The Major

Major Requirements

The major in Africana requires ten courses and a thesis.

Introductory Course(s)

Complete one option from the following:

Option 1

  • AFR 100 Introduction to Africana

Option 2

Complete at least two Africana (AFR) courses at the 100-level.

Methods

Complete the following course:

  • AFR 250 Interdisciplinary Studies: Methods and Modes of Inquiry

Gender

Complete at least one course designated with the (Africana: Gender) attribute.

Blackness from a Historical Perspective

Complete at least one course designated with the (Africana: Historical Perspective) attribute.

Diaspora

Complete at least two courses designated with the (Africana: Diaspora) attribute.

Seminar

Complete one Junior-Senior Seminar:

AFR 301K
Policing and Carceral Culture in U.S. History, 1740-1880
AFR 302
Black Feminist Activist and Intellectual Traditions
AFR 303
Birthing while Black
AFR 306
Reimagining Africana
AFR 308
Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights
AFR 309
Freedom in the Iberian Black Atlantic
AFR 317
African American Political Thought
AFR 320
Immigrant Racialization
AFR 325
Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice
AFR 330
Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture
AFR 339
International Politics and Foreign Policy in Africa
AFR 341
The Africana Novel As Theory
AFR 391L
Screening Slavery: A Transnational Approach

Senior Thesis

Complete at least one course from the following:

  • AFR 457 Senior Thesis
  • AFR 458 Senior Thesis