African and African American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

AAS 220	Introduction to African and African American Studies	3
ANT 335/SOC 320	Race and Ethnicity	3
AAS 500	Colloquium	3

ANT 335 is cross-listed as SOC 320.

One of

AAS 210/MUS 215	Music and Culture of the African Diaspora	3
EDU 251	Ghana: Exploring Education and the Environment across the Globe	3
HIS 351	African Kingdoms and Colonial Empires	3
HIS 352	Modern Africa	3
HIS 431	African Film	3
HIS 433	Religion & Politics in Eastern Africa	3
HIS 455	Idi Amin's Uganda: Myth, Memory and Manuscripts	3
POL 343	African Politics	3
POL 441	African Politics/Civil Society: Case of Cameroon	3
MUS 193

MUS 193: must take three times to count as one course. AAS 210 is cross-listed as MUS 215.

One of

ANT 336	Comparative Blackness	3
ANT 337	African American Cultures	3
ARH 305	Visualizing Centre's History	3
HIS 464	History of American Slavery	3
LAS 350	Cultural Diversity in Mexico	3
LAS 370	Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality	3
LAS 371	Introduction to Brazilian Culture and History	3
PHI 353	Philosophical Discussions on Ethnicity and Race: Blackness and Latinidad	3
REL 334	Islam in America	3
SOC 323	Race and Migration	3
SPA 364	Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora	3

One additional course from the previous two lists.

NOTES:

1. Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
2. Several courses listed above are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two or three years. Students interested in the minor are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to plan their preparation for the minor and to discuss course offering schedules.