a. to introduce students to religious movements in African American culture
b. to come to understand the importance of art in African American religious meaning
c. to link resistance and religious meaning in the African American experience

Communicate Effectively through Writing

To strengthen skills in written composition, analysis, and presentation by means of
projects such as essays, papers, reports, and examinations.

Communicate Effectively through Speech

To strengthen skills in oral expression, analysis, style, and interaction by means
such as class reports, class discussion, and oral examinations.

Computer Literacy

To enhance and facilitate computer literacy by the use of word processing, the web,
email, and OASIS through research, preparation, and presentation of work such as oral
class reports and completion of written assignments.

Critical Thinking

To foster critical thinking by engaging in activities such as classroom discussion
and debate, essay examinations, and oral presentations.

Moral Reasoning (Ethics)

To assist in the continued development of moral and ethical reasoning and reflection
by encouraging creative thinking regarding individual and community concerns and
needs, the challenging of prejudices and stereotypes, and examining rational and
ethical bases of constructive social interactions.

African Origins and Slave Religion
The Slave’s Narrative
The Spirituals
Richard Allen and the Independent Church Movement
Civil War and Reconstruction: What is the role of the African American after slavery?: 
   Missions and Africa
DuBois and Double Consciousness
Blues, Gospel, and Jazz
Martin Luther King and the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement
Nation of Islam:  Muhammed Ali and Malcolm X
African Religions in the New World

All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty." Each
student is responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing
any academic work.