Undergraduate Program

College of Arts and Sciences and Africana Studies Program Undergraduate Admission Requirements

A minimum of 26 credit hours; 23 credit hours must be in courses acceptable toward graduation.

A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on all work.

Transfer students must have a 2.00 transfer GPA.
Continuing UNM students must have a 2.00 institutional GPA.

Demonstrated academic achievement by satisfying the following:

Completion of the University Writing and Speaking Core.
Completion of the University Mathematics Core.
Completion of the University Foreign Language Core.

Completion of Africana Studies Program admission course work with grade of "C" or better:

One AFST course at any level.

Major Study Requirements

The interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 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 120 credit hours including completion of the Arts and Sciences distribution, the University of New Mexico Core Curriculum and other requirements of the University of New Mexico. 39 of the 120 credit hours must be taken from Africana Studies (15 of the 39 must be 300-level and above), distributed as follows:

			Credit Hours
I.		Foundational	3
	AFST 103	Foundations of Africana Studies
II.		Language	3
		Choose one from:
	AFST 101	Swahili I
	AFST 106	Elementary Arabic I
	AFST 207	Intermediate Arabic II
	ARAB 201	Intermediate Arabic I
		History	12
	AFST 284	African-American History I
	AFST 285	African-American History II
	AFST 388	Blacks in Latin America I
	AFST 396 -or- HIST 474	Emancipation and Equality Slavery and Race Relations in the Americas
		Political Science	9
	AFST 299 -or- AFST 309	Black Leaders in the U.S. Black Politics
	AFST 329	Introduction to African Politics
	AFST 333	Black Political Theory
		Women Studies	6
	WMST 250	Black Women
	WMST 331	Transnational Feminisms
		Literature and Culture	6
		Choose two from:
	AFST 251	African-American Literature I
	AFST 380	African Literature
	AFST 381	African-American Literature II
	AFST 385	The African World
	AFST 399	Culture and Education
III.		Eighteen credit 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.)	18
IV.		Eighteen credit hours of research and analytical skill development courses. (See the Director for a list of acceptable courses.)	18

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 requires 27 credit hours. Plan of study is designed by student and a faculty advisor to respond to student's academic and professional needs. AFST 284 and 285 are required.

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

Minor Study Requirements

Plan A (General)

The Africana Studies minor general option requires 24 credit hours of AFST courses as outlined below, of which not more than 3 credit hours may be earned through independent study or problems courses. Substitution of courses from other disciplines is possible with prior departmental approval.

		Credit Hours
AFST 101	Swahili I	3
AFST 103	Foundations of Africana Studies	3
AFST 284	African-American History I	3
AFST 299 -or- AFST 309	Black Leaders in the U.S. Black Politics	3
AFST 300 & above	Electives	9
AFST 391	Problems	3
	Total	24

Plan B (Specialized)

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

		Credit Hours
AFST 284	African-American History I	3
AFST 285	African-American History II	3
AFST 300 & above	Electives (AFST)	6
AFST 300 & above	Electives (area of focus)	6
	Areas of focus: history, economics, anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, etc. (300-level and above)
	Total	24

Plan C (Arts and Sciences majors only)

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

		Credit Hours
	Required Core
AFST 284	African-American History I	3
AFST 285	African-American History II	3
	The following courses must be cross-listed with Arts and Sciences department or be taken as courses in such department:
AFST 329	Introduction to African Politics (Political Science)	3
AFST 333	Black Political Theory (Political Science)	3
AFST 397 -or-* ENGL 411	Interdisciplinary Topics (English) Special Topics: Criticism and Theory, Literary and Cultural Movements (appropriate topics)	3
	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.	9
	Total	24