OFFICE: Cecil Lytle, Provost, Thurgood Marshall College
Ken Anderson, Visiting Lecturer, Music
Robert Cancel, Associate Professor, Literature
Floyd Gaffney, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Theatre
Sandra Foster-King, M.F.A., Visiting Lecturer, Theatre
George Lewis, Professor, Music
Cecil Lytle, B.A., Professor, Music
Faith Ringgold, M.A., Professor, Visual Arts
Quincy Troupe, Professor, Literature
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Contemporary Black Arts ProgramThe MinorThe Contemporary Black Arts Program is an interdisciplinary minor which provides a broad introduction to an appreciation of Afro-American performing arts through lecture, studio courses, and public performance. Students complete twenty-eight units, with a minimum of twenty upper-division units. Students who complete the minor must meet the following requirements: 1. A required core of four lecture courses chosen from:TheatreTHHS 109 (African Heritage in Contemporary Drama) or THHS 101 (Topics: African American Theatre) Music Visual Arts Literature History 2. A fifth lecture course selected from the following approved list:Literature/English 185. Themes in Afro-American Literature (4) Literature/English 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature (4) Literature/English 148. Genres in American Lit (4) Literature/English 183. African American Prose (4) Literature/English 184. African American Poetry (4) Literature/Writing 100. Beginning Fiction (4) Music 126. Introduction to Oral Music (4) Music 127B. Music of Black Americans (4) Literature/Writing 102. Poetry (4) Literature/Writing 120. Personal Narrative (4) VA 1. Introduction to Art Making (4) 3. A total of eight units of performance courses selected from the following approved list:Music 95G. Gospel Choir (2) Music 95J. Jazz Ensemble (2) Music 131. Jazz Improvisation (4) Theatre/Dance 132. Dances of the World (4) Theatre/Acting 120. Ensemble (4) Students interested in either taking Contem-porary Black Arts Program courses or completing the minor are encouraged to discuss their interests and develop a course of study with a faculty member of the program at their earliest convenience. See the Marshall College Provost's Office for further information. |