Africana Studies

Catalog Year: 2024-2025

Teaching Faculty

Faculty contact: Shutt
Interdisciplinary Minors Program Chair: Liu

Description

The Africana Studies program provides a broad introduction to the history, literature, and arts of Africa. Students pursuing the minor are strongly encouraged to pursue engaged learning opportunities in Africa as part of their program of study.

Minor in Africana Studies

6 courses distributed as follows:

One of the following African History courses:
               HIST 130 African History 1870s-1960s
               HIST 250 South Africa: Race, Class, Nation
               HIST 251 Violence and Memory in Central Africa
               HIST 281 Aid and Development in Africa
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 455 Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka
Two electives from the following list that have not been taken to fulfill any of the requirements above.
               ENGF 358 African Film
               ENGL 245 African Novel
               ENGL 250 Women and African Literature
               ENGL 455 Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka
   HIST 130 African History 1870s-1960s
               HIST 250 South Africa: Race, Class, Nation
               HIST 251 Violence and Memory in Central Africa
               HIST 281 Aid and Development in Africa
   SOCI 270 Race and Ethnicity
One 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.