African-American Studies Minor
Coordinator: Terry Scott
The African-American Studies program, an interdisciplinary minor, is designed to prepare students for graduate study in this and related areas. Firmly based in the liberal arts, the minor’s curriculum provides students with the opportunity to study in a systematic fashion the lives and contemporary experiences of African-American men and women. The program focuses primarily on African-Americans in the United States, but includes a series of courses on African culture, history and politics. The curriculum is structured to give students the opportunity to examine the interrelated dynamics of class, gender and race.
Requirements for the Minor (To include two courses at the 300-level or above)
One elective course from the following:
NOTE: AFEN 265, AFEN 266, AFPS 240, AFPS 353 and ENGL 286 may be used to complete this category only if the course was not used to fulfill one or more of the 12 credits listed above.
| AFPS 240 | African American Politics | 3.0 |
| AFEN 265 | African American Voices Before 20th Century | 3.0 |
| AFEN 266 | The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: 20th Century African-American Literature | 3.0 |
| AFPY 270 | African American Psychological Perspectives | 3.0 |
| AFAM 299 | Special Topics | 3.0 |
| AFPS 301 | African-American Political Autobiography | 3.0 |
| AFRL 311 | Black Theology | 3.0 |
| AFAM 335 | Teaching Assistantship in African-American Studies | 1.0 - 2.0 |
| AFPS 353 | Contemporary African Political Thought | 3.0 |
| AFHS 424/AFHS 524 | Race and Racism in the United States | 3.0 |
| AFAM 470/AFAM 570 | African American Feminist Thought | 3.0 |
| ART 349 | Art of Egypt and Mesopotamia | 3.0 |
| ENGL 286 | Genre Studies: African American Poetry | 3.0 |
| FREN 320 | Francophone Women Writers | 3.0 |
| HIST 246 | Modern Africa, 1400-Present | 3.0 |
| HIST 358 | African Americans and Sports | 3.0 |
| HIST 378 | Blacks and American Law | 3.0 |
| PSCI 354/HON 354 | African Political Autobiography | 3.0 |
| PSCI 405/PSCI 505 | Civil Liberties | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3.0 |
Required (15 credits):
| AFAM 251 | The African Diaspora | 3.0 |
| AFHS 257 | The African American Experience | 3.0 |
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| AFEN 265 | African American Voices Before 20th Century | 3.0 |
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| AFEN 266 | The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: 20th Century African-American Literature | 3.0 |
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| ENGL 286 | Genre Studies: African American Poetry | 3.0 |
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| AFPS 240 | African American Politics | 3.0 |
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| AFPS 353 | Contemporary African Political Thought | 3.0 |
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| AFAM 399 | Internship in African American Studies | 3.0 - 6.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15.0 |
Total Credit Hours: 18.0