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Undergraduate 2019-2020

Africana Studies B.A.

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:

  1. Liberal Arts Curriculum
  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.
  • 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

Written Communication — 6 credits

Mathematics — 3 credits

Arts & Humanities, History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Multicultural Studies, and International Studies — 15 Credits

AFS 100 is recommended to fulfill History requirement. This also satisfies U.S. Multicultural Studies.

AFS 201 is recommended to fulfill History requirement or the additional 3 credits required in Arts & Humanities or History or Social & Behavioral Sciences.

AFS 205 is recommended to fulfill Arts & Humanities requirement.

Natural & Physical Sciences — 7 credits

See "Liberal Arts Curriculum"

2. Required Major — 39 credits

Take all of the following courses:

AFS 100Introduction to Africana Studies

3

AFS 201African American History I

3

AFS 202African American History II

3

AFS 205Survey of African American Literature

3

AFS 240Dynamics of Racism

3

AFS 399Community Study Project

1-4

AFS 490Seminar in Africana Studies

3

AFS 100: Satisfies History and U.S. Multicultural Studies

AFS 201: Satisfies History

AFS 205: Satisfies Arts & Humanities 

AFS 399: Must take 3 credits

Choose one of the following courses:

AFS 104Survey of Africa

3

HIST 110African 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 101Development of Black Identity

3

AFS 102The Black Woman in America

3

AFS 303Blacks in the American West

3

AFS 310African Americans and U.S. Education

3

AFS 340The Black Family

3

AFS 360Routes of Black Music

3

or

MUS 363Routes of Black Music

3

AFS 386Political Economy of Modern Africa

3

AFS 395Aspects of the African-American Experience

3

AFS 396African and African American World Views

3

AFS 404History of Blacks in Film

3

AFS 415Black Psychology

3

AFS 422Directed Studies

1- 4

AFS 450African American History, 1896-Present

3

AFS 456The Black Church and Religious Traditions

3

GEOG 326Africa

3

HIST 318Modern Africa

3

HIST 319Revolutionary 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.