. |
| ARHS 1050-01 | Intro to African Art | Yeboah, Tony |
| ARHS 3871-01 | Intro Af Amer Art and Vis Cult | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| DANC 1910-01 | African Dance I | Jackson, Ausettua |
| DANC 1920-01 | Brazilian Dance | Barber-Pierre, Carolyn R. |
| DANC 1950-01 | Jazz Dance I | Knight, Kai |
| DANC 2950-01 | Jazz Dance II | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 3950-01 | Jazz Dance III | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 4950-01 | Jazz Dance IV | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| ENLS 4100-01 | Literature and Film | Wexler, Elad |
| HACR 1010-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole I | Louis, Herby C. |
| HACR 2030-02 | Intermediate Haitian Creole | Martineau, Lori |
| HISB 2130-01 | History of Southern Africa | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 3250-01 | Archiving Africa | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISL 6750-01 | Africans in the Americas | Adderley, Laura R. |
| HISU 2690-01 | Intro Afro-American History | Adderley, Laura R. |
| MUSC 3340-01 | History of Jazz | Bundy, LaTasha, Parker, Ashlin M. |
| MUSC 6340-01 | Seminar in Jazz | Bundy, LaTasha, Parker, Ashlin M. |
| PSYC 3310-01 | Intro to African American Psyc | Flint, Jinaki |
| PSYC 7160-01 | Children of Color | Cunningham, Michael |
Spring 2024 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Miles, Corey J. |
| AFRS 3200-01 | Studying Africa: Madagascar | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| AFRS 3200-02 | Studying Africa: Madagascar (Writing Intensive) | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| AFRS 3400-01 | Black Cities: Rio de Janeiro | Dunn, Christopher J. |
| AFRS 4560-01 | CPS Internship | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 4800-01 | Black Women's Health | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 4810-01 | African Feminisms | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 4810-02 | African Feminisms (Writing Intensive) | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 4890-01 | Service Learning | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 5000 | Honors Thesis | Staff, Tulane |
| COMM 4440-01 | Critical Race Theory | Dent, Jerome P. |
| DANC 1920-01 | Brazilian Dance | Barber-Pierre, Carolyn R. |
| DANC 2910-01 | African Dance II | Jackson, Ausettua |
| DANC 2950-04 | Jazz Dance II | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 3240-01 | US/Caribe Social Dance | Trask, Beverly A. |
| DANC 3950-01 | Jazz Dance III | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 4900-01 | Building Comm Thru Arts | Hayley, Barbara |
| DANC 4950-01 | Jazz Dance IV | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| ENLS 3010-01 | Black Women Writers | Perro, Ebony |
| HACR 1020-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole II | Medford, Kendall |
| HISB 1310-01 | Africa Since 1800 | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 3910-01 | Power in Africa | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 4250-01 | Slave Ships & Capitalism | Adderley, Laura R. |
| HISL 6780-01 | Caribbean Hist: Major Themes | Adderley, Laura R. |
| HISU 2700-01 | Modern African-American | Garrett-Scott, Shennette |
| HISU 3911-01 | Black Workers Matter | Lipman, Jana K. |
| MUSC 1530-01 | Black American Music Theory | Parker, Ashlin M. |
| MUSC 1900-01 | Music in New Orleans | Decoste, Kyle A. |
| PORT 4160-01 | Afro-Brazilians | Dunn, Christopher J. |
| PORT 6160-01 | Afro-Brazilians (Grad Section) | Dunn, Christopher J. |
