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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-