African/African-American Studies
African/ African American Studies Minor
Artist: Jacob Lawrence
Requirements for a Minor in African/ African American Studies include at least 27 hours, 12 of which must be upper-division courses.
Required Core Courses for the Minor (18 hours)
Introduction (3 hours):
| ENGL 1330 | Introduction to African/African-American Studies |
Literature (6 hours):
| ENGL 4380 | African/African-American Literature |
| Plus one of the following: | |
| ENGL 4382 | Race in American Literature (this course is currently awaiting approval) |
| ENGL 4381 | Major African/African-American Writers (this course is currently awaiting approval) |
History (6 hours)
| Two of the following: | |
| HIST 3353 | African-American History, 1619-1868 |
| HIST 3354 | African-American History, 1868-present |
| HIST 4388 | African History |
Cultural/Critical Race Studies (3 hours):
| Two of the following: | |
| PHIL 2360 | Gender, Race, and Class Issues |
| PHIL 3340 | African American Philosophy |
| WRTG 4325 | Sociolinguistics |
Electives (9 hours, to be chosen from the following courses):
| ART 3307 | The Arts of Africa |
| ENGL 4382 | Race in American Literature |
| ENGL 4381 | Major African/African-American Writers |
| ENGL 4304 | Studies in English and American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance |
| WLAN 2325 | Issues of Cultural Identity in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean |
| HIST 3353 | African-American History, 1619-1868 |
| HIST 3354 | African-American History, 1868-present |
| HIST 4388 | African History |
| HIST 4391 | Topics in History: African-American Autobiography |
| HIST 4391 | Topics in History: The Civil Rights Movement |
| MUS 4301 | Jazz: The History |
| PHIL 2360 | Gender, Race, and Class Issues |
| PHIL 3340 | African-American Philosophy |
| RELG 3345 | African-American Religious Thought |
| SOC 3310 | Minority Relations |
| WRTG 4325 | Sociolinguistics |