African/African American Studies Minor

Artist: Jacob Lawrence

Course of Study (21 hours)

Introduction (3 hours):

AFAM 1330 Introduction to African/African-American Studies

Literature (6 hours, 2 of the following courses):

ENGL 4380 African/African-American Literature

ENGL 4382 Race in American Literature

ENGL 4381 Major African/African-American Writers

History (3 hours, 1 of the following courses):

HIST 3353 African-American History, 1619-1868

HIST 3354 African-American History, 1868-present

HIST 4388 African History

HIST 4359 Civil Rights Movement

Cultural/Critical Race Studies (6 hours, 2 of the following courses):

PHIL 2360 Gender, Race, and Class Issues

PHIL 3340 African American Philosophy

LING 3324 Sociolinguistics

Electives (3 hours, one or more of the following courses):

ART 3307 The Arts of Africa

ENGL 4382 Race in American Literature

ENGL 4381 Major African/African-American Writers

ENGL 4304 Studies in English and American Literature:  The Harlem Renaissance

WLAN 2325 Issues of Cultural Identity in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean

HIST 3353 African-American History, 1619-1868

HIST 3354 African-American History, 1868-present

HIST  4355 Arkansas History

HIST 4388 African History

HIST 4391 Topics in History: Special African-American History Topics

HIST 4359 The Civil Rights Movement

MUS 4301 Jazz:  The History

PHIL 2360 Gender, Race, and Class Issues

PHIL 3340 African-American Philosophy

RELG 3345 African-American Religious Thought

SOC 3310 Minority Relations

SOC 4351 Family Diversity

LING 3324 Sociolinguistics