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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 1000G
Introduction to Africana Studies. (3 credits)
AFR 2000G
African American Social Movements. (3 credits)
AFR 2200G
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 1522G
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 3610G
African Art. (3 credits)
MUS 3562G
Non-Western Music. (3 credits)
THA 3755G
African-American Theatre: Historical and Contemporary. (3 credits)
Concentration in Literature:
ENG 2705G
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 Third 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 2253G
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 2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.