Academic Catalog 2017-2018

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Africana Studies, B.A.

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Requirements for the Major

AFR 100 - Introduction to Africana Studies
AFR 498 - Africana Studies Senior Thesis 1
AFR 499 - Africana Studies Senior Thesis 2

Each student must choose a track to study in depth from the African, African American, or Latin American/Caribbean Tracks. From the track, students must take:
- Two history courses
- One literature course
- Four electives (which must be different courses from the ones used to satisfy the history and literature requirements). Two of the 4 electives must be from the same department.
- Additionally, students will take 2 elective courses from outside of their track

Africana Studies: African American Track

African American Track: History

African American Track: Literature

African American Track: Electives

Choose 4 courses from this track. You may not count the same courses used to satisfy the History and Literature requirements. 2 of the 4 courses must be from the same department.
ADA 140 - American Musical Theatre and Dance
ADA 142 - Dance in America
AMU 131 - Music of Black America
AMU 132 - The History of Jazz
EGL 233 - African-American Literature: Beginnings to 1900: Vision and Re-Vision
EGL 237 - African-American Literature: 1900-Present
EGL 248 - Introduction to Black Poetry
EGL 266 - Black Women Writers
EGL 302 - Jr. Seminar: Literary Theory
HST 131 - African-American History 1
HST 132 - African-American History 2
HST 209 - Race, Gender, and Nationalism in American Sports
HST 231 - The Civil Rights Movement
HST 232 - History of New Orleans
HST 257 - Modern France and Its Empire
HST 315 - Race and Constitution
HST 324 - Race in American Memory
HST 412 - Seminar in US History: The Old South
PSC 235 - African American Political Thought
PSC 284 - Political Sociology
PSC 339 - Seminar: Political Theory
SOC 212 - The American Family and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SOC 230 - Sociology of the Black Community
SOC 233 - Race, Class, and Gender in American Society
SOC 240 - Political Sociology
SOC 346 - Sociology of Black Women’s Culture
SOC 387T - Community Service Miniterm

Africana Studies: African Track

African Track: History

Choose 2 courses from this section.
HST 108 - Africa since 1800
HST 201 - Contemporary Africa
HST 302 - Comparing Muslim Cultures
HST 304 - Cold War in Africa
HST 401 - Seminar in Africa/Middle East
HST 402 - Seminar in Africa/Middle East: French Empire

African Track: Literature

African Track: Electives

Choose 4 courses from this track. You may not count the same courses used to satisfy the History and Literature requirements. 2 of the 4 courses must be from the same department.
AMU 134 - Music and Culture of Africa
ANT 181 - Anthropology of Sub-Saharan Africa
CLS 110 - Ancient Egypt: History and Religion
FRN 307 - Negritude Movement: Point of Departure in Black African and Afro-Caribbean Literatures in French
FRN 430 - West African Oral Literature
FRN 431 - Voices of Francophone Literature from French-Speaking Countries and Territories other than France
HST 108 - Africa since 1800
HST 201 - Contemporary Africa
HST 209 - Race, Gender, and Nationalism in American Sports
HST 302 - Comparing Muslim Cultures
HST 304 - Cold War in Africa
HST 401 - Seminar in Africa/Middle East
HST 402 - Seminar in Africa/Middle East: French Empire
MLT 213 - West African Oral Literature
PSC 216 - Politics in Africa
PSC 339 - Seminar: Political Theory

Africana Studies: Latin American/Caribbean Track

Latin American/Caribbean Track: History

Latin American/Caribbean Track: Literature

Latin American/Caribbean Track: Electives

Choose 4 courses from this track. You may not count the same courses used to satisfy the History and Literature requirements. 2 of the 4 courses must be from the same department.
AAH 163 - (263) Latin American & Caribbean Art of the 19th and 20th Century
AMU 133 - Music of Latin America
FRN 304 - Studies in the French Caribbean
FRN 305T - Mini-term in Martinique
HST 172 - Reform and Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean
HST 173 - History of the Caribbean and Central America
HST 270 - History of Latin American Popular Culture
HST 272 - History of Brazil
HST 274 - Social and Political Movements in Latin America
HST 323 - Race and Revolution
MLT 284 - Popular Religion and Politics in Latin America
SPN 332 - An Introduction to Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures
SPN 431 - Colonial Latin America 1492-1800
SPN 432 - Islands Adrift: Race, Politics, and Diasporas in the Hispanic Caribbean
SPN 433 - Latin American Colonial Crossroads at the Movies

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