Program Requirements

Minor in African American Studies

Requirements

Introductory Course – 3 credits

  • AFAM 150D – P5 Introduction to African American Studies (3)

Electives – 15 credits

Choose FIVE courses from the following (two MUST be at the 300-level or higher):

  • All AFAM courses
  • HIST 304 – Hip Hop and Punk Rock
  • HIST 322 – Reconstruction and Race
  • HIST 353 – The Civil Rights Movement
  • ENGL 335 – African American Literature
  • SOCI 344 – Social Determinants of Health
  • POSC 365 –  Reproductive Rights through a Black Feminist Lens
  • SUST 304 – Environmental Racism

 

Total: 18 credits

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)


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