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Africana Studies
Africana Studies
Minor
Hours
18 Credit Hours
Program Requirements
requirement 1
Complete 1 course
IAS 221 - Introduction to Africana Studies
3.0
requirement 2
Complete 1 course
Humanities and Fine Arts courses:
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature Before 1800
3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English
3.0
ENGL 495 - The Senior Course
3.0
FREN 456R - Francophone Studies
3.0
IHUM 390R - Junior Seminar in the Interdisciplinary Humanities: Movements, Periods, and Areas
3.0
IHUM 490R - Seminar in the Humanities
3.0
MUSIC 204 - Introduction to Jazz
3.0
PORT 461R - African Literature in Portuguese
3.0
requirement 3
Complete 1 course
Social Sciences and Development courses:
ANTHR 330 - Peoples of Africa
3.0
EDLF 362 - Introduction to International Development Education
3.0
EDLF 363 - Education, Poverty, and Community Development
3.0
GEOG 285 - Africa South of the Sahara
3.0
HIST 261 - Modern Africa
3.0
HIST 336 - South African Liberation Movements
3.0
HIST 339 - African Social Change
3.0
HIST 366 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa and the Atlantic World
3.0
HIST 367 - Slavery in the United States
3.0
HIST 383 - African-American History, 1865 to Present
3.0
POLI 352 - African Politics
3.0
SOC 323 - (Not currently offered)
SOC 370 - (Not currently offered)
requirement 4
Complete 3 courses
Complete any three additional elective courses.
ANTHR 330 - Peoples of Africa
3.0
EDLF 362 - Introduction to International Development Education
3.0
EDLF 363 - Education, Poverty, and Community Development
3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature Before 1800
3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English
3.0
ENGL 495 - The Senior Course
3.0
FREN 456R - Francophone Studies
3.0
GEOG 285 - Africa South of the Sahara
3.0
HIST 261 - Modern Africa
3.0
HIST 336 - South African Liberation Movements
3.0
HIST 339 - African Social Change
3.0
HIST 366 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa and the Atlantic World
3.0
HIST 367 - Slavery in the United States
3.0
HIST 383 - African-American History, 1865 to Present
3.0
IHUM 390R - Junior Seminar in the Interdisciplinary Humanities: Movements, Periods, and Areas
3.0
IHUM 490R - Seminar in the Humanities
3.0
MUSIC 204 - Introduction to Jazz
3.0
POLI 352 - African Politics
3.0
PORT 461R - African Literature in Portuguese
3.0
SOC 323 - (Not currently offered)
SOC 370 - (Not currently offered)
Note 1: All R courses must have African or African Diaspora content.
Note 2: All electives must be approved through the African Studies Coordinator.
Note 3: A maximum of two courses will be allowed to double-count toward the student's major.
Program Outcomes
Please contact the individual department for outcome information.
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