A combined major in Africana studies and human services offers students the opportunity to integrate their studies of the cultural, political, socioeconomic, and historical experiences of the peoples of the global African Diaspora with preparation for careers in social change by providing them with the theoretical and skill-based background necessary for practice and research.
Students take academically rigorous courses relevant to the field while honing their skills through our extensive experiential educational opportunities. Through courses, service-learning, co-op, and internships, students may acquire theoretical and professional skills related to critical race cultural literacies, historical analysis, counseling, nonprofit management, political advocacy, as well as organizational and community development.
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 degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Africana Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Global Health | ||
| Humanities | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| African American Rhetorical Traditions | ||
| Black Poetry and the Spoken Word | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Gender and Black World Literatures | ||
| Social Sciences | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Issues in Race, Science, and Technology | ||
| Community Psychology | ||
| Race, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality | ||
| Special Topics in Race and the Law | ||
| Africa Today | ||
| Natural Resources and Sustainable Development | ||
| Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora | ||
| Contemporary Government and Politics in Africa | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete one AFAM or AFRS course at the 2000 level or above. | 4 | |
| Complete one AFAM or AFRS course at the 3000 level or above. | 4 | |
Human Services Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| HUSV 1000 | Human Services at Northeastern | 1 |
| or CLTR 1000 | Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies at Northeastern | |
| EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| Human Services Overview | ||
| HUSV 1101 | Social Change and Human Services | 4 |
| HUSV 2300 | Counseling in Human Services | 4 |
| HUSV 2355 | Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment | 4 |
| HUSV 2970 | Research Methods for Human Services | 4 |
| HUSV 3570 | The Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, and Social Change | 4 |
| HUSV 3900 | Social Policy | 4 |
| HUSV 4994 | Human Services Internship | 6 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete two electives in HUSV not used to fulfill other requirements for the degree. | 8 | |
Integrative Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 2618 | Community Psychology | 4 |
Senior Capstone
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | ||
| AFAM 4700 | Capstone | 4 |
| or HUSV 4700 | Senior Seminar in Human Services | |
Africana Studies and Human Services 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
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| AFAM 1101 | 4 | HUSV 2300 | 4 | Africana studies humanities course | 4 | Africana studies 3000-level elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Africana studies humanities course | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | NUpath elective | 4 |
| HUSV 1000 or CLTR 1000 | 1 | Africana studies social sciences course | 4 | ||||
| HUSV 1101 | 4 | Foreign language 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 | AFAM 2355 | 4 | Africana studies 2000-level elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| Africana studies social sciences course | 4 | EESH 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||
| NUpath elective | 4 | HUSV 3570 | 4 | ||||
| NUpath elective | HUSV elective | 4 | |||||
| HUSV elective | 4 | ||||||
| 12 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | HUSV 3900 | 4 | ENGW 3308 or 3315 | 4 | Co-op | ||
| HUSV 4994 | 6 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HUSV elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | AFAM 2618 | 4 | |||||
| AFAM 4700 or HUSV 4700 | 4 | ||||||
| HUSV elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 128 | |||||||