Spring 2026 Black Studies

Location: 1223 UH; Phone: (312) 996-2950.

Last generated: Monday, December 15 2025 08:30 AM CST

NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

BLST 100

Introduction to Black Studies

3 hours. Previously listed as AAST 100. UIC GE Individual and Society, and UIC GE US Society course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44081DIS - AD101:00 PM - 01:50 PMF1312BSBMeet on campus
44082DIS - AD210:00 AM - 10:50 AMF1312BSBMeet on campus
44083DIS - AD311:00 AM - 11:50 AMF1312BSBMeet on campus
44084DIS - AD409:00 AM - 09:50 AMF1312BSBMeet on campus
44078LEC - AL01:00 PM - 01:50 PMMW2082BHBarnes, NMeet on campus
43635DIS - BD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMR3372BSBMeet on campus
43634LEC - BL02:00 PM - 03:15 PMT3372BSBMeet on campus

BLST 101

Introduction to Black Diaspora Studies

3 hours. Previously listed as AAST 101. UIC GE Past, and UIC GE World Cultures course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44085LCD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTRA0022LCAHarrington, JMeet on campus
3 hours

BLST 103

Black Politics and Culture in the United States

3 hours. Same as POLS 112. Previously listed AAST 103. UIC GE Individual and Society, and UIC GE US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44985LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMMW1132BSBJohnson, CMeet on campus
3 hours
49379LCD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMTR3352BSBMeet on campus

BLST 111

Introduction to African American Literature Since 1910

3 hours. Same as ENGL 119. Previously listed as AAST 111. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44364LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTR1132BSBJun, HMeet on campus

BLST 210

Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology

3 hours. Same as AH 210 and CL 210. Credit is not given for BLST 210 if the student has credit in ARST 210 or AH 210 or CL 210. Previously listed as AAST 210. Prerequisite(s): Completion of the English Composition requirement; and sophomore standing or above. Recommended background: Credit in AH 100 or AH 110. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE Past course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Lecture-Discussion.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
45775LEC - AL11:00 AM - 12:15 PMT3812BSBJohnson, PMeet on campus
45776LCD - AS11:00 AM - 12:15 PMR3812BSBJohnson, PMeet on campus

BLST 225

Racial and Ethnic Groups

3 hours. Same as LALS 225 and SOC 225. Previously listed as AAST 225. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100; or consent of the instructor. UIC GE Individual and Society, and UIC GE US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44433LCD03:00 PM - 05:45 PMMA0052LCAMacias, PMeet on campus

BLST 248

African American History since 1877

3 hours. Same as HIST 248. Previously listed as AAST 248. Prerequisite(s): One course in Black Studies or History; or consent of the instructor. UIC GE Past, and UIC GE US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44986LCD03:00 PM - 04:15 PMMWA0022LCARansby, BMeet on campus

BLST 258

Race and Urban Life

3 hours. Same as SOC 258. Previously listed as AAST 258.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44087LCD05:00 PM - 06:15 PMTR1012LHForman, TMeet on campus
3 hours

BLST 261

Reading Black Women Writing

3 hours. Same as ENGL 261 and GWS 261. Previously listed as AAST 261. Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in a 100-level Black Studies or African American literature course; or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44366LCD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMTR1132BSBJackson, LMeet on campus

BLST 262

Black Cultural Studies

3 hours. Same as ENGL 262. Previously listed as AAST 262. Prerequisite(s): BLST 100. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44367LCD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMTR2052LHLaMothe, MMeet on campus
Black Performance

BLST 274

The Politics of Blackness in Latin America

3 hours. Same as LALS 274 and POLS 274. Recommended background: Three credit hours in BLST or LALS or POLS.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
47470LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTRA0022LCAHarrington, JMeet on campus

BLST 356

Constitutional Law: Women, Gender and Privacy

3 hours. Same as GWS 356 and POLS 356. Previously listed as AAST 356. Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in POLS 101 or Grade of C or better in POLS 112; or Grade of C or better in BLST 100 or Grade of C or better in BLST 103; or Grade of C or better in GWS 101; or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44219LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTR2092BHLyles, KMeet on campus