| PSDV 4950-01 | Sustainable Humanitarianism | Sloan, Dauphine M. |
| THEA 4750-01 | African American Theatre Histo | Proctor, III, John F. |
| THEA 4750-02 | African American Theatre Histo (Writing Intensive) | Proctor, III, John F. |
Fall 2023 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Dunn, Christopher J. |
| AFRS 2000-02 | Intro to Africana Studies | Garrett-Scott, Shennette |
| AFRS 3300-02 | Hip Hop Culture & Theory | Miles, Corey J. |
| AFRS 4560-01 | CPS Internship | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 4800-01 | Black Women's Health | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 4810-01 | Black Queer Theory | Dent, Jerome P. |
| AFRS 4810-02 | Black Queer Theory (Writing Intensive) | Dent, Jerome P. |
| AFRS 4830-01 | Environmental Disasters: A Black Studies Perspective | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 4830-02 | Environmental Disasters: A Black Studies Perspective (Writing Intensive) | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 4910-01 | Independent Study | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 4990 | Honors Thesis | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 7810-02 | Environmental Disasters: A Black Studies Perspective (Grad Section) | Griffin, Shana M. |
| ANTH 3545-01 | Urban Music | McCoy-Torres, Sabia |
| ANTH 4150-01 | African Prehistory | McCall, Grant S. |
| ANTH 6545-01 | Urban Music (Grad Section) | McCoy-Torres, Sabia |
| COMM 3520-01 | Black Images/White Myths | Dent, Jerome P. |
| COMM 4811-01 | African Digita Cultures | Pearson, Benjamin |
| DANC 1910-01 | African Dance I | Jackson, Ausettua |
| DANC 1920-01 | Brazilian Dance | Barber-Pierre, Carolyn R. |
| DANC 1950-01 | Jazz Dance I | Trask, Beverly A. |
| DANC 2950-01 | Jazz Dance II | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 3950-01 | Jazz Dance III | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 4950-01 | Jazz Dance IV | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| ENLS 3010-01 | Black Women Writers (Writing Intensive) | Imma, Z’etoile |
| ENLS 4441-01 | Black Genres | White, Edward D. |
| HACR 1010-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole I | Medford, Kendall |
| HACR 2030-02 | Intermediate Haitian Creole | Martineau, Lori |
| HISB 2130-01 | History of Southern Africa | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 6070-01 | Gender in African History | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| POLC 3200-01 | African Politics | Grossman, Allison N. |
| PSYC 3310-01 | Intro to African American Psyc | Flint, Jinaki |
| THEA 4410-01 | Thea & Social Change | Proctor, III, John F. |
Spring 2023 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Andre-Johnson, Cory-Alice |
| AFRS 3200-01 | African Studies Critical Rdgs | Rajan, Romy |
| AFRS 3200-02 | African Studies Critical Rdgs (Writing Intensive) | Rajan, Romy |
| AFRS 3200-03 | Queer Africa | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 3200-04 | Queer Africa (Writing Intensive) | Imma, Z’etoile |
| AFRS 3300-01 | Black Politics: Ideas & Action | Prowse, Gwen |
| AFRS 3300-03 | Hip Hop Culture & Theory | Miles, Corey J. |
| AFRS 4560-01 | Systemic Racism: Theory & Praxis in Criminal Justice | Lewis, Nghana T |
| AFRS 4570-01 | CPS Internship | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| AFRS 4810-01 | Dark Black: Pessimism & Race | Dent, Jerome P. |
| AFRS 4810-02 | Dark Black: Pessimism & Race (Writing Intensive) | Dent, Jerome P. |
| AFRS 4811-01 | Folklore in Contemporary African Literature and Film | Rajan, Romy |
| AFRS 4811-02 | Folklore in Contemporary African Literature and Film (Writing Intensive) | Rajan, Romy |
