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Advanced Special Topics in Public Policy; Contemporary U.S. Affordable Housing Policy
Advanced Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS498M
(Also offered as HIST360)
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS498M
(Also offered as AASP498I)
Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community; Black Politics
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP499R
(Cross listed as GVPT479B)
Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community; News Coverage of Racial Issues
African American Literature
Offered by the Department of English as course number ENGL317
(Cross listed as AASP398C)
Offered by the Department of English as course number ENGL317
(Cross listed as AMST328U)
African Civilization
African Civilization to 1800
African-American History to 1865
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP298C
(Cross listed as HIST254)
African-American History, 1865 - Present
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP255
(Cross listed as HIST255)
African-American Literature and Culture
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP298L
(Cross listed as ENGL234)
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP298L
(Cross listed as ENGL234)
Offered by the Department of English as course number ENGL234
(Cross listed as AASP298L)
African-American Literature: 1910-1945
African-American Literature: From Slavery to Freedom
American Art from Civil War to Civil Rights
Ancient Slavery and its American Impacts
Offered by the Department of Classics as course number CLAS340
(Cross listed as HIST339J)
Offered by the Department of History as course number HIST339J
(Cross listed as CLAS340)
Applied Policy Analysis and the Black Community
Arabic Flagship (Undergraduate)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/The Language Flagship as course number 10236
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/The Language Flagship as course number 10236
Archaeology of Slavery: Classical, Caribbean and North American Contexts
Offered by the Department of Anthropology as course number ANTH433
(Jointly offered as course number ANTH633)
Beg Less Commonly Taught Language I; Elementary Haitian Creole I
Offered by the Department of School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as course number SLLC108E
Beg Less Commonly Taught Language I; Elementary Kiswahili I
Offered by the Department of School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as course number SLLC108K
Beg Less Commonly Taught Language I; Elementary Yoruba I
Offered by the Department of School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as course number SLLC108Y
Black Bodies and Green Spaces: From 1619 to Today
Black Culture in the United States
Black Diaspora Literature and Culture
Black Feminist Thought
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP371
(Cross listed as WGSS370)
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS370
(Cross listed as AASP371)
Black Resistance Movements
Black Theatre and Performance I
Black Theatre and Performance II
Black Women in United States History
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP313
(Cross listed as WGSS314)
Business Consulting; Doing Business in South Africa
Changing Geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Offered by the Department of Geographical Sciences as course number GEOG422
(Jointly offered as course number GEOG788A)
CIEE Arts and Sciences Program in Cape Town, South Africa
Cinema of the Black Atlantic
Colloquium in Art History; Toward a New Aesthetic: Art, Literature, and Music of the Harlem Renaissance
Colonial Encounters: Natives, Spaniards, and Africans in the New World
Constructions of Manhood and Womanhood in the Black Community
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP265
(Cross listed as WGSS265)
Cultural Themes in America; West Africa and the African Diaspora
Dance Techniques; Advanced Hip Hop
Dancing the Archive: Irish and African Cultural Encounters in the Americas
Directed Readings in African American Studies
Egyptian Colloquial Arabic I
Egyptian Colloquial Arabic II
Emotions and Culture in the African American Community
Ensemble; Gospel Choir
Executive Skills Mastery; Doing Business in South Africa
Experiential Learning
Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Mapping Slave Biographies and the Industries of Enslavement
Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Race, Music, and the American Story
Fighting Slavery
Francophone Writers of Africa and the African Diaspora
Frederick Douglass's America
Get Out: The Sunken Place of Race Relations in the Post-Racial Era
Ghana: Education Equity in Crisis: Global Corporate Social Responsibility (AAPS)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Academic Achievement Programs/Government and Politics as course number 11526
Credits may be available as AAPS300, GVPT368G.
Ghana: Global Perspectives in Communication Sciences and Disorders (HESP)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Hearing and Speech Sciences as course number 11908
Credits may be available as HESP458, HESP659.
