African and African American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Two of the the following continental African studies courses

ARH 262Introduction to African Art

3

EDU 251Ghana: Exploring Education and the Environment across the Globe

3

HIS 351African Kingdoms and Colonial Empires

3

HIS 352Modern Africa

3

HIS 431African Film

3

HIS 433Religion & Politics in Eastern Africa

3

HIS 455Idi Amin's Uganda: Myth, Memory and Manuscripts

3

HIS 457/HUM 230South Africa: Myth, Memory and Popular Imagination

3

POL 343African Politics

3

POL 441African Politics/Civil Society: Case of Cameroon

3

MUS 193African Drum Ensemble

1

MUS 193: must take three times to count as one course. HIS 457 is cross-listed as HUM 230.

Two of the following African American studies courses

AAS 210/MUS 215Music and Culture of the African Diaspora

3

ANT 335/SOC 320Race and Ethnicity

3

ANT 336Comparative Blackness

3

ANT 337African American Cultures

3

ARH 305Visualizing Centre's History

3

ARH 389Afro-Atlantic Visual Arts

3

ARH 391Black Art Now: Artists of African Descent in the 20th Century

3

ENG 270African American Literature

3

ENG 387Toni Morrison

3

HIS 464History of American Slavery

3

LAS 370Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality

3

LAS 371Introduction to Brazilian Culture and History

3

MUS 210The History of Jazz

3

PHI 353Philosophical Discussions on Ethnicity and Race: Blackness and Latinidad

3

REL 334Islam in America

3

SOC 323Race and Migration

3

SPA 364Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora

3

AAS 210 is cross-listed as MUS 215. ANT 335 is cross-listed as SOC 320.

One additional course from the previous two lists.

Senior Colloquium

AAS 500Colloquium

3

 

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.