Africana Studies Minor

21 hours distributed as follows:

AFST 130 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3)

18 hours selected from the Africana Studies electives:

Courses must come from two different departments.

ANTH 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
ANTH 280 - Cultures of Africa (3)
ARTH 385 - African Art (3)
ARTH 386 - Arts of the African Diaspora (3)
DAN 130 - African Dance I (1)
DAN 230 - African Dance II (2)
DAN 231 - African Drumming Techniques (1)
DAN 260 - African Dance Repertory (2)
HIST 302 - African American History: 1865 to the Present (3)
HIST 305 - Civil War and Reconstruction (3)
HIST 318 - The Modern South (3)
LIT 358 - Black Literature (3)
MUSC 357 - Jazz History (2)
POLS 220 - Principles of American Political Behavior (4)
POLS 344 - Black Political Thought (4)
SOC 221 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
SOC 240 - Evolution, Revolution and Social Change (3)
SOC 312 - Society, Culture and Poverty (3)
SOC 358 - Globalization and Social Change in Africa (3)
SOC 402 - The Color Line: Classical and Contemporary Views of African Americans (3)
SOC 420 - Difference and Inequality (3)

Additional Information:

Special topics courses may count as electives in the minor with the approval of the Africana Studies Director. Students must earn a minimum 2.00 grade-point-average on all minor courses taken at UNC Asheville. One-half of the hours required for a minor must be completed at UNC Asheville, to include at least 6 semester hours of 300-400 level courses.