African and African-American Studies Minor

Coordinator: Associate Professor Longmire-Avital

Advisory Program Faculty

Professor: Irons

Associate Professors: Knight, Ward-Johnson

Assistant Professors: Blake, Carew, Dyce, Idris, Sells-Marcus, Williams

Lecturer: Reid

This program takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of African, African-American and other African diasporic experiences, connecting the past with the present. The program is highly recommended for students majoring in education, human service studies, psychology, sociology and anthropology, political science and policy studies, English, history, international studies, communications, public health studies and other programs leading to work with African and African-descended peoples. Through connected study, the student not only takes a fresh approach to learning, but also develops an individualized study plan.

The minor requires a minimum of 20 credit hours, including a foundation seminar course in Black studies. While not required, students are encouraged to also participate in a high impact experiential learning opportunity. Internships, study abroad, independent study, and undergraduate research focusing on African, African-American and other African diasporic experiences are all options for minors. To satisfy minor requirements, students must select courses from at least two departments. At least one course must focus on the African experience and another on the African-American experience. Students, who take a course that connects the African and African-American experiences, may obtain approval from the program coordinator to have the course count in both areas.

Up to 12 semester hours of study abroad courses that emphasize African and African-American subject matter may count for the minor with the approval of the program coordinator. Students should be aware that to study abroad, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required; some international programs require a higher GPA.

Minor Requirements:

Twenty semester hours selected from the following general courses: 20 sh

ARH 341ISSUES IN AFRICAN ART

4 sh

COR 404AFRICANS AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

COR 405PRISON NATION: DECONSTRUCTING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

4 sh

COR 453RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY

4 sh

COR 454DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCY

4 sh

COR 457FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITY

4 sh

ENG 236AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

4 sh

ENG 237CARIBBEAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 238AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945

4 sh

ENG 239AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945

4 sh

ENG 329THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

4 sh

ENG 338AFRICAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 359AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOVELS

4 sh

FRE 353PERSPECTIVES ON THE FRANCOPHONE WORLD

4 sh

HSS 330FATHERHOOD

4 sh

HST 121UNRULY ORIGINS: US TO 1865

4 sh

HST 140THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY

4 sh

HST 242CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4 sh

HST 313MODERN AFRICA

4 sh

HST 349COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

4 sh

HST 357AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR

4 sh

HST 363AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1850-PRESENT

4 sh

HST 392NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY

4 sh

IDS 221SPLIT IMAGE: THE PORTRAYAL OF MINORITIES IN THE MASS MEDIA

4 sh

IDS 222THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA

4 sh

IDS 224DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

4 sh

MUS 318HISTORY OF JAZZ

4 sh

MUS 343AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS

4 sh

MUS 345THE MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS

4 sh

PSY 324STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE

4 sh

PSY 366PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

4 sh

POL 361POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN

4 sh

SOC 341ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4 sh

AAA 361-9SEMINARS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

4 sh

AAA 481/AAA 491INTERNSHIP IN AFRICIAN AND AFRICIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

1-12 sh

AAA 491INDEPENDENT STUDY

1-4 sh

AAA 499RESEARCH IN AFRICIAN AND AFRICIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

1-4 sh

Study Abroad Winter Term Courses

GBL 230THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA

4 sh

GBL 245BARBADOS: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY

4 sh

GBL 247GHANA: WEST AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

4 sh

GBL 290 GHANA: PERFORMING ARTS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

4 sh

GBL 297MALAWI: THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA

4 sh

Total Credit Hours: 20

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