Africana Studies Minor

To earn a minor in Africana studies, a student must complete 18 credits in Africana Studies. The courses selected to fulfill the requirements of the minor must include nine credits of introductory-level courses. The other nine credits will be earned in upper-level courses of the student’s interest and selection. A minimum grade of “C” must be earned in each course counting toward the minor.

* New Policy for AFST Majors/Minors - Students can now take AFST 211, 212, or 213 to satisfy the major/minor requirement for a lower-level/introductory course on Africa. Previously students could only take AFST 211.

Core Requirements (9 credits)

AFST 100 - Introduction to The Black Experience (3.00)
AFST 206 - Introduction to African-American History: A Survey (3.00)
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 Requirement (9 credits)

Nine credits of the following courses

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 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 368 - African Religions in Africa and the Diaspora (3.00)
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 411 - American Foreign Policy and Africa (3.00)
AFST 415 - Music, Art and Society in West Africa (3.00)
AFST 420 - Comparative Slavery: Africa and the New World (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)
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)