African-American Studies Minor

Minor - African-American Studies

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 27

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2020-21

Summary

African-American Studies Core Courses		6
African-American Studies Electives		9
Other Electives		12
Total Hours		27

African-American Studies Core Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
AAST 141H	Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop	3
HSTA 342H	Afr Amer Hist to 1865	3
or HSTA 343H	Afr Amer Hist Since 1865
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

African-American Studies Electives

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 9 credits from the following courses, of which at least 3 credits must be upper-division:		9
AAST 208H	Africa: From Ancient Egypt to Apartheids Origin
AAST 291	Special Topics
AAST 491	Special Topics
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 415	The Black Radical Tradition
HSTA 417	Prayer & Civil Rights
Total Hours		9

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Other Electives

Rule: At least two courses must be from different disciplines.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 12 credits of the following courses:		12
ANTY 122S	Race and Minorities
ANTY 330X	Peoples and Cultures of World
ANTY 349	Social Change
ECNS 217	Issues in Economic Development
FRCH 391	Special Topics (must be African-American Literature)
GPHY 243	Africa
HSTA 361	The American South
HSTA 382H	History of American Law
HSTR 262H	Islamic Civil: Classical Age
LIT 343	African American Lit
LIT 420	Critical Theory
MUSI 130L	History of Jazz
PSCI 326	Politics of Africa
SOCI 220S	Race, Gender & Class
SOCI 325	Social Stratification
SOCI 443	Sociology of Poverty
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-