Program Requirements

ONE introductory course (3)
AFAM 150D P5 Introduction to African American Studies
ONE course in African American Historical Foundations (3)
AFAM 219D Retracing the Black Past I
AFAM 220D Retracing the Black Past II
HIST 103D P3 The United States to 1865
HIST 104D P3 The United States Since 1865
TWO courses in African American Cultural Expressions (6)
AFAM 205P From Bebop to Hip Hop
AFAM 240 CC The Struggle for Civil Rights
AFAM/REST 280D The Black Church in America
AFAM/REST 282P Contemporary Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century Black Church
AFAM 305P P5 Black Thought in the 20th/21st Century
AMST 237P/WGST 237P P3 Hope, Survival and Human Spirit: Theories of Resistance
ENGL 220D P1 Black Writers in U.S.
ENGL 261C Topics in Sexuality and Literature**
ENGL 262P CC Topics in Ethnicity and Literature**
ENGL 263C P1 Topics in Literature and the Arts**
ENGL 264D P5 Topics in Literature and Politics**
ENGL 335 Studies in African American Literature
ENGL 337 Ethnicities in/and Literature
REST/HIST 272P CC Martin and Malcolm
WGST 270 P5 Gender and Culture
ONE elective course chosen from the following
(if not used in a prior category)
(3)
AFAM/REST 280D The Black Church in America
AFAM/REST 282P Contemporary Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century Black Church
AFAM 290D Stride Toward Freedom: Afro-Rochester Leaders
AFAM 304P African American Images in Film
AMST 210P P3 American Experience
AMST 273P P5 American Social Justice
ENGL 220D P1 Modern African American Literature
ENGL 261C Topics in Sexuality and Literature**
ENGL 262P CC Topics in Ethnicity and Literature**
ENGL 263C P1 Topics in Literature and the Arts**
ENGL 264D P5 Topics in Literature and Politics**
ENGL 381 The Rhetoric of Hate and Social Justice
HIST 103D P3 The United States to 1865
HIST 104D P3 The United States Since 1865
ITDY 150P P5 “Word Up!” Communicating in the 21st Century
ITED 422P Diversity in American Society
REST/HIST 272P CC Martin and Malcolm
SOCI 314 U.S. Race Relations
ONE Senior Seminar (3)
AFAM 450 Seminar on African American Culture
Total (18)

**May be applicable depending on topic; consult with AFAM program director for approval.

Note: Courses may not be used for credit in the student’s major and the AFAM minor without permission of the minor program director.

A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the minor.

African American Studies (Minor)


For More Information

Arlette Miller Smith
Program Director
asmith@sjfc.edu
(585) 385-8212

Admissions
(585) 385-8064
admissions@sjfc.edu