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Africana Studies Major

Students must complete a total of nine courses or the equivalent of 36 credits in approved coursework. This includes:

  • One of the core required courses (1 course, 4 credits; recommended before enrolling in further courses for the major)

  • One course in each of the six geographical and disciplinary areas (6 courses, 24 credits; each course counts for one area only):

    • continental Africa

    • the Caribbean and Latin America

    • the United States and Europe

    • Cultural Production and Expression

    • Historical Investigation

    • Social and Structural Analysis

  • Two additional courses (2 courses, 8 credits):

    • An honors study in a related field with approval of the program director (2 courses, 8 credits)

    • Any course at the 300 level or above in a related field with approval of the program director (1 course, 4 credits) and any other course from the geographical or disciplinary areas listed below (1 course, 4 credits)

Three courses overall need to be at the 300 level or above.

Core Requirements

One course in the core required area:

AFR 201INTRO TO AFRICANA STUDIES

4
or
AFR 202/HIS 268CC: AFRICANA STUDIES MATTER

4
or
AFR 237/CRE 237/SOC 237INQUIRY IN BLACK

4

One course in Geographical Area Continental Africa:

AFR 103/AMS 102/CRE 104/HIS 103AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
AFR 162/DAN 162WEST AFRICAN DANCE I

4
AFR 165/ANT 166/CRE 165/DAN 165AFRO-DIASPORICDANCE I

4
AFR 265/ANT 265/CRE 265/DAN 265AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE II

4
AFR 332/FRH 332ART/DEMOCRATIZATION OF AFRICA

4
AHI 206/ANT 206INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART

4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
DAN 118DRUMMING

2
DAN 162/AFR 162WEST AFRICAN DANCE I

4
DAN 165/AFR 165/ANT 166/CRE 165AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE I

4
DAN 262/AFR 262WEST AFRICAN DANCE II

4
DAN 338GHANA: INTERNAT COURSE ABROAD

4
ENG 175/AFR 175CC: AFRICA: CULT/HISTORY/MEDIA

4
ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4
FRH 325FRANCOPHNE AFR THR CONVERSATN

4
FRH 328INTRODUCTION À LA FRANCOPHONIE

4
GOV 223/AFR 224HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM

4
GOV 324HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL

4
HIS 103/AFR 103/AMS 102/CRE 104AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865

4
HIS 245/AFR 245/CRE 244MOD AFRICAN HIST:1870-PRESENT

4
HIS 250ISS HIST MOD AFR 1884-PRES

4
HIS 310/AFR 311/AMS 310AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES

4
HIS 347/AFR 347IS AFRICA POOR?

4
HIS 348/AFR 348/GWS 348WEST AFRICA IN WOMENS VOICES

4
HIS 415EAST AFRICA SINCE 1945

4
HIS 429/AFR 429/GWS 429GROWING UP IN AFRICA

4
*African language courses

One course in Geographical Area Latin America and the Caribbean:

AFR 165/ANT 166/CRE 165/DAN 165AFRO-DIASPORICDANCE I

4
AFR 260/ANT 260ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN

4
AFR 265/ANT 265/CRE 265/DAN 265AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE II

4
DAN 165/AFR 165/ANT 166/CRE 165AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE I

4
DAN 265/AFR 265/ANT 265/CRE 265AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE II

4
ENG 317/AFR 317/AMS 317/GWS 317BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

4
HIS 114LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

4
HIS 212"RACE" COLONIAL LATIN AMER

4
HIS 216MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 331A HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN

4
SPA 310LIT OF HISPANIC CARIBBEAN

4
SPA 329CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 330LIT IMAG & AFR DIAS IN LAT AM

4

One course in the Geographical Area United States and Europe:

AFR 117/AMS 117/MUS 117HISTORY OF JAZZ

4
AFR 123/AMS 123/ENG 123/GWS 123INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4
AFR 205/HIS 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
AFR 276/CRE 276/PHI 276PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM

4
AFR 299/HIS 299CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309/HIS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321/HMD 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
AFR 326/CRE 326/GWS 326/ENG 326BLACK GENRE FICTION

4
AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330/HIS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
AFR 333/CRE 333/FRH 333/PHI 333EXISTENCE IN BLACK(IN ENGLISH)

4
AFR 335/AMS 335/CRE 336/ENG 355/GWS 335BLACK WOMEN IN PRINT & SCREEN

4
DAN 114/AFR 114INTRODUCTION TO HIP HOP DANCE

4
DAN 119/CRE 119/AFR 119PERFORMING HIP HOP CULTURE

4
DAN 165/AFR 165/ANT 166/CRE 165AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE I

4
DAN 214/AFR 214HIP HOP DANCE II

4
DAN 265/AFR 265/ANT 265/CRE 265AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE II

4
ECO 341ECONOMICS OF THE FAMILY

4
ECO 402ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION

4
EDU 270TEACH/LEARN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

4
EDU 306/CRE 305CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN EDU

4
EDU 307RACISM AND SCHOOLING

4
EDU 313READING FOR JOY AND JUSTICE

4
EDU 330DIVERSITY & EQUITY - HIGHER ED

4
EDU 361HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM

4
ENG 205/AFR 204NEW WORLD BLACK MASCULINITIES

4
ENG 316/AFR 316REPETITION

4
ENG 317/AFR 317/AMS 317/GWS 317BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

4
ENG 344/AFR 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4
ENG 351/AFR 351FUGITIVE JAMES BALDWIN

4
ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4
ENG 379/AFR 379/AMS 379BLACK POETICS

