Catalog 2021-2022

Africana Studies

Teaching Faculty

Faculty contact: Shutt

Description

 

Minor in Africana Studies

6 courses distributed as follows:

  • One of the following African History courses: 
                   HIST 130  Colonial African History
                   HIST 250  South Africa: Race, Class, Nation
                   HIST 251  Violence and Memory in Central Africa
                   HIST 281  Aid and Development in Africa
                   HIST 330  Culture and Colonialism
  • HIST 325 Africa and the Americas 
  • Two literature or cultural courses from the following list: 
                   ENGF 358  African Film
                   ENGL 245  African Novel
                   ENGL 250  Women and African Literature
                   ENGL 455  Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka

  • Two electives from the following list that have not been taken to fulfill any of the requirements above.       
                   ENGF 358  African Film
                   ENGL 245  African Novel
                   ENGL 250  Women and African Literature
                   ENGL 455  Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka
                   HIST 130  Colonial African History
                   HIST 250  South Africa: Race, Class, Nation
                   HIST 251  Violence and Memory in Central Africa
                   HIST 281  Aid and Development in Africa
                   HIST 330  Culture and Colonialism
                   SOCI 270  Race and Ethnicity
  • 1 elective course must be at the 300-level or above.

Note(s):

  • Study abroad courses and independent studies, if applicable and approved by the Africana Studies faculty contact, could also be used to substitute for courses listed in the three bulleted sections above.
  • English majors and History majors may double-count only one course from their major toward the Africana Studies minor.

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