• Familiarize students with the basics of social science disciplines such as 
sociology, anthropology, and geography and the insights they can offer about the 
Caribbean.

• Understand the history, demographics, and geography of the Caribbean.

• Understand the Caribbean’s role in Atlantic history, Third World internationalism, 
and its precarious identity as the “Other America.”

• Appreciate and enjoy the richness and complexity of Caribbean arts and culture, 
including its linguistic, musical, and religious innovations and idiosyncrasies.

• Understand transnational migrations of Caribbean peoples to the U.S.

• Understand the effects of tourism on local culture, the environment, and economic 
prospects.

• Recognize the value of intersectional analysis as well as culturally distinct 
conceptions of race, gender, and sexuality.

• Recognize the value of pluralistic dialogue.

• Apply different theoretical paradigms and research methods to timely issues. 

• Improve critical thinking and analytic writing skills.

• Identity: The Other America
• Political Economy: Gold and Sugar
• Empire: The American Mediterranean 
• Religion: Vodou, Santería, Rastafari
• Music: From Rumba to Reggaetón 
• Literature and Language
• Visual Arts
• Case Studies: Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica
• Tourism
• Diasporas in the U.S.

All students are responsible for reading and abiding by the University’s academic 
honesty and integrity policy, A Culture of Honesty, which can be found at 
www.uga.edu/ovpi. Academic honesty means performing all academic work without 
plagiarism, cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving unauthorized or
illegitimate assistance, or using any information that is not common knowledge. 
Suspicions of dishonesty will be reported to the Office of Vice President for 
Instruction.