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.

Required Course
AFST 201MAIN THEMES IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES3
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
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
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
HONORS CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
GENDER AND RELIGION IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Total Units21