Course Objective 1: Communication
• Effectively use information technology to find, interpret, 
evaluate, and use information discerningly
• Effectively communicate in diverse settings and groups using 
written, oral, and visual means
• Effectively employ critical thinking skills in written and 
oral communication

Learning Outcome
• Locate scholarly sources on African American art
• Participate in discussions of reading, and present material on 
original research
• Develop unique interpretations of works from art collections 
using scholarly written sources

Course Objective 2: Analytical Reasoning
• Use analytical thinking skills to evaluate information 
critically

Learning Outcome
• Visual analysis of art objects to determine historical 
significance or meanings
• Determine appropriate sources of scholarly information for 
research purposes

Course Objective 3: Multicultural Relations within a Global 
Society
• Understand African/African-American culture and traditions, 
including political, economic, and social challenges affecting 
people of African descent

Learning Outcome
• Become knowledgeable about the cultural context of certain 
African American artists and their places in the historical and 
contemporary art world

Week 1   Introduction                                 
Week 2   Art, Race, and Representation
Week 3   Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation  
Week 4   Henry O. Tanner
Week 5   Art Patronage and the Harlem Renaissance
Week 6   New Negro and the New Deal
Week 7   Negro Art and Modernism
Week 8   MIDTERM WEEK
Week 9   Research Methods                                 
Week 10  Post World War II Art
Week 11  1960s and 1970s: the Civil Rights and Black Power 
Movements
Week 12  1970s-1980s: Performance and Conceptual Art Movement	
Week 13  1980s-1990s: Identity Politics
Week 14  Contemporary Issues cont'd
Week 15  FINAL PROJECTS/Presentations
Week 16  FINAL EXAM