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 140 | Introduction to Africana Studies | 3 |
| AFR 150 | Origins of Contemporary Africa | 3 |
| AFR 270 | The History of African-American Social and Intellectual Thought | 3 |
| AFR 310 | Research Seminar in African-American Studies | 3 |
| AFR 410 | Independent Study | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 15
Part Two. Electives
Select two
| AFR 227 | Introduction to Community-based Approaches to Justice | 3 |
| AFR 229 | Restoring Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict | 3 |
| AFR 237 | Institutional Racism | 3 |
| AFR 248 | Men: Masculinities in the United States | 3 |
| AFR 267/LLS 267/HIS 267 | History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States | 3 |
| AFR 315 | Practicing Community-based Justice in the Africana World | 3 |
| AFR 317 | Environmental Racism | 3 |
| AFR 319 | Self, Identity and Justice: Global Perspectives | 3 |
| AFR 320 | Perspectives on Justice in the Africana World | 3 |
| AFR 322 | Inequality and Wealth | 3 |
| AFR 340/LIT 340 | The African-American Experience in America: Comparative Racial Perspectives | 3 |
| AFR 347/PSY 347 | Psychology of Oppression | 3 |
| AFR 354/PHI 354 | Africana Philosophy | 3 |
| HJS 310 | Comparative Perspectives on Justice | 3 |
| LIT 344 | Caribbean Literature and Culture | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 6
Total Credit Hours: 21