Africana Studies

Departmental Honors

Senior students with at least a 3.0 average will be given the opportunity to write an honors thesis under departmental supervision.

Programs

• Africana Studies Major (BA)

• Africana Studies Minor

Courses

• AFRSTY 100 - Introduction to African-American Literature
• AFRSTY 101 - Introduction to Africana Studies
• AFRSTY 102 - The History of African-American Education
• AFRSTY 108 - African-American Social Movements
• AFRSTY 110 - African-American History I
• AFRSTY 111 - African-American History II
• AFRSTY 113 - Islam and the African World
• AFRSTY 115G - Black Consciousness
• AFRSTY 116 - African Civilizations: Historical Perspectives
• AFRSTY 117 - Modern African Historical Perspectives
• AFRSTY 118 - Socialism in the African World
• AFRSTY 122 - Black Cinema: American Myth, Racial Ideology, and Hollywood
• AFRSTY 141 - Haitian Creole I for Beginners
• AFRSTY 142 - Cape Verdean Language I for Beginners
• AFRSTY 150 - African Images in Literature
• AFRSTY 210 - The Making of the African Diaspora
• AFRSTY 220 - Free and Slave in the New World, 1492-1888
• AFRSTY 225 - The Origins of Caribbean Civilizations
• AFRSTY 230 - African-American Women’s History
• AFRSTY 241 - Haitian Creole II for Intermediate Learners
• AFRSTY 250 - The Civil Rights Movement
• AFRSTY 260L - African-American Folklore
• AFRSTY 270 - The Black Image on Stage and Screen
• AFRSTY 292G - African Caribbean Literature
• AFRSTY 300L - Women in African Cultures
• AFRSTY 301 - African-American Intellectual Thought
• AFRSTY 302 - Martin and Malcolm X
• AFRSTY 310 - Modern Caribbean Society
• AFRSTY 320 - Problems in Urban Education
• AFRSTY 341 - Haitian Creole III for Advanced Learners
• AFRSTY 343L - African Diaspora Archaeology: Uncovering Roots, Routes, and Resistance
• AFRSTY 350L - Race, Class, and Gender: Issues in US Diversity
• AFRSTY 352L - Harlem Renaissance
• AFRSTY 355L - Black Popular Culture
• AFRSTY 401 - Applied Research Methods in Africana Studies
• AFRSTY 404 - Race, Class, and Health Inequalities
• AFRSTY 406 - Race, Class, and Environmental Justice
• AFRSTY 407 - Immigration Law and Race in America
• AFRSTY 408 - Human Injustice, Reparations, and the Law
• AFRSTY 430 - Race and the American Legal System
• AFRSTY 440 - Post-Colonial Literature: Africa and the Caribbean
• AFRSTY 441 - Techniques of Haitian Creole Translation
• AFRSTY 478 - Independent Study
• AFRSTY 479 - Independent Study
• AFRSTY 480 - Topics in Africana Studies
• AFRSTY 489 - Africana Studies Senior Thesis II