AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

Director: Jean P. McIver (251-460-6146)

The minor in African American Studies provides an interdisciplinary investigation of the experiences, conditions, origins, accomplishments, and contributions of people of African ancestry in the United States. Students may deepen their appreciation and understanding of African-Americans by studying their earlier history in Africa, their transition to the New World, and their diasporan experiences in other parts of the world. The African-American Studies Program is comprised of eighteen courses offered through seven departments of instruction within the College of Arts and Sciences.

The minor in African-American Studies takes advantage of those characteristics of the African-American experience that make it uniquely valuable for serious academic study and teaching, for it exposes students to the diversity and unity of the African-American experience as well as to the similarities and differences among the cultures of Africa.

Core Requirements

1.	AFR 101, Introduction to African-American Studies (three semester hours). This course is to be taken immediately after the African-American Studies minor is declared.
2.	At least one humanities and one social science course selected from the offerings below.
3.	The election of additional courses to bring the total credits to at least 21 hours.

African-American Studies Course Offerings

AFR 101 (Required)

Humanities Courses

EH 242	EH 468	PHL 331

Social Science Courses

HY 262	HY 279	HY 321
HY 326	HY 435	HY 477
HY 478	PSC 364	PSY 270
SY 315	SY 435	SY 445

Other

ARH 250

ARH 343

A description of these courses may be found under the appropriate departments.

DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (AFR) COURSES

College of Arts and Sciences