Global Business Experience; Doing Business in South Africa
Global Dance Forms; Afro Jazz
Global Dance Forms; Contemporary African Dance
Global Dance Forms; Hip Hop
Government and Politics of Africa
History of Colonial Latin America
History of Popular Music, 1950-Present
History of South Africa
History of Women and Gender in Africa
Hoop Dreams: Black Masculinity and Sport
Humanities Topics in African American Studies; Chocolate Cities: Urban America and the Black Experience
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP478G
(Cross listed as HIST328Z)
Independent Study In Arabic; Moroccan Arabic for Global Engagement
Independent Study In Arabic; Moroccan Arabic: Foundation
Intermediate Less Commonly Taught Language I; Intermediate Haitian Creole I
Offered by the Department of School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as course number SLLC208E
Intro to Research Design and Analysis in African American Studies
Introduction to African American Studies
Introduction to Anti-Black Racism
Introduction to Black Women's Studies
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP263
(Cross listed as WGSS263)
Introduction to Global Business Experience; Doing Business in South Africa
Introduction to Public Policy Topics; 21st Century Racial Justice and Gender from the Bullhorn to the Ballot
Kenya: Agricultural Business and Sustainable Food Production (AREC)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Agricultural and Resource Economics as course number 11906
Credits may be available as AREC306.
Leadership and the Black Community
Offered by the Department of Higher Ed, Student Affairs, and International Ed Policy as course number HESI421
Leadership in Multicultural Teams for Successful Project Management
Offered by the Department of College of Education/Global Classrooms as course number EDHI788B
Living Art of Africa
Martinique: Traces of Martinican Cultures Through Plantations (FREN/AMST)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/French/American Studies as course number 11929
Credits may be available as AMST269, FREN369.
Media Coverage of Diversity
Monsters and Racism: Black Horror and Speculative Fiction
Offered by the Department of University Honors as course number HNUH238W
(Cross listed as WGSS298W)
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS298W
(Cross listed as HNUH238W)
Morocco: Health Implications of the Mediterranean Diet and Culture (NFSC)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Nutrition and Food Science as course number 11523
Credits may be available as NFSC498M.
News Coverage of Special Topics; Lynching and the Press
One Health: Food Safety and Security
Offered by the Department of Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health/Global Classrooms as course number MIEH407
(Jointly offered as course number MIEH607)
Offered by the Department of Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health/Global Classrooms as course number MIEH607
(Jointly offered as course number MIEH407)
Perspectives on Identity and Culture; African American Literature
Offered by the Department of American Studies as course number AMST328U
(Cross listed as ENGL317)
Offered by the Department of American Studies as course number AMST328U
(Cross listed as AASP398C)
Perspectives on Identity and Culture; Black Baltimore in the Post Racial U.S: African American Urban Culture in the Age of Obama
Perspectives on Identity and Culture; Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities
Perspectives on Identity and Culture; Race and the Story of American Freedom
Popular Music in Black America
Poverty and African American Children
Presently Black: Contemporary African American Art
Public Policy and the Black Community
Quare/Queer Contentions: Exploration of Sexualities in the Black Community
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP264
(Cross listed as LGBT264)
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP264
(Cross listed as WGSS264)
Offered by the Department of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies as course number LGBT264
(Cross listed as WGSS264)
Offered by the Department of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies as course number LGBT264
(Cross listed as AASP264)
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS264
(Cross listed as LGBT264)
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS264
(Cross listed as AASP264)
Race, Reproduction and Rights
Research in African-American Studies
RM: Senegal: Engineers Without Borders
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Engineers Without Borders as course number 11910
RM: Sierra Leone EWB (MDSE)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Maryland Sustainability Engineering as course number 11911
RM: Uganda: Engineers Without Borders (Kiryabicooli)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Engineers Without Borders as course number 11770
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Engineers Without Borders as course number 11770
RM: Uganda: Engineers Without Borders (Nakifuma)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Engineers Without Borders as course number 11883
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Engineers Without Borders as course number 11883
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Engineers Without Borders as course number 11883
Rwanda: Sustainability Leadership in Africa (CHBE/ENCH/ENES)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/Chemical Engineering/Engineering Science as course number 11930
Credits may be available as CHBE405, ENCH605, ENES472.
