Minor - African American Studies
Minor - African American Studies
Course Requirements
The minor in African American studies consists of 18 semester hours, offered in conjunction with other departments. Students planning to pursue a career in teaching, social work, law, public service, race relations, or the helping professions will find the minor to be an asset. The program's two-course introductory sequence (African American Studies 201, 202) is required. Six additional hours must be chosen from African and African American history courses. Also 6 hours must be chosen from African and African American political, social institutions, and culture courses.
| African American History |
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| AAS 326/His 308. African American History since 1865 |
| AAS 350. Topics in AAS History |
| AAS 362/G ST 362/His 339. African American Women's History |
| AAS 423/G St 423/His 324. Black Women's Enterprise & Activism |
| AAS 437/His 326. The Atlantic Slave Trade and Africa |
| AAS 438/His 327. Historical Perspectives on Slavery in the Americas |
| AAS 440/His 328. History of African Americans in Sports |
| AAS 442. The New Negro Era |
| AAS 443/His 329. The Civil Rights Era |
| His 460. Undergraduate Research Seminar in African History |
| AAS 501. African American Studies Seminar |
| AAS 509/His 509. Historiography of African American History |
| African American Politics, Social Institutions, and Culture |
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| AAS 302. Judicial System and the African American Experience |
| AAS 307/Anth 307. Peoples of Africa |
| AAS 308/Pol 307. Politics of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights |
| AAS 315/Pol 323. Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| AAS 316/Anth 315. The African Diaspora |
| AAS 320/Pol 320. African American Politics |
| AAS 334/S St 334/Anth 334/Soc 334. Intro to Field Work Techniques |
| AAS 337/Anth 337. Anthropology of Blues Culture |
| AAS 341/Engl 322. African American Literary Tradition I |
| AAS 342/Engl 323. African American Literary Tradition II |
| AAS 343/Engl 343 African American Science Fiction Lit |
| AAS 351. Topics in AAS Pol & Social Institutions |
| AAS 352. Topics in AAS Culture |
| AAS 360. Topics in African American Studies Abroad |
| AAS 371/Engl 371. African Literature |
| AAS 373/Engl 373. Caribbean Literature |
| AAS 386/AH 386. African and African American Arts |
| AAS 395/AH 369. Survey of Black American Art |
| AAS 412. Studies in Black Popular Culture |
| AAS 413/Soc 413. Race and Ethnicity |
| AAS 414/Soc 414/SST 314. Race, Place & Space4 |
| AAS 420/Engl 465. Major African American Writers |
| AAS 421. Readings in U.S. Black Feminism |
| AAS 422/Engl 422. Prison and the Literary Imagination |
| AAS 441/Engl 441. Comparative Black Literatures |
| AAS 504. Research in African American Studies |
| AAS 517/Mus 517. African American Musical Tradition |
| AAS 518/Mus 518. History of Jazz |
| AAS 593/Engl 593. African American Literature |
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