General Requirements
Major in African American Studies
The Department of African American Studies currently offers a major in African American Studies. Students must complete ten (10) courses, totaling a minimum of thirty (30) credit hours, and must choose a concentration: Literature, Language, Arts, and Culture (LLAC) or History, Behavioral Science, and Social Inquiry (HBSSI). Courses that deeply and substantively examine African American culture, history and experience in the United States, study African culture, history, people, and politics as pretext and context to African American experience, and explore the Black Atlantic diaspora satisfy the major’s requirements. Students are encouraged to select at least nine credit hours of course work specifically related to African American experience in the United States.
Required courses for Majors:
AFAM 101
AFAM 456
Introduction to African American Studies
Methodologies and Theoretical Issues in African American Studies
Prerequisites: AFAM 101; MATH 035, 004, 007, or 040, or AP-STATS Credit, or AP-CALC; Junior or Senior
- 5 courses within area of concentration (at least one must be above 200-level and one must be above 300-level)
- 2 courses in non-concentration area (one course must be above the 200 level)
- 1 elective above the 200 level
Overlay requirements that can be satisfied by any of the above:
- 1 pre-twentieth century course
- 1 non-US course
Major course tracking sheet (new window)
Minor in African American Studies
The Department of African American Studies has implemented the following requirements for the minor in African American Studies. Students must successfully complete six (6) courses, totaling a minimum of eighteen (18) credit hours. Courses that deeply and substantively examine African American culture, history and experience in the United States, study African culture, history, people, and politics as pretext and context to African American experience, and explore the Black Atlantic diaspora satisfy the minor’s requirements. Students are encouraged to select at least nine hours of course work specifically related to African American experience in the United States.
New required courses for Minors:
AFAM 101
AFAM 456
Introduction to African American Studies
Methodologies and Theoretical Issues in African American Studies
Prerequisites: AFAM 101
- 4 additional courses, with at least two above 200 level
*Under exceptional circumstances, the Department may approve a different course to satisfy this requirement. All students graduating by Spring 2017 are exempt from this requirement.
Minor course tracking sheet (new window)
For questions regarding the major or minor, or to declare a major or minor, please contact the Department Chair.
Concentration: Language, Literature, Arts, and Culture (LLAC)
AFAM-270 | Blackness and Digital Life |
ANTH-240 | African Cultural Modernities |
ENGL-153 | 19th Century American Literature |
PHIL-174 | Philosophy of Reparations |
PHIL-231 | Social and Political Philosophy |
SOCI-127 | Sociology and Culture: Drake |
SOCI-189 | Toni Morrison as Intellectual |
Concentration: History, Behavioral Science, and Social Inquiry (HBSSI)
AFAM-270 | Blackness and Digital Life |
AFAM-325 | The “Black” in Black Popular Culture |
ANTH-240 | African Cultural Modernities |
ECON-156 | Poverty and Inequality |
EDJI-220 | CBL: Education, Equity, and Advocacy |
GOVT-219 | Prisons and Punishment |
GOVT-281 | Racial Liberalism, Law and Justice |
HIST-112 | Africa II |
HIST-199 | History of Civil Rights Movement |
HIST-315 | Environmental History of Africa |
HIST-494 | The Great Migration |
INAF-357 | African Politics/Governments |
INAF-395 | Political Economics of Development Africa |
INAF-425 | Terrorism and Insurgency in African |
INAF-428 | Global History of Slavery |
INAF-430 | Black Islam and Extremism in Africa |
PHIL-174 | Philosophy of Reparations |
WGST-266 | Women in American Politics |
Non-United States Diaspora Focused Courses
ANTH-240 | African Cultural Modernities |
HIST-112 | Africa II |
HIST-315 | Environmental History of Africa |
INAF-357 | African Politics/Government |
INAF-395 | Political Economics of Development Africa |
INAF-425 | Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa |
INAF-428 | Global History of Slavery |
INAF-430 | Black Islam and Extremism in Africa |
Pre-20th Century Focused Courses
ENGL-153 | 19th Century American Literature |
INAF-428 | Global History of Slavery |
INAF-430 | Black Islam and Extremism in Africa |