Africana Studies Minor (323) (21-22 hours)

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Minor for a Bachelor’s Degree

Minor Requirements: 21-22 Semester Hours

CFD 1450 - Valuing Differences: Discovering Common Ground (1)
HIST 2410 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3)
ENGL 4990 - Special Projects in English (1-3) (3) #
OR
HIST 4351 - Special Projects in American History (1-6) (3) **
OR
ISP 4000 - Study Abroad (1-18) (3) *

Africana Studies

Select 12 credit hours from Area 1 or Area 2 and select 2-3 credit hours from the other Area for a total of 14-15 credit hours.

Area 1 - Africana Studies Literary, Geographical, Political and Historical Development

ENGL 3990 - Special Topics in English (1-3) +
ENGL 4680 - African American Literature (3)
GEOG 3310 - Geography of Africa (3)
HIST 4309 - The African-American in American History (3)
HIST 4471 - The African Diaspora (3)
HIST 4472 - African History (3)
MUS 1281 - History and Development of Jazz GE (3)
POLS 3551 - Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States (3)
POLS 4553 - 20th Cent. African-American Politics (3)

Area 2 - Africana Studies Gender, Culture and Social Issues

SOC 1800 - Introduction to Sociology GE (3)

Electives from the Following: 9 Semester Hours

ML 1040 - Special Projects in Modern Languages GE (1-3) (3) %
REL 2070 - Religions of Africa (3)
SOC 1830 - Social Problems (3)
SOC 2845 - Social Inequality (3)
SOC 3815 - Cities & Urban Life (3)
SOC 3825 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
WGS 2000 - Intersections: Gender, Race, Class GE (3)

Note:

* University of Ghana
** Research & Writing Course in African/African American History
# Research & Writing Course in African American Literature
+ Research & Writing Course in Survey of Twentieth Century African American Literature
% Elementary Akan

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