Africana Studies, B.A.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Africana Studies consist of 36 credits for the standard major and 30 credits for the double major. A grade of “C” or better is required for all courses in the major. Courses intended to count toward the fulfillment of the major may not be taken on the P/F option.

Standard Major

In addition to the normal general education requirements, all majors are required to complete 36 credit hours of study distributed as follows:

Core Requirements (15 credits)

AFST 100 - Introduction to The Black Experience (3.00)
AFST 201 - Introduction to Methodology and Research in Africana Studies (3.00)
AFST 261 - Black Literature: Twentieth Century (3.00)
AFST 271 - Introduction to Community Involvement (3.00)
and
AFST 211 - Introduction to Contemporary Africa (3.00)
or
AFST 212 - Introduction to African History (3.00)
or
AFST 213 - Africa: Culture and Development (3.00)

Additional Requirements (15 credits)

Choose from among the remaining 300- to 400-level courses, of which at least six credits must be from both of the following two categories:

African history and politics

AFST 312 - West African History (3.00)
AFST 314 - Islam in Africa (3.00)
AFST 320 - Contemporary African Politics (3.00)
AFST 323 - Economic Development in Africa (3.00)
AFST 368 - African Religions in Africa and the Diaspora (3.00)
AFST 411 - American Foreign Policy and Africa (3.00)
AFST 415 - Music, Art and Society in West Africa (3.00)
AFST 430 - Health Care in Africa (3.00)
AFST 439 - Women in Africa and the Diaspora (3.00)
AFST 440 - Topics in African and African-American Studies (3.00)

African-American culture and experience

AFST 344 - Black Folklore (3.00)
AFST 345 - Black American Music (3.00)
AFST 347 - Gender, Race, and Media (3.00)
AFST 350 - Psychology of Racism (3.00)
AFST 351 - Black Political Thought (3.00)
AFST 352 - African-American History to 1865 (3.00)
AFST 353 - African American History Since 1865 (3.00)
AFST 354 - African American Women’s History (3.00)
AFST 360 - Studies in Black Fiction (3.00)
AFST 361 - Studies in Black Drama (3.00)
AFST 362 - Studies in Black Poetry (3.00)
AFST 363 - Literature, Society and Blacks: Regional (3.00)
AFST 364 - Advanced Writing in Africana Studies (3.00)
AFST 367 - Workshop in Black Theatre (6.00)
AFST 369 - Black Families in the United States (3.00)
AFST 370 - Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3.00)
AFST 375 - The Black Church (3.00)
AFST 392 - Race, Crime and Public Policy (3.00)
AFST 394 - Race, Social Inequality, and Institutional Structure (3.00)
AFST 396 - Psychology, Race, and Social Justice (3.00)
AFST 420 - Comparative Slavery: Africa and the New World (3.00)
AFST 442 - African-Caribbean Music (3.00)
AFST 445 - Black Music in the New World (3.00)
AFST 450 - Black Philosophical Thought in the Twentieth Century (3.00)
AFST 453 - Topics in the Psychology of the Black Experience (3.00)
AFST 460 - Seminar in Black Hair and Body Politics (3.00)
AFST 465 - Seminar in African and African-American Literature (3.00)
AFST 493 - Service Learning: Race and Social Advocacy (3.00)

Individual study and directed research for a senior paper or project (6 credits)

AFST 495 - Field Research in Africana Studies (3.00 - 6.00)
AFST 498 - Directed Individual Study (2.00 - 6.00)