Afro-American Studies Minor

Courses Include - Total Credits: 24

• 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

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• and 12 credits from the following elective list:

• 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 290 - Introduction to African-American Literature
• AAS 291 - Slave Narratives, Literature, and Imagery
• AAS 301 - Ideologies of Intolerance
• AAS 331 - Selected Topics in Afro-American Film
• 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 491 - Early African-American Literature
• AAS 492 - Modern African-American Literature
• 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

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• Not more than one of the following courses may count toward the minor in Afro-American Studies:

  PSC 401I - Ethnic and Minority Politics
   
  SOC 471 - Race and Ethnic Relations in America
   
  WMST 113 - Gender, Race and Class
   

   

  Use of the following courses for minor credit requires permission of the Director of the Afro-American Studies Program:

  ENG 499 - Independent Study
   
  HIST 497 - Independent Study
   
  HIST 498 - Advanced Historical Studies
   
  PSC 403Z - Special Topics in Public Policy
   
  PSC 480A - Independent Study and Research in Political Science