1) to identify the origins and chief points of developments of major black
   religious groups in American history;

2) to identify major black religious personalities in American history and their
   impact in religion and culture;

3) to enumerate, categorize, and compare the variety of religious institutions, 
   movements, and ideas among African Americans;

4) to list major points of contact and mutual influence between religion on one
   hand and movements for social, political, and economic change on the other;

5) to acquire a more in-depth understanding of contemporary black and non-black  
   America as influenced by historical religious ideas, institutions, and 
   movements associated with the black 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.

I.   Introduction:  Philosophy and Methodology  

II.  The African-European Encounter in Colonial America,  1619-1775
	
III. Evangelical Awakenings and African Americans,  ca. 1730- ca. 1830

IV.  Rise and Early Development of Independent Congregations, Denominations, and
     other Ecclesiastical Bodies, ca. 1750 -  ca. 1865

V.   Religion among Enslaved African Americans, ca. 1800-1865  

VI.  Black Religion and Social Change, 1783-1865:  Focus on Slavery

VII.  From Emancipation through World War I,  1865-1918  

VIII.  Black Religion during Decades of Increased Urbanization, 1915-1954 

IX.  An Age of Rapid Social Change and Rising Black Consciousness, 1953-1968   

X.   Black Religion in the Post-Civil Rights Era, 1966-Present

XI.  Summary and Reflections

It is the expectation that all students will be aware of and abide by the University
Honor Code and Academic Honesty Policy.  Students should do their own work, properly
attribute credit when using that of others, be responsible, and be honest.