Requirements

Students must complete at least 40 credit hours in African American and African Diaspora Studies and History, including the CASE Credit Hour and Residency Requirements and the following:

1. African American and African Diaspora Studies Courses. At least 18 credit hours in African American and African Diaspora Studies courses at the 200 level or above, of which at least 12 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above, including:
   1. AAAD-A 150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans
   2. AAAD-A 355 African American History I or A356 African American History II
   3. AAAD-A 379 Early Black American Writing or A380 Contemporary Black American Writing
   4. 9 additional credit hours from the History, Culture, and Social Issues Concentration. These 9 credit hours may include the Senior Seminar
2. History Courses. At least 18 credit hours of history courses, including:
   1. At least 15 credit hours of 300–400 level courses (only one of HIST-A 355 African American History I or HIST-A 356 African American History II taken in either History or African American and African Diaspora Studies can be counted toward these 15 hours)
   2. At least one seminar chosen from HIST-J 400, J450, or K392
   3. Any two courses in non-U.S. history (i.e., Western Europe, Russia and Eastern Europe, Ancient, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, or East Asia)
   4. At least 12 credit hours of these history courses must be completed in residence at the IU Bloomington campus
3. Intensive Writing. Students must complete a CASE Intensive Writing course in either History (HIST-J 300) or African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAAD-A 379 or A380)

No course counting toward completion of the upper-level credit hours requirement of the history concentration can also be counted toward completion of the upper-level credit hours requirement of the African American and African Diaspora Studies concentration.

Students must also complete the B.A. degree requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences.