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2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Africana Studies, B.A.

(120 units)

Requirements

A minimum of 39 units is required for the major in Africana Studies; 12 lower division and 27 upper-division units. The distribution of courses within Africana Studies affords the students the opportunity for in-depth exploration of African American Studies, in Continental African Studies or a combination of the two, as well as other Diasporan studies, e.g., Caribbean basin.

Lower Division (12 units)

Take the following course:

AFRS 110 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3 units)

Take one of the following:

AFRS 120 - African American History to 1865 (3 units)
AFRS 121 - African American History Since 1865-Present (3 units)

Take 6 units electives, select one course from the following groups:

Group A (Social Science):

AFRS 120 - African American History to 1865 (3 units)
AFRS 150 - Critical Thinking in Africana Studies (3 units)
AFRS 154 - Introduction to Africana Women’s Studies (3 units)
AFRS 200 - Ancient African Civilizations (3 units)
AFRS 201 - History of Slavery (3 units)
AFRS 210 - African American Community (3 units)

Group B (Humanities):

AFRS 140 - Introduction to African American Literature (3 units)
AFRS 155 - African American Music (3 units)
AFRS 160 - Introduction to Africana Arts (3 units)
AFRS 170A - Elementary Swahili (4 units)
AFRS 255 - Introduction to Hip Hop (3 units)

Upper-division Core (27 units):

Take all of the following courses:

AFRS 330 - Politics of the African American Community (3 units)
AFRS 335 - Economic Development in the African American Community (3 units)
AFRS 495 - Research Methods in Africana Studies (3 units)

Take one of the following:

AFRS 332 - Civil Rights and the Law (3 units)
AFRS 354 - African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement (3 units)

Take electives (15 units), one or more selected from the following groups:

Group A (Social Sciences):

AFRS 310 - African American Male and Female Relationships (3 units)
AFRS 319 - The Ethnic Experience in the U.S. (3 units)
AFRS 325 - Africana Psychology (3 units)
AFRS 332 - Civil Rights and the Law (3 units)
AFRS 410 - The African American Family (3 units)

Group B (Humanities):

AFRS 343A - African Literature (3 units)
AFRS 346 - Africana Theatre (3 units)
AFRS 353 - Religions of African Peoples (3 units)
AFRS 415 - International Africana Children’s Literature (3 units)

Group C (Theory):

AFRS 400 - African American Social Thought (3 units)
AFRS 454 - Africana Womanism: An Intellectual History (3 units)
AFRS 475 - Racism and Sexism: An Analytical Approach (3 units)