Africana Studies
Program Coordinator: Cornelius St. Mark, Ph.D.
Faculty: DeReef Jamison, Ph.D.
Program Description
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with the opportunity to study extensively the history and culture of Africans and African Americans. The program enables students to develop an appreciation of the contributions Africans and African Americans have made to world history and civilization. Africana Studies majors are employed in schools, museums, libraries, archives and agencies committed to preserving African and African American culture. The program is designed to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, which will benefit not only students in the Africana Studies major but in other academic areas as well. As an interdisciplinary program, Africana Studies prepares students to pursue graduate studies in history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, law and related fields.
The Africana Studies program trains students to be positioned to pursue rewarding careers and further graduate study in a variety of fields of knowledge that greatly enhance the their possibilities of professional success and personal satisfaction. The carefully-honed interdisciplinary approach provides students with the necessary breadth and depth of the Africana experience with all of its complexities and connections.
Africana Studies Club
The mission of the Africana Studies Club is to promote an understanding of the historical and contemporary experiences of the people of Africa and the African Diaspora. We intend to carry out our mission by promoting and hosting programs and activities, both educational and social, through movie series, guest speaker lectures, symposia, local community involvement, fundraisers, and events in honor of Africana history and culture throughout the year. Some key elements we want to pursue are political education and involvement, culture through art, music, and literature, and world, regional and local history.
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Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts
Core Curriculum (Areas A, B, C, D, E, and additional requirements) |
47 hrs |
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Area F Courses Appropriate to the Program of Study |
18 hrs | |
HIST 1111 or HIST 1112 |
Survey of World History to Early Modern Times or Survey of World History from Early Time to the Present |
3 hrs or 3 hrs |
HIST 2111 or HIST 2112 |
U.S. History to Post Civil War or U.S. History from Post-Civil War to the Present |
3 hrs or 3 hrs |
Foreign Language (sequence in French or Arabic) |
6 hrs |
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AFRS 2000 |
Intro to Africana Studies | 3 hrs |
| Choose one of the following courses: | ||
| GEOG 1101 ANTH 1101 |
Introduction to Human Geography Introduction to Anthropology |
3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Major Requirements: | 30 hrs |
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AFRS 3301 AFRS 3141 AFRS 3501 AFRS 4501 AFRS 4701 AFRS 4601 |
African-American History to 1900 African Politics Survey of African Cutlure African American and Pan Africanism African History Since 1885 Senior Seminar |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Major Electives (from Categories I and II) |
12 hrs |
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| Category I Choose two courses from the following |
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AFRS 3102 AFRS 3601 AFRS 3111 AFRS 3120 AFRS 3961 AFRS 4701 AFRS 4311 |
African/African Amer. Family African American Poitics Africana Woman African American Aging Internship Africa to 1885 Psych. of African American Experience |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Category II Choose two courses from the following |
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AFRS/ART 3601 AFRS/MUSC 3011 AFRS/ENGL 4400 AFRS/ENGL 3311 AFRS/FREN 4100 AFRS/ENGL 4211 AFRS/ENGL3216 AFRS/COMM 2106 AFRS/ENGL 3212 |
African American Art African Music Specific Topics-Gullah Tribe African Caribbean Literature Survey of African and Caribbean-Francophone Lit. African American Dramam African American Poetry African Americans in the Media African American Oral Tradition |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| General Electives: | 15 hrs | |
| Minor: | 15 hrs | |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | 137 hrs |
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Curriculum of Concentration: Minors
MINOR IN AFRICANA STUDIES |
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| AFRS/HIST 3301 | African-American History | 3 hrs |
| Choose four of the following courses: | 12 hrs |
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AFRS/HIST 3312 AFRS/HIST 4301 AFRS/POLS 3601 AFRS/PSYC 4311 AFRS/SOCI 4421 AFRS/ENGL 3216 AFRS/ENGL 4211 AFRS/ENGL 4218 |
The African-American in the 20th Cen. History of African-American Thought African-American Politics Psychology of the African-American Seminar in the Afr-Amer Experience African-American Poetry African-American Drama African-American Nonfiction |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Total Hours | 15 hrs |
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Area 'A" and major requirements must be completed with a "C" or better
AFRS degree (30 hrs) & HIST concentration (30 hrs)-Student can earn a double major in |
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