Africana Studies, Minor

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The Africana Studies minor is designed to examine the histories, cultures, societies, literatures, and arts of people of African descent, and their contributions to world civilization. The curriculum takes a transnational approach to the study of the Black experience and places it in a comparative context of Africa and the African Diaspora. The goal of the interdisciplinary curriculum is to provide a personalized education of distinction through a range of core and elective courses that allow students to determine areas of emphasis. With faculty advisement, students will select a tailored course of study that introduces them to the key themes, concepts, intellectual traditions, and political movements of Africana Studies, laying a strong foundation for practical application and social engagement through the critical interrogation of race, geography, and power.

For additional information please contact Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa (takaraga@chapman.edu).

Students pursuing a Minor in Africana Studies are required to:

Complete a minimum of 21 credits in the minor, 12 of which cannot be duplicated by coursework in the student’s major or any other minor(s).
Complete a minimum of 12 upper-division credits.
Complete a minimum of 6 upper-division credits in residence.

core requirements (9 credits)

AFST 101 - Introduction to Africana Studies 3 credits
one of the following (3 credits)
HIST 228 - African American Historical Experience 3 credits
HIST 250 - Why Africa Matters: African History 1800-Present 3 credits
AFST 320 - Black Feminisms 3 credits
one of the following (3 credits)
ANTH 301 - Ethnographic Fieldwork 3 credits
HUM 313 - Community Based Research Methods in Latinx Studies 3 credits

electives (12 credits)

four of the following, two of which must be upper division, no more than two courses from the same discipline

HIST 160 - African Voices: African History to 1800 3 credits
HIST 179 - Gender, Sexuality, and Power in 19th and 20th Century Africa 3 credits
REL 202 - Introduction to Islam 3 credits
HIST 222 - Apartheid and Resistance in South Africa 3 credits
SOC 225 - Social Inequality/Stratification 3 credits
HIST 228 - African American Historical Experience 3 credits (if not chosen for core requirement)
HON 242 - Beyoncé, Madonna, Nina Simone 3 credits
HIST 250 - Why Africa Matters: African History 1800-Present 3 credits (if not chosen for core requirement)
PCST 260 - Peace and Conflict in Fiction 3 credits
AFST 303 - “Mixed Race” Identities 3 credits
AFST 305 - Afro-Latinx in the Americas 3 credits
SOC 306 - Social Movements 3 credits
AFST 315 - Racialized Punishment 3 credits
HUM 317 - Unsung Stories and New Expressions 3 credits (when topic approved)*
AFST 320 - Black Feminisms 3 credits (if not chosen for core requirement)
HIST 322 - Global History of U.S. Civil Rights Era and Decolonization 1940s-1980s 3 credits
POSC 326 - Politics of the Contemporary Middle East 3 credits
REL 330a - Women and Religion: Voodoo in Context 3 credits
HIST 332 - Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction 3 credits
AFST 333 - Mapping the Black Pacific(s): Afro-Asian Encounters 3 credits
POSC 338 - African Politics 3 credits
AH 342 - Black Subjects in White Art History 3 credits
POSC 343 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties 3 credits
ENG 347 - Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies 3 credits (when topic is Caribbean Literature)
SOC 347 - Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies 3 credits (when topic is Postcolonial Women Writers)
FREN 348 - Topics in Francophone Literatures of the World 3 credits (when topic approved) **
PCST 352 - Race and Change in South Africa and the United States 3 credits
OR
POSC 352 - Race and Change in South Africa and the United States 3 credits
PCST 354 - Non-Violent Social Change 3 credits
POSC 362 - Politics of Humanitarianism 3 credits
SOC 370 - Race and Ethnicity 3 credits
POSC 372 - Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. 3 credits
HIST 379 - Queer Politics in Africa 3 credits
AFST 390 - Internship ½-3 credits
OR
AFST 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity 1-6 credits
LEAD 384 - Ethnic Studies Activism: Theory and Practice 3 credits
AFST 399 - Individual Study 3-6 credits
FS 444A - Black Cinema 3 credits
WGST 450 - Postcolonial Women Writers 3 credits
LEAD 485 - Leadership in Times of Crisis: Case Studies in Disaster Response 4 credits

total credits 21

*HUM 317 may count toward the minor, when the topic of the course contains a substantial Africana Studies component and is subject to the advisor’s approval.

**FREN 348 may count toward the minor, when the topic of the course contains a substantial Africana Studies component and is subject to the advisor’s approval.