To fulfill a minor and to receive a certificate 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 central 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)
Many of these courses are cross-listed with other disciplines. Successful completion of the Program requires that a student complete at least 6 of the required credit hours in courses in which the content is focused exclusively on African American history/culture.
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 may 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.