4
ENG 380/AFR 380/AMS 380COMMEMORATION

4
FLM 209/AFR 209/AMS 209/CRE 209/GWS 213INTERSECT IDENT IN U.S. FILM

4
FRH 328INTRODUCTION À LA FRANCOPHONIE

4
FRH 416SPEAKING FRENCH TO POWER

4
GER 262/GWS 262/GIS 262REFUGEES IN EUROPE: GERMANY

4
GOV 223/AFR 224HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM

4
GOV 242/AFR 242RACE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

4
GOV 305/AFR 303AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT

4
GOV 336/AFR 336CONSTITUTIONL LAW: CIVIL LIB

4
HIS 205/AFR 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225/AFR 225AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT

4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865

4
HIS 266/AFR 266/AMS 267/CRE 266GREAT MIGRATION & ITS LEGACY

4
HIS 310/AFR 311/AMS 310AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES

4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
HIS 367/AMS 367/AFR 367/CRE 367HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

4
HIS 384/AMS 384/AFR 384POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN US

4
HIS 435/AFR 435/AMS 435/CRE 435SEGREGATION IN AMERICA

4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975

4
HIS 460/AMS 460/AFR 460BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE

4
HMD 103/AFR 104/GWS 102CHILD RIGHTS/PUBLIC POLICY

4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
MUS 147/AFR 147ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE

4
MUS 207JAZZ IMPROVISATION

4
MUS 224THE LANGUAGE OF JAZZ

4
MUS 230/AFR 230/CRE 230THE DAY BEYONCE TURNED BLACK

4
SOC 203/CRE 203IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT

4
SOC 208/AFR 208/CRE 208/GWS 209RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA

4
SOC 223/CRE 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
SOC 237/AFR 237/CRE 237INQUIRY IN BLACK

4
SOC 293SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY

4
SOC 310/CRE 310/AFR 310RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA

4
SOC 408MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES

4

One course in Disciplinary Area for Cultural Production and Expression:

AFR 117/AMS 117/MUS 117HISTORY OF JAZZ

4
AFR 123/AMS 123/ENG 123/GWS 123INTRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4
AFR 165/ANT 166/CRE 165/DAN 165AFRO-DIASPORICDANCE I

4
AFR 265/ANT 265/CRE 265/DAN 265AFRO-DIASPORIC DANCE II

4
AFR 326/CRE 326/GWS 326/ENG 326BLACK GENRE FICTION

4
AFR 332/FRH 332ART/DEMOCRATIZATION OF AFRICA

4
AFR 335/AMS 335/CRE 336/ENG 355/GWS 335BLACK WOMEN IN PRINT & SCREEN

4
AHI 206/ANT 206INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART

4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4
DAN 114/AFR 114INTRODUCTION TO HIP HOP DANCE

4
DAN 118DRUMMING

2
DAN 119/CRE 119/AFR 119PERFORMING HIP HOP CULTURE

4
DAN 162/AFR 162WEST AFRICAN DANCE I

4
DAN 214/AFR 214HIP HOP DANCE II

4
DAN 262/AFR 262WEST AFRICAN DANCE II

4
DAN 338GHANA: INTERNAT COURSE ABROAD

4
EDU 306/CRE 305CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN EDU

4
EDU 307RACISM AND SCHOOLING

4
EDU 313READING FOR JOY AND JUSTICE

4
ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123INTRO TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4
ENG 175/AFR 175CC: AFRICA: CULT/HISTORY/MEDIA

4
ENG 205/AFR 204NEW WORLD BLACK MASCULINITIES

4
ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4
ENG 316/AFR 316REPETITION

4
ENG 317/AFR 317/AMS 317/GWS 317BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

4
ENG 344/AFR 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4
ENG 351/AFR 351FUGITIVE JAMES BALDWIN

4
ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4
ENG 379/AFR 379/AMS 379BLACK POETICS

