Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice and Information Literacy (D)
AAS 100 Introduction to African-American Studies (AD)Introduces the student to the multidisciplinary nature of the study of African people in Africa, the Caribbean and in the United States. Acquaints students with the history, religion, sociology, politics, economics, the creative arts, and the psychology of African people in Africa and the Diaspora, with particular emphasis on their positional ties in the past, the present and in the future. Enables students to critically examine the place of the pan-African segment of humanity in light of the contending forces that have and continue to inform our global societies. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
ANT 101 The Human Condition: Introduction to Anthropology (AD)Provides basic knowledge of human beings from the broad and comparative perspective of anthropology. Students are introduced to the different subfields of biological, archaeological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. Provides opportunities to develop intercultural competence through cross cultural and evolutionary knowledge of human variation, allowing students to gain a better understanding of the dynamic interplay between humans and their environments. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
AAS 113 Introduction to African American History (AD)Examines the historical experience and conditions of persons of African descent within the American historical milieu. Cross-listed as HST 113. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
HST 113 Introduction to African American History (AD)Examines the historical experience and conditions of persons of African descent within the American historical milieu. Crosslisted with AAS113. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
EDI 212 Disability and Schools (BD)This course explores the ways in which disability is represented, embodied, constructed, and marginalized in educational systems. This course addresses and defines concepts such as disability, impairment, ableism, neurodivergence, accessibility, and inclusion. Students will learn about how educational systems are structured in ways that normalize and reproduce systems of exclusion and oppression. The work of the course will focus on understanding socio-cultural influences that shape how students with disabilities are served in educational systems and how that influences their life trajectories. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
AAS 234 Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans:Colony, Nation, Race, Diaspora (ADW) Explores through interactive lecture and discussion Puerto Rico as a Spanish and U.S. colony and homeland/patria for millions, and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Through films, music, and documents students analyze struggles that yielded evolving systems of power, patterns of resistance, and identities, especially in terms of race and gender. Develops skills in critical reading, analysis, discussion of historical texts and debates, and writing. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as HST 234.]
HST 234 Puerto Rico & Puerto Ricans: Colony, Nation, Race, Diaspora (ADW)Explores through interactive lecture and discussion Puerto Rico as a Spanish and U.S. colony and homeland/patria for millions, and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Through films, music, and documents students analyze struggles that yielded evolving systems of power, patterns of resistance, and identities, especially in terms of race and gender. Develops skills in critical reading, analysis, discussion of historical texts and debates, and writing. Course requires a minimum grade of C (for General Education/Major/Minor/Certification) Crosslisted with HST234. 3 Cr.
WMS 234 Puerto Rico & Puerto Ricans: Colony, Nation, Race, Diaspora (ADW)Explores through interactive lecture and discussion Puerto Rico as a Spanish and U.S. colony and homeland/patria for millions, and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Through films, music, and documents students analyze struggles that yielded evolving systems of power, patterns of resistance, and identities, especially in terms of race and gender. Develops skills in critical reading, analysis, discussion of historical texts and debates, and writing. Course requires a minimum grade of C (for General Education/Major/Minor/Certification) Crosslisted with HST234. 3 Cr.
PBH 235 ZIP Codes, Community, Health (AD)Examines the influence of the social determinants of health, including economic stability, education, social context, health and healthcare, and neighborhood, on individuals and communities. Explores the causes of health inequity and culturally competent strategies for addressing disparities. 3 Cr. (Fall.)
SOC 240 Social Inequality (AD)This course is concerned with the sociological approach to social inequality and difference, particularly in relation to class, gender, sexuality, race and explores the nature, causes and consequences of inequality. 3 Cr.
WMS 243 Immigration in Literature (ADW)Explores transcultural experiences and encounters represented in contemporary fiction, literary non-fiction, film and fine art. Retraces trajectories taken by twenty and twenty-first century immigrants. Confronts what it takes and feels like and means to make complex geo-cultural crossings. Considers the ways writers, directors, and artists interrogate various kinds of borders and boundaries and redefine national, racial, ethnic, religious, gender and other geo-cultural constructs, while pushing also beyond conventional confines of genre. Investigates how they represent the different degrees and kinds of agency, autonomy, and authority experiences in the migration, immigration, emigration, and trafficking. Crosslisted with ENG243. 3 Cr.
ENG 243 Immigration in Literature (ADW)Explores transcultural experiences and encounters represented in contemporary fiction, literary non-fiction, film and fine art. Retraces trajectories taken by twenty and twenty-first century immigrants. Confronts what it takes and feels like and means to make complex geo-cultural crossings. Considers the ways writers, directors, and artists interrogate various kinds of borders and boundaries and redefine national, racial, ethnic, religious, gender and other geo-cultural constructs, while pushing also beyond conventional confines of genre. Investigates how they represent the different degrees and kinds of agency, autonomy, and authority experiences in the migration, immigration, emigration, and trafficking. Crosslisted with WMS243. 3 Cr.
