Program: Africana Studies Minor - California State University, Long Beach - Modern Campus Catalog™

Mar 02, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Requirements

The Minor in Africana Studies is open to any non- Africana Studies majors.

The Minor in Africana Studies requires a minimum of 24 units of which at least 12 units must be in upper-division courses.

Take two or more courses from each of the following:

Group A:

AFRS 120 - African American History to 1865 (3 units)
AFRS 121 - African American History Since 1865-Present (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)
AFRS 310 - African American Male and Female Relationships (3 units)
AFRS 325 - Africana Psychology (3 units)
AFRS 330 - Politics of the African American Community (3 units)
AFRS 332 - Civil Rights and the Law (3 units)
AFRS 335 - Economic Development in the African American Community (3 units)
AFRS 354 - African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement (3 units)
AFRS 400 - African American Social Thought (3 units)
AFRS 410 - The African American Family (3 units)
AFRS 420 - African American Children in Public Schools (3 units)

Group B:

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 255 - Introduction to Hip Hop (3 units)
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)
AFRS 454 - Africana Womanism: An Intellectual History (3 units)
AFRS 475 - Racism and Sexism: An Analytical Approach (3 units)
AFRS 498 - Ancient Egyptian Ethical Thought (3 units)

Take the following core course:

AFRS 110 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3 units)
AFRS 495 - Research Methods in Africana Studies (3 units)