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2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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Afro-American Studies Major


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Degree Requirements


English Composition - Total Credits: 6


English Literature - Total Credits: 3


Constitutions - Total Credits: 4


Mathematics - Total Credits: 3


Distribution Requirement Social Science


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  • Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9

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  • Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 9

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  • and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.
     

Multicultural and International


(see notes below)

Additional Degree Requirements


Social Science - Total Credits: 9

Fine Arts - Total Credits: 3

Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Total Credits: 6

Electives - Total Credits: 6-16


Total Credits: 124


Notes


  1. Not more than two of the following courses may count toward the major in Afro-American Studies: ETS 305, 350, 360, 471, 475, PSC 401I, SOC 471, or WMST 113.
  2. Use of the following courses for major credit requires permission of the Director of the Afro-American Studies Program: ENG 499, ETS 440, 470, 499, HIST 497, 498, PSC 403Z, or 480A.
  3. At least 18 credits of the required 42 upper-division credit hours (300-400 level) must be in the major.
  4. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
  5. UNLV’s multicultural requirement is met by Afro-American Studies majors through any of the following required courses: AAS 101, 102, 330, or 433.

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