Vel Phillips Papers (Teaching, Box 4)

You Make a Difference! Opt for Undergraduate Studies in Afro-American Studies College of Letters & Science The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Afro-American Studies P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

Why Afro-American Studies? The Department of Afro-American Studies at UWM prepares students for career opportunities in business, government, teaching, administration, the professions and social services. The major in Afro-American Studies provides students with a foundation for advanced studies in such fields as economics, politics, sociology, history, English, anthropology, communications and professions such as law, business and management, and public administration.

Afro-American Studies and You! Afro-American Studies is the inquiry into the life histories and prospects of black people, especially those who live in the United States and Canada, Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Its purpose is to educate students to describe, explain, evaluate, and predict actions, events and phenomena that structure the life experiences and possibilities of blacks in the several societies in which they live. Afro-American Studies is thus relevant to you, impinging upon your interests and purposes regardless of your race, sex, ethnicity, nationality or religion, given the inter-dependency of the societies of today's world.

The Afro-American Studies Major The major is designed to give the student the optimum flexibility within a framework of carefully crafted requirements. Given the fact that we now live in what has been called the "technitronic age", every college graduate should possess basic skills necessitated by this age. Accordingly, every graduate in Afro-American Studies will take at least one course each in logic and statistics (6 credits). It is also important that majors have a sense of the foundations of Afro-American Studies, regardless of their areas of concentration. They are thus required to take one course in the Political Economy of Afro-America and one on the Culture and Society of Afro-America (6 credits). The student may then elect to concentrate on Option A-The Political Economy of Afro-America or Option B-The Culture and Society of Afro-America. In either case 24 credits (15 credits must be taken at or above the 300 level) are required to complete the major. If one elects Option A, 6 of the 24 credits may be taken from Option B; if Option B is selected, 6 of the 24 credits may be taken from Option A.

Option A: The Political Economy of Afro-America

A minimum of 24 credits, 6 of these may be taken from Option B, at least 15 of which must be taken at or above the 300 level.

300 Urban Violence 3 cr. 322 Order and Disorder: The Quest for Social Justice 3 cr. 326 Economic Problems of Black Business 3 cr. 327 Black Business and Management 3 cr. 329 Problems and Prospects of U.S./Africa Economic Relations 3 cr. 341 Black Politics and City Government 3 cr. 420 The Political Economy of Slavery 3 cr. 422 Economics of Black Geo-Politics 3 cr. 431 Black Political Movements and Organizations 3 cr. 520 Black Workers in Post-Industrial America 3 cr. 565 Selected Texts/Topics in Afro-American Studies (Subtitle) 3 cr. 699 Independent Study 1-3 cr.

Option B: The Culture and Society of Afro-America

A minimum of 24 credits, 6 of these may be taken from Option A, at least 15 of which must be taken at or above the 300 level.

312 The Church in Afro-American Life 3 cr. 319 History of Blacks in the American City 3 cr. 320 Black Culture in Latin America and the Carribean 3 cr. 350 The Black Family 3 cr. 369 Mass Media and Black Self-Images 3 cr. 402 Black Personality Development 414 The Black Woman in America, Africa and the Caribbean Compared 3 cr. 416 Race, Injustice and Change in America 3 cr. 511 The Development of the Black Community 3 cr. 560 Afro-American Literary Movement: The Harlem Renaissance 3 cr. 565 Selected Texts/Topics in Afro-American Studies (Subtitle) 3 cr. 660 Recurring Philosophical Problems in Afro-American Literature 3 cr. 699 Independent Study 1-3 cr.

Faculty

Winston A. Van Horne, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Lloyd A. Barbee, J.D. Adjunct Professr

Daniel Burrell, Ph.D. Candidate Assistant Professor

Richard O. Lewis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Frank Martin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Deborah G. White, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Virginia G. Stamper, Ph.D. Candidate, Instructor

Advice Each student majoring in Afro-American Studies is assigned a faculty advisor. The advisor assists the student in formulating a course of study and coping with the campus environment.

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May 14th, 1984

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Afro-American Studies 295 Mitchell Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

Dr. Van Horne: I would like to extend this thought of appreciation on the behalf of Professor Vel Phillips. It has been a real honor to haver her as a part of my educational process. I realize that sometimes it is not easy to deal with the presssures that rise among Black women but, if it wasn't for Vel sometimes I feel as though I would have slept the day away and possibly given up. Thank God for the combination of Black women, intelligence and discipline, because Mrs. Phillips is definitely on the case. Your department has a gem. I hope you let it shine.

Sincerely, [Signature of Sandra J. Burrell] Sandra J. Burrell