African and African American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Two of the the following continental African studies courses

ARH 262	Introduction to African Art	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
HIS 457/HUM 230	South Africa: Myth, Memory and Popular Imagination	3
IST 343	Africa: Politics, Society, and Culture	3
POL 441	African Politics/Civil Society: Case of Cameroon	3
MUS 193	African 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 215	Music and Culture of the African Diaspora	3
ANT 335/SOC 320	Race and Ethnicity	3
ANT 336	Comparative Blackness	3
ANT 337	African American Cultures	3
ARH 305	Visualizing Centre's History	3
ARH 389	Afro-Atlantic Visual Arts	3
ARH 391	Black Art Now: Artists of African Descent in the 20th Century	3
ENG 270	African American Literature	3
ENG 387	Toni Morrison	3
HIS 464	History of American Slavery	3
LAS 370	Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality	3
LAS 371	Introduction to Brazilian Culture and History	3
MUS 210	The History of Jazz	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

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 500

Colloquium

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.