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Program Comparisons


Current Major (Ending 12-31-06):
The major in African American and African Studies consists of forty-five (45) credit hours. All majors must take African American and African Studies 101 and take five (5) credit hours from each of the four (4) core areas: African American and African History, African American and African Literature, African American and African Culture, and African American and African Politics and Society. Majors then have to select another twenty (20) elective credit hours from one or more of the four core areas. Courses in the core areas are listed below:

AAAS Major

Prerequisite:
AAAS 101
05 hrs

Core Areas:
African American and African History: 323.01, 323.02, 350, 555.01, 555.02, 575.
05 hrs

African American and African Literature: 251, 254, 255, 367.02, 367.03, 367.04, 451, 460, 582.
05 hrs

African American and African Culture: 208.20 (one hour), 244 (three hours), 271, 310, 342, H342, 351, 375, 378, 571
05 hrs

African American and African Politics and Society: 218, 230, 290, 291, 326, 327, 345, 361, 485.01, 485.02, 485.03, 485.04, 495, 504, 527, 545, 561, 595.
05 hrs

20 hrs

Concentration/Electives:
(Chosen from core areas above)
20 hrs

Total Credit Hours
45 hrs
Revised Major (Beginning 1-1-07):
The major in African American and African Studies consists of 55 credit hours. All majors must take 3 Core Courses: AAAS 201, an introduction to the discipline and two analytic/methodological courses, AAAS 310, and AAAS 545 or 595), preferably in sequence. In addition, majors must complete a minimum of 20 or up to 30 hours in the chosen Area of Concentration (African American, African or Diaspora); and, a minimum of 5 hours each in the areas Outside the concentration. Moreover, the 55 credit hours must satisfy the Distribution Requirement: a) 10 to 15 credit hours at the 200-level; b) 10 to 20 credit hours at the 300-level; c) 5 to 15 hours at the 400-level; and d) 15 credit hours at the 500-level or above. All majors must complete a minimum of 25 credit hours at the 400 and 500 levels. A maximum of 10 hours in individual/independent studies and/or outside of the department can count towards the major.

AAAS Major

Core Courses:
AAAS 201 Introduction to AAAS
05 hrs

AAAS 310 Perspectives on the African Diaspora
05 hrs

(Select one)
AAAS 545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality
05 hrs

AAAS 595 Theorizing Race
05 hrs

15 hrs

Area of Concentration/Electives:
AAAS
05 hrs
AAAS
05 hrs
AAAS
05 hrs
AAAS
05 hrs

(Electives)
AAAS
05 hrs
AAAS
05 hrs

30 hrs

Ouside Areas (5 Hours in each deselected area):
AAAS
05 hrs
AAAS
05 hrs

10 hrs

Total Credit Hours
55 hrs

Current Minor (Ending 12-31-06):

The minor in African American and African Studies consist of twenty-five (25) credit hours including AAAS 101: Introduction to African American and African Studies. The remaining twenty credit hours can be chosen from one or more of the four (4) core areas.

Prerequisite:
AAAS 101
05 hrs

Course Requirements:

(Chosen from core areas above)
20 hrs

Total Credit Hours
25 hrs
Revised Minor (Beginning 1-1-07):

The minor in AAAS consists of 25 credit hours which must include 2 core courses (AAAS 201 and 310) and a minimum of 10 credit hours at the upper divisional, 400- to 500-level. No area of concentration is required to fulfill the minor program.

AAAS Minor

Core Courses:
AAAS 201 Introduction to AAAS
05 hrs

AAAS 310 Perspectives on the African Diaspora
05 hrs

10 hrs

Additioanl Courses:
AAAS 400/500 Open
05 hrs

AAAS 400/500 Open
05 hrs

AAAS No restrictions
05 hrs

15 hrs
Total Credit Hours
25 hrs