4
ENG 380/AFR 380/AMS 380COMMEMORATION

4
FLM 209/AFR 209/AMS 209/CRE 209/GWS 213INTERSECT IDENT IN U.S. FILM

4
FRH 325FRANCOPHNE AFR THR CONVERSATN

4
FRH 328INTRODUCTION À LA FRANCOPHONIE

4
FRH 407/CRE 407LA CARAIBE FRANCOPHONE

4
GER 262/GWS 262/GIS 262REFUGEES IN EUROPE: GERMANY

4
GOV 305/AFR 303AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT

4
HMD 260/AFR 261/CRE 260SOCIAL & PERSONALITY DEVEL

4
HMD 314/AFR 315MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

4
HMD 416/GWS 416/AFR 426/CRE 416DECOLONIZING SELF AND CULTURE

4
MUS 147/AFR 147ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE

4
MUS 207JAZZ IMPROVISATION

4
MUS 224THE LANGUAGE OF JAZZ

4
MUS 230/AFR 230/CRE 230THE DAY BEYONCE TURNED BLACK

4
PHI 276/AFR 276/CRE 276PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM

4
PSY 335/CRE 335/AFR 334MULTICULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

4
PSY 416/AFR 416CONTROVERSIES IN MENTAL HEALTH

4
SOC 237/AFR 237/CRE 237INQUIRY IN BLACK

4
SPA 310LIT OF HISPANIC CARIBBEAN

4
SPA 329CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.

4
SPA 330LIT IMAG & AFR DIAS IN LAT AM

4
*African language courses

One course in Disciplinary Area for Historical Investigation:

AFR 103/AMS 102/CRE 104/HIS 103AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
AFR 205/HIS 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
AFR 299/HIS 299CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309/HIS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330/HIS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
DAN 340HISTORY OF DANCE

4
ENG 175/AFR 175CC: AFRICA: CULT/HISTORY/MEDIA

4
ENG 205/AFR 204NEW WORLD BLACK MASCULINITIES

4
ENG 380/AFR 380/AMS 380COMMEMORATION

4
GOV 305/AFR 303AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT

4
HIS 103/AFR 103/AMS 102/CRE 104AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
HIS 114LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

4
HIS 205/AFR 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
HIS 212"RACE" COLONIAL LATIN AMER

4
HIS 216MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225/AFR 225AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT

4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865

4
HIS 245/AFR 245/CRE 244AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1800

4
HIS 250ISS HIST MOD AFR 1884-PRES

4
HIS 266/AFR 266/AMS 267/CRE 266GREAT MIGRATION & ITS LEGACY

4
HIS 310/AFR 311/AMS 310AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES

4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
HIS 331A HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN

4
HIS 333/AFR 331/AMS 333RACIAL CAPITALSM: A GLOBAL HIS

4
HIS 347/AFR 347IS AFRICA POOR?

4
HIS 348/AFR 348/GWS 348WEST AFRICA IN WOMENS VOICES

4
HIS 367/AMS 367/AFR 367/CRE 367HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

4
HIS 384/AMS 384/AFR 384POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN US

4
HIS 429/AFR 429/GWS 429GROWING UP IN AFRICA

4
HIS 435/AFR 435/AMS 435/CRE 435SEGREGATION IN AMERICA

4
HIS 460/AMS 460/AFR 460BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE

4

One course in Disciplinary Area for Social and Structural Analysis:

AFR 260/ANT 260ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN

4
AFR 276/CRE 276/PHI 276PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM

4
AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321/HMD 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
ECO 341ECONOMICS OF THE FAMILY

4
ECO 402ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION

4
EDU 270TEACH/LEARN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

4
EDU 306/CRE 305CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN EDU

4
EDU 330DIVERSITY & EQUITY - HIGHER ED

4
EDU 361HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM

4
ENG 175/AFR 175CC: AFRICA: CULT/HISTORY/MEDIA

4
ENG 205/AFR 204NEW WORLD BLACK MASCULINITIES

4
FLM 209/AFR 209/AMS 209/CRE 209/GWS 213INTERSECT IDENT IN U.S. FILM

4
GER 262/GWS 262/GIS 262REFUGEES IN EUROPE: GERMANY

4
GOV 223/AFR 224HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM

4
GOV 242/AFR 242RACE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

4
GOV 305/AFR 303AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT

4
GOV 324HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL

4
GOV 336/AFR 336CONSTITUTIONL LAW: CIVIL LIB

4
HIS 384/AMS 384/AFR 384POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN US

4
HIS 435/AFR 435/AMS 435/CRE 435SEGREGATION IN AMERICA

4
HIS 460/AMS 460/AFR 460BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE

4
HMD 103/AFR 104/GWS 102CHILD RIGHTS/PUBLIC POLICY

4
HMD 260/AFR 261/CRE 260SOCIAL & PERSONALITY DEVEL

4
HMD 314/AFR 315MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4
HMD 416/GWS 416/AFR 426/CRE 416DECOLONIZING SELF AND CULTURE

4
PHI 276/AFR 276/CRE 276PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM

4
PSY 416/AFR 416CONTROVERSIES IN MENTAL HEALTH

4
SOC 203/CRE 203IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT

4
SOC 208/AFR 208/CRE 208/GWS 209RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA

4
SOC 223/CRE 223ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4
SOC 293SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY

4
SOC 310/CRE 310/AFR 310RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA

4
SOC 237/AFR 237/CRE 237INQUIRY IN BLACK

4
SOC 400/AFR 400/AMS 400/GWS 400/GIS 401THE SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION

4
SOC 408MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES

4