Center for Africana Studies
The Africana Studies Minor Program
A minor in Africana Studies, coupled with your major in marketing, management, political science, criminal justice, English, history, sociology, anthropology, early childhood or secondary education, community health, family and consumer sciences, or any other area, will expand you career opportunities and broaden your awareness of international affairs.
An understanding of the contributions of peoples of African descent made throughout the world economically, politically, culturally, and socially will apply to rewarding careers in a variety of areas including
| Broadcasting/Journalism | Legislation |
| Civil Services | Politics |
| Employment Counseling | Social work |
| Health care | Teaching |
| Housing Administration | Union Representation |
| Law | Urban Planning |
Africana Studies Minor program
Required courses to complete the minor:
AAST 3230 Introduction to Africana Studies
AAST 4630 Seminar in Africana Studies
Students must take at least one course from these two areas-humanities
and social sciences and may include no more than one lower division course.
***The 15-hour minor includes at least 12 hours of upper level coursework.
Special Electives:
AAST 3030A Selected Topics in Africana Studies/Model OAU
AAST 3030B Selected Topics in Africana Studies/Afr.-Amer. Film (Spring
2002)
Foreign Language:
YOUR 1001 Elementary Yoruba I
YOUR 1002 Elementary Yoruba II
YOUR 2001 Intermediate Yoruba I
YOUR 2002 Intermediate Yoruba II
YOUR 3030 Selected Topics in Yoruba
AAST/YOUR 3130 Yoruba Conversation
AAST/YOUR 3330 Yoruba Culture and Civilization
AAST/YOUR 4890 Directed Study in Yoruba
AAST/FREN 3336 Francophone Cultures of Africa & The Caribbean
AAST/SPAN 5330 African-Hispanic Culture
Art:
AAST/ART 3435 African Art and Culture
AAST/ART 3436 African American Art
Music:
AAST/MUSC 5132 Jazz History
Theatre:
AAST/THEA 3332 African American Theater
Speech Communication:
AAST/SPCM 4337 Rhetoric of Social Movements
Literature:
AAST/ENGL 3231 Survey of African American Literature
AAST/ENGL 5539 Literature by Women
History:
AAST/HIST 3130 African American History to 1877
AAST/HIST 3131 African American History since 1877
AAST/HIST 3530 History of Africa to 1800
AAST/HIST 3531 History of Africa since 1800
AAST/HIST 4532 Destruction of Slavery
AAST/HIST 5233 The American City
Political Science:
AAST/POLS 3237 African American Politics
AAST/POLS 3431 African Politics
Sociology:
AAST/SOCI 4333 Race and Ethnicity
AAST/SOCI 4431 Inequality
Anthropology:
AAST/ANTH 5435 The Rural South
AAST/ANTH 5437 Cultures of Africa
AAST/ANTH 5530 Sociolinguistics
Geography:
ASST/GEOG 4330 Geography of Africa South of The Sahara