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Courses

Course Offerings

These are the undergraduate courses offered for the academic year, subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, always check the schedule of classes.

Course Number Credits Fulfills*
Introduction to Black Politics AFPRL 10000 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Category 2; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Introduction to Africana Studies AFPRL 10100 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Latino Communities in United States AFPRL 10200 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Conquest and Resistance: Puerto Rican AFPRL 10300 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latino Studies AFPRL 10400 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Culture and Ethnic Identity AFPRL 18200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues
African History from Human Origins to 1600 Cent AFPRL 20100 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
African History Since 1600 Century AFPRL 20200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
African-American History I AFPRL 20300 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
African-American History II AFPRL 20400 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
African-American Politics of Social Change AFPRL 20500 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Introduction to Caribbean History to 1900 AFPRL 20900 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Introduction to Caribbean History: 1900 - Present AFPRL 21000 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
African Civilization AFPRL 22200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues
African Literature AFPRL 23500 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Writing Intensive
African-American Literature AFPRL 23600 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
African-Caribbean Literature AFPRL 23700 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Introduction to the Literature of the African Diaspora AFPRL 23800 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
History of the Dominican Republic until 1898 AFPRL 23900 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Puerto Rican History Since 1898 AFPRL 24200 3 -
Puerto Ricans in the United States AFPRL 24400 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Fieldwork in African-American/Latino Communities 1 AFPRL 28100 3 -
History of Jazz AFPRL 29001 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Black Sexual Cultures: Across Page, Stage and Screen AFPRL 2901G 3 -
Special Topics: African American Political Thought AFPRL 2901J 3 -
Introduction to Hip Hop Culture and History AFPRL 29026 3 -
Introduction to Latinx Literature AFPRL 29042 3 -
Early History of Latin America AFPRL 29093 3 -
Caribbean Migration and the United States AFPRL 29098 3 -
Afro-Americans and Africa AFPRL 30900 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Rebellions and Revolutions in the Black Atlantic World AFPRL 31400 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Black Experience in Literature AFPRL 39013 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Writing Intensive
Latina/o Urban Ethnography and the Literacy Landscape Seminar AFPRL 39026 3 Writing Intensive
Black British Histories AFPRL 39033 3 Writing Intensive
Latinx Archetypes AFPRL 39036 3 Writing Intensive
Institution Racism AFPRL 39040 3 Writing Intensive
Independent Study-Black Seq AFPRL 49100 3 -
Independent Study-Black Seq AFPRL 49200 3 -
Honors AFPRL 49900 3 -

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

Course Number Session / Weeks Credits Instructor(s)
Introduction to Black Politics AFPRL 10000 Session 1 / 6 Weeks 3 Chaz Briscoe
Introduction to Africana Studies AFPRL 10100 Session 1 / 6 Weeks 3 Mark Payne
Latino Communities in United States AFPRL 10200 Session 1 / 6 Weeks 3 Jillian Baez
Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latino Studies AFPRL 10400 Session 2 / 5 Weeks 3 Amanda Alcantara
Culture and Ethnic Identity AFPRL 18200 Session 2 / 5 Weeks 3 Derek Ramlal
African History from Human Origins to 1600 Cent AFPRL 20100 Session 2 / 5 Weeks 3 Derek Ramlal
African History Since 1600 Century AFPRL 20200 Session 1 / 6 Weeks 3 Jabari Osaze
Introduction to Caribbean History to 1900 AFPRL 20900 Session 1 / 6 Weeks 3 Roberta Kilkenny
Introduction to Caribbean History: 1900 - Present AFPRL 21000 Session 1 / 6 Weeks
Session 2 / 5 Weeks
3 Multiple
African Literature AFPRL 23500 Session 1 / 6 Weeks 3 George Orwel
African-American Literature AFPRL 23600 Session 2 / 5 Weeks 3 Sarah Davis
Introduction to the Literature of the African Diaspora AFPRL 23800 Session 1 / 6 Weeks
Session 2 / 5 Weeks
3 Multiple
History of Jazz AFPRL 29001 Session 2 / 5 Weeks 3 David DeMotta
African Politics through African Films AFPRL 29019 Session 1 / 8 Weeks 3 Carolyn Somerville
Queer Latin America in Film and Literature AFPRL 2901E Session 1 / 8 Weeks 3 Alberto Quintero Soriano
Course Number Credits Fulfills*
Introduction to Black Politics AFPRL 10000 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Category 2; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Introduction to Africana Studies AFPRL 10100 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Latino Communities in United States AFPRL 10200 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Conquest and Resistance: Puerto Rican AFPRL 10300 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latino Studies AFPRL 10400 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Culture and Ethnic Identity AFPRL 18200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues
African History from Human Origins to 1600 Cent AFPRL 20100 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
African History Since 1600 Century AFPRL 20200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
African-American History I AFPRL 20300 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
African-American History II AFPRL 20400 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
African-American Politics of Social Change AFPRL 20500 3 Flexible Core - Individual and Society; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B
Afro-Caribbean Politics 2 AFPRL 20800 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Introduction to Caribbean History to 1900 AFPRL 20900 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Introduction to Caribbean History: 1900 - Present AFPRL 21000 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Latino Media and Popular Culture AFPRL 22800 3 -
African Literature AFPRL 23500 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Writing Intensive
African-American Literature AFPRL 23600 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Introduction to the Literature of the African Diaspora AFPRL 23800 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Puerto Rican History to 1897 AFPRL 24100 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Fieldwork in African-American/Latino Communities 1 AFPRL 28100 3 -
History of Jazz AFPRL 29001 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Southern African Politics AFPRL 29015 3 Writing Intensive
Queer Latin America in Film and Literature AFPRL 2901E 3 -
Borders, Rights and Security: Immigration and the Law AFPRL 2901K 3 -
Contemporary International Relations of the Afro-Caribbean AFPRL 30800 3 Writing Intensive
African-Caribbean Culture AFPRL 32000 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Latinx Literatures AFPRL 35600 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Group B; Writing Intensive
Dominican & Haitian Society: Contemporary Issues AFPRL 39015 3 Writing Intensive
Racialized Identities in Latin America and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean AFPRL 39021 3 Pluralism and Diversity - Category 3; Writing Intensive
Black Popular Culture AFPRL 39027 3 Writing Intensive
Institution Racism AFPRL 39040 3 Writing Intensive
Black Feminist Poetics and Aesthetics AFPRL 39085 3 -
Independent Study-Black Seq AFPRL 49100 3 -
Independent Study-Black Seq AFPRL 49200 3 -
Honors AFPRL 49900 3 -

