African American and Africana Minor
African American and Africana Studies (AAAS) is a critical and scholarly engagement of African American and African Diasporic Life. The interdisciplinary discourse focuses on critical race theory, ethics, politics, religion, medicine, gender, history, language and literature.
Requirements
Students seeking the minor must complete 18 hours.
To include 6 hours chosen from:
Engaging Difference and Diversity in America | 3 | |
Introduction to Literatures of the Global African Diaspora | 3 |
Select the remaining 12 hours from courses that carry the AAAS attribute from at least three different departments.
Additional Requirement:
• No more than 9 hours may be taken throughout the minor program in any one department
• At least 9 hours must be at the 30000 level or above
• With the approval of the academic dean, up to two courses (or six hours) may count for both major and minor requirements. For example, if a student seeks an African American and Africana Studies minor and a religion major, course (Black Religion in the U.S.) could potentially count toward the requirements for the minor and the major.
A list of approved courses for the minor and emphasis
Engaging Difference and Diversity in America | 3 | |
Make Your Major Work | 1 | |
Africa through Film | 3 | |
Black Life and Resistance | 3 | |
Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System | 3 | |
Diversity in American Education | 3 | |
Introduction to Literatures of the Global African Diaspora | 3 | |
African American Literature | 3 | |
Satire | 3 | |
Toni Morrison | 3 | |
African American Experience Since 1619 | 3 | |
U.S. Urban History | 3 | |
Summer Study in Ghana | 3 | |
Health Disparities in African Americans | 3 | |
The Civil Rights Movement in America | 3 | |
Urban Politics | 3 | |
Comparative Social Movements | 3 | |
Africa and the African Diaspora: History, Religion, and Culture | 3 | |
Black Religion in United States | 3 | |
African Religions | 3 | |
Black Religion and Black Literature | 3 | |
Social Movements and Protest | 3 | |
Social Inequality | 3 |