Departments & Programs

African American & African Diaspora Studies

Interdepartmental Major in African American and African Diaspora Studies and English

Requirements

Students must meet the following course requirements for a minimum total of 40 hours.

African American and African Diaspora Studies

At least 18 credit hours, of which at least 12 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above, including:

1. A150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans.

2. A355 African American History I or A356 African American History II.

3. A379 Early Black American Writing or A380 Contemporary Black American Writing

4. Three courses from the following:

  • A249 African American Autobiography
  • A283 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre 1767-1945
  • A384 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre 1945-Present
  • A479 Contemporary Black Poetry
  • A480 The Black Novel
  • A493 Senior Seminar in African American Studies
English

At least 18 credit hours at the 200 level or above, of which at least 12 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above, including:

1. L260 Introduction to Advanced Study of Literature (3 cr.)

2. One introductory genre course (3 cr.) approved for CASE Intensive Writing credit, chosen from

  • L203 Introduction to Drama
  • L204 Introduction to Fiction
  • L205 Introduction to Poetry
  • L206 Introduction to Prose

3. Three literary history courses (9 cr.), recommended within the first 21 credit hours of the major.

  • L310 Literary History 1: Beginnings through the Seventeenth Century
  • L312 Literary History 2: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  • L316 Literary History 3: Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

4. L371 Critical Practices (3 cr.)