AFST courses may be used as part of the 14 hours of electives, but students must also take courses from at least two academic disciplines in addition to AFST. Special topics courses may count as electives in the minor with the approval of the Africana Studies Director.

ANTH 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (4)
ARTH 385 - African Art (4)
ARTH 386 - Arts of the African Diaspora (4)
DAN 117 - Caribbean and African Dance Forms (4)
HIST 302 - African American History: 1865 to the Present (4)
HIST 303 - Colonial North America (4)
HIST 305 - Civil War and Reconstruction (4)
HIST 307 - Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement (4)
HIST 309 - History of the “Old South” (4)
HIST 310 - African American History to 1865 (4)
HIST 318 - The Modern South (4)
HIST 391 - The History of the Atlantic World, 1492-1820 (4)
LIT 364 - Postcolonial Literature (4)
MUSC 343 - African American Music: Slavery to Swing (3)
MUSC 344 - African American Music: R&B to Hip Hop (3)
MUSC 357 - Jazz History (3)
POLS 220 - Introduction to American Politics (4)
POLS 343 - Politics of the Civil Rights Era (4)
POLS 344 - Black Political Thought (4)
POLS 362 - African Politics (4)
RELS 312 - Religion in America to 1865 (4)
RELS 313 - Religion in America Since 1865 (4)
SOC 312 - Society, Culture and Poverty (4)
SOC 320 - Sociology of Race (4)
SOC 352 - Social Movements and Democracy (4)

Additional Information

University-wide minimum requirements for a minor: 1) one-half of the hours required for a minor must be completed in residence at UNC Asheville, to include at least 6 hours at the 300-400 level; 2) students must have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 2.0 on minor courses taken at UNC Asheville.

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