Approved Electives for the Africana and African American Studies Track in American Studies
The following courses are recommended as electives. Other classes, not included in the list below, may be counted toward the major with the approval of the program director. Students majoring in AAAS track should work closely with their advisor in designing their program of study and selecting the appropriate electives. For ARTH 340, MUSC 201, and MUSC 223, students should consult the instructor about the possibility of directing their written work or other assignments towards subjects pertaining to AAAS.
Code | Title | Semester Hours |
---|---|---|
AMST 251 | Black Masculinity in the United States | 4 |
AMST 255 | Imagining Africa | 4 |
AMST 351 | Toni Morrison | 4 |
ANTH 302 | Southern Cultures | 4 |
ANTH 304 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | 4 |
ANTH 305 | Cultures of Latin America | 4 |
ANTH 311 | Gender and Class in Latin America | 4 |
ANTH 314 | Colonialism and Culture | 4 |
ANTH 317 | The Anthropology of Development | 4 |
ANTH 379 | Ethnicities | 4 |
ARTH 340 | American Art | 4 |
ENGL 395 | African-American Literature | 4 |
HIST 214 | Africa Inside Out | 4 |
HIST 215 | Southern African History | 4 |
HIST 219 | History of Africa to 1880 | 4 |
HIST 220 | History of Africa Since 1880 | 4 |
HIST 223 | Latin American History to 1825 | 4 |
HIST 224 | Latin American History Since 1826 | 4 |
HIST 231 | African-American History to 1865 | 4 |
HIST 232 | African-American History since 1865 | 4 |
HIST 316 | The African-American Church in Slavery and Freedom | 4 |
HIST 317 | African-American Intellectual History | 4 |
HIST 318 | African American Women and Religion | 4 |
HIST 322 | Southern Lives | 4 |
HIST 324 | Colonial and Imperial Warfare in North America and Southern Africa | 4 |
HIST 327 | The Old South | 4 |
HIST 329 | The New South | 4 |
HIST 347 | The American Civil Rights Movement | 4 |
HIST 363 | Peasant Resistance and Rebellion in Latin America, 1500-1990 | 4 |
HIST 382 | Global Segregation, Race, and Popular Culture in the United States and South Africa | 4 |
HIST 385 | Missionaries, Mullahs, and Marabouts: African Encounters with Christianity and Islam | 4 |
HIST 386 | African Environmental History | 4 |
HIST 387 | Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa | 4 |
HIST 393 | America's Civil War | 4 |
HIST 394 | Reconstructing the South | 4 |
HIST 493 | The Civil War and American Historical Memory | 4 |
MUSC 201 | Bach, Beethoven, and the Beatles: History of Music in the Modern Era | 4 |
MUSC 223 | American Music | 4 |
POLS 223 | Public Policy | 4 |
POLS 227 | Africa in World Politics | 4 |
POLS 230 | Politics in Nigeria and South Africa | 4 |
POLS 311 | Politics of Central America and the Caribbean | 4 |
POLS 329 | Comparative African Politics | 4 |
POLS 373 | African-American Political Thought | 4 |
RELG 391 | Southern Religion | 4 |
RELG 393 | Rural Religion | 4 |
WMST 251 | Black Masculinity in the United States | 4 |
WMST 351 | Toni Morrison | 4 |