Curriculum

The Department of Africana Studies offers a major in Africana Studies leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. Students must complete a minimum of 130 semester hours in order to receive a B.S. degree. Forty-eight to fifty of these hours must be in the general education core shown below. Thirty-six of these hours must be in the major core outlined below.

Beyond the major core, students are required to take nine hours in one of three concentrations: development studies, cultural studies, or international affairs. These concentrations allow students to focus their knowledge gained from the major core and the internship into a practical application. Students can thus arrive at development strategies and tactics that can help solve the serious problems facing African peoples.

Students must earn at least a C in all thirty-six hours of the major core and nine hours of the concentration. If they earn less than a C in any of these courses, they must repeat them until they earn a C or better.

The Africana Studies curriculum is African-centered in nature, interdisciplinary in structure, and Pan-African (international) in scope.

General Education Core

Upper-division Admission

Before students are admitted to the upper division of the degree program, they must have completed all of the above general education courses, in addition to AFAS 2010 and two semesters of a single African language (Arabic, Kiswahili, or Yoruba). They must have earned at least a C in ENGL 1010 and 1020, AFAS 2010, and the African language classes. They must also have removed all high school deficiencies, passed all required remedial/developmental courses, completed the Rising Junior Examination, and earned a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 on college-level course work.

Major Core

Concentrations: three courses in one of the following areas.

Development Studies

AFAS 385	Caribbean Societies and Modernization	3
AFAS 400	Political Economy of African Nations	3
AFAS 407	Political Economy of the African-American
	Community	3
NTR 201	Basic Nutrition Principles	3

International Affairs

Cultural Studies

Double Major in African Studies: Students can concurrently pursue a major in Africana Studies and a second major. Double major combinations can be Africana Studies and business, computer science, psychology, history or political science, or any other traditional discipline.