African American Studies Minor Check Sheet

The African American Studies minor (AAS) is an interdisciplinary course of study that focuses on the Black experience in the United States and throughout the African diaspora. Our central mission is to prepare students to critically understand, conduct research, and interpret the complex histories, societies, and cultures of people of African descent.

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Required:

• _____ AAS 2310 – Introduction to African American Studies
• _____ AAS 4320 – Global Perspectives on the African Diaspora

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Choose 4 courses from:

• _____ AAS 3310A – Blacks, Film, and Society
• _____ AAS 3399 - Negotiating the (Black/white) Color Line
• _____ AAS 4388 - Ind Research in African American Studies
• _____ ANTH 3314 - Latin American Cultures
• _____ ANTH 3322 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa
• _____ ANTH 3343 – Human Variation and Adaptation
• _____ ARTH 4310 – Race and Representation
• _____ CI 2311 – Education and Equity in a Diverse Society
• _____ CJ 3322 – Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice
• _____ COMM 3329 - Intercultural Communication
• _____ COMM 3336 – Diversity and Communication
• _____ COMM 4321– American Speeches (Prerequisite: COMM 2338)
• _____ COMM 4322 – Rhetoric of Protest Movements (Prerequisite: COMM 2338)
• _____ COMM 4341 – Intercultural Communication in the Americas
• _____ DAN 2368 – World Dance and Cultures
• _____ DVST 3301 – Introduction to Diversity Studies
• _____ DVST 3320 - Introduction to Global Diversity Issues
• _____ ENG 3331 – Literature of Black America
• _____ ENG 3321 – The Short Story
• _____ ENG 3338 -The American Novel
• _____ ENG 3341 – Studies in World Literature
• _____ ENG 3343 – The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature
• _____ ENG 4323 – Studies in Autobiography and Biography
• _____ GEO 3328 – Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
• _____ GEO 3340 – Political Geography
• _____ GEO 3353 – American Ethnic Geography
• _____ HIST 2382 - African American History from 1877
• _____ HIST 3346 – The Civil War and Reconstruction
• _____ HIST 3359 - African American History
• _____ HIST 3368S – History of Music and Race in the American South
• _____ HIST 3380 - The Desegregation of the South from 1940-1970
• _____ HIST 3378 – History of the Blues
• _____ HIST 4350A – Slavery and Emancipation in the Americas
• _____ HIST 4352 – Black Women and Black Protest in America
• _____ HIST 4375B – Africa-American Experience in Texas
• _____ HON 2305A – African American Popular Music: Society, Politics, and Culture
• _____ HON 2306C – America in the 1960s: A History of Movements and Ideas
• _____ HON 3392X – The Nature of the Human Experience: The Contemporary African Novel in English
• _____ HON 2309M – From Jay-Z to Kendrick Lamar: Politics, Power, and Identity in Hip Hop Literature
• _____ HON 3394Z – The Black Image in Postwar America
• _____ HON 3399M - The Desegregation of the South from 1940-1970
• _____ MC 4308 – Women and Minorities in the Media
• _____ MKT 3385 – Ethnic and Niche Marketing (Prerequisites: MKT 3350 with a grade of "D" or better.)
• _____ MU 3375 – History of Jazz
• _____ MU 3380D – History of Blues
• _____ PHIL 4373 – Themes in Africana Philosophy (Prerequisite: PHIL 1305 or 1320 with a grade of “D” or better.)
• _____ PS 3342 – African Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
• _____ PS 4322 – African American Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
• _____ PS 4331 – Islamic Law and Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
• _____ PS 4351 – International Conflict and Security (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
• _____ PSY 3334 – Psychology of Human Diversity (Prerequisite: PSY 1300 with a grade of “C” or better.)
• _____ PSY 3337 – Psychology of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Hate (Prerequisite: PSY 1300 with a grade of “C” or better.)
• _____ SOCI 3327 – Multicultural Relations
• _____ SOWK 4302 – Hip Hop and Social Justice in Individual and Community Change
• _____ SOWK 4310 – Diversity and Social Justice in Social Work

• _____ TH 4303 – Multicultural Perspectives in American Theatre