Black Diaspora Studies Minor

The minor in Black Diaspora Studies is designed to introduce students to the study of the cultures of the Black world including Africa and the Black Diaspora in the United States of America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Students interested in a minor in Black Diaspora Studies take fifteen semester hours from the list of courses and achieve a grade of C or better in each class. If a student knows of a course not found on this list that focuses on African, African American, or Black Diaspora issues, he or she can petition the Dean of Arts and Sciences to include it. However, no more than six semester hours may be used from any one discipline, such as English or Sociology.

Degree Requirements

Fifteen hours with grades of C or better distributed as follows:

BLST 2010

Introduction to Black Studies

3

At least ONE, but no more than TWO from the following:

BLST 4010	African Country Project	3
ARTS 4845	African Art History	3
ENGL 4451	African Literature	3
ENGL 4452	African Women Writers	3
MUSC 3800	African Music & Dance	3
POLS 4541	Politics of Modern Africa	3
SOCI 4950	Special Topics	1 - 4
GEOG 3500	Regional Geography:Spec Topics	3
EDUC 3580/BLST 3580/AFST 3580	Traditional African Worldview and Education	3

The remainder of the courses to be taken from the following:

HIST 3020	African American History	3
HIST 3025	African Amer Hist Since 1877	3
ARTS 4840/BLST 4840	African-American Art	3
ENGL 4447	Comparative Literature	3
HIST 4635	The Era of Segregation	3
HIST 4640	Civl Rights/Blck Powr Movement	3
HIST 4645	AfricnAmer Cult/Intellect Hist	3
HIST 4810	Modern Caribbean	3
ENGL 4667	African-American Literature	3
ENGL 4669	Multicultural Amer Literature	3
SOCI 3444	Theories of Racial Stratificat	3
MUSC 3650	Jazz History	3

MUSC 3650/BLST 3650: Make arrangements with the instructor to take this two credit course for three credits.