2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Africana Studies Minor

Director: Dr. James Conyers,

Hutchinson Hall J-103T,

(908) 737-4054

This minor program is open to all students interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the experiences of African peoples throughout the world. New courses are being developed which will focus an Afro-centric perspective upon the economies, history, culture, education, politics, philosophies, aspirations and achievements of peoples of African descent in Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and elsewhere.

The program can be taken in conjuncture with a major academic curriculum, and interested students should contact The Office of Africana Studies, J-302, telephone (908) 737-3915 for advisement.

Total 18

Core Requirements 9

SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

ANTH 2801AFRO-AMERICAN CULT I

3

 

HIST 3305HIST OF BLK AMERICAN TO 1900

3

OR

HIST 330620TH CENTURY BLACK HISTORY

3

Electives 9

Three courses selected from list below with at least one course at the 3000/4000 level:

AH 3730ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT

3

AH 3780ART IN AFRICA

3

AH 3781AFRICAN AMERICAN ART

3

ANTH 1800CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3

ANTH 1900INTRO TO ARCHEOLOGY

3

ANTH 2805FILMS-AFRICAN WORLD EXP

3

ANTH 3750ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE

3

ANTH 3850EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS

3

ANTH 4770AFRICAN DIASPORA TRAVELEARN

3

ECO 2900THE ECONOMICS OF POVERTY

3

ECO 3320PUBLIC FINANCE

3

ECO 3900ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION

3

ENG 3200AFRICAN-AM LIT SURVEY

3

ENG 3700AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

3

ENG 3725ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE

3

ENG 4301CONTEMP CARIBBEAN WOMEN IN ENG

3

HIST 2303UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877

3

HIST 2304UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT

3

HIST 2381COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

3

HIST 2382MODERN/CONT LATIN AMERICA

3

HIST 2500AFRICAN HISTORY TO 1885

3

HIST 2510AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1885

3

HIST 3305HIST OF BLK AMERICAN TO 1900

3

HIST 330620TH CENTURY BLACK HISTORY

3

HIST 3381HISTORY OF CUBA

3

HIST 3382HIST OF MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA

3

HIST 3383HIST OF CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMER

3

HIST 4368CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

3

HIST 4384HISTORY OF BRAZIL

3

HIST 4850FREEDOM:BLACK AND JEWISH PERSPECTIVES

3

PS 3160ETHNIC POLITICS IN THE US

3

PS 2300INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

3

PS 3340LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

3

PS 3341CENTRAL AMERICAN POLITICS

3

PS 3360SOUTHERN AFRICAN POLITICS

3

PS 4420SEM IN AFRICAN POLITICS

3

PSY 2630PSY PERSP ON PREJUDICE/RACISM

3

REL 3708BLACK THEOLOGY-LIBERATION MOVS

3

REL 3709LIBERATION THEOLOGY

3

SOC 2000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL JUSTICE

3

SOC 2300AMERICAN ETHNIC & RACIAL GROUPS

3

SOC 2710CRIME AND DELINQUENCY

3

SOC 3350SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN AMERICA

3

SOC 4100SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

3

SOC 4401SOCIAL CHANGE

3