| AFRS 4812-01 | Race, Art, Empire | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| AFRS 4812-02 | Race, Art, Empire (Writing Intensive) | Kearney-Bagneris, Mia |
| AFRS 4821-01 | Black Diasporic Culture | McCoy-Torres, Sabia |
| AFRS 4910 | Independent Study | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 5000 | Honors Thesis | Staff, Tulane |
| AFRS 7810-01 | Black Diasporic Culture (Grad Section) | McCoy-Torres, Sabia |
| ANTH 3094-01 | Anthropology of Sex Work | McCoy-Torres, Sabia |
| COMM 4811-01 | Speculative Genres of Human | Dent, Jerome P. |
| DANC 1920-01 | Brazilian Dance | Barber-Pierre, Carolyn R. |
| DANC 2910-01 | African Dance I | Jackson, Ausettua |
| DANC 2950-01 | African Dance II | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 3240-01 | US/Caribe Social Dance | Trask, Beverly A. |
| DANC 3950-01 | Jazz Dance III | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| DANC 4900-05 | Building Comm Thru Arts | Hayley, Barbara |
| DANC 4900-06 | Building Comm Thru Arts (Writing Intensive) | Hayley, Barbara |
| DANC 4950-01 | Jazz Dance IV | Buckels, Nicole B. |
| ENLS 4300-01 | African Literature | Imma, Z’etoile |
| HACR 1020-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole II | Bruno, Myrlene |
| HISB 4210-01 | History of Development in Africa | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| HISB 4210-02 | History of Development in Africa (Writing Intensive) | McMahon, Elisabeth M. |
| MUSC 1530-01 | Black American Music Theory | Parker, Ashlin M. |
| MUSC 1900-01 | Music in New Orleans | Sakakeeny, Matthew K. |
| MUSC 3310-01 | Music in Brazil | Sharp, Daniel B. |
| PSYC 4610-01 | Blck Youth Develop Psyc | Cunningham, Michael |
| THEA 4750-01 | African American Theatre Histo | Proctor, III, John F. |
| THEA 4750-02 | African American Theatre Histo (Writing Intensive) | Proctor, III, John F. |
Fall 2022 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS-2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Jerome Dent |
| AFRS-2000-02 | Intro to Africana Studies | Corey Miles |
| AFRS-3200-01 | Sexual Politics in South Afr | Z'étoile Imma |
| AFRS-3200-02 | Sexual Politics in South Afr (Writing Intensive) | Z'étoile Imma |
| AFRS-3300-01 | Blackness in Latin America | Sabia McCoy-Torres |
| AFRS-4811-01 | African Americas and Sociology | Andrea Boyles |
| AFRS-4812-01 | Race and Natl Myth Amer Art | Mia L. Kearney-Bagneris |
| AFRS-4812-02 | Race and Natl Myth Amer Art (Writing Intensive) | Mia L. Kearney-Bagneris |
| AFRS-7810-01 | Blackness in Latin America (Graduate Section) | Sabia McCoy-Torres |
| ARHS-6875-01 | Race and Natl Myth Amer Art (Art History Section) | Mia L. Kearney-Bagneris |
| ARHS-6875-02 | Race and Natl Myth Amer Art (Writing Intensive) | Mia L. Kearney-Bagneris |
| COMM-4440-01 | Critical Race Theory | Bruce Miller |
| COMM-4440-02 | Critical Race Theory | Bruce Miller |
| ENLS-3630-07 | "Expository Writing (Writing Intensive)" | Romy Rajan |
| ENLS-4441-01 | Black Genres | Edward White |
| ENLS-4445-02 | Black Literature, Film, Media | Ebony Perro |
| HACR-1010-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole I | Myrlène Bruno |
| HISB-3910-01 | Exhibiting the Past | Elisabeth McMahon |
| HISL-6780-01 | Caribbean Hist: Major Themes | Laura R. Adderley |
| HISL-6780-02 | "Caribbean Hist: Major Themes (Writing Intensive)" | Laura R. Adderley |
| HISU-2700-01 | Modern African-American | Laura R. Adderley |
| MUSC-3340-01 | History of Jazz | Courtney Bryan |
| POLC-3200-01 | African Politics | Michael Jones |
