African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College
Boston College African and African Diaspora Studies courses: 23 listings with descriptions, sections, instructor ratings, and teaching history.
African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College offers 23 courses in the current catalog, from AADS1104 African American History I to AADS4538 Visual Culture in Black America: The Art and Politics of Seeing and Being Seen. Each course page on Linden Study shows the catalog description, credits and prerequisites, the sections offered each term, and the instructors who have taught it, with aggregate ratings from Boston College's published course evaluations, and from Rate My Professors where available, each labelled with its source. Teaching records here cover 24 instructors across 12 terms, from Fall 2021 to Fall 2026.
1000-level courses
- AADS1104 African American History I
- AADS1110 Introduction to African Diaspora Studies
- AADS1114 When Gods Begin Again: Intro to African and African Diaspora Religions
- AADS1137 Managing Diversity
- AADS1139 African World Perspectives
- AADS1155 Introduction to African-American Society
- AADS1230 The History of Spirituals and Gospel Music: Roots in West Africa
- AADS1770 Gospel Music Workshop
2000-level courses
- AADS2204 Music and Social Justice
- AADS2255 Health Psychology: Foundations for a Culture of Health Equity
- AADS2265 Women in Blues
- AADS2331 Black Global Media: Making and Unmaking the News
- AADS2400 Ifa: an Indigenous African Literary & Divinatory Tradition
- AADS2460 African Political Parties
- AADS2466 State Building and Conflict in Africa
- AADS2467 Politics of Development in Africa
- AADS2483 Introduction to African American Literature
- AADS2600 Blues, Hip Hop & Place: Black Life in the United States and Brazil
3000-level courses
- AADS3310 Studies of Race, Law, and Resistance
- AADS3420 Philosophy of Race and Racism
- AADS3450 Fighting for Black Lives: Health and Social Movements
- AADS3901 The Great Migration Narrative: Black Storytelling in/across Time, Space, and Generations