Race Matters Across the Disciplines
This course involves a thorough examination of a classic race relations text to explore its utility within and across the boundaries of several disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. The focus is on the interdisciplinary meaning of fourteen chapters in The Souls of Black Folk that signal the terms of analysis in the major disciplines in the academy, including political science, history, sociology, economics, music, literature, philosophy, religion, social science research methods, education, journalism, and public policy. Readings cover the primary text, autobiography, biography, and supplemental analysis and commentary to revisit the role of songs, poems, criticism, leadership, learning, and other factors in individual and group development as these took form in W.E.B. Du Bois’ analysis of race. This study fully meets the SUNY general education social sciences requirement.