The Minor

A minor in Africana allows students to develop a basic foundation in the field and to complement the perspective and modes of analysis offered in their major area of study.

Minor Requirements

The minor in Africana requires six courses. Courses taken for the minor must include:

Introduction to Africana

Complete the following course:

  • AFR 100 Introduction to Africana

Gender

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

Diaspora

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

Blackness from a Historical Perspective

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