BLST 3000 SURVEY OF BLACK EDUCATION (3 credits)
History of black education starting from its early origins in Timbuktu, Egypt and Ethiopia through the American black experience. Impact on western civilization. Black colleges and universities: the black scholar and the community. Contributions of black scholars to general knowledge. Myth of black intellectual inferiority. From interest to disenchantment. Role of educational institutions in American society. Proposed models for coping with urban education.
Prerequisite(s): BLST 1000 or permission of instructor.