Nov 08, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalogue

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalogue

Africana Studies Minor

The UNCW Africana Studies minor is an interdisciplinary field of study designed to foster and encourage critical and systematic inquiry into the historical, cultural, social, and political factors and forces that shape African, African American, Caribbean, and other peoples of African descent around the world. By centering knowledge of Africana Studies, the curriculum seeks to provide students with a nexus to today’s world; bringing knowledge and awareness to the diversity of its African peoples and to cultivate a sense of global community.

Requirements for a Minor in Africana Studies:

To earn a minor in Africana Studies requires 21 hours, including six (6) hours in core courses; one course from each of the three groups, A, B, and C for a total of nine (9) hours; and six 6) hours from any of the groups including the electives. At least (6) of the 21 hours must be at the 300-level or higher.

Core Courses:

AFN 130 - Introduction to Africana Studies Credit Hours: 3
AFN 290 - Readings in Literatures of the African Diaspora Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 232 - African American Literature Credit Hours: 3

Group A Arts and Aesthetics (1 course)

ARH 300 - Egyptian Art Credit Hours: 3
ARH 320 - African Art Credit Hours: 3
ENG 231 - Theory and Practice of Hip-Hop Credit Hours: 3
ENG 357 - African American Literary Tradition to 1945 Credit Hours: 3
ENG 358 - African American Literary Tradition Since 1945 Credit Hours: 3
FRH 421 - French Immigrant Narratives Credit Hours: 3
MUS 116 - History of Jazz Credit Hours: 3
MUS 220 - African American Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 344 - Class, Gender, and Sexuality in African American Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 345 - Latin American Popular Music Credit Hours: 3
THR 366 - Black American Theatre Credit Hours: 3

Group B Health and Historical Contexts (1 course)

AFN 222 - Introduction to Gullah-Geechee Culture Credit Hours: 3
HST 260 - African-American History Credit Hours: 3
HST 371 - History of Premodern Africa Credit Hours: 3
HST 372 - History of Modern Africa Credit Hours: 3
HST 481 - Topics in African History Credit Hours: 3
INT 330 - Topics in Africa Credit Hours: 3
INT 331 - The New Scramble for Africa Credit Hours: 3
INT 332 - Global Politics of Food: An African Perspective Credit Hours: 3
INT 333 - China in Africa Credit Hours: 3
PAR 322 - Ritual Therapy and Health in Caribbean Religions Credit Hours: 3
PSY 365 - Psychology of Race and Racism Credit Hours: 3

Group C Social Justice and Religion (1 course)

AFN 235 - Battle for Justice: From the Boat to the Vote Credit Hours: 3
AFN 322 - Wilmington 1898 Credit Hours: 3
AFN 353 - Black Feminisms: Survey of Black Feminist Thought Credit Hours: 3
AFN 395 - Africana Studies and Community Engagement Credit Hours: 3
PAR 233 - African Religions Credit Hours: 3
PAR 307 - Memoirs of Black Religion: Life-Narratives as Religious Sources Credit Hours: 3
PAR 377 - African American Religions Credit Hours: 3
PAR 378 - Caribbean Religions Credit Hours: 3
PLS 330 - Political Systems of Africa Credit Hours: 3
PLS 340 - The Black Experience in American Politics Credit Hours: 3
SOC 325 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations Credit Hours: 3

Electives:

AFN 495 - Senior Seminar: Topics in Africana Studies Credit Hours: 3
COM 344 - Intercultural Communication Credit Hours: 3
COM 346 - Interracial Communication Credit Hours: 3
CRM 370 - Racialization and the Criminal Justice System Credit Hours: 3
ENG 355 - American Multicultural Literature Credit Hours: 3
FRH 412 - The Francophone World Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information:

Students must earn at least a “C” (2.00) average in courses counted for a minor in Africana studies. Courses taken to fulfill major requirements cannot be used to fulfill requirements for the Africana studies minor.