BA in Africana Studies

 

 

In the Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies program, students delve into current issues and the historical context surrounding cultural theory and black studies. Classes encourage open discussions on topics including independence movements in Africa, race relations in the United States, Islamic philosophy, immigration and the American Dream. Many majors also choose to complement their class work with study abroad and internships.

Professor Randi Kristensen lectures in her Intro to Africana Studies class

 

 

 

 


Major Areas

Students choose electives from one of three primary areas. 

 

African American Studies

Classes in this area include Race and Minority Relations, Nineteenth Century Black Literature and African American History to 1865.

 

African Studies

Classes in this area include Anthropology of Africa, West Africa to Independence and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World.

 

Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies

Classes in this area include Contemporary Francophone Literature and Latin America: Problems and Promise.

 


Course Requirements

Course List
Required for the major
AFST 1001Introduction to Africana Studies (taken within three semesters of declaring the major)
African American studies:
HIST 3360African American History to 1865
SOC 2179Race and Minority Relations
ENGL 3570Nineteenth-Century Black Literature
or ENGL 3950 Cultural Theory and Black Studies
Another course from the following designated courses: *
AMST 2440The American City
ENGL 3940Topics in African American Literary Studies
ENGL 3945African American Poetry
HIST 3360African American History to 1865
HIST 3361African American History Since 1865
HIST 3362African American Women’s History
HIST 2312The American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
MUS 1108History of Jazz
MUS 3175Topics in Music History and Literature
SOC 2151Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports, and the American Dream
SOC 2170Class and Inequality in American Society
SOC 2179Race and Minority Relations
SOC 2169Urban Sociology
Four courses in African studies:
ANTH 3708Anthropology of Africa
HIST 3520Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World
or HIST 3540 West Africa to Independence
Two additional courses from the following list of designated courses *
HIST 3501Topics: Africa
HIST 3510African History to 1880
HIST 3520Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World
HIST 3530Women in Africa
HIST 3540West Africa to Independence
ANTH 3801African Roots from Australopithecus to Zimbabwe
IAFF 2093Africa: Problems and Prospects
PSC 2381Comparative Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
PSC 2482African International Politics
FREN 3300Topics in French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures in Translation
FREN 3560Topics in Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema
GEOG 3154Geography of the Middle East and North Africa
GEOG 3164The Geography of Africa
Two courses in Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean studies:
HIST 3710History of Latin America I
Another course from the following list of designated courses *
ENGL 3930Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
FREN 3300Topics in French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures in Translation
FREN 3560Topics in Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema
GEOG 3161Geography of Latin America
IAFF 2090Latin America: Problems and Promise
HIST 3711History of Latin America II
SPAN 3600Special Topics
An upper-division course in gender studies from the following list of designated courses (this course may also count toward one of the above categories) *
ANTH 2501The Anthropology of Gender: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
HIST 3530Women in Africa
HIST 3362African American Women’s History
PHIL 2125Philosophy of Race and Gender
REL 3481Women in Islam
One additional course from above or from the following:
AMST 2020Washington, DC: History, Culture, and Politics
AMST 2410Modern U.S. Immigration
HIST 2803The Ancient Near East and Egypt to 322 B.C.
REL 3475Islamic Religion and Art
REL 3414Islamic Philosophy and Theology
GEOG 2133People, Land, and Food
GEOG 2141Cities in the Developing World