AAS 271 Gender, Race and Class (ADW) Examines the intersecting socio-political forces of gender, race and class, and how these forces interact. Looks at how these forces affect individuals, and individual and social responses to these forces. Investigates the history of efforts to end discrimination, and the ways these efforts translate into issues of current concern in the US. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as WMS 271 and SOC 271.]
SOC 271 Gender, Race and Class (ADW) Examines the intersecting socio-political forces of gender, race and class, and how these forces interact. Looks at how these forces affect individuals, and individual and social responses to these forces. Investigates the history of efforts to end discrimination, and the ways these efforts translate into issues of current concern in the U.S. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.) [Cross-listed as AAS 271 and WMS 271.]
WMS 271 Gender, Race and Class (ADW) Examines the intersecting socio-political forces of gender, race and class, and how these forces interact. Looks at how these forces affect individuals, and individual and social responses to these forces. Investigates the history of efforts to end discrimination, and the ways these efforts translate into issues of current concern in the U.S. Major requirement. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.) [Cross-listed as AAS 271 and SOC 271.]
WMS 302 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (ADW)Synthesizes an introduction to disability studies from a feminist lens. Explores theorists in Disability Studies and apply these theories to cultural texts, films, and current events. Takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach, focused on how gender is constructed in relationship to normative embodiment, how racial identity impacts both the likelihood and treatment of disability, how ableism has been used to reinforce sexist, racist, and heteronormative ways of thinking. Explores the questions: how are dis/ability, gender, race, class, and sexuality co-constructed? How can an understanding of critical disability studies enhance feminist, antiracist, and queer theory and practice? Students learn basic tenets of disability studies, and develop a nuanced understanding of both how gender is socially constructed through ableism and how disabled bodies can challenge normative gender models. 3 Cr.
AAS 303 Slavery and the Underground Railroad (AD)Considers an aspect of American history (approximately 1830-1861) involving the quest for freedom by African slaves who ran away from bondage through an elaborate system of escape routes stretching from the US South to the North and Canada. Labeled the Underground Railroad, these networks were managed by conductors who helped their passengers (the escaped slaves) move from station to station and to reach freedom in the North. Probes the background history of slavery, the legislative backcloth of the Underground Railroad, its geography of routes, and the biography of its major conductors. Also explores the local history of the Underground Railroad of Western New York, including planned visits to its stations in Buffalo, Rochester, and Ontario. 3 Cr. (Spring.)
ANT 303 Native American Women (ADW)Cross listed with WMS 303. Representations of Native American women generally conform to two stereotypes: the submissive drudge or the Indian princess. Both ignore the complexity and diversity of Native women's roles in their respective societies. Taught primarily from a Native women's perspective, this course moves beyond the two-dimensional portrait to engage life experience and social institutions, emphasizing strength and endurance, the complementary nature of traditional gender roles and contemporary strategies for cultural survival. 3 Cr.
WMS 303 Native American Women (ADW) Representation of Native American women generally conform to two stereotypes: the submissive drudge or the Indian princess. Both ignore the complexity and diversity of Native women's roles in their respective societies. Taught primarily from a Native women's perspective, this course moves beyond the two-dimensional portrait to engage life experiences and social institutions, emphasizing strength and endurance, the complementary nature of traditional gender roles and contemporary strategies for cultural survival. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as ANT 303.]
AAS 315 Contemporary Black Woman (ADW)Eclectically explores the various positions and roles played by black women in contemporary times against their historical backdrop. Focuses on the roles of black women in traditional and contemporary contexts in Africa; black women in rural and urban areas and in the Caribbean; and professional black women and their characteristics. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.) [Cross-listed as WMS 315.]
ANT 315 The Migration Experience (AD)Economic change, war and political upheaval have created an increasing number of authorized and unauthorized migrants in the contemporary world. Using the holistic approach and cultural insight of anthropology, this course takes a migrant's perspective from departure from one's native land through the journey and challenges of adaptation in a new place. We will focus on issues related to gender, identity and personal histories. 3 Cr.
WMS 315 Contemporary Black Woman (ADW)Eclectically explores the various positions and roles played by black women in contemporary times against their historical backdrop. Focuses on the roles of black women in traditional and contemporary contexts in Africa; black women in rural and urban areas and in the Caribbean; and professional black women and their characteristics. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as AAS 315.]
AAS 328 Racial and Ethnic Relations (ADI)Explores the dynamic qualities of race and ethnicity in terms of definition, meaning, and experience. Topics include the role of race and ethnicity in social relations, major theoretical orientations on racial and ethnic stratification, and the consequences of and resistance to racial and ethic inequality. Cross listed with SOC328. 3 Cr.
