Minor in Africana Studies
The Minor in Africana Studies requires a foundation in the histories of Africana peoples, and the history and development of the discipline. Minor students complete coursework in both Africana Humanities and Africana Behavioral and Social Sciences,. Students select nine units of electives from Africana Studies.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Facilitates student analysis and knowledge of the conceptual approaches and tools of inquiry best suited to explore, explain, describe and advance the lived experience(s) of Africana peoples;
- Conduct critical, scientific research on issues of relevance to Africana peoples;
- Creatively and critically evaluate issues that Africana-identified people experience in unique and common ways;
- Apply, analyze and encourage teachers’, students’ and alumni sharing of Africana Studies’ curricular outcomes, knowledge and research with community stakeholders, organizations as well as actively engage in service learning projects;
- Synthesize a core curriculum concerning how people of African descent have demonstrated resilience: consciously shaping and reshaping their environments over time and in the present, while meeting challenges, achieving goals and resisting oppression;
- Demonstrate and evaluate specialized learning and competencies necessary in professions in which they will encounter people of African descent;
- Analyze the diversities of Black experiences as a window to fully comprehend the American experience, and thus, the human experience.
Africana Studies Minor — 18 units
A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Core Requirements (9 units)
Select one course from each category A, B, and C.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| A – Foundation | ||
| Introduction to Africana Studies | ||
| B – Africana Behavioral and Social Sciences | ||
| Introduction to Black Psychology | ||
| Blacks in Urban America | ||
| Black Family Studies | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| C – Africana Humanities | ||
| Introduction to Africana Literature | ||
| Black Online: Cyberspace, Culture, and Community | ||
| African American History | ||
| Law and the Black Community | ||
Electives (9 units)
Select 9 units from Africana Studies. Any AFRS course can be used as an elective. This includes any of the courses listed in categories B and C above that were not taken to fulfill core requirements.