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AMST - American Studies
ARAB - Arabic
ARTH - Art History
ARTS - Studio Art
BICH - Biochemistry
BIO - Biology
BLST - Black Studies
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CHEM - Chemistry
CHIN - Chinese Studies
COGS - Cognitive Science
COMP - Computer Science
CSLC - Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
CSP - Cultural Studies Program
CTSJ - Critical Theory and Social Justice
DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs
EASN - East Asian Studies
ECON - Economics
EDUC - Education
ENGL - English
FREN - French
GEO - Geology
GERM - German
GRK - Greek
HCC - Hameetman Career Center
HIST - History
JAPN - Japanese Studies
KINE - Kinesiology
LANG - Language
LATN - Latin
LING - Linguistics
LLAS - Latino/a and Latin American Studies
MAC - Media Arts and Culture
MATH - Mathematics
MUSA - Music Applied Study
MUSC - Music
PHAC - Athletics & Physical Activities
PHIL - Philosophy
PHYS - Physics
POLS - Politics
PSYC - Psychology
RELS - Religious Studies
RUSN - Russian
SOC - Sociology
SPAN - Spanish
THEA - Theater
UEP - Urban & Environmental Policy
WRD - Writing & Rhetoric
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Course Descriptions
> BLST - Black Studies
BLST - Black Studies
BLST 110
Introduction to Black Studies
BLST 233
African Politics
BLST 234
South African Politics
BLST 240
African American Women Writers
BLST 242
The Great Migration
BLST 245
African American Religious Traditions
BLST 252
African-American Film: 1967–Present
BLST 256
Race Women: African American Women's Protest Culture
BLST 258
Theoretical Accounts of Racism
BLST 268
Style Politics: Beauty and Fashion in Black Women's History
BLST 325
Toni Morrison and African-American Self-Fashioning
BLST 352
Black Political Thought
BLST 355
Critical Fanonism
BLST 376
Slavery, Freedom, and American Memory
BLST 397
Advanced Independent Study
BLST 490
Black Studies Senior Seminar
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