Undergraduate Programs
Minors
Africana Studies
The minor in Africana Studies has four distinct, yet interrelated, objectives. First, Africana Studies offers instruction in a wide range of empirical research and scholarship related to the life and culture of peoples who comprise the African diaspora. Second, it provides an additional academic base of students who wish to pursue graduate or professional training in the arts and humanities, behavioral and social sciences, law, medicine, education, and public administration. Third, Africana Studies presents important information that will be useful to both students and the larger public about the necessity and tools for acquiring political and economic power for successful community develop-ment. Finally, it provides students with a crucial global perspective that will prepare them to live successfully in a multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural world.
Requirements The minor in AAfricana Studies requires 15 credit hours, distributed as follows:
Required Courses (9 cr.)
Elective Courses (6 cr.)
Students may select up to 6 credit hours from the following courses offered by the Africana Studies Program or SLA departments listed.
Department Electives
Anthropology E300 African American Culture
Arabic A131-A132 Beginning Arabic I and II
English L370 Black American Writing
English L406 Topics in African American Literature
Folklore F394 Afro-American Folklore
Geography G424 Geography of Africa
History E432 History of Africa II
Music M393 History of Jazz
Music M394 Black Music in America
Sociology R461 Race and Ethnic Relations
Spanish S117-S118 Basic Spanish
Women’s Studies W300 Black Women Writers