Majoring in Africana Studies

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Degree requirements for Africana Studies Majors

To complete an degree if Africana Studies degree, students must complete the following requirements:

To satisfy the Africana Studies major, students must complete 27 total credits in AFRA courses. Students must complete 9 credits from the Core Curriculum, 15 credits distributed in each of the Five Curricular Areas (Black History, Black Diasporic and Global Perspectives, Race, Society and Health, Black Arts, Literature, and Culture, Black Politics and Social Justice) and three elective credits in any AFRA curricular area including variable and special topics or independent study. Variable and Special topics courses may also be applied to the distribution areas based on course content and with advisor consent. Students must also complete 12 credits of related courses not cross-listed with AFRA.

Africana Studies Plan of Study 2023-2024

Core Curriculum (Nine Credits)

AFRA 2211, AFRA 4994W (required); AFRA/ARTH/AAAS 2222; AFRA/HIST 2622.

(Choose one additional course from the courses above).

15 credits must be earned in the five curricular areas below including any three elective credits (AFRA 3299, 3898, 3295).

Any three elective credits in any AFRA curricular area, Special Topics, Variable Topics or Independent Study:

AFRA 3295, AFRA 3299, AFRA 3898.

AFRA 2214W and AFRA 4994W satisfy the Information Literacy Competency and Writing in the Major requirements.

Related Courses (Note: AFRA courses cannot count as related)

Students can take 12 credits to fulfill the Related courses. Related courses can be any upper-level (2000 and above) in the humanities and social sciences subject areas. Other courses need advisor approval. Below is a list of pre approved courses.

HDFS 2001	Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Studies	HRTS 3554	Immigrants and the Shaping of American History
WGSS 2267	Women and Poverty	HIST/WGSS 3561	History of Women and Gender in the U.S. to 1850
ECON 2444	Women and Minorities in the Labor Market	HIST/WGSS 3562	History of Women and Gender in the United States, 1850-Present
SOCI 2827	Revolutionary Social Movements Around the World	INTD 3584	Urban Semester Field Work Seminar
POLS 2998	Political Issues	ENGL 3609	Women’s Literature
HIST 3201	History of Human Rights	ARTH 3645	Caribbean Art, 19th, and 20th Centuries
HRTS 3202	International Human Rights	SOCI 3701	The Developing World
ENGL 3210	Native American Literature	HRTS/POLS 3807	Constitutional Rights and Liberties
AASI/ENGL 3212	Asian American Literature	COMM 3415	Protest and Communication
POLS/WGSS 3216	Women in Political Development	ENGL 3218/W	Ethnic Literature of United States
FREN 3218	Francophone Studies	AASI/HRTS/SOCI 3221/3571	Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women
POLS 3255	Politics of South Africa	AASI/ HRTS/SOCI 3222/3573	Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the United States
POLS 3406	Globalization and Political Change	COMM/LLAM/WGSS 3321/3264/ 3260	Latinas and Media
HRTS/SOCI3421	Class, Power, and Inequality	MUSI 3421W	Music in World Cultures
SOCI 3429	Sociological Perspectives on Poverty
SOCI 3503	Prejudice and Discrimination
HIST 3510	Civil War America
HIST/URBN 3541	History of Urban America

Minoring in Africana Studies

Students must complete 15 credits to fulfill the minor.
Completion of a minor requires that a student earn a C (2.0) or better in each of the required courses for that minor. A maximum of 3 credits towards the minor may be transfer credits of courses equivalent to University of Connecticut courses.
Substitutions are not possible for required courses in a minor.

Africana Studies Minor Plan of Study 2023-2024

Required Courses:

In addition to AFRA 2211, you must choose three courses from topic sections 1 through 5 and additional course from sections 1 through 6

1. Black History

AFRA/HIST 3025, AFRA/HIST 3206, AFRA/ANTH 3512, AFRA/HIST 3563, AFRA/HIST 3564, AFRA/HIST 3569, AFRA/HIST 3618, AFRA/HIST 3619W, AFRA/HIST 3753.

2. Black Diasporic and Global Perspectives

AFRA/HIST/LLAS 2621; AFRA/HIST 2752; AFRA/ANTH 3155; AFRA/HIST/LLAS 3208; AFRA 3224/HIST 3770; AFRA/HIST 3620.

3. Race, Society, and Health

AFRA/SOCI 2250; AFRA/COGS 2345; AFRA/SOCI 2461, AFRA/SOCI 2510, AFRA/SOCI 2520; AFRA/HDFS/WGSS 3042; AFRA/PSYC 3106; AFRA/ANTH 3152, AFRA/ANTH 3320.

4. Black Arts, Literature, and Culture

AFRA/ENGL2214/W; AFRA/ARTH 3050/W; AFRA/DRAM 3131/W; AFRA/DRAM 3132; AFRA/ENGL 3213/W, AFRA/ENGL 3215/W, AFRA/ENGL 3217/W; AFRA/HIST/AMST 3568.

5. Black Politics and Social Justice

AFRA/SOCI/HRTS 2530; AFRA/POLS/PP 3033; AFRA/POLS 3252, AFRA/POLS 3642, AFRA/POLS 3647, AFRA/POLS 3652.

6. Special, Variable and Independent Topics

AFRA 3295, 3299, 3898.

Minoring in African Studies

Students electing this minor must complete a minimum of 15 credits and meet a language requirement.

African Studies Minor Plan of Study 23-24

Course Requirements

Two courses are required from among the following courses in the Social Sciences: AFRA 3025; AFRA/HIST 3753; AFRA/POLS 3252.

One course is required from among the following courses in the Humanities: CLCS 3201 Comparative Literature: African Literature; ENGL 3318 Literature and Culture of the Third World: African Literature; FREN 3218.

Six more credits are required in courses on the lists of courses meeting the Social Sciences and Humanities requirements and/or the following courses: AFRA/HIST 3752; ARE 4305; ANTH 3512; ARTH 3760; ECON 3473; POLS 3255.

Language Requirement

Intermediate proficiency in an approved language other than English is required for the minor. This will be either the official language of an African country, e.g. Arabic, French, Portuguese, Swahili, or a widely used African language. Requires completion of the fourth semester of a college-level language sequence or examination by a faculty instructor in the language.

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Majoring in Africana Studies

Degree requirements for Africana Studies Majors

Core Curriculum (Nine Credits)

Black History

Black Diasporic and Global Perspectives

Black Arts, Literature, and Culture

Race, Society and Health

Black Politics and Social Justice