Two New Programs for Loyola Arts 81 Sciences: Afro-A merican Studies Program During the spring of 1971, Loyola University created its Afro-Ameri- can Studies Program. The goals of this program are: 1l to make known the many contributions of Black people in all aspects of American life: 2l to develop and carry out meaningful research into some of the current problems confronting Afro-Americans: and 3l to partici- pate in community action programs. At the present time, the program works in conjunction with the de- partments of Anthropology, English, Fine Arts, History, Sociology and the Urban-Ethnic Studies Program. The program offers the following courses: in Anthropology we have The Peoples of Africa and Afro- Americansg in English we have Black Authors since 1914: in Fine Arts we have Afro-American Art History, in History, Afro-American History before 1865 and Afro- American History since 1865 g and in Urban Ethnic Studies Program LoyoIa's Program for Urban-Ethnic Studies aims to facilitate under- graduate teaching, research and ac- tion involving urban problems and ethnic group life by initiating ac- tivities not easily accomplished within the traditional university! school! department stmctu re . It directs its attention not only towards the structures, processes and prob- lems of urban society but also to- wards the widely varied ethnic cul- tures found in the United States. The Program's goals are: 1D to co- ordinate throughout the undergradu- ate divisions of the University those scholarly activities focusing on ur- banization, urbanism and the life styles and cultures of those ethnic groups which have tended to con- centrate in cities, Zi to cross dis- ciplinary lines and initiate new ur- ban-ethnic teaching, research and policy studies to broaden and strengthen the undergraduate cur- riculum, 3l to sponsor university- community conferences examining ethnic group life: and 4l to develop community action projects and com- munity laboratories in the city in order that we might more directly Sociology, we have Sociology of the Afro-American. These courses are offered at both the Lake Shore and Lewis Towers campuses and also in the University College. Being an interdisciplinary program, it offers a unique opportunity to all of the students to learn about a large segment of society which heretofore they may have had very little or no contact. participate in the solutions to urban problems. Courses in the Urban-Ethnic Stud- ies Program are cross-referenced with many of those in the depart- ments of Education, Political Sci- ence, Sociology, Economics, History, Fine Arts, Communication Arts, Philosophy, Psychology and the Afro-American Studies Program. Since September of 1971, the Pro- gram has offered a major to Loyola students in Urban-Ethnic Studies.
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