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Africana Studies
Department of Africana Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
 
Office: S-249 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: (631) 632-7470

The Africana Studies Department is an interdisciplinary unit that focuses on the histories, sociology, philosophy, literatures, politics, anthropology, religions, and experiences of people of African heritage within a global context. Our faculty facilitates social commitment, promote sensitivity to the civil rights of all people, and teach responsibility to community.

Africana Studies offers our majors and minors excellent preparation for graduate and professional schools in such disciplines and professions as law, medicine, business, engineering, nursing, social work, and education. Africana Studies courses also benefit students who go on to do graduate work in history, politics, anthropology, sociology, literature, cultural studies, and other fields.

Minor Requirements

The minor in Africana Studies is intended for students interested in exploring aspects of the Black experience in ways that relate to their own major field of study. The sequence of lower- and upper-division courses gives the student a well-balanced analysis of the varied aspects of the African, African American, and Caribbean experience. All courses offered for the minor, except those graded S/U, must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.

Completion of the minor requires 21 credits, including 12 upper-division credits.

1. Themes in the Black Experience

2. One course from each of the following areas:

  1. Africana Studies in the Humanities
  2. Africana Studies in the Social Sciences
  3. The African-American Experience
  4. The Global African Experience

See the Africana Studies, BA   page to review courses available in these areas.

3. Additional Requirements

One additional upper-division course selected from one of the areas listed in requirement 2

OR

Three credits in AFH 447  or AFS 447  Readings in Africana Studies or AFH 487  or AFS 487   Research in Africana Studies taken in the junior or senior year.