African and African American Studies Minor

The interdisciplinary minor in African and African American Studies offers students an opportunity to explore the experiences of Africans and African-descended peoples in the diaspora from a variety of methodological viewpoints. The curriculum enables students to examine theories of race and how race intersects with gender, sexuality, class, and other factors in a variety of historical  and contemporary settings.

For the minor, students are required to complete AFAS 101 Introduction to African and African American Studies  and 18 credit hours of electives. In the process of completing the 18 hours of electives, students must take courses that address these four learning outcomes:

1. historical awareness of African and African American peoples
2. critical analysis of the cultures of African and African American peoples
3. analysis of institutions in Africa and the Americas that are shaped by and contribute to views on race
4. evaluation of theoretical viewpoints on race and how race intersects with other categories of analysis