Africana Studies (B.A.)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education 23 Requirements | ||
| 33 credit hours | 33 | |
| Total Required Program Credit Hours (39 cr hrs) | ||
| Required Courses (24 cr hrs) | ||
| AAS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES | 3 |
| AAS/HIS 322 | AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
| AAS/HIS 337 | AFRICA SINCE 1800 | 3 |
| AAS/HIS 354 | THE MODERN CARIBBEAN | 3 |
| AAS/SOC 351 | SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY | 3 |
| AAS/ENG 240 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 | 3 |
| or AAS/ENG 241 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940 | |
| AAS/FAR 380 | ART OF AFRICA | 3 |
| or AAS/THA 421 | DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE | |
| AAS 485 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN AFRICANA STUDIES | 3 |
| Electives (15 cr hrs) | 15 | |
| Choose any five courses: | ||
| TOPICS COURSE | ||
| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE | ||
| THE HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN AMERICA | ||
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN EDUCATION IN AFRICA | ||
| DANCE TECHNIQUES FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940 | ||
| JAZZ DANCE TECHNIQUE I | ||
| PEOPLES OF AFRICA | ||
| AFRICA TO 1800 | ||
| THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY | ||
| AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND CIVIL RIGHTS | ||
| WHY AFRICA MATTERS | ||
| WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING ENSEMBLE | ||
| AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY | ||
| RACE AND PROGRESS | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN ART | ||
| "SAVING" AFRICA | ||
| ART OF AFRICA | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (1-3) | ||
| DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | ||
| READINGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| BLACK PROTEST AND LEADERSHIP IN THE U.S. IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | ||
| INTERNSHIP (1-6) | ||
| SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3) | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY (3-9) | ||
| BEGINNING ARABIC I | ||
| BEGINNING ARABIC II | ||
| FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN LITERATURE IN POST-COLONIAL CONTEXT | ||
| FRANCO-CARIBBEAN LITERATURE, HISTORY & CULTURE | ||
| All College Electives | 48 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Students will:
- recall the history and development of the discipline of Africana Studies, including its history, purpose, and unique African-centered lens that may apply to all matter of phenomena
- analyze how pertinent issues and perspectives of Africana Studies apply to Buffalo and Western New York (neighborhood, city, region, nation, and global locale)
- assess the multidisciplinary nature of Africana Studies and explain how its multiple lenses offer unique problem-solving ideas across various real-world problems and professions
- identify and explain systems of inequity and its intersectional nature across Africa and the African diaspora
- use course concepts to decenter oppressive ideology in theory and practice