| Course Title: Foundations of Africana Studies |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: This reading- and writing-intensive course draws upon the intellectual traditions of African American, African, and African diasporic studies in order to explore the connections and disjunctures among people of African descent. While the course pays attention to national, regional, and historical contexts, it asks this question: what do African descended people have in common and when and how are their experiences and interests different? What can we glean from contemporary discourses grounded in the consideration of global black lives? |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Lexi Holloway   |           | aholloway@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026   | Seminar   | Monday and Wednesday   | 09:00AM - 10:15AM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| CRPE0001   | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.   |
| CRPE0002   | CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor.   |
| CRPE0006   | CRPE-PE: People, Power, Place Courses   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE People, Power, Place requirement.   |
| AFCNA0001   | AFCNA: Africana Studies major   | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor.   |
| AFCNA0001   | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor.   |
| AFRAM0001   | AFRAM: African concentration   | This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor.   |
| AFRAM0002   | AFRAM: African American concentration   | This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African American Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 0     | Available: 18     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |