Africana Studies B.A.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Location: Candelaria 0140

Telephone: [phone]

Website: www.unco.edu/hss/africana-studies

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts:

1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
2. Required Major Credits
3. 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 — 9 credits

LAC area 3b - Arts and Humanities

AFS 205

Survey of African American Literature

3

LAC area 4 — History

AFS 201

African American History I

3

LAC area 8 - Multicultural Studies

AFS 100

Introduction to Africana Studies

3

Remaining LAC — 31 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core ”.

2. Required Major — 30 credits

Take all of the following courses:

AFS 202	African American History II	3
AFS 240	Dynamics of Racism	3
AFS 399	Community Study Project	1- 4
AFS 490	Seminar in Africana Studies	3

AFS 399: Must take 3 credits

Choose one of the following courses:

AFS 104	Survey of Africa	3
HIST 110	African Civilization	3

Choose one of the following courses:

AFS 386	Political Economy of Modern Africa	3
HIST 318	Modern Africa	3
HIST 319	Revolutionary South Africa	3

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 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 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	Arts of Indigenous People	3

3. University-Wide Credits — 50 credits

Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 50 credits.