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Dibs Fall 2026

AF AMER

African American Studies

64 courses on record · 4 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

64 courses

Lower division 16

Lower division courses in African American Studies
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
1 Introduction to Black Studies GE 3.69 n=1,156 1 section
2A Africa and Middle East 3.76 n=26 —
2B Race and U.S. Military Intervention in Africa 3.79 n=247 —
2C Black Folks Kung Fu Fightin': Black America, Martial Arts, and Popular Culture GE 3.47 n=40 —
M5 Social Organization of Black Communities GE 3.87 n=295 —
6 Trends in Black Intellectual Thought GE 3.60 n=386 —
M8A Elementary Tigrinya 3.86 n=10 small sample —
M9A Elementary Amharic 3.83 n=10 small sample —
M10A History of Africa to 1800 GE 3.44 n=81 —
M12B African American Musical Heritage 2.65 n=10 small sample —
M18 Leadership and Student-Initiated Retention 3.91 n=78 —
19 Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars no letter grades —
M25 Perceptions of Blackness in the Ancient World GE no grade history —
88S Seeking Sakhu: Introduction to Pan-African Black Psychology no letter grades —
96W Variable Topics in Black Studies: Seminar 1 3.80 n=48 —
98T All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Media, Visual Culture, and Power of Representation 3.91 n=22 —

Upper division 42

Upper division courses in African American Studies
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
M103A African American Theater History: Slavery to Mid-1800s GE 3.66 n=14 small sample —
M103B African American Theater History: Minstrel Stage to Rise of American Musical 3.63 n=13 small sample —
M103J Contemporary Black Theater: Modern Civil Rights Era to Black Lives Matter and Beyond 3.75 n=14 small sample —
M104A Early African American Literature 3.38 n=142 —
M104B African American Literature from Harlem Renaissance to 1960s 3.75 n=54 —
M104C African American Literature of 1960s and 1970s 3.48 n=14 small sample —
M104E Topics in African American Literature and Culture: Lecture 1 3.39 n=44 1 section
105B Issues in Pan-African Biography and Autobiography 3.90 n=71 —
105C Africa, African Americans, and History of Capitalism 3.91 n=65 —
106B Militarism, International Security, and African American Political Thought 3.92 n=59 —
M107 Cultural History of Rap GE 3.31 n=81 —
108 Jazz and Political Imagination 3.77 n=49 —
110A Race, Science, and Society 3.61 n=174 —
110B Reproducing While Black: Politics of Black Reproduction 3.87 n=112 —
110C Black Health Matters: Wellness, Health, and Self-Care 3.95 n=46 —
112A Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic 3.80 n=953 1 section
112B Aboard Mothership: Introduction to Afrofuturism 3.83 n=511 —
M113D Spoken Word Workshop: Creative Writing and Performance Practicum 3.86 n=10 small sample —
M115 We Gone Be Alright: Developing Next Generation of Black Organizers 3.62 n=50 —
M116A African American Musical Heritage GE 3.24 n=24 1 section
M116B African American Musical Heritage GE no grade history —
117 Ecologies of Empire, Liberation, and Resistance no grade history —
M121 Afro-Indigenous History: from Enslavement and Settlement to Black Lives Matter and Indigenous Sovereignty 3.94 n=124 —
M124 Comparative Racialization and Indigeneity 3.79 n=57 —
M148 Politics of Struggle: Race, Solidarity, and Resistance 3.65 n=12 small sample —
M154C Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean I 3.28 n=174 —
M155 Afro-Latina/o Experience(s) in U.S. 3.60 n=33 —
157 Rastafari World Making no grade history —
M158B Introduction to Afro-American History 3.83 n=102 —
M158C Introduction to Afro-American History 3.84 n=96 —
M159P Constructing Race 3.25 n=70 —
M167 Worker Center Movement: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Immigrant Workers 3.86 n=10 small sample —
C168 Black Queer Ecologies no grade history —
M172 Afro-American Woman in U.S. 3.76 n=21 —
M173 Nonviolence and Social Movements 3.79 n=159 —
175 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare 3.47 n=24 —
176 Race, Racism, and Law 3.79 n=30 —
184A Research in Black Life, Institutions, and Culture 3.93 n=42 —
184B Research in Black Life, Institutions, and Culture II 3.95 n=41 —
184C Research in Black Life, Institutions and Culture III: Comparative Black Studies Research Perspectives and Methods 3.94 n=40 —
188A Special Courses in African American Studies: Lecture 1 3.70 n=170 —
C191 Variable Topics Research Seminars: Afro-American Studies: Literature and Pedagogy of Toni Morrison 3.87 n=13 small sample —

Graduate 6

Graduate courses in African American Studies
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
201A Survey of Black Studies Research: Themes, Issues, and Concepts 3.68 n=10 small sample —
241 Special Topics in Afro-American Studies 3.91 n=37 —
C266B Future of Work in Decarcerated California II: Applied Research and Policy Analysis for Implementation of Justice Transformation 3.88 n=13 small sample —
C266 Future of Work in Decarcerated California 3.90 n=17 small sample —
C268 Black Queer Ecologies no grade history —
C291 Special Topics in Afro-American Studies: Literature and Pedagogy of Toni Morrison no grade history —

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.