The combined major in Africana studies and English offers students the opportunity to integrate their studies of both disciplines and explore the historical, practical, and theoretical relationships between the two disciplines. In addition to considering the significant points of contention, students explore the ways in which insights from Africana studies can be brought to bear on the disciplinary issues and questions of English studies. Within the combined major, students may also choose to focus their studies on a range of topics related to literature, writing, narrative, and cultural production in the United States, the Americas, Europe, Africa, and across the global African Diaspora.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Africana Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| CLTR 1000 | Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies at Northeastern | 1 |
| Foundational Course | ||
| AFAM 1101 | Introduction to African American and Africana Studies | 4 |
| or AFRS 1101 | Introduction to African Studies | |
| Introductory Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The African-American Experience through Music | ||
| Black Popular Culture | ||
| John Coltrane and the History of Jazz in the United States | ||
| African History | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora | ||
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Global Health | ||
| Humanities | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| African American Rhetorical Traditions | ||
| The African American Novel | ||
| Black Poetry and the Spoken Word | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Gender and Black World Literatures | ||
| Anthropology of Africa | ||
| Social Sciences | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment | ||
| Issues in Race, Science, and Technology | ||
| Community Psychology | ||
| Race, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Race and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Special Topics in Race and the Law | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora | ||
| Africa Today | ||
| Black Feminist Studies | ||
| Natural Resources and Sustainable Development | ||
| The Scope and Dynamics of Conflicts in Africa (up for reactivation) | ||
| Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora | ||
| Contemporary Government and Politics in Africa | ||
| Say It Loud: The Black Power Movement and Higher Education | ||
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | 1 |
| ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
| or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
| ENGL 1700 | Global Literatures 1 | 4 |
| or ENGL 1701 | Global Literatures 2 | |
English Electives
Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Diversity | ||
| Complete one course from the following. You may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below. | 4 | |
| Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| The African American Novel | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
| Literary Periods | ||
| Pre-19th Century Literature | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Early Literatures | ||
| 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | ||
| Milton | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| 19th/20th/21st Century Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following courses: | 4 | |
19th Century | ||
| The American Renaissance | ||
| 19th-Century Literatures | ||
| Emerson and Thoreau | ||
| 19th-Century Major Figure | ||
20th/21st Century | ||
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| The Modern Bestseller | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
| 20th- and 21st-Century Major Figure | ||
| Theories and Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Grammar: The Architecture of English | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
| Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
| Opening the Archive | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Language and Linguistics | ||
| Linguistic Analysis | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| History of English | ||
| Language and Gender | ||
| Topics in Linguistics | ||
| Comparative Course | ||
| Complete one of the following courses: | 4 | |
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| British Literature to 1800 | ||
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Contemporary Fiction | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Horror Fiction | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| Film and Text (Abroad) | ||
| The African American Novel | ||
| Writing | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Creative Writing | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Digital Writing | ||
| Writing and Community Engagement | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| Publishing in the 21st Century | ||
| The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
| English Electives | ||
| Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | 8 | |
Integrative Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
or ENGL 2296 | Early African-American Literature | |
| African American Rhetorical Traditions | ||
or ENGL 3404 | African American Rhetorical Traditions | |
| The African American Novel | ||
or ENGL 3663 | The African American Novel | |
| Black Poetry and the Spoken Word | ||
or ENGL 3664 | Black Poetry and the Spoken Word | |
| Gender and Black World Literatures | ||
or ENGL 3900 | Gender and Black World Literatures | |
Capstone
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one capstone in either Africana Studies or English from the following: | 4 | |
| Capstone | ||
or AFRS 4700 | Capstone | |
| Capstone Seminar | ||
or ENGL 4720 | Capstone Project | |
Africana Studies and English Combined-Major Credit Requirement
Complete 86 semester hours in the major.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirements
128 total semester hours required.
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CLTR 1000 | 1 | ENGL 1400 | 4 | ENGL elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENGL 1160 | 4 | Africana studies social sciences course | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | ||||
| Africana studies foundational course | 4 | Integrative course | 4 | ||||
| Africana studies introductory course | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Africana studies humanities course | 4 | Africana studies social sciences course | 4 | Africana studies humanities course | 4s | Co-op | |
| Africana studies social sciences course | 4 | Africana studies humanities course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Africana studies social sciences course | 4 | ENGL diversity course | 4 | ||||
| Comparative ENGL course | 4 | ENGL Pre-19th century course | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 4-8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | 4 | ENGL writing course | 4 | Co-op | ||
| ENGL 19th/20th/21st-century literature course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | Capstone course | 4 | |||||
| ENGL theories and methods course | 4 | ||||||
| ENGL elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 125-129 | |||||||