SOC 328 Racial and Ethnic Relations (ADI)Explores the dynamic qualities of race and ethnicity in terms of definition, meaning, and experience. Topics include the role of race and ethnicity in social relations, major theoretical orientations on racial and ethnic stratification, and the consequences of and resistance to racial and ethic inequality. Cross listed with AAS328. 3 Cr.
SOC 334 Sociology Goes to the Movies (AD)Provides students with an overview of basic sociological theories, and requires students to apply these theories to analyze public discourse on issues of diversity in the mass media. Students will watch popular culture films and apply sociological concepts to analyze a variety of topics. Students will develop and apply research skills to review relevant literature and utilize critical thinking skills to analyze films as a mechanism of popular discourse about complex issues of diversity. 3 Cr.
AAS 339 Latinx History of the United States (ADW)Latinx History of the United States is a course that offers a comprehensive introduction to the diversity of Latinx cultures and history in the United States. Students will explore the intersections of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship in the lives of Latinx peoples. This course spans over 200 years, evaluating the Latinx experience in various locations and times, from the first Spanish North American colonies to the rise of Latino/a studies departments on college campuses. Elective within major. Crosslisted with HST WMS 339. 3 Cr.
HST 339 Latinx History of the United States (ADW)Latinx History of the United States is a course that offers a comprehensive introduction to the diversity of Latinx cultures and history in the United States. Students will explore the intersections of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship in the lives of Latinx peoples. This course spans over 200 years, evaluating the Latinx experience in various locations and times, from the first Spanish North American colonies to the rise of Latino/a studies departments on college campuses. Elective within major. Crosslisted with AAS WMS 339. 3 Cr.
WMS 339 Latinx History of the United States (ADW)Latinx History of the United States is a course that offers a comprehensive introduction to the diversity of Latinx cultures and history in the United States. Students will explore the intersections of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship in the lives of Latinx peoples. This course spans over 200 years, evaluating the Latinx experience in various locations and times, from the first Spanish North American colonies to the rise of Latino/a studies departments on college campuses. Elective within major. Crosslisted with AAS HST 339. 3 Cr.
FCE 340 Hip-Hop Music and Culture (ADI)Crosslisted: with FRN340. Historical and societal analysis of Hip-Hop culture as it moved from its humble beginnings in the south Bronx in the 1970s to become a national and international movement with an ever growing influence on popular consciousness across the globe. Highly interdisciplinary course that covers music, dance, art, film, social revolutions, economic inequality, film, television, gender, class and race. 3 Cr.
PLS 374 Sociology of Human Rights (ADI)Examines the history, theories, and institutions of the modern human rights regime to understand key issues such as universality, the right to life, free speech, humanitarian intervention, war, genocide, human rights activism, globalization, and states of emergency. In addition, it examines how human rights norms change and analyzes some of the challenges of contemporary human rights advocacy. Elective course in SOC & PLS. Cross listed with SOC 374. 3 Cr.
SOC 374 Sociology of Human Rights (ADI)Examines the history, theories, and institutions of the modern human rights regime to understand key issues such as universality, the right to life, free speech, humanitarian intervention, war, genocide, human rights activism, globalization, and states of emergency. In addition, it examines how human rights norms change and analyzes some of the challenges of contemporary human rights advocacy. Elective course in SOC & PLS. Cross listed with PLS 374. 3 Cr.
AAS 381 Civc Engagement Project (ADW)"The Civic Engagement Project is an ongoing digital public history inquiry into the historical actors that championed civil rights, women’s rights, public health reform, and other political movements. This is a project-based, experiential learning course. With guidance and support, each student produces a research project for a curated website, public symposium, and poster session. No advanced computer skills are required. While the course is grounded in historical inquiry, creative and Interdisciplinary approaches are very much welcome." Crosslisted courses AAS & WMS 381 3 Cr.
HST 381 Civc Engagement Project (ADW)"The Civic Engagement Project is an ongoing digital public history inquiry into the historical actors that championed civil rights, women’s rights, public health reform, and other political movements. This is a project-based, experiential learning course. With guidance and support, each student produces a research project for a curated website, public symposium, and poster session. No advanced computer skills are required. While the course is grounded in historical inquiry, creative and Interdisciplinary approaches are very much welcome." Crosslisted with AAS & WMS 381 3 Cr.
WMS 381 Civc Engagement Project (ADW)"The Civic Engagement Project is an ongoing digital public history inquiry into the historical actors that championed civil rights, women’s rights, public health reform, and other political movements. This is a project-based, experiential learning course. With guidance and support, each student produces a research project for a curated website, public symposium, and poster session. No advanced computer skills are required. While the course is grounded in historical inquiry, creative and Interdisciplinary approaches are very much welcome." Crosslisted courses HST & AAS 381 3 Cr.
