Undergraduate
Minors
Africana Studies
Minor in Africana Studies
The minor requires 15 credit hours in Africana Studies. All minors must take AFRO A140 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies. Additionally, they must take either AFRO A200 Research Methods in African American and African Diaspora Studies or AFRO 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.
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 for 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 history of and tools for acquiring political and economic empowerment for successful community development. 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 Africana Studies requires 15 credit hours, distributed as follows:
Required Courses (6 cr.)
AFRO-A 140: Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.)
And one (1) of the following courses (3 cr. each):
- AFRO-A 200: Research in African and African Diaspora Studies
- AFRO-A 306: Globalization, Struggle, and Empowerment in the African Diaspora
Elective Courses (9 cr.)
Students may select up to 9 credit hours from the following courses offered by the Africana Studies Program or SLA departments listed.