Undergraduate Program

Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies

The interdisciplinary major in Africana Studies approaches the historical, cultural, and intellectual development of people of African descent from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Students are expected to follow a cross-disciplinary program with a strong research skill development emphasis. The B.A. requires 128 hours including completion of the Arts & Sciences distribution, the University of New Mexico Core Curriculum and other requirements of the University of New Mexico. Thirty-nine of the 128 hours must be taken from Africana Studies (15 of the 39 must be 300 level and above) distributed as follows:

I.		Foundational (3 hours)
	AFST 103	Foundations of Africana Studies (required)

II.		Language (3 hours)
	AFST 101	Swahili I
	AFST 106	Elementary Arabic I
	AFST 107	Elementary Arabic II
	AFST 206	Intermediate Arabic I
	AFST 207	Intermediate Arabic II

		History (12 hours)
	AFST 284	African-American History I (required)
	AFST 285	African-American History II (required)
	AFST 388	Blacks in Latin America I (required)
	AFST 396	Emancipation and Equality
	HIST 474	Slavery and Race Relations

		Political Science (9 hours)
	AFST 299	Black Leaders in the U.S.
	AFST 309	Blacks in Politics
	AFST 329	Introduction to African Politics (required)
	AFST 333	Black Political Theory (required)

		Feminist Studies (6 hours)
	AFST 250	Black Woman (required)
	WMST 234	Her Own Voice: Black Women Writers
	WMST 331	Third World Women

		Literature and Culture (6 hours)
	AFST 251	African American Literature I
	AFST 380	African Literature
	AFST 385	The African World
	AFST 381	African American Literature II
	AFST 399	Culture and Education

III.		Eighteen hours of relevant courses which must be taken from other departments. Relevant courses are courses that address the issues of concern to African Americans in particular and minorities in general. (See the Director for a list of acceptable courses.)

IV.		Eighteen hours of research and analytical skill development courses. (See the Director for a list of acceptable courses.)

Students in Africana Studies take a distributed minor through requirements III and IV. Students interested in minoring in a specific related field should contact the program director.

B.A. in Africana Studies as a second major will require 27 credit hours. Plan of study will be designed by student and a faculty advisor to respond to student's academic and professional needs. AFST 384 and 285 are required.

The program includes in its academic mission strong community based projects such as the Team of Excellence Mentorship program.

Minor Degree–General

The General Minor requires 24 hours of Africana Studies courses which include AFST 101, 103, 284, 299 or 309 and 12 hours of 300 level or above courses of which not more than 3 hours may be earned through independent study or problem courses. Substitution of courses from other disciplines is possible with prior departmental approval.

	Plan A
AFST 101	Swahili I	3
AFST 103	Foundation of African-American Studies	3
AFST 284	African-American History I	3
AFST 299	Black Leaders in the U.S.	3
	-or-
AFST 309	Blacks in Politics	3
AFST 300 and above	Electives	9
AFST 391	Problems	3
	Total	24

Minor Degree–Specialized

The Specialized option requires 24 hours and must focus their studies in economics, anthropology, history or other disciplines offering adequate relevant courses. Students are required to take 12 hours of AFST courses and the remaining 12 hours to be taken from the department in which the student focuses. A minimum of 6 of the 12 hours from each of the two departments must be 300 level or above. AFST 284 and 285 are required for this option.

	Plan B
AFST 284	African-American History I	3
AFST 285	African-American History II	3
AFST 300 & above	electives (AFST)	6
AFST 300 & above	electives (concentration)	6
	Areas of focus: history, economics, anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, etc. (300 & above)
	Total	24

Plan C (Arts and Sciences majors only)

The Africana Studies minor requires 24 hours, 15 hours of core courses and 9 hours of electives in the College of Arts & Sciences.

		Required Core Courses (15 hours):
1.	a.	AFST 284 African-American History I
	b.	AFST 285 African-American History II
2.		The following courses must be cross-listed with Arts and Sciences department or be taken as courses in such department
	a.	AFST 329 African Politics (Political Science)
	b.	AFST 333 Black Political Theory (Political Science)
	c.	AFST 397 African-American Literature (English)
		-or-
		AFST 392 Black Liberation and Religion (English)
		-or-
		ENGL 411 (when topic is appropriate)
		Electives (9 hours) Nine hours of electives must be taken in one of the following departments: Political Science, Economics, Anthropology, History, English. A list of approved courses is on file with the Africana Studies department.