Africana & Black Studies Minor
Africana & Black Studies Minor
The Africana and Black Studies (ABS) Program is dedicated to preparing global citizens equipped with intersectional, interdisciplinary, and transnational perspectives that foster a sense of social consciousness, responsibility, and justice.
The ABS program supports CWU’s diversity and inclusivity strategic goals. ABS seeks to: (1) facilitate students’ understanding of marginalized peoples; (2) prepare students to lead and work in a diverse society and global market place; (3) foster students’ cultural enrichment to promote their development of cultural competence and understanding of the dynamics of U.S. and global political, social, and economic systems; and (4) challenge students to examine their assumptions about race, gender, class, sexuality, and the human experience.
Required Courses (10 credits)
- ABS 110 – Introduction to African American Artistic Culture (5)
- ABS 210 – Introduction to Black Experience in the U.S. (5)
Department-approved Electives (14-15 credits)
- ABS 300 – Black Diaspora Studies: Afro-Latin America and Afro-Caribbean Cultures (5)
- ABS 302 – Hip Hop as Global Culture (5)
- ABS 304 – Black Comedy and Satire (5)
- ABS 309 (ETS 309) – Race and Sports (5)
- ABS 310 – Black Social Media (5)
- ABS 315 – Black Hair Politics (5)
- ABS 336 (ENG 336) – Race and Literature (5)
- ABS 340 (ETS 340) – Race and Comics/Graphic Novels (5)
- ABS 360 (WGSS 360) – Black Women and Gender Studies (5)
- ABS 380 – Black Film and TV Studies (5)
- ABS 385 (TH 385) – Race and Performance (5)
- ABS 399 – ABS Seminar (3-5)
- ABS 400 – Afrofuturism (5)
- ANTH 130 – Cultural Worlds (5)
- ANTH 137 – Race, Power, and the American Dream (5)
- ENG 330 – African American Literature (5)
- ETS 325 – Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education (5)
- ETS 354 – Minority Experience (5)
- HIST 330 – Africa to 1800 (5)
- HIST 331 – Africa Since 1800 (5)
- HIST 332 – History of the Black Diaspora (5)
- HIST 334 – History of Gender and Sexuality in Africa from Pre-colonial Times to the Present (5)
- LAJ 402 – African Americans and the Constitution (4)
- POSC 365 – African Politics (5)
- SOC 386 – Seminar on Racism (5)
Total Credits: 24-25
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