IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2010-2012

• Centers
• Departments
• Programs
  • Africana Studies
  • American Studies
  • American Sign Language/English Interpreting
  • Film Studies
  • Individualized Major Program
  • Programs
  • International Studies
  • Medical Humanities and Health Studies
  • Motorsports Studies
  • Museum Studies
  • Philanthropic Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Women's Studies

Departments

Programs

Africana Studies

Professors  Ch. Didier Gondola, History; Bessie House-Soremekun, Political Science;  Missy Kubitschek, English;  John McKivigan, History;  Obioma Nnaemeka, World Languages and Cultures/Women's Studies

Associate Professors  Edward E. Curtis, Kelly Hayes, Religious Studies; Gina Sanchez Gibau, Anthropology; Ronda Henry, English; Monroe Little, History; Najja Modibo, Sociology; Una Osili, Economics

Assistant Professors Ramla Bandele, Political Science; Modupe Labode, Museum Studies;  Jennifer Thorington-Springer, English

Associate Faculty  Gwendolyn Crenshaw, Jason Housley, Oladele Omosegbon, Mary Wheeler

Africana Studies encompasses the scholarly exploration of African and African American life and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Courses in Africana Studies are offered within the program and in many departments of the School of Liberal Arts.

Major in Africana Studies
The major in Africana Studies has four objectives.  First, it grounds students in the essential theory and basic information about people of African descent.  Second, it provides students with transnational perspectives on the life, history and culture of people of African  descent and the global societies of which they are a part.  Third, it offers IUPUI undergraduates a wide range of community research, internship and service learning opportunities with local private and public organizations.  Finally, recognizing the educational and experiential value of international exposure, it offers students the opportunity for those who wish to do so to study abroad.  The degree is designed to empower students to recognize their own cultural traditions both nationally and internationally, use information and concepts from multiple disciplines, examine and organize ways of knowing and apply them to specific issues and problems, and promote critical thinking as well as intellectual depth and understanding.

Requirements  

The major in Africana Studies requires 33 credit hours, distributed as follows:

Courses

Required Courses (12 cr.)

AFRO A140  Introduction to African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
AFRO A200 Research Methods in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
AFRO A306 Globalization, Struggle and Empowerment in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
AFRO A414 Seminar in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)

Additionally, students must select a 9 credit required area concentration in either Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean or North America. The area concentration must include courses from at least 2 different SLA departments and at least 3 courses at the 300 level or higher.  The chosen area concentration will appear on the student's transcript.

Program Electives

AFRO A106 Perspectives on the African Diaspora (1-3 cr.)

AFRO A 152 Introduction to African Studies (3 cr.)

AFRO A202 The West & the African Diaspora (3 cr.)

AFRO A255 The Black Church in America (3cr.)

AFRO A303 Topics in African American Studies (3 cr.)

AFRO A440 History of the Education of Black Americans (3 cr.)

AFRO A353 African Development and the African Diaspora (3 cr.)

AFRO A495 Independent Readings in Afro-American Studies (3 cr.)

AFRO A499 Community Experience Internship (3 cr.)

Department Electives

                HIST H227 African Civilizations (3 cr.)

                ENG L245 Introduction to Caribbean Literature (3 cr.)

                ANTH E310 Cultures of Africa (3 cr.)

                REL R314 Religion and Racism (3 cr.)

                REL R328 Religions of the African Diaspora (3 cr.)

                POLS Y337 Latin American Politics (3 cr.)

                POLS Y338 African Politics (3 cr.)

                HIST F341 Latin America:  Conquest and Empire (3 cr.)

                HIST F342 Latin America:  Evolution and Revolution since Independence (3 cr.)

                GEOG G323 Geography of Latin America (3 cr.)

                GEOG G324 Geography of the Caribbean (3 cr.)

                HER H300 Black Visual Artists (3 cr.)

                HER H351 African Art I (3 cr.)

                HER H352 African Art II (3 cr.)

                FOLK F354 African American Folklore/Folk-Life/Folk Music (3 cr.)

                HIST A355 African American History I (3 cr.)

                HIST A356 African American History II (3 cr.)

                REL R363 African American Religions (3 cr.)

                ENG L370 Black American Writing (3 cr.)

                REL R370 Islam in America (3 cr.)

                REL L382 Fiction of the Non-Western World:  20^th Century African Literature (3 cr.)

                ANTH E384 The African Diaspora (3 cr.)

                MUS M393 History of Jazz (3 cr.)

                MUS M394 Black Music in America (3 cr.)

                ENG L406 Topics in African American Writing (3 cr.)

                ENG L411 Literature and Society:  South African Literature and Society (3 cr.)

                HIST H421 Topics:  Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3 cr.)

                HIST H421 Topics:  Modern Africa (3 cr.)

                SOC R461 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 cr.)

Minor in Africana Studies

The minor requires 15 credit hours in Africana Studies.  All minors must take A140 Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies.  Additionally, they must take either A200 Research methods in African and African Diaspora Studies or A306 Globalization, Struggle and Empowerment in the African Diaspora.  The remaining 9 credit hours may be selected from a list of Africana Studies program or Africana Studies related elective courses offered by various Liberal Arts departments.  If students wish to do so, they can concentrate their 9 credits of coursework in one of three areas:  Africa; Latin America & the Caribbean; or North America.

Undergraduate Certificate in African Studies
Undergraduate students who are enrolled at IUPUI may apply for an undergraduate certificate in African Studies if they meet the following criteria:

• have completed at least 55 credit hours toward their degree at IUPUI
• have earned a cumulative GPA of 2.5

Students who have not enrolled at IUPUI and specify the Undergraduate Certificate in African Studies may be considered for this certificate if they meet the following criteria:
apply for Undergraduate Admission to IUPUI  and specify the Undergraduate Certificate in African Studies as their objective (Admissions Office:  [317] 274-4591 or apply@iupui.edu).

• have 55 credit hours of transferable work
• have earned a cumulative GPA of 2.5

Students who have already completed undergraduate degrees can apply for the undergraduate certificate.

Course Requirements

Total requirement:  18 credit hours.  The minimum grade that will be accepted in any single course is C.

Required courses (6 credits):

AFRO A152 Introduction to African Studies (3 cr.)
and
AFRO A200 Research in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
or
AFRO A495 Individual Readings in Afro-American Studies (1-3 cr.)

Electives in Africana Studies or complementary school/department (12 credits):

• HIST H227 African Civilizations (3 cr.)
• POLS Y338 African Politics (3 cr.)
• ANTH E310 Cultures of Africa (3 cr.)
• HIST H421 Topics:  Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3 cr.)
• HIST H421 Topics:  Modern Africa (3 cr.)
• ENG L411 South African Literature and Society (3 cr.)
• ENG L382 Fiction of the Non-Western World:  20th Century African Literature (3 cr.)
• HER HER H351 African Art I (3 cr.)
• HER H352 Aftican Art II (3cr.)
• REL R328 Afro-Diasporic Religions (3 cr.)
• SWK S300 Global Human Rights and Cultural Competency Skills (3 cr.)