Minor in Africana Studies

About the Minor

The interdisciplinary program in Africana Studies exposes students to the conditions, concerns, and cultures that situate black life and black thought across the globe. Within the minor, students are equipped to mobilize the theory and practice that emerge from Black Studies’ rich, critical engagement with history, expressive culture, health, religion, economy, law, politics, social movements, and studies of land and ecology.

Africana Studies grows students skills in a range of analytic and interpretive research methods. Our courses not only introduce new and unique perspectives drawn from multiple scales and systems of black knowledge, but we also build student capacity in reaching and supporting their own critical perspective, a skill necessary for any professional pursuit. Drawing on the inventive, communitarian, and action-oriented traditions of the field, this program excels most in helping students investigate and contribute to the broader shape and functioning of the social, cultural, and structural worlds that surround them.

Admissions Requirements

Students are required to declare a major before declaring a minor. Students admitted directly into a specific major at the time of matriculation may declare a minor beginning in their second semester. All requirements for the minor must be completed either concurrently with or prior to the completion of the primary major requirements. This ensures that students fulfill the expectations of their primary field of study while completing any additional areas of academic specialization.

Minor Requirements

 

Students must check with the Program Director for approval prior to making substitutions.

Additional Information

For more information about this program, please contact the College of Arts and Sciences