2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

Africana Studies Honors Minor

Description. The Minor in Africana Studies provides students with interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the historical and contemporary experiences of peoples of African heritage. Using themes such as culture, agency, struggle and justice, students will master multidisciplinary knowledge about Africa and the African diaspora, and will explore new ways of thinking about the cultures, philosophies, history and society of African peoples and their communities throughout the diaspora.

Program/Minor coordinator. Professor Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Department of Africana Studies (212.484.4658, jnembhard@jjay.cuny.edu)

Credits required. 21

Eligibility. Overall GPA of 3.3 or higher

Learning Outcomes. Students will:

  • Explain how and why selected methodologies of the social sciences and humanities differ, and are utilized in Africana Studies.
  • Analyze the impacts of racial disparities as well as of Africana agency on the micro-, medial-, and macro-levels of society.
  • Design a research project using at least two different research tools.
  • Apply knowledge and academic resources using key concepts, theories and methodologies of Africana Studies, to themes of inequality, struggle, and justice.

Requirements. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minors or programs.

Part One. Required Courses

AFR 140Introduction to Africana Studies

3

AFR 150Origins of Contemporary Africa

3

AFR 270The History of African-American Social and Intellectual Thought

3

AFR 310Research Seminar in African-American Studies

3

AFR 410Independent Study

3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Part Two. Electives

Select two

AFR 227Introduction to Community-based Approaches to Justice

3

AFR 229Restoring Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict

3

AFR 237Institutional Racism

3

AFR 248Men: Masculinities in the United States

3

AFR 267/LLS 267/HIS 267History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States

3

AFR 315Practicing Community-based Justice in the Africana World

3

AFR 317Environmental Racism

3

AFR 319Self, Identity and Justice: Global Perspectives

3

AFR 320Perspectives on Justice in the Africana World

3

AFR 322Inequality and Wealth

3

AFR 340/LIT 340The African-American Experience in America: Comparative Racial Perspectives

3

AFR 347/PSY 347Psychology of Oppression

3

AFR 354/PHI 354Africana Philosophy

3

HJS 310Comparative Perspectives on Justice

3

LIT 344Caribbean Literature and Culture

3

HJS 310: Prerequisites: HJS 250 and junior standing or above.

Total Credit Hours: 6

Total Credit Hours: 21