Minor in African and African American Studies
To fulfill a minor in African and African-American Studies (AAAS) a student must complete 18 credit hours of coursework in the program as outlined below.
Required Introductory Course
(3 credit hours)
Introduction to Africana Studies.
Taught at least once annually, this course introduces students to various issues and debates within African and African-American Studies. The course will always incorporate both African and African-American themes; however, the emphasis may vary to reflect the specialties of the professor(s) at a given time. (HIST 106 or ENGL 239 may also be used to fulfill this requirement.)
300/400 Level Courses in African and African-American Studies
(12 to 15 credit hours)
The African and African-American Studies Program offers a wide variety of courses each term that are designed to fulfill the core requirements of the AAAS minor.
Successful completion of this phase of the program requires that a student complete at least 6 of the required 12 to 15 credit hours in courses that are exclusively African and African-American in content.
African and African-American Studies Thesis (optional)
(3 credit hours)
Students minoring in African-African American Studies may choose to complete their coursework with a final thesis project that reflects particular interests developed during their course of study. This thesis option can be used to fulfill 3 hours of the required upper-division course work. The AAAS thesis will be written under the direction of a faculty member whose scholarly interests are compatible with the research interests of the student.
Courses from Other Disciplines
Occasionally, other disciplines may offer courses relevant to the AAAS minor. In recent years, such courses have included:
Post Colonial Literature (ENGL 390),
New World Cultures (HIST 390), and
the Black Church Experience (SOC 391).
With the approval of the AAAS advisor, such upper-division courses may be accepted as credit towards the AAAS minor.