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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: 2019-2020


Summary

African-American Studies Core Courses6
African-American Studies Electives9
Other Electives12
Total Hours27

African-American Studies Core Courses

Complete all of the following courses:
AAST 141HBlack: From Africa to Hip-Hop3
HSTA 342HAfr Amer Hist to 18653
or HSTA 343H Afr Amer Hist Since 1865
Total Hours6

Minimum Required Grade: C-


African-American Studies Electives

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 Hours9

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Other Electives

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

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 217X
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 Hours12

Minimum Required Grade: C-