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This bulletin is the official Baruch College Undergraduate Bulletin that all students should reference – do not reference the bulletin listed on the website of CUNY’s University Registrar. For curriculum questions, please contact the Dean’s Office of the applicable school.

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Required Capstone Course: 3 Credits

All BLS majors and minors must complete this capstone course.  It will be organized using three key components: (1) Academic coursework, (2) Fieldwork, and (3) Public Knowledge Research Projects.  The capstone course themes will be determined by the instructor, such as by offering specialized focus on (1) race, history, culture or, (2) racial and social justice, public policy, and human rights.  Upon completion students will have developed advanced skills in research methods, established fieldwork experience, and a public research project.

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Seminar in Black and Latino Studies

3 credits




Required Core Elective Courses: 6 Credits

Majors must take two interdisciplinary Core Elective courses, which will establish experience with the foundational methods and themes that inform Black, Latino, and Latinx Studies.

  • Take one of the following Core Electives in interdisciplinary, intersectional thinking about gender, race, and sexuality:
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      Latinas: A Social and Cultural Survey
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      Women of Color
  • Take one of the following interdisciplinary Core Electives to develop complex thinking about empire and racial justice.
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      Latino Communities in the U.S.
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      Black Revolution and Political Thinking in the U.S.
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      Race and Global Inequity


Additional Elective Courses in the Major (21 credits)

The Elective Courses offered to support the major manifest the interdisciplinary practices that define Black, Latinx Studies, and AfroLatinx Studies.  They represent a distribution of courses that support well-rounded knowledge within Black, Caribbean, and Latinx areas of interest.

Black Studies (BLS) Elective Courses Offered by the Department of Black and Latino Studies

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Contemporary Black Literatures 

3 credits

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Urban Economic Structure

3 credits

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The Black Child and Adolescent in the United States

3 credits

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The Black Family

3 credits

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Black Revolution and Political Thinking in the U.S. *

3 credits

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Mass Media and the Black America

3 credits

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Civil Rights Legislation and Litigation

3 credits

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Black Economic Development 1860-Present

3 credits

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African Philosophy and Religion

3 credits

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Women of Color *

3 credits

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Race and Global Inequality *

3 credits


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Special Topics in Black Studies

3 credits

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Independent Study I

3 credits

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Independent Study II

3 credits

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Honors Thesis I in Black Studies **

3 credits

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Honors Thesis I in Black Studies **

3 credits




Latino Studies (LTS) Elective Courses Offered By the Department of Black and Latino Studies

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The Puerto Rican Community

3 credits

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Puerto Rican Political and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century

3 credits

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Politics and Power in Puerto Rico

3 credits

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Economic History of Puerto Rico

3 credits

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Religions in the Caribbean

3 credits

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Puerto Rican Culture

3 credits

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Dominican Heritage: From Pre-Columbian Times to Present

3 credits

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Latinas:  A Social and Cultural Survey *

3 credits

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Race and Global Inequality *

3 credits

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Latinx Film and Media3 credits

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Special Topics in Hispanic/Latino Studies

3 credits

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Latino Communities in the U.S. *

3 credits

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Debates in Latin American Social Theory

3 credits

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Independent Study I

3 credits

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Independent Study II

3 credits

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Honors Thesis I in Black Studies **

3 credits

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Honors Thesis I in Black Studies **

3 credits




NOTES:

* These courses satisfy the Core Elective requirement.

**The BLS/LTS 5000/5001 and BLS/LTS 6001H/6002H course sequences allow for independent study and advanced work. In these courses students will work on independent projects under mentorship and direction from a faculty advisor.  These projects may include experiential learning or social justice work with community organizations.  All projects in this course sequence will culminate in an advanced research project.


BLS and LTS Elective Courses Cross-Listed with Other Weissman Departments

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The Changing Demographics of the City


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Contemporary Black Literatures 

3 credits

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Survey of African American Literature

3 credits

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The Remaking of New York:  The Immigrant Experience

3 credits

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Black Women Writers

3 credits

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Genres of African Literature

3 credits

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Survey of Caribbean Literature in English

3 credits

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African American History

3 credits

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Survey of African History

3 credits

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Women in African History

3 credits

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History of the African Diaspora

3 credits

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People and Culture of Haiti

3 credits

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Theater of Color in the United States

3 credits

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Migration in the Americas

3 credits

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The Sixties in America

3 credits

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The Civil Rights Movement

3 credits

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Race and Ethnic Relations

3 credits




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Central America:  A Regional Study

3 credits

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Cuban Culture and Society

3 credits

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The U.S. and Mexican Border

3 credits

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Race, Class, and Gender in Brazil

3 credits

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Latin American Jewish Women Writers

3 credits

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Contemporary Latin American Fiction

3 credits

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Latin American Literature in the U.S.

3 credits

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Colonial Latin America

3 credits

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History of US-Latin American Relations

3 credits

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From Silver to Cocaine:  The Economic History of Latin America

3 credits

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BLS 1000

African History Until the Dispersion, Seventeenth Century

3 hours; 3 credits

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Geography and Cultures of Africa

3 hours; 3 credits

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Black American History, Seventeenth Century Until the Present Time

3 hours; 3 credits

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The Evolution and Expressions of Racism

3 hours; 3 credits

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Contemporary Black Literatures 

3 hours; 3 credits

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Local Government and Customary Law in Africa

3 hours; 3 credits

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Urban Economic Structure

3 hours; 3 credits

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The Black Child and Adolescent in the United States

3 hours; 3 credits

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The Black Family

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3012

Black Revolution and Political Thinking in the U.S.

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3013

Mass Media and the Black American

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3014

Civil Rights Legislation and Litigation

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3015

Black Economic Development: 1860 to the Present

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3016

Urban Economic Structure

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3018

African Philosophy and Religion

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3024

Women of Color

3 hours; 3 credits

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The Changing Demographics of the City (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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A Survey of African American Literature (
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3 hours; 3 credits
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BLS 3035

The Remaking of New York: the Immigrant Experience (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3038

Survey of Caribbean Literature in English (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3043

Theatre of Color in the United States (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3044

Migration in the Americas (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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Changing Demographics of the City (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3046

Four Hundred Years of the Black Presence in New York City

3 hours; 3 credits

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Race and Global Inequality (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3055

The Sixties in America (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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The Civil Rights Movement (
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3 hours; 3 credits
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BLS 3060

African American History (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3061

Survey of African History (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3062

Women in African History (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3063

History of the African Diaspora (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3085

Special Topics in Black Studies

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3115

People and Culture of Haiti (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3120

Passing, Covering, and Social Stigma in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 3125

Race and Ethnic Relations (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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The City That Care Forgot: The Roots, Ruin, and Rebirth of New Orleans (

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3 hours; 3 credits
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Race and Ethnicity in American Politics (
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3 hours; 3 credits
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Black Women Writers (
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3 hours; 3 credits

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Genres of African Literature (

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3 hours; 3 credits
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Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (
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3 hours; 3 credits
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BLS 4900

Seminar in Black & Latino Studies

3 hours; 3 credits

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Latin America and the Caribbean: History and Politics (

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3 hours; 3 credits
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Arts and Cultures (

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3 hours; 3 credits
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BLS 6001H

Honors Thesis in Black Studies

3 hours; 3 credits

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BLS 6002H

Honors Thesis in Black Studies

3 hours; 3 credits

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