Black Heritage Studies

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Department of Africana Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Chair: Zebulon Miletsky

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Shimelis Gulema

Assistant to the Chair: Ann Berrios, ann.berrios@stonybrook.edu

Office: S-249 Social and Behavioral Sciences

Phone: (631) 632-7470

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The Black Heritage Studies minor intends to connect students with the African continent, with a sequence of classes that combines history, anthropology, and archeology, the study of an African language and studies abroad.

Minor Requirements

Completion of the Black Heritage Studies Minor requires a minimum of 18 credits, with at least 9 upper division credits. All courses offered for the minor, except those graded S/U must be passed with a letter grade C or higher.

Requirements for the Minor in Black Heritage Studies:

KSW 111 - Beginning Swahili I
KSW 112 - Beginning Swahili II
OR
AFS 101 - Themes in the Black Experience I 3 credits
AFS 102 - Themes in the Black Experience II 3 credits

Four elective courses chosen from the list below.

AFH 206 - Great Books of the Black Experience 3 credits
AFH 329 - Pan-African Literature I 3 credits
HUF 318 - Pan-African Literature I 3 credits
AFH 330 - Pan-African Literature II 3 credits
AFH 382 - Black Women’s Literature of the African Diaspora 3 credits
EGL 382 - Black Women’s Literature of the African Diaspora 3 credits
WST 382 - Black Women’s Literature of the African Diaspora 3 credits
AFH 391 - Topics in Africana Studies 3 credits
AFH 423 - Africana Literature in French 3 credits
AFS 221 - Introduction to Modern African History 3 credits
HIS 221 - Introduction to Modern African History 3 credits
AFS 277 - The Modern Color Line 3 credits
HIS 277 - The Modern Color Line 3 credits
AFS 365 - Global Africa 3 credits
SOC 365 - Global Africa 3 credits
AFS 300 - Blacks in the City 3 credits
AFS 375 - Slavery 3 credits
AFH 379 - Philosophy of Race (III) 3 credits
PHI 379 - Philosophy of Race (III) 3 credits
AFS 345 - Culture and Gender: Women in Africa and the Caribbean 3 credits
WST 345 - Culture and Gender: Women in Africa and the Caribbean
AFS 337 - The Politics of Africa 3 credits
POL 337 - The Politics of Africa 3 credits
AFS 346 - Political and Social History of Africa 3 credits
HIS 346 - Political and Social History of Africa
AFS 380 - Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean 3 credits
AFS 340 - Human Rights and Africa 3 credits
AFS 350 - Black Women and Social Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 credits
AFS 373 - Sexualities: African and Caribbean Perspectives 3 credits
AFS 381 - AIDS, Race, and Gender in the Black Community 3 credits
ANT 250 - African Cultures Today 3 credits
ANT 307 - Prehistoric Archaeology of Africa (with emphasis on the Turkana Basin) 3 credits
ANT 355 - Ancient African Civilizations 3 credits
SOC 365 - Global Africa Credits: 3 credits
SOC 310 - Racism and Ethnic Relations 3 credits
HIS 282 - African American History Since 1877 3 credits
AFS 325 - Civil Rights and Black Power 3 credits
HIS 325 - Civil Rights and Black Power 3 credits
HIS 339 - Recent African American History 3 credits
HIS 366 - Carceral Studies: Histories of Policing, Prisons, and Surveillance 3 credits
HIS 374 - Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying 3 credits

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Black Heritage Studies

Minor Requirements

Requirements for the Minor in Black Heritage Studies:

Four elective courses chosen from the list below.