Program Requirements

General Education 23 Requirements
33 credit hours		33
Required Foundational A Courses (12 credit hours)
course	INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES	3
AAS 200	BLACKS IN BUFFALO	3
course	WHY AFRICA MATTERS	3
course	ADVANCED SEMINAR IN AFRICANA STUDIES	3
Required Foundational B Courses (6 credit hours)		6
Choose two from the following:
AAS 300	BLACK THOUGHT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIBERATION
AAS/course	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AAS/SOC 326	BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
AAS/PHI 360	AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY
Histories and Cultures of Africa (3 credit hours)		3
Choose one from the following:
AAS/MUS 209	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES
AAS/ANT 305	MOTHER AFRICA
AAS/HIS 337	AFRICA SINCE 1800
The Humanities (3 credit hour)		3
Choose one from the following:
course	THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA
course	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940
course	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
course	RACE AND PROGRESS
course	AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
The Social Sciences (3 credit hour)		3
course	AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE
course	SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
course	RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Electives (6 credit hours)		6
Choose two from the following that have not been used to satisfy any of the above requirements:
course	TOPICS COURSE
course	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES
course	AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE
AAS 221	THE HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN AMERICA
AAS 230	DANCE TECHNIQUES FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
AAS 234	THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA
AAS 240	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940
AAS 241	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
AAS 300	BLACK THOUGHT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIBERATION
AAS 305	MOTHER AFRICA
AAS 306	AFRICA TO 1800
AAS 321	THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
AAS 322	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AAS 326	BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
AAS 333	AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AAS 334/COM 333	RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN MEDIA
AAS 337	AFRICA SINCE 1800
AAS 351	SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
AAS 357	BLACKS IN TECHNOLOGY: INNOVATING THE FUTURE
AAS 360	AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY
AAS 361	RACE AND PROGRESS
AAS 366	AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
AAS 373	"SAVING" AFRICA
AAS 380	ART OF AFRICA
AAS 389	TOPICS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (1-3)
AAS 421	DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
AAS 425	RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
AAS 488	INTERNSHIP (1-6)
AAS 495	SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3)
AAS 499	INDEPENDENT STUDY (3-9)
All College Electives
54 credit hours		54
Total Credit Hours		120

AFS-BA - Africana Studies, B.A.

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