General Education Courses (37-41 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program . 

Foreign Language Requirement (0-8 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirement . 

Major Courses (15 credit hours)

• AFRS 1100 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3)
• AFRS 3290 - Research Methods (3) (O)
• AFRS 4000 - Senior Seminar in Africana Studies (3)
• AFRS 4010 - African Diaspora Theory (3)

Restricted Elective Courses (15 credit hours)

Select five of the following:

• AFRS 2050 - Topics in Africana Studies (3)
• AFRS 2011 - Yoruba Language and Culture I (3)
• AFRS 2012 - Yoruba Language and Culture II (3)
• AFRS 2103 - Introduction to Hip Hop (3)
• AFRS 2105 - Black Images in the Media in the U.S. (3)
• AFRS 2107 - Global Hip Hop (3)
• AFRS 2120 - African American Women (3)
• AFRS 2156 - African Civilization (3)
• AFRS 2160 - The African American Experience through Civil War (3)
• AFRS 2161 - The African American Experience: Civil War to Civil Rights (3)
• AFRS 2170 - Introduction to Health and Environmental Issues in the Africana World (3)
• AFRS 2172 - Black Sexuality and Health (3)
• AFRS 2206 - African Literature, Music, and Art (3) (W)
• AFRS 2207 - Pan-Africanism (3)
• AFRS 2208 - Education and African Americans (3)
• AFRS 2215 - Black Families in the United States (3) (W)
• AFRS 2221 - Contemporary Africa (3)
• AFRS 2225 - West African Dance and Percussion (3)
• AFRS 2301 - Introduction to African American Literature (3)
• AFRS 3050 - Topics in Africana Studies (3)
• AFRS 3101 - Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in the US (3)
• AFRS 3150 - The African American Church and Civil Rights (3)
• AFRS 3155 - Health and Healing in Africa (3)
• AFRS 3158 - Gender and African American Literature (3)
• AFRS 3159 - African American Poetry (3)
• AFRS 3179 - African American Political Philosophy (3)
• AFRS 3190 - Political Economy of the Caribbean (3)
• AFRS 3192 - African Cinema (3)
• AFRS 3200 - Folklore of Africa and the African Diaspora (3)
• AFRS 3210 - Black Families in the Diaspora (3)
• AFRS 3218 - Racial Violence, Colonial Times to Present (3)
• AFRS 3220 - The Caribbean from Slavery to Independence (3)
• AFRS 3230 - Poverty and Discrimination in African Diaspora in the Modern Era (3)
• AFRS 3240 - African Americans and the Legal Process (3)
• AFRS 3250 - African Americans and Health Communication (3)
• AFRS 3260 - Slavery, Racism, and Colonialism in the African Diaspora (3)
• AFRS 3261 - Psychology of the Black Experience (3)
• AFRS 3265 - African Economic Development (3)
• AFRS 3270 - Afro-Latin American History (3) (W)
• AFRS 3278 - Race in the History of Brazil (3)
• AFRS 3280 - Blacks in Urban America (3)
• AFRS 3692 - Colloquium (3) (W)
• AFRS 3830 - Philosophy and Race (3)
• AFRS 3895 - Independent Study (1 to 3)
• AFRS 3990 - Senior Project in Africana Studies (2 to 15)
• AFRS 4050 - Topics in Africana Studies (3)
• AFRS 4101 - Modern African Literature in English (3)
• AFRS 4105 - African International Relations (3)
• AFRS 4401 - Professional Internship in Africana Studies (3)
• AFRS 4630 - Environmental and Public Health in Africa (3) (O)
• AFRS 4640 - Environment, State, and Society in the Caribbean and Latin America (3)
• AFRS 4652 - Race, Health, and the African Diaspora (3) (W)

Unrestricted Elective Courses

As needed to complete the credit hours required for graduation.