Self and Other Course Pairing

Encountering the Past: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in Africa (HS 100)

In this course, students will develop the skills necessary for understanding and producing histories, which include the critical evaluation of sources and the ability to write cogently and persuasively about events in the past. It also asks students to think about why the study of history is important to our lives today. We will engage these topics and questions by exploring the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery as a practice and institution in Africa. The development of this economic system was critical to the making of the modern world. We will explore the conditions that led to its development, consider the humanistic contradictions inherent in its evolution, the debates over abolition, and its legacy on our modern world.

Faculty Biography

Dr. Oghenetoja Okoh is an Assistant Professor of African History and has been at Loyola for more than 7 years. She approaches the subject of the trans-Atlantic slave trade from the vantage point of Africa, looking out onto the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds; highlighting it as an early history of capitalism.

Multimedia Storytelling (CM 308)

A practical exploration of how multimedia stories are crafted and their audience effects in news, persuasion, and entertainment. Students produce their own media stories in a variety of formats and strategies, apply design and aesthetic principles, and consider their legal and ethical responsibilities as media storytellers.

Faculty biography

Dr. Sara Magee specializes in broadcast and multimedia journalism. She uses a mix of hands-on experience, skills learning, and theory to teach students about the ethics and effective use and production of local, national and global news and media content, of social media for communication and issues of fan culture and society.

Mentor biography

Ejuma Adoga is a Baltimore Native and a double graduate of Boston College. She's spent all of her career in Higher Ed, working in mental health, trauma and student wellness. In her free time, she can be found cooking, baking or catching up on her favorite show, The Great British Baking show.

Virtual Advisor

HS 100 satisfies the History core requirement for all students. This course pairing is recommended for students who are considering a major or minor in Communications.