African-American Studies B.A.

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Bachelor of Arts - African-American Studies

College Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 36

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2017-2018

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		18
Elective Courses		15
Capstone		3
Total Hours		36

Core Courses

Rule: Students must complete the following courses

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
AAST 141H	Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop	3
ANTY 122S	Race and Minorities	3
HSTA 343H	Afr Amer Hist Since 1865	3
SOCI 220S	Race, Gender & Class	3
SOCI 325	Social Stratification	3
HSTA 342H	Afr Amer Hist to 1865	3
Total Hours		18

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Elective Courses

Rule: 15 Credits required, 6 of which must be at the upper division

Note: Capstone: Each student must also perform a 3-credit capstone project as an independent study in which they conduct a research project, service project, or artistic project focused on an issue pertinent to the African-American community. All projects must be approved by the AAS director.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select 15 credits including 6 upper division credits from the following:		15
AASC 291	Special Topics
AAST 208H	Discovering Africa
AAST 260	African Americans and Native Americans
AAST 262	Abolitionism: The First Civil Rights Movement
ANTY 330X	Peoples and Cultures of World
ANTY 349	Social Change in NnWstrn Socts
CRWR 491	Special Topics
ECNS 217X	Issues in Economic Development
ECNS 312	Labor Economics
FILM 484	Film Directors
FRCH 339	Surv African Cinema
GPHY 141S	Geography of World Regions
GPHY 243	Africa
HSTA 262	Abolitionism
HSTA 347	Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion
HSTA 361	The American South
HSTA 382H	History of American Law
HSTA 391	Special Topics
HSTA 415	The Black Radical Tradition
HSTA 417	Prayer & Civil Rights
HSTA 491	Special topics
HSTR 262H	Islamic Civil: Classical Age
LIT 191	Special Topics
LIT 291	Special Topics
LIT 304	U.S. Writers of Color
LIT 343	African American Lit
LIT 391	Special Topics
LIT 420	Critical Theory
LIT 491	Special Topics
MUSI 130L	History of Jazz
PSCI 326	Politics of Africa
PSCI 348	US Multicultural Politics
PSCI 443	Politics of Social Movements
SOCI 441	Capstone: Inequal and Soc Just
SOCI 443	Sociology of Poverty
WGSS 363	Feminist Theory and Methods
Total Hours		15