MINOR IN BLACK DIASPORA STUDIES

The minor in Black Diaspora Studies is designed to introduce students to the study of the cultures of the Black world including Africa and the Black Diaspora in the United States of America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Students interested in a minor in Black Diaspora Studies take fifteen semester hours from the list of courses and achieve a grade of C or better in each class. If a student knows of a course not found on this list that focuses on African, African American, or Black Diaspora issues, he or she can petition the Dean of Arts and Sciences to include it. However, no more than six semester hours may be used from any one discipline, such as English or Sociology.

Fifteen hours with grades of C or better distributed as follows:

1.

BLST 2010:

Introduction to Black Studies (3 hours)

2. At least ONE, but no more than TWO from the following:

BLST/AFST 4010:

African Country Project (3 hours)

ARTS/BLST/AFST 4845:

African Art History (3hours)

ENGL/BLST/AFST 4451:

African Literature (3 hours)

ENGL/BLST/AFST 4452:

African Women Writers (3 hours)

MUSC/BLST/AFST 3800:

African Music and Dance (3hours)

POLS/BLST/AFST 4541:

The Politics of Modern Africa (3 hours)

SOCI/BLST/AFST 3615:

Law and Social Change in Africa (3 hours)

SOCI/BLST/AFST 4950:

African Technology and Society (3 hours)

GEOG/BLST/AFST 3500:

The Geography of Africa (3 hours)

EDU/BLST/AFST 3580:

Traditional African Worldview and Education (3 hours)

3. The remainder of the courses to be taken from the following:

HIST/BLST 3020:

African American History to 1877 (3 hours)

HIST/BLST 3025:

African American History from 1877 (3 hours)

ARTS/BLST 4840:

African American Art (3 hours)

ENGL/BLST 4447:

Comparative Literature (3 hours)

HIST/BLST 4635:

The Era of Segregation (3 hours)

HIST/BLST 4640:

Civil Rights and Black Power (3 hours)

HIST/BLST 4645:

African American Cultural and Intellectual History (3 hours)

HIST/BLST 4810

The Modern Caribbean (3 hours)

ENGL/BLST 4667:

African American Literature (3 hours)

ENGL/BLST 4669:

Multicultural American Literature (3 hours)

SOCI/BLST 3444:

Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hours)

MUSC/BLST 3650:

Survey of Jazz History*

*Make arrangements with the instructor to take this two credit course for three credits.
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