{"id":863,"date":"2024-05-14T16:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:19:25","slug":"the-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/africana\/the-major\/","title":{"rendered":"The Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"catalog-block catalog-program-overview\"><h2><strong>Major Requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The major in Africana requires ten courses and a thesis.<\/p>\n<h3>Introductory Course(s)<\/h3>\n<p>Complete one option from the following:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-left:40px\">Option 1<\/h4>\n<ul>\n\t<li><span class=\"sc_courseinline\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 100\">AFR\u00a0100<\/span> Introduction to Africana<\/span><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4 style=\"margin-left:40px\">Option 2<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-left:40px\">Complete at least two Africana (AFR) courses at the 100-level.<\/p>\n<h3>Methods<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following course:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:40px\">\n\t<li><span class=\"sc_courseinline\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 250\">AFR\u00a0250<\/span> Interdisciplinary Studies: Methods and Modes of Inquiry<\/span><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Gender<\/h3>\n<p>Complete at least one course designated with the <a href=\"\/attributes\/africana-gender\/\">(Africana: Gender)<\/a> attribute.<\/p>\n<h3>Blackness from a Historical Perspective<\/h3>\n<p>Complete at least one course designated with the <a href=\"\/attributes\/africana-historical-perspective\/\">(Africana: Historical Perspective)<\/a> attribute.<\/p>\n<h3>Diaspora<\/h3>\n<p>Complete at least two courses designated with the <a href=\"\/attributes\/africana-diaspora\/\">(Africana: Diaspora)<\/a> attribute.<\/p>\n<h3>Seminar<\/h3>\n<p>Complete one Junior-Senior Seminar:<\/p>\n<table class=\"sc_courselist\">\n<caption class=\"hidden noscript\">Course List<\/caption>\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"codecol\"\/>\n<col class=\"titlecol\"\/>\n\n<\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"hidden noscript\">\n<th scope=\"col\">Code<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Title<\/th>\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"even firstrow\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 301K\">AFR\u00a0301K<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Policing and Carceral Culture in U.S. History, 1740-1880<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 302\">AFR\u00a0302<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Black Feminist Activist and Intellectual Traditions<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 303\">AFR\u00a0303<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Birthing while Black<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 306\">AFR\u00a0306<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Reimagining Africana<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 308\">AFR\u00a0308<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 309\">AFR\u00a0309<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Freedom in the Iberian Black Atlantic<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 317\">AFR\u00a0317<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>African American Political Thought<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 320\">AFR\u00a0320<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Immigrant Racialization<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 325\">AFR\u00a0325<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 330\">AFR\u00a0330<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>Latina\/o\/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" class=\"blockindent\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"AFR 339\">AFR\u00a0339<\/span><\/div><\/td><td>International Politics and Foreign Policy in Africa<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><div style=\"margin-left:20px;\" 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