Africana Studies

Catalog Year: 2017-2018

Teaching Faculty

Faculty contact: West

Minor in Africana Studies

6 courses distributed as follows:

One of the following African History courses:
               HIST 130 Colonial African History
               HIST 250 South Africa: Race, Class, Nation
               HIST 251 Violence and Memory in Central Africa
               HIST 281 Aid and Development in Africa
               HIST 330 Culture and Colonialism
HIST 325 Africa and the Americas
Two literature or cultural courses from the following list:
   ENGF 358 African Film
               ENGL 245 African Novel
               ENGL 250 Women and African Literature
               ENGL 361 The Black Writer
               ENGL 455 Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka
   RELI 211 African American Religions
Two electives from the following list, not taken to fulfill any of the requirements above:
               ENGF 358 African Film
               ENGL 245 African Novel
               ENGL 250 Women and African Literature
               ENGL 361 The Black Writer
               ENGL 455 Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka
   HIST 130 Colonial African History
               HIST 250 South Africa: Race, Class, Nation
               HIST 251 Violence and Memory in Central Africa
               HIST 281 Aid and Development in Africa
               HIST 330 Culture and Colonialism
               RELI 211 African American Religions
               SOCI 270 Race and Ethnicity
1 elective course must be at the 300-level or above.

Note(s):

Study abroad courses and independent studies, if applicable and approved by the Africana Studies faculty contact, could also be used to substitute for courses listed in the three bulleted sections above.
English majors and History majors may double-count only one course from their major toward the Africana Studies minor.

Program Course Listings

The courses for this program are organized into the following categories:

Africana Studies Courses

Africana Studies Courses

AFRI 358

African Film

A study of feature films and documentaries made by African filmmakers, focusing on issues of globalization, education, gender, popular culture and environmental change in contemporary Africa. Cross-listed as AFRI 358. Recommended: At least one previous course in African literature or African history.

Prerequisites
Recommended	At least one previous course in African literature or African history.
Learning Domain	Literary Studies LS

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