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

Course Number Credits Fulfills*
Culture and Ethnic Identity AFPRL 18200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues
African History Since 1600 Century AFPRL 20200 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Introduction to Caribbean History to 1900 AFPRL 20900 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A
Digital Sources and Methodologies in Africana Studies AFPRL 21500 3 Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues; Pluralism and Diversity - Group A; Pluralism and Diversity - Group B

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

Course Levels

Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies courses are organized by number below:

 

Course Number Fulfills*
Introduction to Black Politics AFPRL 100 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
Introduction to Africana Studies AFPRL 101 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Latino Communities in the United States AFPRL 102 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
Conquest and Resistance: Puerto Rican Experiences in Comparative Perspective AFPRL 103 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latino Studies AFPRL 104 Pluralism & Diversity B
Language and Ethnic Identity AFPRL 181 GER 2/C
Culture and Ethnic Identity AFPRL 182 GER 2/C

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

More About Courses in the Course Catalog

Course Number Fulfills*
African History from Human Origins to 1600 CE AFPRL 201 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A
African History Since 1600 CE AFPRL 202 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A
African-American History I AFPRL 203 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
African-American History II AFPRL 204 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
African-American Politics of Social Change AFPRL 205 Pluralism & Diversity B
Latinos and US Citizenship AFPRL 206 Pluralism & Diversity B
African-Caribbean Politics I AFPRL 207 Pluralism & Diversity A
African-Caribbean Politics II AFPRL 208 Pluralism & Diversity A
Introduction to Caribbean History to 1900 AFPRL 209 GER 2/b
Pluralism & Diversity A
Introduction to Caribbean History: 1900 – Present AFPRL 210 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A
African Spirituality in the Diaspora AFPRL 220 GER 2/c
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
African Civilization
AFPRL 222 GER 2/c
Pluralism & Diversity A
African Literature
AFPRL 235 GER 2/A
Pluralism & Diversity A
African-American Literature
AFPRL 236 GER 2/A
Pluralism & Diversity B
African-Caribbean Literature
AFPRL 237 GER 2/A
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Introduction to the Literature of the African Diaspora
AFPRL 238 GER 2/A
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Puerto Rican History to 1897 AFPRL 241 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A
Puerto Rican History Since 1898
AFPRL 242 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A
Puerto Rican Culture
AFPRL 243 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Puerto Ricans in the United States
AFPRL 244 GER 2/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
Puerto Rican Literature I AFPRL 245 Pluralism & Diversity A
Puerto Rican Literature II AFPRL 246 Pluralism & Diversity A
Puerto Rican/Latino Children in North American Schools AFPRL 255 Pluralism & Diversity B
Latinos and U.S. Citizenship AFPRL 260 Pluralism & Diversity B
Fieldwork in African-American/Latino Communities AFPRL 281 -
Selected Topics in Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies AFPRL 290 -
Latino Pop Culture
AFPRL 290.05 -
Dominican Literature
AFPRL 290.07 -
Black and Latino Masculinities
AFPRL 290.10 -
Dominican Migration
AFPRL 290.13 -
Latino Women
AFPRL 290.17 -
Latinos and U.S. Citizenship
AFPRL 290.21 -
Intro to Hip Hop and Culture
AFPRL 290.26 -
Social Media in Black and Latino Communities
AFPRL 290.31 -
Black Feminism
AFPRL 290.32 -
Dominican Literature
AFPRL 290.35 -
Education in Black and Latino Communities AFPRL 290.36 -
African and Traditional Religion
AFPRL 290.47 -
History of the Dominican Republic
AFPRL 290.48 -
Black Psychology
AFPRL 290.60 -
Gender and Latino Migration
AFPRL 290.73 -
Caribbean Migration and United States
AFPRL 290.98 -

