African-American Studies B.A.
Bachelor of Arts - African-American Studies
College of Humanities & Sciences
Catalog Year: 2022-23
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
Code | Title | Hours |
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Core Courses | 15 | |
Elective Courses | 18 | |
Capstone | 3 | |
Total Hours | 36 |
Degree Specific Credits: 36
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Core Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete all of the following courses: | ||
AAST 141H | Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop | 3 |
ANTY 122S | Race and Minorities | 3 |
HSTA 342H | African American History to 1865 | 3 |
or HSTA 343H | African American History Since 1865 | |
SOCI 220S | Race, Gender & Class | 3 |
SOCI 325 | Social Stratification | 3 |
Total Hours | 15 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Elective Courses
Rule: At least 6 credits of the 18 credits of elective courses must be upper-division (300- or 400-level).
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete 18 credits (including at least 6 upper-division credits) from the following courses: | 18 | |
Africa: From Ancient Egypt to Apartheids Origin | ||
Race, Inequality & Education | ||
Human Rights and Mass Incarceration | ||
African Americans and Native Americans | ||
White Supremacy - History/Defeat | ||
African-American Identity | ||
Black Women: Race, Gender and Sexuality | ||
Peoples and Cultures of World | ||
Social Change | ||
Special Topics | ||
Issues in Economic Development | ||
Labor Economics | ||
Film Directors | ||
Survey of African Cinema | ||
Geography of World Regions | ||
Africa | ||
African American History to 1865 (only if not used to complete the core requirement) | ||
African American History Since 1865 (only if not used to complete the core requirement) | ||
Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion | ||
The American South | ||
Women in America: Colonial Period to Civil War | ||
Women in America: From the Civil War to the Present | ||
History of American Law | ||
Families & Children in America | ||
Special Topics | ||
The Black Radical Tradition | ||
Prayer & Civil Rights | ||
Special topics | ||
Islamic Civilization: Classical Age | ||
Special Topics | ||
Special Topics | ||
U.S. Writers of Color | ||
African American Literature | ||
Special Topics | ||
Critical Theory | ||
Special Topics | ||
History of Jazz | ||
Politics of Africa | ||
US Multicultural Politics | ||
Politics of Social Movements | ||
Capstone: Inequality and Social Justice | ||
Sociology of Poverty | ||
Feminist Theory and Methods | ||
Total Hours | 18 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Capstone
Rule: Each student must also complete a 3-credit capstone project as an independent study in which they conduct a research project, service project, activist/organizing project, or artistic project focused on an issue pertinent to the African-American community. All projects must be approved by the African-American Studies director.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete the following course: | ||
AAST 499 | Capstone/Thesis | 3 |
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-