Science, Technology, and the Black Community
Selected Problems in Political Behavior; Race and Ethnic Politics
Selected Topics in Architecture; The Black Experience & The American Built Environment
Offered by the Department of Architecture as course number ARCH478U
(Jointly offered as course number ARCH678U)
Offered by the Department of Architecture as course number ARCH678U
(Jointly offered as course number ARCH478U)
Offered by the Department of Architecture as course number ARCH678U
(Jointly offered as course number ARCH478U)
Selected Topics in Architecture; The Black Experience and The American Built Environment
Offered by the Department of Architecture as course number ARCH478U
(Jointly offered as course number ARCH678U)
Selected Topics in Art History; Visual Histories of the Black Atlantic
Offered by the Department of Art History & Archaeology as course number ARTH428C
(Jointly offered as course number ARTH758B)
Selected Topics in Geography; Changing Geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Offered by the Department of Geographical Sciences as course number GEOG788A
(Jointly offered as course number GEOG422)
Selected Topics in History; Chocolate Cities: Urban America and the Black Experience
Offered by the Department of History as course number HIST328Z
(Cross listed as AASP478G)
Selected Topics in History; Seven Revolutions in Postwar Africa
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; African American Literature
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP398C
(Cross listed as ENGL317)
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP398C
(Cross listed as AMST328U)
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Black Baltimore in the Post Racial U.S: African American Urban Culture in the Age of Obama
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Black Contributions to History
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP398B
(Cross listed as IMMR319D)
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Blackness in Israeli Popular Culture and Contemporary Art
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP398F
(Cross listed as SOCY398Z)
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP398F
(Cross listed as ISRL329Z)
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities
Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Introduction to Pan-Africanism
Seminar in American Art; Visual Histories of the Black Atlantic
Offered by the Department of Art History & Archaeology as course number ARTH758B
(Jointly offered as course number ARTH428C)
Seminar in American Politics; Black Politics
Seminar in American Politics; Hidden Figures: Women of Color in Politics
Seminar in American Studies; Race Sex Power in the City
Seminar in Comparative Politics; Race and Ethnic Politics in Comparative Perspective
Seminar in International Relations and World Politics; Youth and Conflict
Seminar in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Queering Black Femininties
Offered by the Department of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies as course number LGBT488E
Seminar in Rhetoric; Black Feminism as Methodology in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
Seminar in Theory and Practice of Critical Difference; Contemporary History of Black Performance: Theory & Practice
Offered by the Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies as course number TDPS408D
Seminar; Black Discourse in Digital Media
Senegal: Sport Globalization - NBA Africa (JOUR)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Journalism as course number 11905
Credits may be available as JOUR459A.
Senior Seminar; Blackness, Gender, and Sexuality: Women Writing Self in the African Diaspora
Offered by the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as course number WGSS488F
Senior Seminar; The Rise and Fall of the Slave South
Senior Thesis
SIT Study Abroad Kenya: Global Health and Human Rights
SIT Study Abroad Tanzania: Wildlife Conservation and Political Ecology
Social (In)Justice and African-American Health and Well-Being
Sociology of Race Relations
South Africa: Human Trafficking in Context: Corruption and Social Justice (CCJS/MLAW)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Criminology and Criminal Justice/MPower Undergraduate Law Programs as course number 11522
Credits may be available as CCJS458C, MLAW358A.
