Program Overview
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Location: Candelaria 0140
Email: HSS@unco.edu
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 Curriculum (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. Liberal Arts Curriculum — 31 credits
To complete the degree in 120 credits as outlined, the program recommends the below LAC courses that also count toward the 39 required major credits.
Any additional LAC coursework completed outside of the recommended list below may extend the length of the program of study.
Written Communication — 6 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Written Communication courses
Mathematics — 3 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Mathematics courses
Arts & Humanities, History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Multicultural Studies [MS], and International Studies [IS] — 15 credits
To complete the LAC in the minimum number of credits, be sure to choose at least one course with an IS designation and one course with an MS designation.
AFS 100 (3) is recommended to fulfill the History and U.S. Multicultural Studies requirements and will fulfill both LAC and major requirements.
AFS 201 (3) and AFS 202 (3) are recommended to fulfill the History requirement and the additional 3 credits in Arts & Humanities, History, or Social & Behavioral Sciences and will fulfill both LAC and major requirements.
AFS 205 (3) is recommended to fulfill the Arts & Humanities requirement and will fulfill both LAC and major requirements.
See Arts & Humanities, History, and Social & Behavioral Sciences courses
Natural & Physical Sciences — 7 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Natural & Physical Sciences courses
See Liberal Arts Curriculum
2. Required Major — 39 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| AFS 100 | Introduction to Africana StudiesLAH1LAMS | 3 |
| AFS 201 | African American History ILAH1 | 3 |
| AFS 202 | African American History IILAH1 | 3 |
| AFS 205 | Survey of African American LiteratureLAA2 | 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:
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 IdentityLAH1LAMS | 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 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 | Emerging Africa: Local Resources and Livelihoods in a Global Context | 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.
*Note: Students who apply the recommended courses to both the liberal arts curriculum and the major requirements will have an increased number of university wide electives to apply to this degree. See your advisor for details.
Program Notes
With 50 additional credits to take for degree completion (120 credits), AFS majors are strongly encouraged to pursue a minor or an additional major.