Africana Studies Interdisciplinary Minor

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Minor Program

Course Requirements (3 Credit Hours):

AAST 2000 - Introduction to African American Studies (3 Credit Hours)
or IDS 2000 - Diaspora Studies (3 Credit Hours)

Select at least 6 credit hours from each of the following areas of concentration:

You must also include 9 hours of coursework numbered 3000 or above with no more than 6 hours from a single discipline.

Humanities

AAST 3030 - Selected Topics in Africana Studies (1-4 Credit Hours)
AAST 3330 - Yoruba Culture and Civilization (3 Credit Hours)
ARTH 3435 - African Art (3 Credit Hours)
ENGL 3350 - Introduction to African American Literature (3 Credit Hours)
ENGL 5590 - Studies in African American Literature (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 3130 - African American History to 1865 (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 3131 - African American History since 1865 (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 3530 - History of Africa to 1800 (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 3531 - History of Africa since 1800 (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 4134 - The Civil Rights Movement (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 4530 - Revelation and Revolution (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 4532 - Destruction of Slavery (3 Credit Hours)
THEA 3332 - African American Theatre (3 Credit Hours)

Social Sciences

AAST 3030 - Selected Topics in Africana Studies (1-4 Credit Hours)
COMS 3339 - Intercultural Communication (3 Credit Hours)
POLS 3237 - African American Politics (3 Credit Hours)
POLS 3431 - African Politics (3 Credit Hours)
SOCI 3235 - Race and Ethnicity (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Contact

Maxine Bryant, Ph.D.

Statesboro Campus

Phone: 912-478-0181

Advisement

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