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Minor in Africana Studies

Drexel University The College of Arts and Sciences 35 courses 24 total credits

About This Program

The interdisciplinary program in Africana Studies exposes students to the conditions, concerns, and cultures that situate black life and black thought across the globe. Within the minor, students are equipped to mobilize the theory and practice that emerge from Black Studies' rich, critical engagement with history, expressive culture, health, religion, economy, law, politics, social movements, and studies of land and ecology. Africana Studies grows students skills in a range of analytic and interpretive research methods. Our courses not only introduce new and unique perspectives drawn from multiple scales and systems of black knowledge, but we also build student capacity in reaching and supporting their own critical perspective, a skill necessary for any professional pursuit. Drawing on the inventive, communitarian, and action-oriented traditions of the field, this program excels most in helping students investigate and contribute to the broader shape and functioning of the social, cultural, and structural worlds that surround them.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 24 credits

Required Courses

Code Course Title Credits
AFAS 101 Introduction to Africana Studies 3
AFAS 201 Cross Currents in Africana Studies 3
AFAS 210 Topics in Africana Arts 1-12
AFAS 220 Topics in Africana Society 1-12
AFAS 230 Topics in African History 1-12
AFAS 240 Topics in Africana Current Events 1-12
AFAS 255 Gender and Black Popular Culture 3
AFAS 260 Race, Politics and Religion 3
AFAS 301 Politics of Hip Hop 3
AFAS 385 Rum, Rice and Revolution: Caribbean History 3
AFAS 401 Urban Social Justice Practicum I 3
AFAS 402 Urban Social Justice Practicum II 3
AFAS I299 Independent Study in Africana Studies 0.5-3
AFAS T280 Special Topics in Africana Studies 0-12
AFAS T380 Special Topics in Africana Studies 0-12
ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Diversity 3
ARTH 315 History of African-American Art 3
ARTH 316 African Art 3
DANC 109 African Dance Technique I 2
ENGL 203 [WI] Survey of World Literature 3
ENGL 204 Post-Colonial Literature 3
ENGL 207 [WI] African American Literature 3
ENGL 325 Topics in World Literature 3
ENGL 492 Seminar in World Literature 3
HIST 215 American Slavery 4
HIST 216 Freedom in America 4
MUSC 107 Jazz Ensembles 1
MUSC 331 World Musics 3
MUSC 333 Afro-American Music USA 3
MUSC 336 History of Jazz 3
PSCI 372 City in United States Political Development 4
SOC 210 Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequality 4
SOC 240 Urban Sociology 4
WGST 240 Women and Society in a Global Context 3
WGST T280 Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies 1-6
Total Required Courses 24 credits

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