To
prepare today's student, the Department of African American
Studies offers a number of exciting general education
courses that can be used as paradigms to help
students apply certain natural principals and
methodologies in an effort to better understand
the importance of cultural viewpoints. In addition,
the African American Studies program serves as an excellent
preparation for graduate study in a variety of
fields.
African American Studies is a multidisciplinary approach
to understanding the black experience as it
relates to life in America as part of a world
community. In addition to degree programs in
African American Studies, the department provides
coursework in Ethnic Studies in general (e.g.,
Intercutural Socialization) and other specific
ethnic groups (e.g., American Indian).
The required minimum for the Bachelor of Arts
in African American Studies consist of 30 units:
101 or 107, 190 or 208 and a minimum of
24 units in upperdivision courses. Students
majoring in the African American Studies program
have a special preparation in and sensitivity
to life in America as a part of a world
community. The program is multidisciplinary
in nature in that all aspects of African American
Studies affect and are affected by other
programs.
Graduates from the African American Studies program
have gone into careers in teaching, community
development, community leadership, social work,
urban research, law, civil service, industrial
relations and a variety of comprable fields. Many
have gone into graduate work in this field and
some have entered more traditional disciplines
where a general knowledge of social sciences and
humanities is a prerequisite.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ETHNIC STUDIES OPTION IN
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
Lower
Division Courses(6 Units Required)
Afro 101
Introduction to Ethnic Studies(3)
OR
107 Introduction
to Afro-American Studies(3)
Afro 190
Survey of American History with Emphasis on
Ethnic Minorities (3)
OR Afro
210 Introduction
to Hip Hop(3)
Upper Division Courses (24 units minimum)
Core Courses (15
units required)
(To be selected from the following courses)
Afro 309
The Black Family (3)
Afro 311
Intracultural Socialization Patterns (3)
Afro 317
Black Politics (3)
Afro 320
Black American Intellectual Thought (3)
Afro 322 Psychology of the Afro-American (3)
Afro 335
History of Racism (3)
Afro 346
The African Experience (3)
Afro 381
African literature (3)
Afro 424
Afro-American literature (3)
Afro 490 Senior Research Seminar (3)
Upper Division Electives (9 units minimum)
Afro 301
Afro-American Culture (3)
Afro 310
Black Women in America (3)
Afro 312
American Indian Women (3)
Afro 314
Pan-African Dance and Movement (3)
Afro 321
Minority Community Development Planning (3)
Afro 325
African-American Religion (3)
Afro 370 Development of African American Children and Youth
Afro 385
Schools and Minority Groups (3)
Afro 405 Hollywood v. History: An Interpretive History of blacks Through Film
Afro 430
A Social Psychological Study in Ethnic Minority
Behavior (3)
Afro 437
American Indian Religions and Philosophy (3)
Afro 460
Afro-American Music Appreciation (3)
Afro 463
Seminar in Black Music (3)
Afro 496 Student Tutorials (1-3)
Afro 499
Independent Study (1-3)
Upper Division Writing Requirement (3)
English 301 Advanced College Writing (3)
MINOR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
Students interested in the African American
Studies minor are required to take a
minimum of 21 units. This includes six units
of lower-division courses and
fifteen units of upper-division courses.
