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African American Studies, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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        • Africana Studies, BA
        • Africana Studies and English, BA
        • Africana Studies and Media and Screen Studies, BA
        • Africana Studies and Political Science, BA
        • History, Culture, and Law, BA
        • Religious Studies and Africana Studies, BA
        • Spanish, BA
        • Spanish and International Affairs, BA
        • Spanish and Linguistics, BA
        • Africana Studies, BS
        • American Sign Language—English Interpreting, BS
        • American Sign Language and Human Services, BS
        • American Sign Language and Linguistics, BS
        • American Sign Language and Psychology, BS
        • American Sign Language and Theatre, BS
        • African American Studies, Minor
        • African Studies, Minor
        • Africana Studies, Minor
        • American Sign Language, Minor
        • Arabic, Minor
        • Black Feminist Studies, Minor
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The African American studies minor offers students the opportunity to engage in focused analysis devoted to the critical and systematic examination of the cultural, political, social, economic, and historical theories, frameworks, and experiences of African-descended people in the United States of America. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Foundational
AFAM 1101Introduction to African American and Africana Studies4
Humanities
Complete one of the following:4
AFAM 1104
The African-American Experience through Music
AFAM 1113
Black Popular Culture
AFAM 1135
John Coltrane and the History of Jazz in the United States
AFAM 2296
Early African-American Literature
AFAM 2362
Modern and Contemporary African-American Literature
AFAM 2690
Boston in Literature
AFAM 3120
Race, Crime, and Justice
AFAM 3404
African American Rhetorical Traditions
AFAM 3664
Black Poetry and the Spoken Word
AFAM 2455
American Women Writers
Social Sciences
Complete one of the following:4
AFAM 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
AFAM 2355
Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
AFAM 2600
Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
AFAM 2618
Community Psychology
AFAM 3270
Race and Ethnic Relations
AFAM 5001
Special Topics in Race and the Law

Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one AFAM or AFRS course at the 2000 level or above, not already taken.4
Complete one AFAM or AFRS course at the 3000 level or above, not already taken.4

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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