The Carter G. Woodson Institute
The Carter G. Woodson Institute

Fall 2025

These course listings are subject to change. Courses with low enrollment may be canceled. The official system of record at the University of Virginia is the Student Information System (SIS). www.virginia.edu/sis. Make sure to discuss your curricular plan and academic progress report with your AAS major advisor during Advising Period, March 27 to April 7.

AAS Courses

* Courses fill only one of the following if they are coded as filling more than one of these requirements:

  • Core (CORE)
  • Humanities (HUM)
  • Social Science & History (SS/H)
  • Race & Politics, Elective (R&P)
  • 4000-Level Seminar (4000LEV)

* These requirements can be filled alongside / in addition to the above listed requirements:

  • Africa (AFRICA)
  • 3000-level or above (3000) (three must be taken in addition to your 4000-level seminar)
  • Second Writing Requirement

1000 Level

  • AAS 1010 – Introduction to African American Studies I, Prof. Vinson - CORE

2000 Level 

  • AAS 2210 – Introduction to African Literatures & Cultures, Prof. Anne Rotich - HUM, AFRICA

  • AAS 2200 – Introduction to Race, Class, Politics, & the Environment, Prof. Kimberly Fields - R&P, SS/H

  • AAS 2240 – Africans in America, Prof. Nemata Blyden, R&P, SS/H, AFRICA

  • AAS 2500(001) – Race and Place in African American Life, Prof. Sabrina Pendergrass, SS/H, R&P

  • AAS 2500(002) – Black Latin America through Film and Performance, Prof. Kaché Claytor, HUM

  • AAS 2500(003) – Black Genders, Prof. Alexandria Smith, SS/H, HUM

  • AAS 2500(004) – Black Bodies in Literature, Prof. Alexandria Smith, HUM, R&P

  • AAS 2657 – Routes, Writing, and Reggae, Prof. Njelle Hamilton, HUM

3000 Level

  • AAS 3310 – Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Prof. Kimberly Fields, SS/H, 3000

  • AAS 3500(001) – The U.S. in the Caribbean, Prof. Shelby Sinclair, SS/H, 3000

  • AAS 3500(002) – Race, Religion, and Citizenship, Prof. Fatima Siwaju, R&P, SS/H, 3000

  • AAS 3500(003) – Afro-Brazillian History, Prof. Guilherme Lemos, SS/H, 3000

  • AAS 3559 –Perspectives on Africa’s Economic Development, Prof. Salma Mutwafy, SS/H, AFRICA, 3000

  • AAS 3745 – Currents in African Literature, Prof. Njelle Hamilton, HUM, AFRICA, 3000

  • AAS 3750 – Women in African History, Prof. Nemata Blyden, SS/H, AFRICA, 3000

  • AAS 3770 – Black Girlhood & the Media, Prof. Ashleigh Wade, SS/H, HUM, 3000

  • AAS 3810 – Race, Culture, and Inequality, Prof. Sabrina Pendergrass, R&P, SS/H, 3000

  • AAS 3853 – From Redline to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US, Prof. Andrew Kahrl, R&P, SS/H, 3000

4000 Level

  • AAS 4501 – Black Metropolis: African Americans and the City, Prof. Andrew Kahrl, 4000LEV, SS/H, R&P, 3000

  • AAS 4570 – Black Performance Theory, Prof. Ashon Crawley, 4000LEV, HUM, 3000