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 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 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 200 - Living While Black: Contemporary Issues in the African Diaspora
• AFRSTY 204 - Afro-Latin America
• AFRSTY 210 - The Making of the African Diaspora
• 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 251L - African-American Art
• AFRSTY 260L - African-American Folklore
• AFRSTY 270 - The Black Image on Stage and Screen
• AFRSTY 280 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
• AFRSTY 292G - African Caribbean Literature
• AFRSTY 300L - Women in African Cultures
• AFRSTY 301 - African-American Intellectual Thought
• AFRSTY 308 - Africana Feminisms in the Black Diaspora
• AFRSTY 310 - Modern Caribbean Society
• AFRSTY 320 - Problems in Urban Education
• AFRSTY 326L - Multiracial Experiences
• 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 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