Africana Studies
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Minor Requirements — 18 Credits
Africana Studies Core Courses (12 Credits)
Foundations of Africana Studies - 3 Credits
Choose one of the following:
| AFS 100 | Introduction to Africana Studies | 3 |
| AFS 101 | Development of Black Identity | 3 |
| AFS 240 | Dynamics of Racism | 3 |
"Rethinking" Africa - 3 Credits
Choose one of the following:
Survey of African American History - 3 Credits
Choose one of the following:
| AFS 201 | African American History I | 3 |
| AFS 202 | African American History II | 3 |
Special Topics in Africa and/or the African Diaspora - 3 Credits
Choose one of the following:
| AFS 102 | The Black Woman in America | 3 |
| AFS 205 | Survey of African American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 236 | Ethnic American Literature | 3 |
| FL 195 | Elementary World Language | 5 |
| FL 296 | Study Abroad Experience | 3 |
| FR 116 | Contemporary France | 3 |
| FR 117 | The French-Speaking World | 3 |
| MCS 101 | Multiculturalism in the United States: Concepts and Issues | 3 |
| MUS 150 | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
| MUS 296 | Jazz Music: History and Appreciation | 3 |
| SOC 235 | Social Change in a Global Context | 3 |
| SOC 237 | Sociology of Minorities | 3 |
The AFS Program will recognize African centered or diasporic languages transferred from an accredited institution. Languages include, but not limited to, Akan, Kiswahili, Standard Arabic, Wolof, Somali, Zulu, Portuguese among others. Please contact both the Department of Modern Languages and African Studies Program if you have any questions.
FL 296 needs approval of the Department of Modern Languages and the African Studies Program.
Africana Studies Upper Division Electives (6 Credits)
Choose two of the following courses (one course must be an AFS prefix):
| AFS 303 | Blacks in the American West | 3 |
| AFS 310 | African Americans and U.S. Education | 3 |
| AFS 340 | The Black Family | 3 |
| AFS 360 | Routes of Black Music | 3 |
| AFS 386 | Political Economy of Modern Africa | 3 |
| AFS 395 | Aspects of the African-American Experience | 3 |
| AFS 396 | African and African American World Views | 3 |
| AFS 399 | Community Study Project | 1-4 |
| AFS 404 | History of Blacks in Film | 3 |
| AFS 415 | Black Psychology | 3 |
| AFS 420 | African American Leadership and Politics | 3 |
| AFS 422 | Directed Studies | 1-4 |
| AFS 450 | African American History 1896-2016: From Homer Plessy to Barack Obama | 3 |
| AFS 456 | The Black Church and Religious Traditions | 3 |
| ANT 313 | Anthropology of Globalization | 3 |
| ANT 331 | Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems | 3 |
| ART 482 | Art of Africa, South Seas, and Mesoamerica | 3 |
| CRJ 475 | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| ECON 344 | International Economics | 3 |
| ECON 360 | Economics of Growth and Development | 3 |
| ECON 362 | Economic History of the United States | 3 |
| ECON 365 | Urban and Housing Economics | 3 |
| ENG 374 | American Diaspora and Globalization | 3 |
| GEOG 326 | Africa | 3 |
| GEOG 333 | South America | 3 |
| GNDR 300 | History of Feminism | 3 |
| GNDR 414 | Masculinities | 3 |
| HIST 301 | Colonial Africa | 3 |
| HIST 312 | History of Brazil | 3 |
| HIST 314 | History of Latin America to 1855 | 3 |
| HIST 315 | History of Latin America: 1855 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 316 | History of Caribbean and Central America | 3 |
| HIST 318 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 319 | Revolutionary South Africa | 3 |
| PSCI 316 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 318 | The Politics of the Developing States | 3 |
| SOC 388 | Global Immigration | 3 |
| SOC 414 | Masculinities | 3 |
| SPAN 321 | Spanish Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 331 | Latin American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 341 | Mexican and Mexican American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
Notes: AFS 395, Aspects of the African American Experience, is a variable subtitle course that students may take more than once under different subtitles.
AFS 399 and AFS 422, when taken by minors, must always be taken for three semester credits.