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

More About Courses in the Course Catalog

Course Number Fulfills*
Leaders and Movements of Black Urban Communities AFPRL 304 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
Modern African International Relations AFPRL 306 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity A
Contemporary African Politics AFPRL 307 (W) GER 3/B
Contemporary International Relations of the African-Caribbean AFPRL 308 (W) GER 3/B
African-Americans and Africa AFPRL 309 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Modern Nigeria AFPRL 310 (W) GER 3/B
Slavery
AFPRL 313 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Women in Africa AFPRL 318 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity C
Women in the African Diaspora AFPRL 319 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity B or C
African-Caribbean Culture AFPRL 320 (W) GER 3/A
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Caribbean Migration and New York City AFPRL 321 (W) GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
African World View: Philosophy and Symbolic Thought AFPRL 322 (W) GER 3/A
Pluralism & Diversity A
Islam and Christianity in Africa
AFPRL 323 (W) -
Autobiography as a Theme in Black Literature
AFPRL 330 (W) GER 3/A
African-American Women Writers
AFPRL 336 (W) -
Caribbean Women Writers AFPRL 337 (W) GER 3/A
Power Structure in Puerto Rico AFPRL 352 (W) GER 3/B
Latino Literature in English AFPRL 356 (W) GER 3/A
Pluralism & Diversity B
Puerto Rican and Caribbean Religious Practices AFPRL 362 (W) GER 3/A
Pluralism & Diversity A or B
Poverty in Society
AFPRL 384 GER 3/B
Puerto Rican/Latino Politics in the United States AFPRL 387 GER 3/B
Pluralism & Diversity B
Research Topics in Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies  AFPRL 390 (W) -
History of African-American Women
AFPRL 390.08 -
Rebellion and Revolution in the Black Atlantic World AFPRL 390.10 -
Harlem in the Inter-War Years: 1918-1939
AFPRL 390.11 -
Digital Media and Africana Studies
AFRL 390.12 -
Dominican and Haiti Societies: Contemporary Issues
AFPRL 390.15 -
History of Resistance in the African Diaspora
AFPRL 390.17 -
The Black Arts Movement
AFPRL 390.22 -
Latino Urban Ethnography (Seminar)
AFPRL 390.26 -
Black Popular Culture
AFPRL 390.27 -
Blackness in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S.
AFPRL 390.37 -
Women and Gender in Caribbean History
AFPRL 390.38 -
Institutional Racism
AFPRL 390.40 -
Afro-Latino Experience in the U.S. (Seminar)
AFPRL 390.47 -
Women and Violence in the African Diaspora
AFPRL 390.50 -
African Americans in Prisons
AFPRL 390.51 -
Second Generation Black Immigrants
AFPRL 390.58 -
Caribbean Diaspora in Britain
AFPRL 390.74 -
Black America: The Civil Rights Years
AFPRL 390.78 -
History of Blacks in New York
AFPRL 390.88 -
Environment, Globalization and Culture
AFPRL 390.96 -

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

More About Courses in the Course Catalog

Course Number Fulfills*
African-American Political Thought AFPRL 402 GER 3/B
Selected Topics in Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies: Social Science AFPRL 428 -
Race, Ethnicity and Community Formation: Theory, Methodology and Praxis (Seminar) AFPRL 428.01 -
Latino Health: Anthropological Perspectives AFPRL 428.02 -
Honors
AFPRL 499 -

* Fulfills Hunter Core Requirement.

More About Courses in the Course Catalog

Schedule of Classes

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  5. Set your "Course Career" to Undergraduate.
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Course Catalog

Hunter's course catalog lists all Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies courses ever taught. To see the full list of AFPRL courses, use the undergraduate course catalog and search for the prefix AFPRL.

Note: You will need to consult the schedule of classes or contact the department to find when/if a listed course may be offered.

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