Africana Studies (B.A.)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education 23 Requirements | ||
| 33 credit hours | 33 | |
| Total Required Program Credit Hours (33 cr hrs) | ||
| Required Courses (27cr hrs) | ||
| Foundations (12 credit hours) | ||
| AAS 100 | INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES | 3 |
| AAS 200 | BLACKS IN BUFFALO | 3 |
| AAS 343 | WHY AFRICA MATTERS | 3 |
| AAS 485 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN AFRICANA STUDIES | 3 |
| Foundational Perspectives (6 cr hrs) | 6 | |
| Choose two courses from the following | ||
| BLACK THOUGHT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIBERATION | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT | ||
| AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY | ||
| Histories and Cultures of Africa (3 cr hrs) | 3 | |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES | ||
| MOTHER AFRICA | ||
| AFRICA SINCE 1800 | ||
| The Humanities (3 cr hrs) | 3 | |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940 | ||
| RACE AND PROGRESS | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN ART | ||
| The Social Sciences (3 cr hrs) | 3 | |
| Choose one course from the following | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY | ||
| RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | ||
| Electives (6 cr hrs) | 6 | |
| Choose two courses from the following | ||
| TOPICS COURSE | ||
| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE | ||
| THE HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN AMERICA | ||
| DANCE TECHNIQUES FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940 | ||
| BLACK THOUGHT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND LIBERATION | ||
| MOTHER AFRICA | ||
| AFRICA TO 1800 | ||
| THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT | ||
| AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN MEDIA | ||
| AFRICA SINCE 1800 | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY | ||
| BLACKS IN TECHNOLOGY: INNOVATING THE FUTURE | ||
| 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 | ||
| INTERNSHIP (1-6) | ||
| SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3) | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY (3-9) | ||
| All College Electives | 51 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 117 | |
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