Africana Studies B.A.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Location: Candelaria 0140

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:

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.
Majors must choose at least one AFS elective at the 300-level and one AFS elective at the 400-level.

Degree Requirements — 120 Credits

1. Required Specified LAC — 9 credits

LAC area 3b — Arts and Humanities

AFS 205

Survey of African American Literature

LAC area 4 — History

AFS 201

African American History I

LAC area 8 — Multicultural Studies

AFS 100

Introduction to Africana Studies

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

Africana Studies Major Electives

Choose five of the following courses - Majors must take at least four AFS prefix courses. At least one AFS prefix course must be at the 300-level and one AFS prefix elective at the 400-level.

AFS 101	Development of Black Identity	3
AFS 102	The Black Woman in America	3
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
	or
MUS 363	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 404	History of Blacks in Film	3
AFS 415	Black Psychology	3
AFS 422	Directed Studies	1- 4
AFS 450	African American History, 1896-Present	3
AFS 456	The Black Church and Religious Traditions	3
GEOG 326	Africa	3
HIST 318	Modern Africa	3
HIST 319	Revolutionary South Africa	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.

With 50 additional credits to take for degree completion (120 credits), AFS majors are strongly encouraged to pursue a minor or an additional major.