African-American Studies B.A.
Bachelor of Arts - African-American Studies
College of Humanities & Sciences
Degree Specific Credits: 36
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2020-21
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
Core Courses | 15 | |
Elective Courses | 18 | |
Capstone | 3 | |
Total Hours | 36 | |
Core Courses
Course List | ||
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete all of the following courses: | ||
AAST 141H | Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop | 3 |
ANTY 122S | Race and Minorities | 3 |
HSTA 342H | Afr Amer Hist to 1865 | 3 |
or HSTA 343H | Afr Amer Hist Since 1865 | |
SOCI 220S | Race, Gender & Class | 3 |
SOCI 325 | Social Stratification | 3 |
Total Hours | 15 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Elective Courses
Rule: At least 6 credits of the 18 credits of elective courses must be upper-division (300- or 400-level).
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete 18 credits (including at least 6 upper-division credits) from the following courses: | 18 | |
AASC 291 | Special Topics | |
AAST 208H | Africa: From Ancient Egypt to Apartheids Origin | |
ANTY 330X | Peoples and Cultures of World | |
ANTY 349 | Social Change | |
CRWR 491 | Special Topics | |
ECNS 217 | Issues in Economic Development | |
ECNS 312 | Labor Economics | |
FILM 484 | Film Directors | |
FRCH 339 | Surv African Cinema | |
GPHY 141S | Geography of World Regions | |
GPHY 243 | Africa | |
HSTA 342H | Afr Amer Hist to 1865 (only if not used to complete the core requirement) | |
HSTA 343H | Afr Amer Hist Since 1865 (only if not used to complete the core requirement) | |
HSTA 347 | Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion | |
HSTA 361 | The American South | |
HSTA 382H | History of American Law | |
HSTA 391 | Special Topics | |
HSTA 415 | The Black Radical Tradition | |
HSTA 417 | Prayer & Civil Rights | |
HSTA 491 | Special topics | |
HSTR 262H | Islamic Civil: Classical Age | |
LIT 191 | Special Topics | |
LIT 291 | Special Topics | |
LIT 304 | U.S. Writers of Color | |
LIT 343 | African American Lit | |
LIT 391 | Special Topics | |
LIT 420 | Critical Theory | |
LIT 491 | Special Topics | |
MUSI 130L | History of Jazz | |
PSCI 326 | Politics of Africa | |
PSCI 348 | US Multicultural Politics | |
PSCI 443 | Politics of Social Movements | |
SOCI 441 | Capstone: Inequal and Soc Just | |
SOCI 443 | Sociology of Poverty | |
WGSS 363 | Feminist Theory and Methods | |
Total Hours | 18 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Capstone
Rule: Each student must also complete a 3-credit capstone project as an independent study in which they conduct a research project, service project, activist/organizing project, or artistic project focused on an issue pertinent to the African-American community. All projects must be approved by the African-American Studies director.
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete the following course: | ||
AAST 499 | Capstone/Thesis | 3 |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-