Africana Studies B.A.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact: Travis D. Boyce, Ph.D., Coordinator
Location: Candelaria 0140
Telephone: 970.351.2685
Website: www.unco.edu/afs
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; https://ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of three parts:
- Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
Graduates will have a liberal arts education and skills necessary for working in multicultural environments; qualify for graduate work in Africana Studies or Pan African Studies; and will understand the struggles and accomplishments of people of African descent. As a job-related field, Africana Studies fosters the intellectual and professional expertise valuable for positions in teaching (elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels), business, criminal justice, counseling, psychology, and health-related fields. Additional applications include community resource development, urban planning, public and social policy analysis, law, social services, political leadership (local, state and federal) and international relations.
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing
Program Requirements:
- AFS 395, Aspects of the African American Experience, is a variable subtitle course, which may be taken more than once, each time with materials applicable to a different program focus. Students may not repeat the same subtitle course in a program focus for credit.
- Electives are chosen with the approval of the coordinator. Majors must choose at least one elective at the 300-level and one elective at the 400-level.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
Degree Requirements
1. Required Specified LAC — 6 credits
LAC area 4 — History
| AFS 100 | Introduction to Africana Studies | 3 |
| AFS 201 | African American History I | 3 |
Remaining LAC — 34 credits
See “Liberal Arts Core ”.
2. Required Major — 33 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| AFS 202 | African American History II | 3 |
| AFS 205 | Survey of African American Literature | 3 |
| AFS 240 | Dynamics of Racism | 3 |
| AFS 399 | Community Study Project | 1-4 |
| AFS 490 | Seminar in Africana Studies | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
Choose one of the following courses:
Social and Behavioral Studies, choose two of the following courses:
| AFS 102 | The Black Woman in America | 3 |
| AFS 310 | African Americans and U.S. Education | 3 |
| AFS 395 | Aspects of the African-American Experience | 3 |
| AFS 415 | Black Psychology | 3 |
| AFS 420 | African American Leadership and Politics | 3 |
| AFS 450 | African American History 1896-2016: From Homer Plessy to Barack Obama | 3 |
| AFS 456 | The Black Church and Religious Traditions | 3 |
Cultural Studies, choose two of the following courses:
| AFS 101 | Development of Black Identity | 3 |
| AFS 230 | Black Women in Literature | 3 |
| AFS 303 | Blacks in the American West | 3 |
| AFS 340 | The Black Family | 3 |
| AFS 395 | Aspects of the African-American Experience | 3 |
| AFS 396 | African and African American World Views | 3 |
| AFS 404 | History of Blacks in Film | 3 |
| ART 482 | Art of Africa, South Seas, and Mesoamerica | 3 |
3. University-Wide Credits — 47 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 47 credits.