HAFR 250 - A Social and Cultural History of Morehouse College

Credit Hours: 3

Students study, in a chronological fashion, the history of one of America’s most storied institutions of higher education beginning with its founding in the Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, to its reinvention in the 1940s during the presidency of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays and concluding with its twenty-first century prominence and challenges. Social, political, economic, and cultural behavior guide the pedagogy and research.

Prerequisites: Students must have a grade of C- or better in AFR 101 or another FYE course.