African and African American Studies Minor
Program Director: Dr. Donn Worgs
Liberal Arts 3236
Phone: 410-704-5908
Email: dworgs@towson.edu
The African and African American Studies minor offers the student the opportunity to study, in-depth, the historical and social experiences and cultural contributions of Africans and people of African descent in a global perspective. It also provides a critical perspective on race in American society. An interdisciplinary program concentrating mainly in the humanities, the curriculum of the African and African American Studies minor offers students the opportunity to customize their course work by exploring a range of subjects in various disciplines. Students must complete 21 units for the minor.
The minor in African and African American Studies requires 21 units. To fulfill the requirements for the minor in African and African American Studies, students must take one required course. Students should choose the remaining 18 units from a list of elective courses approved by the advisory committee.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| AFST 201 | MAIN THEMES IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select six of the following from at least three different disciplines (four must be upper-level courses): | 18 | |
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF AFRICA | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNICATION | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
or ENGL 234 | MAJOR WRITERS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
| POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE | ||
| CITIES IN WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH | ||
| LITERATURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | ||
| TOPICS IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA | ||
| HISTORY OF AFRICA TO 1900 | ||
| AFRICA SINCE 1900 | ||
| THE MAKING OF COLONIAL AFRICA (C. 1884-1994) | ||
| HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO THE MID-19TH CENTURY | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE MID-19TH CENTURY | ||
| SELECTED TOPICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION | ||
| JAZZ HISTORY FOR NON-MAJORS | ||
or MUSC 125 | HONORS HISTORY OF JAZZ FOR NON-MAJORS | |
| HIP-HOP MUSIC AND CULTURE | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES | ||
| AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| RACE AND AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | ||
| CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE | ||
| BLACKS IN AMERICA:MYTHS AND REALITY | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| CLASS, STATUS AND POWER | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY | ||
| TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY | ||
| CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE | ||
or THEA 304 | HONORS CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE | |
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES | ||
| GENDER AND RELIGION IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | ||
| Total Units | 21 | |