African American Studies

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	African American Studies Dr. James Ochwa-Echel, Coordinator 3165 Blair Hall Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL 61920 Phone: (217) 581-5719 Fax: (217) 581-6598 E-mail: jrochwaechel@eiu.edu

Major

The requirements for the major in African American Studies are consistent with the view of the program as an area of interdisciplinary study. The major is designed to allow students gain a comprehensive knowledge of African peoples throughout the world. The major consists of 45 credit hours.

African American Studies Major

AFR 1000G: Intro to African American Studies, 3 credit hours
AFR 2000G: The African American Experience, 3 credit hours
AFR 3000: Special Topics: African American Studies, 3 credit hours
AFR 3100: African Aesthetics and Cosmology, 3 credit hours
AFR 3200: African-American Identity, 3 credit hours
AFR 3300: African Cinema, 3 credit hours
AFR 4000: Seminar on the African-American Leadership, 3 credit hours
AFR 4100: From Negritude to Afrocentricity, 3 credit hours
AFR 4275*: Internships (1-12 hours), 3 credit hours
AFR 4400*: Independent Study (1-12 hours)
HIS 3750: African-American History: A Survey, 3 credit hours
SOC 2840: Racial and Cultural Minorities, 3 credit hours

One of the following courses:

ENG 2705: African-American Literature, 3 credit hours
or
ENG 4750: Studies in African-American Literature, 3 credit hours

One of the following courses:

GEG 3050: The Geography and Culture of Africa, 3 credit hours
or
HIS 3250: African History, 3 credit hours
or
PLS 3353: Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, 3 credit hours

Three hours of elective chosen from the following:

AFR 3970: Study Abroad, 1 to 15 credit hours
ANT 3611: Peoples and Cultures of Africa, 3 credit hours
JOU 3951: Minorities and the Media, 3 credit hours
PLS 3543: Civil Liberties in America, 3 credit hours
PLS 3723: Public Opinion and Political Participation, 3 credit hours
PSY 4700: Prejudice and Discrimination, 3 credit hours
THA 3755: African-American Theatre, 3 credit hours

Footnotes: GPA based on all AFR course, and listed electives taken at EIU.
*only 3 credits each for both the independent study and the internship will count within the major.

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