| PSYC-3310-01 | Intro to African American Psych | Jinaki Flint |
| PSYC-7160-01 | Children of Color | Michael Cunningham |
Spring 2022 Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS-2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Corey Miles |
| AFRS-2810-01 | African Studies Critical Rdgs | Romy Rajan |
| AFRS-2810-02 | African Studies Critical Rdgs (Writing Intensive) | Romy Rajan |
| AFRS-4560-01 | Internship | Nghana Lewis |
| AFRS-4800-01 | Black Women’s Health | Nghana Lewis |
| AFRS-4810-01 | Black Queer Theory | Jerome Dent |
| AFRS-4810-02 | Black Popular Music | Sabia McCoy-Torres |
| AFRS-4810-03 | African Feminisms | Z’etoile Imma |
| AFRS-4810-04 | Sociology of Black Resistance | Andrea Boyles |
| AFRS-4810-05 | Women’s Writing & the African Literary Tradition | Romy Rajan |
| AFRS-4810-06 | Women’s Writing & the African Literary Tradition (Writing Intensive) | Romy Rajan |
| AFRS-4810-07 | African Feminisms (Writing Intensive)" | Z’etoile Imma |
| AFRS-4890-01 | Service Learning | Nghana Lewis |
| ARHS-3871-01 | Intro African American Art and Visual Culture | Mia Bagneris |
| DANC-4900-03 | Building Comm Thru Arts | Barbara Hayley |
| DANC-4900-04 | Building Comm Thru Arts (Writing Intensive)" | Barbara Hayley |
| HACR-1020-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole II | Myrlène Bruno |
| HISB-3250-01 | Archiving Africa | Elisabeth McMahon |
| HISB-3250-02 | "Archiving Africa (Writing Intensive)" | Elisabeth McMahon |
| MUSC-1530-01 | Jazz Theory | Ashlin M. Parker |
| MUSC-1900-01 | Music in New Orleans | Matt K. Sakakeeny |
| MUSC-3310-01 | Music of Mexico and Central America | Ana P. Sánchez-Rojo |
| MUSC-3340-01 | History of Jazz | Ashlin M. Parker |
| MUSC-3440-01 | Black Music, Black Lives | Courtney Bryan Matt K. Sakakeeny |
| MUSC-3440-02 | Black Music, Black Lives | Courtney Bryan Matt K. Sakakeeny |
| POLC-3200-01 | African Politics | Ruth D. Carlitz |
Fall 2021 Courses
Download the Fall 2021 course brochure.
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS-2000-01 | Intro to Africana Studies | Jerome Dent |
| AFRS-2000-02 | Intro to Africana Studies | Corey Miles |
| AFRS-3200-01 | Languages & Cultures of Africa | Taofeeq Adebayo |
| AFRS-4810-01 | Sociology of Race & Ethnicity | Andrea Boyles |
| AFRS-4830-01 | Black Diasporic Culture | Sabia McCoy-Torres |
| AFRS-4830-02 | Folklore & Mythology in Contemporary African Literature & Film | Romy Rajan |
| ARHS-6813-01 | What is Black Art? | Mia L. Bagneris |
| ANTH-3095-01 | Sex Work | Sabia McCoy-Torres |
| COMM-4140-01 | Black Internationalism in the U.S. | Kathryn Baldwin |
| COMM-4440-01 | Critical Race Theory | Mohan Ambikaipaker |
| COMM-4811-01 | Speculative Genres of Human | Jerome Dent |
| ENLS-4440-01 | African-American Literature | Edward White |
| ENLS-4010-01 | African Literature | Romy Rajan |
| ENLS-4440-01 | African American Literature | Edward White |
| FREN-6085-01 | Pidgins and Creoles | Thomas Klingler |
| HACR-1010-01 | Elementary Haitian Creole I | Myrlène Bruno |
| HISB-2130-01 | History of Southern Africa | Elisabeth McMahon |
| HISB-3910-01 | Power in Africa | Elisabeth McMahon |
| HISL-1720-01 | Intro Caribbean History | Laura Roseanne Adderley |
| HISU-6540-01 | African-American Culture | Laura Roseanne Adderley |
| MUSC-3340-01 | History of Jazz | Courtney Bryant |
| MUSC-6060-01 | Culture & Power in New Orleans | Matt Sakakeeny |
| PSYC-3310-01 | Intro to African American Psycology | Jinaki Flint |
| PSYC-7170-01 | Intergroup Relations | Lisa Molix |
| THEA-4750-01 | African American Theatre History | John Proctor III |