BLST 358

Constitutional Law: African-American Legal History

3 hours. Same as POLS 358. Previously listed as AAST 358.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44220LCD11:00 AM - 12:15 PMTR2092BHLyles, KMeet on campus

BLST 398

Independent Study: Special Topics

1 TO 3 hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Previously listed as AAST 398. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and departmental approval. Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44100CNFARRANGEDBarnes, N
44101CNFARRANGEDBlair, C
46234CNFARRANGEDBost, D
44102CNFARRANGEDBrown, N
44103CNFARRANGEDClarke, A
44104CNFARRANGEDClarno, A
44106CNFARRANGEDForman, T
44107CNFARRANGEDHarrington, J
44108CNFARRANGEDJabir, J
44109CNFARRANGEDJackson, L
44120CNFARRANGEDJewell, J
44110CNFARRANGEDJohnson, C
44111CNFARRANGEDJun, H
44112CNFARRANGEDLaMothe, M
44113CNFARRANGEDLewis, A
44114CNFARRANGEDRansby, B
44115CNFARRANGEDRhodes, J
44116CNFARRANGEDRichie, B
44117CNFARRANGEDStovall, D
46235CNFARRANGEDWilliamson, T

BLST 401

Senior Seminar in Black Studies

3 hours. Previously listed as AAST 401. Prerequisite(s): BLST 206; and senior standing or above; or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44089DIS03:00 PM - 05:30 PMM1312BSBJewell, JMeet on campus
3 hours

BLST 407

Seminar in Comparative Racialization

3 OR 4 hours. Same as SOC 407. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Previously listed as AAST 407. Prerequisite(s): BLST 207 or SOC 207 or BLST 225 or SOC 225 or LALS 225; and senior standing or above; or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44370DIS11:00 AM - 12:15 PMTR1172BSBClarno, AMeet on campus
3 hours
44373DIS11:00 AM - 12:15 PMTR1172BSBClarno, AMeet on campus
4 hours

BLST 410

Race, Gender and Representation: Black Bodies in Media and Mass Culture

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Same as COMM 410 and GWS 410. Recommended background: Three or more credit hours in Black Studies or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
47967LCD03:30 PM - 04:45 PMTR2142LHCeleste, MMeet on campus
3 hours
47968LCD03:30 PM - 04:45 PMTR2142LHCeleste, MMeet on campus
4 hours

BLST 501

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Black Studies

4 hours. Previously listed as AAST 501.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44099DIS02:00 PM - 04:50 PMW1172BSBJohnson, CMeet on campus
4 hours

BLST 503

Topics in Black Studies

4 hours. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 hours. Previously listed as AAST 503. Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44579LCD10:00 AM - 12:50 PMR1202SHRichie, BMeet on campus
Writing for Freedom Memoirs and Autobiographical Accounts of Violence, Carcerality and Liberation This course will examine writing by and about Black women and queer scholars, activists, and cultural workers who have used the literary forms of memoir and autobiography to assert ideas about struggle, violence, resistance, freedom, justice and abolition feminism. It will include historical texts as well as contemporary writing of both well known, established writers as well as lesser read authors. The analytical frames will include questions of state-sanctioned gender violence, carceral confinement, institutional and community dynamics, intimacy and love, and everyday acts of resistance and change. The course will begin with a close reading of Assata: An Autobiography.

BLST 596

Independent Study

1 TO 4 hours. May be repeated for credit. Students may register for more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department approval. Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44118CNFARRANGEDBarnes, N
44119CNFARRANGEDBlair, C
46236CNFARRANGEDBost, D
44371CNFARRANGEDBrown, N
44121CNFARRANGEDClarke, A
44122CNFARRANGEDClarno, A
44124CNFARRANGEDForman, T
44125CNFARRANGEDHarrington, J
44126CNFARRANGEDJabir, J
44127CNFARRANGEDJackson, L
46237CNFARRANGEDJewell, J
44128CNFARRANGEDJohnson, C
44129CNFARRANGEDJun, H
44130CNFARRANGEDLaMothe, M
44132CNFARRANGEDLewis, A
44131CNFARRANGEDRansby, B
44133CNFARRANGEDRhodes, J
44134CNFARRANGEDRichie, B
44135CNFARRANGEDStovall, D
46238CNFARRANGEDWilliamson, T