Undergraduate Program
The African American Studies Program, which brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars, offers courses leading to a minor in African American Studies. Our faculty is committed to exploring creative approaches to teaching and scholarship-they offer fresh insights into the interpretation of the black experience. While the majority of our courses examine the experiences of African Americans, the minor concentration enables students to study Africans in the homeland and the Diaspora. These courses include history, literature, politics, race relations, and the arts.
The interdisciplinary Minor in African-American Studies consists of 18 credit hours offered through several departments within the College of Arts & Sciences. The courses included in the minor focus on aspects of the African-American experience. To earn the minor a student must take 3 credit hours in at least five of the following categories with a minimum of 12 credit hours in African-American courses.
Anthropology:
- *AAS 2203 Cultural and Racial Minorities
- AAS 3153 African Art & Culture
English:
- AAS 4343 African American Literature
History:
- AAS 4363 African American History & Culture
- AAS 4373 History of Modern Civil Rights Movement
- AAS 4783 African Civilization to 1880
- AAS 4793 Modern Africa
Music:
- AAS 1103 African American Music
Political Science:
- AAS 4273 African American Politics
- AAS 4543 African Politics
Sociology:
- *AAS 2203 Cultural and Racial Minorities
A maximum of 6 credit hours is allowed for other approved course.
*Only one of these courses can be taken for credit.