HUM 1001 - African American Male Culture and Leadership I

1. Finding Our Families: Finding Ourselves- Our Culture, Our History, Our Roots. African American influence and Contributions to America through the Humanities
2. Your Culture and Gender. Examine how cultural expectations and gender identity shapes decision making, world view, and how to imagine the future. A look at Black identity through the lens of masculinities and femininities.  
3. Identity and Self-esteem: Self-efficacy & Locus of Control: Expressions of identity and self-esteem in the humanities that help us see ourselves and begin to shift our agency
4. Decision Making, Leadership, and Personal Responsibility: Analyzing and examining how African American male leaders, especially those who have been leaders in the arts written/spoken about/expressed the identity of African American people in society. What characteristics will you adopt? Discard?
5. Academic Success: How is success defined culturally? nationally? in gendered terms? What will success mean for you? What’s your plan?
6. Final Project: Group Project: Artistic Expressions

1. Explain essential terms and cultural artifacts related to African American culture and its intersections with identity.
2. Respond critically to multiple perspectives, ideas, and theories on how culture and its artifacts influence identity development, worldview, and decision making.
3. Describe how the scope and variety of work in the humanities informs identity development, behaviors, decision making, and leadership styles.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of resources and supportive communities that will assist them in college success.

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