Minor Code: AASMIN

20 hours to complete

For the Declaration of Minor Form, contact the department(s):

Requirements

Overview

Five courses (twenty semester hours) are required for the minor in African American studies. The minor is divided into:

  1. Introduction to the field (African American Studies 100); and
  2. Areas of study:
  • Africa and the diaspora (one course required);
  • expressive arts and culture (one course required); and
  • identities, ideologies, and institutions (two courses required, one focusing on history before 1900).