Afro-American Studies Major

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements

Additional Degree Requirements

Social Science - Total Credits: 9

Fine Arts - Total Credits: 3

Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Total Credits: 6

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• Afro-American Studies Major Requirements - Total Credits: 39

• AAS Core - Total Credits: 15

• AAS 101 - Afro-American Survey I
• AAS 102 - Afro-American Survey II
• AAS 330 - From Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond
• AAS 433 - Contemporary Issues in Afro-American Studies
• IDS 495A - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone

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• AAS Literature (Select two course from the list) - Total Credits: 6

• AAS 290 - Introduction to African-American Literature
• AAS 291 - Slave Narratives, Literature, and Imagery
• AAS 491 - Early African-American Literature
• AAS 492 - Modern African-American Literature

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• AAS Electives (Select six courses from the list) - Total Credits: 18

• AAS 105 - Afro-American Music and Culture
• AAS 106 - Afro-American Masculinity
• AAS 166 - Survey of African-American Dance
• AAS 264 - African American Psychology
• AAS 286 - Contemporary Black Filmmakers
• AAS 287 - Afro-American Heroes in Film
• AAS 288 - Afro-Americans in Film
• AAS 289 - Film, Race, and Ethnicity
• AAS 301 - Ideologies of Intolerance
• AAS 331 - Selected Topics in Afro-American Film
• AAS 405R - Africa in World Politics
• AAS 407T - The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
• AAS 420 - Afro-American Spirituality
• AAS 432 - Afro-American Social History
• AAS 434 - Constructions of Racial Ambiguity
• AAS 435 - Malcolm X
• AAS 436 - Politics of Racial Ambiguity
• AAS 440 - Selected Topics in Afro-American Studies
• AAS 499 - Independent Research in Afro-American Studies
• ENG 499 - Independent Study
• HIST 497 - Independent Study
• HIST 498 - Advanced Historical Studies
• MUS 134 - Jazz Appreciation
• PSC 401I - Ethnic and Minority Politics
• PSC 403Z - Special Topics in Public Policy
• PSC 480A - Independent Study and Research in Political Science
• SOC 471 - Race and Ethnic Relations in America
• WMST 113 - Gender, Race and Class

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• Related Area Total Credits: 18

  As approved by the Director of the Afro-American Studies program, either a minor, or additional credits related to the student’s academic or vocational interests.

Electives - Total Credits: 7-9

Total Credits: 120

Notes

1. Not more than two of the following courses may count toward the major in Afro-American Studies: 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, 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.