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Major Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

The major in Africana requires ten courses and a thesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
Course List<\/caption>\n
Code<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Introductory Course(s)<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Complete one option from the following:<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Option 1<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr>\n
AFR\u00a0100<\/span><\/div><\/td>
Introduction to Africana<\/td><\/tr>\n
Option 2<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr>\n
Complete at least two courses from the following:<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr>\n
AFR\u00a0162<\/span><\/div><\/td>
White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History<\/td><\/tr>\n
AFR\u00a0249<\/span><\/div><\/td>
African American Popular Music<\/td><\/tr>\n
AVC\u00a0288<\/span><\/div><\/td>
Visualizing Race<\/td><\/tr>\n
EDUC\u00a0242<\/span><\/div><\/td>
Race and Justice in American Education<\/td><\/tr>\n
Methods of Inquiry<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
AFR\u00a0250<\/span><\/td>Interdisciplinary Studies: Methods and Modes of Inquiry<\/td><\/tr>\n
Gender<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Africana: Gender<\/a> – Complete at least one course designated with the (Africana: Gender) attribute.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Blackness from a Historical Perspective<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Africana: Historical Perspective<\/a> – Complete at least one course designated with the (Africana: Historical Perspective) attribute.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Diaspora<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Africana: Diaspora<\/a> – Complete at least two courses designated with the (Africana: Diaspora) attribute.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Seminar<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Complete one Junior-Senior Seminar.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Senior Thesis<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
Complete at least one course from the following:<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n
AFR\u00a0457<\/span><\/div><\/td>
Senior Thesis<\/td><\/tr>\n
AFR\u00a0458<\/span><\/div><\/td>
Senior Thesis<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>
\n\t\t

Our course catalog features more information on Africana Major.<\/p>\n\t\t Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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