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AFS-BA - Africana Studies, B.A.

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Program Requirements

General Education 23 Requirements

33 credit hours

33

Required Foundational A Courses (12 credit hours)

course

INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES

3

AAS 200

BLACKS IN BUFFALO

3

course

WHY AFRICA MATTERS

3

course

ADVANCED SEMINAR IN AFRICANA STUDIES

3

Required Foundational B Courses (6 credit hours)

6

Choose two from the following:

AAS 300

BLACK THOUGHT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIBERATION

AAS/course

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

AAS/SOC 326

BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT

AAS/PHI 360

AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY

Histories and Cultures of Africa (3 credit hours)

3

Choose one from the following:

AAS/MUS 209

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES

AAS/ANT 305

MOTHER AFRICA

AAS/HIS 337

AFRICA SINCE 1800

The Humanities (3 credit hour)

3

Choose one from the following:

course

THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA

course

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940

course

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940

course

RACE AND PROGRESS

course

AFRICAN AMERICAN ART

The Social Sciences (3 credit hour)

3

course

AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE

course

SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY

course

RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Electives (6 credit hours)

6

Choose two from the following that have not been used to satisfy any of the above requirements:

course

TOPICS COURSE

course

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES

course

AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE

AAS 221

THE HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN AMERICA

AAS 230

DANCE TECHNIQUES FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE

AAS 234

THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA

AAS 240

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940

AAS 241

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940

AAS 300

BLACK THOUGHT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIBERATION

AAS 305

MOTHER AFRICA

AAS 306

AFRICA TO 1800

AAS 321

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY

AAS 322

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

AAS 326

BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT

AAS 333

AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

AAS 334/COM 333

RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN MEDIA

AAS 337

AFRICA SINCE 1800

AAS 351

SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY

AAS 357

BLACKS IN TECHNOLOGY: INNOVATING THE FUTURE

AAS 360

AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY

AAS 361

RACE AND PROGRESS

AAS 366

AFRICAN AMERICAN ART

AAS 373

"SAVING" AFRICA

AAS 380

ART OF AFRICA

AAS 389

TOPICS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (1-3)

AAS 421

DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE

AAS 425

RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

AAS 488

INTERNSHIP (1-6)

AAS 495

SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3)

AAS 499

INDEPENDENT STUDY (3-9)

All College Electives

54 credit hours

54

Total Credit Hours

120