The Major

Major Requirements

The major in Africana requires ten courses and a thesis.

Introductory Course(s)

Complete one option from the following:

Option 1

  • ´¡¹ó¸éÌý100 Introduction to Africana

Option 2

Complete at least two Africana (AFR) courses at the 100-level.

Methods

Complete the following course:

  • ´¡¹ó¸éÌý250 Interdisciplinary Studies: Methods and Modes of Inquiry

Gender

Complete at least one course designated with the (Africana: Gender) attribute.

Blackness from a Historical Perspective

Complete at least one course designated with the (Africana: Historical Perspective) attribute.

Diaspora

Complete at least two courses designated with the (Africana: Diaspora) attribute.

Seminar

Complete one Junior-Senior Seminar:

´¡¹ó¸éÌý301°­
Policing and Carceral Culture in U.S. History, 1740-1880
´¡¹ó¸éÌý302
Black Feminist Activist and Intellectual Traditions
´¡¹ó¸éÌý303
Birthing while Black
´¡¹ó¸éÌý306
Reimagining Africana
´¡¹ó¸éÌý308
Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights
´¡¹ó¸éÌý309
Freedom in the Iberian Black Atlantic
´¡¹ó¸éÌý317
African American Political Thought
´¡¹ó¸éÌý320
Immigrant Racialization
´¡¹ó¸éÌý325
Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice
´¡¹ó¸éÌý330
Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture
´¡¹ó¸éÌý339
International Politics and Foreign Policy in Africa
´¡¹ó¸éÌý341
The Africana Novel As Theory
´¡¹ó¸éÌý391³¢
Screening Slavery: A Transnational Approach

Senior Thesis

Complete at least one course from the following:

  • ´¡¹ó¸éÌý457 Senior Thesis
  • ´¡¹ó¸éÌý458 Senior Thesis

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