BLAS 102 - Black Theory & Social Change

Institution:

Community College of Philadelphia

Subject:

Description:

This course is designed to demonstrate the importance of local and global civic engagement, one of the Black Studies program's primary tenets. It utilizes a multidiciplinary approach to examine the evolution of Black philosophy and the major theories that have provided the foundations of Black Studies as a discipline. Through these examinations the course seeks to develop a utilization of these theories and philosophies towards restorative justice of the global Black community. Students engage in extensive readings in the origins of African intellectual geneologies, evolutions of resistance, black art and philosophy, and Afrofuturism. Authors such as Thiongo, Armah, Butler, and Asante are analyzed in the contexts of ongoing African and African American struggles for liberation from all forms of oppression.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

BLAS 101

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Multiple

Notes:

3-0-3

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.ccp.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 751-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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