Africana Studies Minor

Total Semester Hours: 18

Summary of Minor requirements:

3 Courses from the core - 9 hours
3 Courses from only one area of concentration - 9 hours

Core: Total Semester Hours - 9

AFR 1000

Introduction to Africana Studies. (3 credits)

AFR 2000

African American Social Movements. (3 credits)

AFR 2200

Pan Africanism. (3 credits)

Electives: Total Semester Hours - 9

9 Semester hours from a single area of concentration.

Concentration in History and Culture:

GEO 3050

Geography and Culture of Africa. (3 credits)

HIS 1522

World History: Slavery and Freedom. (3 credits)

HIS 3750

African-American History: A Survey. (3 credits)

JOU 3970

Race, Gender, and the Media. (3 credits)

SOC 2840

Race and Ethnic Relations. (3 credits)

Concentration in Fine Arts (art, music, theater and dance):

AFR 3000

Special Topics in Africana Studies. (3 credits)

AFR 3300

African Cinema. (3 credits)

ART 2300

African-American Art. (3 credits)

ART 3610

African Art. (3 credits)

MUS 3562

Global Music. (3 credits)

THA 3755

African-American Theatre: Historical and Contemporary. (3 credits)

Concentration in Literature:

ENG 2705

African American and Africana Literatures. (3 credits)

ENG 2850

Postcolonial Literatures in English. (3 credits)

ENG 3705

American Multicultural Literatures. (3 credits)

ENG 4750

Studies in African American Literature. (3 credits)

ENG 4850

Studies in Postcolonial and World Literatures. (3 credits)

Concentration in Politics and International Development:

AFR 3600

HIV/AIDS and Development in Africa. (3 credits)

AFR 3700

Race and Neighborhood Development. (3 credits)

AFR 3970

Study Abroad. (1 to 15 credits)

(Only 3 hours will count towards the Africana Studies Minor)

PLS 2253

Introduction to International Relations. (3 credits)

PLS 3223

International Organizations. (3 credits)

Concentration in Gender:

AFR 2400

Black Women in the Diaspora. (3 credits)

AFR 2600

African American Men. (3 credits)

AFR 3150

Women and Development in Africa. (3 credits)

AFR 4275

Internship in Africana Studies. (1 to 15 credits)

(Only 3 hours will count towards the Africana Studies Minor)

AFR 4400

Independent Study. (1 to 3 credits)

(Only 3 hours will count towards the Africana Studies Minor)

Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.

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