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 StudiesLAH1LAMS | 3 |
| AFS 101 | Development of Black IdentityLAH1LAMS | 3 |
Survey of 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 ILAH1 | 3 |
| AFS 202 | African American History IILAH1 | 3 |
Special Topics in Africana Studies – 3 Credits
Choose one of the following:
| AFS 102 | The Black Woman in America | 3 |
| AFS 205 | Survey of African American LiteratureLAA2 | 3 |
| AFS 240 | Dynamics of Racism | 3 |
| WLC 195 | Elementary World Language | 1-5 |
| WLC 296 | Study Abroad Experience | 1-3 |
The AFS Program will recognize African centered or diasporic languages transferred from an accredited institution. Languages include, but are not limited to, Akan, Kiswahili, Standard Arabic, Wolof, Somali, Zulu, and Portuguese among others. Please contact both the Department of World Languages and Cultures and Africana Studies Program if you have any questions.
WLC 296 needs approval of the Department of World Languages and Cultures and the Africana 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 |
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| AFS 360 | Routes of Black Music | 3 |
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| MUS 363 | Routes of Black Music | 3 |
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| AFS 395 | Aspects of the African Experience in the World | 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 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 |
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.
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