Africana Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

The following are required in the concentration which consists of 15 hours from the Africana studies curriculum. A maximum of 3 hours in AFST 492 and AFST 493 combined can be applied toward the minor.

Select one sequence:

AFST 201* - Introduction to African American Society and Culture, 1619-1860 3 Credit Hours
AFST 202* - Introduction to African American Society and Culture, 1860-Present 3 Credit Hours
or
AFST 235* - Intro to African Cultures and Societies, Before 1880s 3 Credit Hours
AFST 236* - Intro to African Cultures and Societies, 1880s-Present 3 Credit Hours

Select 9 hours:

AFST 311 - Race in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Thriller 3 Credit Hours
AFST 313* - Social Context of African American Health 3 Credit Hours
AFST 315 - The African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
AFST 319 - Caribbean Cultures and Societies 3 Credit Hours
AFST 322 - Race, Gender, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
AFST 323 - Black Women Writers 3 Credit Hours
AFST 325 - Studies in Black Education 3 Credit Hours
AFST 329 - Black History in Tennessee 1796-1980 3 Credit Hours
AFST 331* - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature 3 Credit Hours
AFST 333* - Black American Literature and Aesthetics 3 Credit Hours
AFST 335* - African Literature 3 Credit Hours
AFST 336* - Caribbean Literature 3 Credit Hours
AFST 343* - Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
AFST 353* - Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in North America 3 Credit Hours
AFST 354 - Black Men in U.S. Society 3 Credit Hours
AFST 359 - African American Intellectual Thought 3 Credit Hours
AFST 371 - African History to 1880 3 Credit Hours
AFST 372 - African History Since 1880 3 Credit Hours
AFST 373 - African Religions 3 Credit Hours
AFST 374 - History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States 3 Credit Hours
AFST 376 - The African American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Civil War 3 Credit Hours
AFST 380 - The African American Experience from the Civil War to the Present 3 Credit Hours
AFST 381 - History of South Africa 3 Credit Hours
AFST 413* - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
AFST 415 - Black American Politics 3 Credit Hours
AFST 421 - Comparative Studies in African and African American Societies 3 Credit Hours
AFST 425 - Black Feminist Theory 3 Credit Hours
AFST 430 - Black and Indigenous Literatures 3 Credit Hours
AFST 442 - Comparative Poverty and Development 3 Credit Hours
AFST 443* - Topics in Black Literature 3 Credit Hours
AFST 444 - Black Masculinities 3 Credit Hours
AFST 450 - Issues and Topics in African American Studies 3 Credit Hours
AFST 452* - The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 Credit Hours
AFST 456 - Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice 3 Credit Hours
AFST 460 - Africana Research Methods 3 Credit Hours
AFST 464 - Art of Southern and Eastern Africa 3 Credit Hours
AFST 465 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Africa 3 Credit Hours
AFST 466 - Arts of the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
AFST 471* - African-American Art 3 Credit Hours
AFST 472* - Civil Rights Movement 3 Credit Hours
AFST 484 - African American Women in American Society 3 Credit Hours
AFST 491 - Foreign Study 1-6 Credit Hours
AFST 492 - Off-Campus Study 1-6 Credit Hours
AFST 493 - Independent Study 1-6 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

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Africana Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

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