BLKS 003S: Introduction to Black Study 3: Black Ways of Knowing, Doing, and (b)eing Otherwise

2025-26

Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; activity, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour

Catalog page 179

Description: Engages epistemology, the nature of knowledge and how knowledge relates to the concept of the human. Explores what counts as knowing and knowledge through Radical Black Study. Seeks to understand not why black lives matter but why black life matters. Examines what Cedric Robinson calls “The Terms of Order.”

Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following BLKS 003S or BLKS 003.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 74/75 74/75