African and African-American Studies Minor
Coordinator: Associate Professor Longmire-Avital
Advisory Program Faculty
Professors: Digre, 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 341 | ISSUES IN AFRICAN ART | 4 sh |
| COR 404 | AFRICANS AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| COR 405 | PRISON NATION: DECONSTRUCTING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | 4 sh |
| COR 453 | RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY | 4 sh |
| COR 454 | DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCY | 4 sh |
| COR 457 | FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITY | 4 sh |
| ENG 236 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| ENG 237 | CARIBBEAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| ENG 238 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945 | 4 sh |
| ENG 239 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945 | 4 sh |
| ENG 329 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE | 4 sh |
| ENG 338 | AFRICAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| ENG 359 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOVELS | 4 sh |
| FRE 353 | PERSPECTIVES ON THE FRANCOPHONE WORLD | 4 sh |
| HSS 330 | FATHERHOOD | 4 sh |
| HST 121 | UNRULY ORIGINS: US TO 1865 | 4 sh |
| HST 140 | THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY | 4 sh |
| HST 242 | CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH | 4 sh |
| HST 313 | MODERN AFRICA | 4 sh |
| HST 349 | COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD | 4 sh |
| HST 357 | AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR | 4 sh |
| HST 363 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1850-PRESENT | 4 sh |
| HST 392 | NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY | 4 sh |
| IDS 221 | SPLIT IMAGE: THE PORTRAYAL OF MINORITIES IN THE MASS MEDIA | 4 sh |
| IDS 222 | THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| IDS 224 | DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT | 4 sh |
| MUS 318 | HISTORY OF JAZZ | 4 sh |
| MUS 343 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS | 4 sh |
| MUS 345 | THE MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS | 4 sh |
| PSY 324 | STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE | 4 sh |
| PSY 366 | PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| POL 361 | POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN | 4 sh |
| SOC 341 | ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| AAA 361-9 | SEMINARS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES | 4 sh |
| AAA 481/AAA 491 | INTERNSHIP IN AFRICIAN AND AFRICIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES | 1-12 sh |
| AAA 491 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 1-4 sh |
| AAA 499 | RESEARCH IN AFRICIAN AND AFRICIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES | 1-4 sh |
Study Abroad Winter Term Courses
| GBL 230 | THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA | 4 sh |
| GBL 245 | BARBADOS: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY | 4 sh |
| GBL 247 | GHANA: WEST AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 290 | GHANA: PERFORMING ARTS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| GBL 297 | MALAWI: THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA | 4 sh |
Total Credit Hours: 20