African-American Studies Minor
General Degree Requirements
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MINOR - AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Complete all of the following courses: | ||
| AAST 141H | Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop | 3 |
| HSTA 342H | African American History to 1865 | 3 |
| or HSTA 343H | African American History Since 1865 | |
| African-American Studies Electives | ||
| Complete 6 credits from the following courses, of which at least 3 credits must be upper-division: | 6 | |
| Africa: From Ancient Egypt to Apartheids Origin | ||
| Race, Inequality & Education | ||
| Human Rights and Mass Incarceration | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| White Supremacy - History/Defeat | ||
| African-American Identity | ||
| Black Women: Race, Gender and Sexuality | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| 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 Black Radical Tradition | ||
| Prayer & Civil Rights | ||
| Other Electives | ||
| Complete 9 credits of the following courses of which at least 3 credits must be upper division At least two must be from different disciplines: | 9 | |
| Race and Minorities | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of World | ||
| Issues in Economic Development | ||
| Special Topics (must be African-American Literature) | ||
| The American South | ||
| Women in America: Colonial Period to Civil War | ||
| Women in America: From the Civil War to the Present | ||
| Islamic Civilization: Classical Age | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| History of Jazz | ||
| Politics of Africa | ||
| Race, Gender & Class | ||
| Social Stratification | ||
| Sociology of Poverty | ||
| Work, Labor, and the Criminal Justice System | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |