Africana Studies Minor

Dr. Aderonke A. Adesanya, Coordinator
Phone: (540) 568-3486
Email: adesanaa@jmu.edu
Website: http://www.jmu.edu/africana

The minor in Africana studies broadens students’ world perspectives by enhancing their acquaintance with and understanding of the peoples, the issues of identities and the institutions of Africa as well as the African Diaspora. The Africana program engages cross disciplinary approaches to understand and to encounter Africa and the African Diaspora in a global context. The cross disciplinary character of the program is further enhanced by the fact that courses taken to fulfill program requirements are drawn from several departments. From these course offerings, students will examine and engage with some of Africana studies key contributing disciplines, concepts, methods and topics including the development of new identities.

The minor program in Africana studies is open to all undergraduate students at JMU. Courses taken to complete the Africana studies minor can also be used to satisfy the student’s major, as well as General Education requirements.

The Africana studies minor requires:

Successful completion of 19 credit hours according to the requirements listed below.
No more than nine hours from a single discipline.

Required Courses

AFST 200. Introduction to Africana Studies [C4ge] 3.00
AFST 489. Africana Studies Senior Research Experience 1.00 ²

Footnote

² Research must have an African and/or African Diaspora focus.

Choose five, one of which must be at the 400 level: 15 Credit Hours

AFST 400. Selected Topics in Africana Studies 3.00
ANTH 280. Peoples and Culture of Sub-Saharan Africa 3.00
ANTH 391. Study Abroad 1.00 - 6.00 (must be in Africa or in Diaspora) ¹
ANTH 395. Special Topics in Anthropology 3.00 ¹
ARTH 210. African Art & Culture in the Humanities 3.00
HUM 252. Global Cultures [C2HQC] 3.00 (African Experience)
ARTH 310. African Art: the Sahara and Northern Sahel 3.00
ARTH 312. African Art: Sub-Saharan 3.00
ARTH 418. Modern and Contemporary African Art 3.00
ARTH 419. Topics in African Art 3.00
ARTH 424. Arts of Ancient Egypt 3.00
ARTH 488. African American Art 3.00
AFST 488. African American Art 3.00
ARTH 489. Topics in Art History 3.00 ¹
ENG 260. Survey of African-American Literature [C2L] 3.00
ENG 358. Oral Literature 3.00 ¹
ENG 361. African American Fiction 3.00
ENG 362. African American Poetry 3.00
ENG 408. Advanced Studies in African-American Literature 3.00
ENG 412. Special Topic Seminar 3.00 ¹
ENG 431. Advanced Studies in Caribbean Literature 3.00
ENG 432. Advanced Studies in African Literature 3.00
GEOG 335. Geography of Africa 3.00
GEOG 339. Geography of the Caribbean 3.00
HUM 252. Global Cultures 3.00 (African Cultures in the Humanities) ¹
HIST 263. Africa 3.00
HIST 307. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 3.00
HIST 341. Selected Themes in World Hist 3.00 (when appropriate)
HIST 355. African American History to 1865 3.00
HIST 356. African American History Since 1865 3.00
HIST 361. Class and Ethnicity in Africa 3.00
HIST 391. Travel Studies Seminar 3.00 (must be in Africa or in Diaspora) ¹
HIST 436. Afro-Latin America 3.00
ANTH 436. Afro-Latin America 3.00
HIST 439. Selected Topics in American History 3.00 ¹
HIST 470. Modern Africa 3.00
HIST 489. Selected Topics in World History 3.00 ¹, ²
MUS 356. History of Jazz in Amer 3.00
POSC 326. Civil Rights 3.00
POSC 353. African Politics 3.00
POSC 361. Topics in International Relations 3.00 ¹
REL 330. African and African Diaspora Religion 3.00
REL 336. African American Religion 3.00
SOCI 336. Race and Ethnicity 3.00
SOCI 354. Social Inequality 3.00
SOCI 391. Study Abroad 1.00 - 6.00 (must be in Africa or in Diaspora)¹
SWA 101 -SWA 490 . Kiswahili

Footnote

¹ Course topic and content must focus on the peoples of Africa and/or the African Diasporas as well as be approved by the program coordinator(s).
²Research must have an African and/or African Diaspora focus.

Additional Information

Other appropriate courses not listed above may be considered for the minor. Consult with program coordinator.

In addition to taking these courses, students are encouraged to participate in travel or study programs to Africa, the Caribbean and other relevant areas. Students who want to earn credit hours through participation in an accredited travel/study program are encouraged to do so with prior approval of the coordinator.

Africana Studies Minor

Required Courses

Footnote

Choose five, one of which must be at the 400 level: 15 Credit Hours

Footnote

Additional Information

Total: 19 Credit Hours