AFAM 11

About this course

This is an African American Studies course that introduces students to concepts of race, racialization, ethnicity, racial identity formation, and their impact on the lived experiences of Black people in the United States. The course will build upon African American Studies concepts in order to understand the experiences of the African Diaspora in the United States. This course will build upon this concept of Sankofa or "returning to the source" in order to understand the present state of the African Diaspora, specifically those individuals identifying as Black American or African American. Emphasis will be placed on the historical and psycho-cultural understanding of people of African descent throughout the Diaspora.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use AFAM 11

ASSIST maps AFAM 11 to a requirement in 30 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.

• Leadership StudiesDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Chicano/Latino StudiesDe Anza → UC Irvine
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsDe Anza → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• Liberal Studies (B.A.)De Anza → CSU Fresno
• Liberal Studies - ITEP OptionDe Anza → CSU Fresno
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African and African-American Social SciencesDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• Ethnic StudiesDe Anza → UC Riverside
• African American StudiesDe Anza → UC Riverside
• Native American StudiesDe Anza → UC Riverside
• Asian American StudiesDe Anza → UC Riverside
• Liberal StudiesDe Anza → CSU Sacramento
• Gender, Ethnicity and Multicultural Studies, B.A. - GEMS OptionDe Anza → Cal Poly Pomona
• Ethnic StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Environmental Economics and PolicyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Environmental SciencesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Sustainable Environmental DesignDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• African American StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Landscape ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Society and EnvironmentDe Anza → UC Berkeley