Academic Requirements for the Minor in Global Black Studies
Five courses, including at least three upper-level (3000–4000 level), chosen from an approved list.
Because new courses may be added to the curriculum from time to time, students should also consult with the Chair of the global black studies minor.
Courses Available for the Minor in Global Black Studies
School of Humanities
ARH 2300/West African Art
ARH 2305/West African Dance: History, Theory, Practice
ARH 2550/Introduction to Afro-Atlantic Arts I ARH 2750/Introduction to Arts of Africa I: Prehistory to 1651 ARH2755/Introduction to Arts of Africa II: 1651 to Present ARH3080/Introduction to Afro-Atlantic Arts II
ARH 3170/African American Art
ARH 3177/Contemporary African Art
ARH 3565/Photography in Africa and the African Diaspora
ARH 4130/Contemporary African American Art: East Coast-West Coast
ARH 4770/African Art and Film
ARH 4775/Performance Art in the West African Diaspora
FRE 3067/French Caribbean Literature
HIS 2540/Society and Culture in Modern Brazil
HIS 2770/Ancient Africa: History and Archaeology HIS 3463/From Haiti to Ferguson: The Global Black Freedom Struggle since Slavery
HIS 3466/To Enjoy Our Freedom: African American History Since 1865
HIS 3555/African Diasporas in the Americas
HIS 3625/Slaves and Enslavement in the Americas HIS 3635/Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the US
HIS 3705/Slavery and Social Status in the Atlantic World
LIT1610/Intro to LatinX Literature
LIT 2100/Freedom Dreams: Introduction to African American Literature LIT2315/African Literature as Restoration LIT2388/Literature of the African Diaspora LIT2765/Child Soldier Narratives LIT 3011/Literature, Race and the Police State
LIT 3012/The Lives of James Baldwin (added Fall 2020)
LIT 3043/Toni Morrison LIT3228/Decolonizing Sex and Gender LIT3095/Literature of the Human Race
LIT 3380/Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
LIT 3605/Jazz and the Literary Imagination
LIT 3845/Zora Neale Hurston
PHI 2560/Thinking Race
JOU 3040/Race, Gender, and the Media
School of Natural and Social Sciences
ANT 1010/Nigerian/Hausa Language and Culture
ANT 2730/New Black Ethnographies
ANT 3255/Urban Life in Africa
ANT 3345/Media and Performance in Africa
POL 2130/Race and Politics
POL 3090/Race, Gender, and the Law
POL3235/Globalization, Development, and Poverty POL3361/Cuba, Latin America and the U.S
SOC 4025/Critical Race Theory
SOC 2140/Race and Ethnicity SOC 3415/ Racial Inequalities
SOC 3725/Globalization, Culture, Social Change: Africa & US
PSY 2210/Health Disparities in America: Poverty, Race and Medical Care PSY2745/Psychology of Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination PSY3300/Cultural Psychology
PSY 3090/Psychology of Stigma
Conservatory of Dance
DPM 1160/West African Dance
DPM 1170/Fundamentals of Voguing
Conservatory of Music
MPE 1245/Soul Voices Ensemble
MUS 2570/Introduction to Jazz
Conservatory of Theatre Arts
THP 3125/Performing Black Theatre THP3495/Black American Drama THP3530/ Black and Gay in Performance