African American Studies Minor

Required Core Course (3 hours)

• HIST 2543 Africans in the Americas from Slavery to Freedom

Electives (9 hours)

Selected from the following:

• ANTH 4503 Topics in Anthropology
• CPLT 2253 African Film
• ENGL 2083 African-American Autobiography
• ENGL 2313 Reading Major American Writers

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• ENGL 3193 Black American Women Writers  or
• WS 3193 Black American Women Writers

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• ENGL 3343 African American Novel
• HIST 3513 Colonial America
• HIST 3523 Revolutionary America, 1750-1800
• HIST 3543 The Civil War
• MUS 1043 Jazz: Mirror of American Society
• MUS 2083 Black American Musical Experience
• MUS 2113 History of Rhythm and Blues
• POL 3263 African Politics
• POL 3343 Civil Liberties in the United States
• PSY 4063 Psychology of Diversity
• SOC 1033 The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 2133 Inequality in American Society
• SOC 3083 Urban Sociology
• SOC 3093 Sociology of Poverty
• SOC 3133 Social Movements
• THEA 2111 Modern Dance I
• THEA 3101 Modern Dance II

Note:

Independent study courses and other courses not listed above must be approved for credit toward the minor by the program director prior to enrollment.

Freshman and senior seminars on African American subjects, internships in the African American community, and study abroad programs may be taken for credit toward the minor with approval of the program director and the advisory board prior to enrollment.