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Bachelor's

African American Studies BA

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 67 courses

About This Program

Students are encouraged to engage in a culminating activity, such as an internship, independent study, honors thesis, service learning course, Center for American Politics and Public Policy program, University of California Center Sacramento program, Education Abroad Program, or other African American studies-related project or performance course.

Degree Requirements

Preparation for the Major

Complete two courses and one elective as follows:

Code Course Title Credits
AF AMER 1 Introduction to Black Studies 5
AF AMER 96W Variable Topics in Black Studies 5

The Major

Complete 11 upper-division courses as follows:

The Major: Areas of Concentration

Select eight courses total, four in one area of concentration and two additional courses from each of the remaining two areas:

The Major: Areas of Concentration: Cultural Production

Code Course Title Credits
AF AMER M102 Culture, Media, and Los Angeles 6
AF AMER M103A African American Theater History: Slavery to Mid-1800s 4
AF AMER M103B African American Theater History: Minstrel Stage to Rise of American Musical 4
AF AMER M103E Modern African American Drama: Harlem Renaissance to Black Arts Movement 4
AF AMER M104A Early African American Literature 5
AF AMER M104B African American Literature from Harlem Renaissance to 1960s 5
AF AMER M104C African American Literature of 1960s and 1970s 5
AF AMER M104D Contemporary African American Literature 5
AF AMER M104E Topics in African American Literature and Culture 5
AF AMER M107 Cultural History of Rap 5
AF AMER 108 Jazz and Political Imagination 4
AF AMER M109 Jazz in Gendered Perspectives 4
AF AMER 110A Race, Science, and Society 4
AF AMER M111 Ellingtonia 4
AF AMER CM135A African American Art before 1900 4
AF AMER CM135B African American Art, 1900 to 1963 4
AF AMER M150D Recent African American Urban History: Funk Music and Politics of Black Popular Culture 4
AF AMER M170A Diasporic Nonfiction: Media Engagements with Memory and Displacement I 4
AF AMER M170B Diasporic Nonfiction: Media Engagements with Memory and Displacement II 4
AF AMER M179A Topics in African American Literature 5

The Major: Areas of Concentration: Political Economy

Code Course Title Credits
AF AMER 105C Africa, African Americans, and History of Capitalism 4
AF AMER 105D African American-Caribbean Relations: Difference, Solidarity, and Empire 4
AF AMER 106A Africa and World 4
AF AMER 110A Race, Science, and Society 4
AF AMER 110B Reproducing While Black: Politics of Black Reproduction 4
AF AMER 110C Black Health Matters: Wellness, Health, and Self-Care 4
AF AMER CM110D Posthumans 4
AF AMER M115 We Gone Be Alright: Developing Next Generation of Black Organizers 4
AF AMER M142 Race, Gender, and Punishment 4
AF AMER M144 Ethnic Politics: African American Politics 4
AF AMER M148 Politics of Struggle: Race, Solidarity, and Resistance 4
AF AMER M154C Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean I 4
AF AMER M154D Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean II 4
AF AMER M158A Comparative Slavery Systems 4
AF AMER M159P Constructing Race 4
AF AMER M167 Worker Center Movement: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Immigrant Workers 4
AF AMER M169 Race, Nature, and the City 4
AF AMER 175 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare 5
AF AMER 176 Race, Racism, and Law 4
AF AMER M178 Sociology of Caribbean 4
AF AMER 195 Community or Corporate Internships in Afro-American Studies 4

The Major: Areas of Concentration: Power and Ideology

Code Course Title Credits
AF AMER 105A Ideology and Black Consciousness 4
AF AMER 105B Issues in Pan-African Biography and Autobiography 4
AF AMER 105C Africa, African Americans, and History of Capitalism 4
AF AMER 105D African American-Caribbean Relations: Difference, Solidarity, and Empire 4
AF AMER 106A Africa and World 4
AF AMER 106B Militarism, International Security, and African American Political Thought 4
AF AMER 110B Reproducing While Black: Politics of Black Reproduction 4
AF AMER 110C Black Health Matters: Wellness, Health, and Self-Care 4
AF AMER 112A Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic 4
AF AMER 112B Aboard Mothership: Introduction to Afrofuturism 4
AF AMER CM113B Legislative Theater for Race and Gender Justice 5
AF AMER M114C African American Political Thought 4
AF AMER M116A African American Musical Heritage 5
AF AMER M116B African American Musical Heritage 5
AF AMER M120 Race, Inequality, and Public Policy 4
AF AMER M124 Comparative Racialization and Indigeneity 4
AF AMER M141 African American Women's History 4
AF AMER M142 Race, Gender, and Punishment 4
AF AMER M144 Ethnic Politics: African American Politics 4
AF AMER M148 Politics of Struggle: Race, Solidarity, and Resistance 4
AF AMER M154C Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean I 4
AF AMER M154D Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean II 4
AF AMER 157 Rastafari World Making 4
AF AMER M158A Comparative Slavery Systems 4
AF AMER M158E African American Nationalism in First Half of 20th Century 4
AF AMER M159P Constructing Race 4
AF AMER M172 Afro-American Woman in U.S. 4
AF AMER M173 Nonviolence and Social Movements 4
AF AMER 174 Intraracial Differences in 20th-Century Black America 4
AF AMER 175 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare 5
AF AMER 176 Race, Racism, and Law 4
AF AMER 177 African Americans in Higher Education 4
AF AMER M178 Sociology of Caribbean 4

The Major: Additional Upper-Division Electives

Select two additional upper-division elective courses in African American studies (minimum 4 units) excluding African American Studies 188SA, 188SB, 188SC, 189, 189HC, and 195.

The Major: Senior Capstone Seminar

Code Course Title Credits
AF AMER C191 Variable Topics Research Seminars: Afro-American Studies 4

Honors Program

African American Studies majors with grade-point averages of 3.5 or better are eligible for the honors option that requires the completion of a senior thesis under the guidance of an African American Studies faculty member. Students must take three-quarter African American Studies 198A, 198B, 198C (independent study courses) with an approved professor who oversees the thesis requirement. For more information, contact the undergraduate adviser in the department.

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