Required Credit Hours: 36

Major Declaration:

Prospective majors in AFST should discuss their plan-of-study with a faculty advisor by the end of the sophomore year. Declaration forms and instructions for majors and minors are available at the websites of Africana Studies and the University Registrar.

Language Requirement

Africana Studies requires an Africa-relevant foreign language study that exceeds the College-wide proficiency requirement. Specifically, Africana Studies requires additional Africa-relevant foreign language study that can be fulfilled by any one of the following:

a) one course beyond the 202-level in one language, or

b) 202-level proficiency in a second Africa-relevant language, or

c) African American English or AFST 306 Caribbean Linguistics, or AFST 306: African Cultures Through Languages or other Africana Studies courses on African Languages or

d)  off-campus study programs or native proficiency in any national, ethnic, or community language of African or the African Diaspora (such as, but not limited to, Amharic, Hausa, Haitian Kreyol, Jamaican Creole English, Oromiffa, Twi, Swahili, Sranan, Yoruba, Wolof and Zulu).

Native proficiency in the following can also be used to fulfill the requirement: Arabic, French, Portuguese, or Spanish. Others may be approved on a case-by-case basis.

Major Computing Requirement (MCR):

Each major must fulfill the MCR by earning a grade of C- or better in one of the courses listed under Methods (see below) or take CSCI 131  or higher.

Major Writing Requirement (MWR):

The following writing-intensive courses satisfy the MWR for Africana Studies:

• AFST 301 - Critical Debates in Africana Studies (3-4)
• AFST 306 - Topics in Africana Studies (1-4)
• AFST 406 - Advanced Topics in Africana Studies (3-4)
• AFST 480 - Independent Study (3-4)

• or

• AFST 495 - Senior Honors (3)
• AFST 496 - Senior Honors (3)
• AFST 499 - Senior Project in Africana Studies (3)

Common Core 1: Gateway Course

All majors, regardless of concentration, will take a gateway course:

• AFST 205 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3)

Common Core 2: Methods

The 3 credit methods course may be selected from any of the participating departments. The choices include, but are not limited to:

• AFST 399 - Africana Studies Methodologies (3)
• ANTH 302 - Ethnographic Research (3)
• Any statistics course (ECON, PSYC, or SOCL)
• ENGL 209 - Critical Approaches to Literature (3)
• GOVT 301 - Research Methods (3)
• RELG 391 - Theory and Method in the Study of Religion (3)
• SOCL 352 - Research Design (3)

Common Core 3: Capstone Experience

Majors must also have a capstone experience with a significant research component, which is satisfied by taking the following:

• AFST 406 - Advanced Topics in Africana Studies (3-4)
• AFST 480 - Independent Study (3-4)

• or

• AFST 495 - Senior Honors (3)
• AFST 496 - Senior Honors (3)
• AFST 499 - Senior Project in Africana Studies (3)

Concentration Core & Electives:

The remaining credits are to come from concentration core and  courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences that are specific to each of the three Concentrations that constitute the Major. These are listed by Concentration. The University Registrar publishes the most recent list of eligible courses every semester.