South Africa: Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Contemporary South African Context (BMGT)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Business and Management as course number 11145
Special Topics in Africa and the Americas; The African Side of the Black Diasporic Atlantic: People, Politics, and Faiths
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP468A
(Cross listed as HIST419W)
Special Topics in African American Studies; Jazz as a Cultural Art Form
Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; African American Folklore and Literature
Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Blues and African American Folksong
Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Contemporary Black Literature
Special Topics in Anthropology; Africa and Israel
Offered by the Department of Anthropology as course number ANTH298R
(Cross listed as ISRL249F)
Special Topics in Arabic Studies; Islam in Africa and the African Diaspora
Offered by the Department of Arabic as course number ARAB499J
(Cross listed as HIST429F)
Offered by the Department of Arabic as course number ARAB499J
(Cross listed as AASP498U)
Special Topics in Arabic Studies; Moroccan Society and Culture
Special Topics in Black Culture; A Critical Understanding of Hip Hop Culture and its Impact on Society
Special Topics in Black Culture; African American and Latino Social, Cultural and Political Relations: 1940 to Present
Special Topics in Black Culture; Black Queer Studies
Special Topics in Black Culture; Black Women in Popular Culture: From the Blues to Beyonce
Special Topics in Black Culture; Islam in Africa and the African Diaspora
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP498U
(Cross listed as ARAB499J)
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP498U
(Cross listed as HIST429F)
Special Topics in Black Culture; Race and Sports
Special Topics in Black Culture; Racial Socialization of Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research and Practice
Special Topics in Black Culture; Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP498I
(Also offered as WGSS498M)
Offered by the Department of African American Studies as course number AASP498I
(Also offered as HIST360)
Special Topics in Comparative Studies; The Jazz Paradigm
Offered by the Department of Comparative Literature as course number CMLT398D
(Cross listed as ENGL379R)
Special Topics in Digital Communication; Black Podcasts
Special Topics in Education; Black Language and Culture
Offered by the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership as course number TLPL788P
Special Topics in Education; Critical Race Theory
Offered by the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership as course number TLPL788G
Special Topics in History; Black Women in United States History
Special Topics in History; Capitalism and Black America in the 20th Century
Special Topics in History; Histories of Race in Latin America and the Caribbean
Special Topics in History; Islam in Africa and the African Diaspora
Offered by the Department of History as course number HIST429F
(Cross listed as ARAB499J)
Offered by the Department of History as course number HIST429F
(Cross listed as AASP498U)
Special Topics in History; Slavery in Latin America
Special Topics in History; The African Side of the Black Diasporic Atlantic: People, Politics, and Faiths
Offered by the Department of History as course number HIST419W
(Cross listed as AASP468A)
Special Topics in History; War, Genocide, and Resilience in Africa's Great Lakes Region
Special Topics in Immigration and Migration Studies; Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts
Offered by the Department of Immigration Studies as course number IMMR319D
(Cross listed as AASP398B)
Special Topics in Israel Studies; Blackness in Israeli Popular Culture and Contemporary Art
Offered by the Department of Israel Studies as course number ISRL329Z
(Cross listed as SOCY398Z)
Offered by the Department of Israel Studies as course number ISRL329Z
(Cross listed as AASP398F)
Special Topics in Journalism; Race, Journalism, and Democracy in the United States
Special Topics in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Black Queer Studies
Special Topics in Literature; The Jazz Paradigm
Offered by the Department of English as course number ENGL379R
(Cross listed as CMLT398D)
Special Topics in National/International Cinemas; Representation of Identity in Haitian Popular Cinema
Special Topics in Public Policy; Public Policy Challenges in Africa
Special Topics in Shakespeare; Shakespeare and Black America
Special Topics in Sociology; Blackness in Israeli Popular Culture and Contemporary Art
Offered by the Department of Sociology as course number SOCY398Z
(Cross listed as ISRL329Z)
Offered by the Department of Sociology as course number SOCY398Z
(Cross listed as AASP398F)
Still Separate and Unequal? The Enduring Role of Segregation in American Life
Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature; Black Performance: From Slavery to Hip Hop
Systemic Racism in Public Opinion and Policy Attitudes
The Atlantic World in the Age of Exploration, Conquest, and Settlement
The New Jim Crow: African-Americans, Mass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex
The Rhetoric of Black America
UMD Project GO - Meknes, Morocco (ARAB)
UMD-Spring Break: Ghana: Global Perspectives in Communication Sciences and Disorders (HESP)
Offered by the Department of Education Abroad/Hearing and Speech Sciences as course number 11908
Credits may be available as HESP458, HESP659.
UMD-Spring Break: Ghana: Impact Driven Business Consulting (BMGT)
Offered by the Department of Business and Management as course number 11928
Credits may be available as BMGT: TBD.