African American Studies Undergraduate Minor

Program Requirements

  • Minimum of 15 credit hours.
Core Courses6
Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies
Blacks in American Society: Social, Economic, and Political Perspectives
Select any 300 level ADS or 300 level course carrying an ADS marker
Electives9
Select 9 credits from the following:
African American Art History
Understanding Race
Special Topics in African American Studies
Special Topics in the African Diaspora: Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Americas
The Portrayal of African Americans in Film
Theories and Paradigms in African American Studies
The African American Athlete
Black Women in the U.S.
Black Music as Cultural History: 1960-1980
Africana Research Methods
Contemporary Africa
Race and Gender in Black Performance
The Making of the African Diaspora
Africana Literature
Independent Study
Seminar in African American Studies
Indpndnt Blck Pltcs 19th Cntry
Internship in African American Studies
Art and the African-American Presence
African Art: Ancient Empires to Colonial Contact
African Art: Modern and Contemporary
Colliding Worlds: Forming America
African Dance I
African Dance II
African Dance III
Postcolonial Literatures
History of Africa to 1870
History of Africa since 1870
Race and Slavery
Race and Segregation
African American His: Sel Tpcs
Twentieth-Century U.S. History: Selected Topics
African History: Selected Topics
Jazz Appreciation
Contemporary Moral Problems
African Political Systems
The Politics of South Africa Through Film and Literature
Introduction to African American Religions
Contemporary African American Religious Thought
Sociology of Deviant Behavior
Race and Ethnic Relations
African American Social Thought
African American Perspectives on Crime
Contemporary Gangs in America
Postcolonial and Transnational Feminisms