Africana & Black Studies

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Total Credits for the Minor: 18

Required Core Courses

Nine credits. One course each from the content areas listed below. To allow for flexibility and multiple entry points into the minor, students have two to three choices within each content area. The social science courses do not have a permanent number as of yet.

English Content Area:

At least 1 course
ENGL 373 - African-American Literary Tradition 3 credits
Social Science Content Area:

At least 1 course
Or
EDUC 245 - African American Education and Schooling 3 credits
History Content Area:

At least 1 course
HIST 344 - Black Atlantic 3 credits
Or
HIST 214 - Freedom Struggles: From the Civil War to Black Lives Matter 3 credits

Electives

9 credits

HIST 230 - Introduction to African History 3 credits
HIST 300 - Colonial America 3 credits
HIST 206 - United States to 1865 3 credits
HIST 390 - Selected Topics 1 to 4 credits
Special Topics Title: Cuban Revolution

Online Shows: Gender, and Sexuality in China’s Long 20th Century
PHIL 390 - Selected Topics 1 to 4 credits
Special Topics Title: Africana Philosophy

Online Shows: Latin X Philosophy
FREN 177 - Franco-African Cinema & Literature 3 credits
Or
FREN 477 - Franco-African Cinema & Literature 3 credits
MUS 074 - Music of Latin America 3 credits
MUS 075 - Music of Africa 3 credits
MUS 102 - History of Jazz 3 credits
MUS 103 - American Popular Music 3 credits
REL 290 - Selected Topics 1 to 4 credits
Special Topics Title: Black & Womanist Theology
SOC 300 - Intersections: Race, Class, Gender 3 credits
SOC 386 - Racial and Ethnic Relations 3 credits