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Undergraduate Minor

The minor in African American and African Studies consists of twenty-five (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.

Core Courses (10 Hours)


Additional Courses (15 Hours)


For further information about the minor program, contact the Department of African American and African Studies at (614) 292-3700.

General Information on the Minor Programs

No 100 level courses can fulfill the requirement for the minor.

Minor programs are not required for graduation.

A student may not take a major and a minor in the same subject.

Courses used on the minor may not be used on the major.

Where appropriate, the overlap between the BER/GEC/LAR and a minor is permissible unless specifically disallowed for an individual minor.

All minors require a minimum of 20 credit hours; some require more. No more than 10 credit hours of transfer credit may be applied to any minor.

When students complete more than one minor, each minor must contain a minimum of twenty (20) unique credit hours.

Once a minor is on file in the college office, any changes must be discussed with the faculty adviser and/or college office academic advisor.

No grade below a (C-) will be permitted in courses comprising the minor; the minimum overall CPHR of the minor shall be 2.00.

Courses taken on a Pass/Non-Pass basis may not be applied to the minor.

Students need not file their minor programs until they file their graduation applications.