Interdisciplinary Minors
African American Studies
Faculty and Staff
Carton, Clark, Dennis, Fuchs, Horton, Levine, McFerson, Miller, Mobley McKenzie,
Paden, Richards Jordan, Slade Martin, Smith, Smith-Bermiss, Stewart (director),
Trafton, Travis, Warner, Wilkins, Williams
Course Work
The African American Studies program offers all course work designated AFAM
in the Course Descriptions chapter of this catalog.
Requirements
African American studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that examines
the cultural, historical, economic, and political dimensions and experiences of
people of African descent in America, the Caribbean, Africa, and around the world.
It introduces students to methodologies for examining the complex dynamics of
race, class, gender, and ethnicity in America, and enables them to develop critical
and analytical approaches to address contemporary issues in African American life
and culture.
The interdisciplinary minor in African American studies requires a minimum
of 21 credits of related course work, which includes 12 required credits and 9
elective credits from various disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Required Courses
AFAM 200 Introduction to African American Studies
AFAM 499 Independent Study
ENGL 368 Beginnings of African American Literature through 1865, ENGL 370 African
American Literature: Reconstruction to 1903, ENGL 371 African American Literature
through 1946,or ENGL 372 Contemporary African American Literature
HIST 335 The African American Experience in the United States: African Background
to 1885 or HIST 336 The African American Experience in the United States: Reconstruction
to the Present
Elective Courses
- AFAM 490 Internship
- DANC 118 World Dance
- ENGL 414 The Harlem Renaissance
- FREN 451 Sub-Saharan African Literature
- FREN 454 Caribbean Literature in French
- GEOG 325 Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
- HIST 130 History of the Modern Global System
- HIST 261 Survey of African Civilization to the 1800s
- HIST 262 Africa Since 1800: Legacies of Colonialism and Liberation
- HIST 340 History of American Racial Thought
- HIST 418 Ethnic Groups in America
- HIST 466 Origins of Conflict in Southern Africa
- SOCI 308 Sociology of Race Relations and Minorities
- SOCI 413 Seminar in Social Issues
- SOCI 523 Racial and Ethnic Relations: American and Selected Global Perspectives
- UNIV 190 Echoes of Slavery
- UNIV 290 The Quest for Racial Justice
Other courses as approved by the coordinator of the interdisciplinary minor
in African American studies.
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