A minor in African American Studies requires a minimum of 18 semester hours, including AAS 2320 Intro to African American Studies; a minimum of nine hours from humanities, fine arts, and communication. Twelve of the 18 hours must be in residence. Twelve hours must be advanced, at least six of which must be in residence. A minimum 2.00 grade point average for all courses applied to the minor is required.
Select courses from the following list.
Required: AAS 2320: Introduction to African American Studies (3 hours)
Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication (6 hours)
AAS 2322: Introduction to African Religion and Philosophy
AAS 3332: Anthology of African Culture
AAS 3394: Selected Topics
AAS 3396: Literature of Women of Color in U.S.
AAS 4330: Black Church in America
AAS 4334: The Struggle for Equality in America
AAS 4370: Comparative Studies in Racism
ARTH 2388: Primitive Art
ENGL 3360: Survey of African American Literature
ENGL 3363: Masterpieces of African American Literature
ENGL 3396: Contemporary African American Fiction
ENGL 4364: Minorities in Literature
HFAC 4398: Special Problems/Community Internship
HIST 3319: Urban History of the United States
HIST 3330: African American History to 1865 (satisfies half of the state requirement)
HIST 3331: African American History since 1865 (satisfies half of the state requirement)
HIST 3383: History of East and Central Africa
HIST 3384: History of West Africa
HIST 3386: The Rise of African Nationalism
HIST 3394: African American Women in Slavery and Freedom (satisfies state requirement in American History)
HIST 3394: 20th Century Black Protest
HIST 4387: Southern Africa to 1870
HIST 4388: Southern Africa since 1870
HIST 4389: African American History and Culture in the 20th Century (When taken concurrently with MUSI 3310, meets Level 3 core requirement)
HIST 4392: Selected Topics in African History
JOUR 4383: International/Freelance Reporting
JOUR 4397: Social Issues and Journalism
MUSI 1110: Jazz Ensemble *Only 3 hours can apply toward minor.
MUSI 3110: Jazz Improvisation *Only 3 hours can apply toward minor.
MUSI 3310: History of Jazz (When taken concurrently with History 4389, meets Level 3 core requirement)
THEA 2345: Ethnic Drama Workshop
Social Sciences (9 hours)
ANTH 1300: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 2302: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 3315: Muslim Peoples of the Middle East
ANTH 3317: Anthropology of African American Culture
ANTH 3338: Peoples of Africa
ANTH 3360: Human Variation
ANTH 3363: Race in Anthropological Perspective
ANTH 4331: Medical Anthropology
ANTH 4335: Ethnic Cultures
ANTH 4384: Anthropology of HIV
ECON 3365: Labor Economics
ECON 4377: Urban Economics
ECON 4383: The Economics of Development
ECON 4388: The Economic Development of Africa
POLS 3319: Politics of Social Policy
POLS 3321: Revolution and System Change
POLS 3323: Comparative Political Repression
POLS 3328: Politics of the Developing Areas
POLS 3359: Criminal Justice
POLS 3371: Introduction to Urban Politics
POLS 4309: Social Analysis: The City
POLS 4344: Equality, Justice, and Democracy
PSYC 4344: Cultural Psychology
PSYC 4387: African American Psychology
SOC 2320: Perspectives on the Black Experience in the United States
SOC 3316: Sociology of Sport and Leisure
SOC 3320: African American Stratification
SOC 3321: African American Family
SOC 3325: American Minority Peoples
SOC 3343: Social Movements
SOC 3351: Social Class and Mobility in America (satisfies the social and behavioral sciences component of Level 2)
SOC 3357: Urban Sociology
SOC 3370: Sociology of Rock and Roll
SOC 3371: Sociology of the Family
SOC 3373: Comparative Family Structures
SOC 3397: Selected Topics in Sociology
Selected topics are appropriate from respective departments in the College of
Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication. Note: On occasion, courses
are added to this approved list between editions of this catalog. For the most
up-to-date list of approved coursed for this minor, contact the African
American Studies Program.
