2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin

Africana Studies Honors Minor

Description. The Minor in Africana Studies provides students with interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the historical and contemporary experiences of peoples of African heritage. Using themes such as culture, agency, struggle and justice, students will master multidisciplinary knowledge about Africa and the African diaspora, and will explore new ways of thinking about the cultures, philosophies, history and society of African peoples and their communities throughout the diaspora.

Learning Outcomes. Students will:

  • Explain how and why selected methodologies of the social sciences and humanities differ, and are utilized in Africana Studies.
  • Analyze the impacts of racial disparities as well as of Africana agency on the micro-, medial-, and macro-levels of society.
  • Design a research project using at least two different research tools.
  • Apply knowledge and academic resources using key concepts, theories and methodologies of Africana Studies, to themes of inequality, struggle, and justice.


Minor coordinator. Professor Carlton (Jama) Adams, Department of Africana Studies (212.237.8761, cadams@jjay.cuny.edu)

Minor advisor. Ms. Rulisa Galloway-Perry, Department of Africana Studies (212.237.8701, rgalloway@jjay.cuny.edu)

Credits required. 21

Eligibility. Overall GPA of 3.3 or higher

Requirements. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minors or programs.

Additional information. The curriculum presented here applies to students who started the minor in September 2018 or thereafter. If you declared the minor prior to that see the Undergraduate Bulletin 2017-18. 

Part One. Required Courses

AFR 140Introduction to Africana Studies

3

AFR 150Origins of Contemporary Africa

3

AFR 270Africana Social and Intellectual Thought

3

AFR 310Research Seminar in African-American Studies

3

or

AFR 325Research Methods in Human Services and Community Justice

3

AFR 410Independent Study

3

Subtotal: 15

Part Two. Electives

Select two

AFR 227Community-based Approaches to Justice

3

AFR 229Restoring Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict

3

AFR 237Institutional Racism

3

AFR 248Men: Masculinities in the United States

3

AFR 267/LLS 267/HIS 267History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States

3

AFR 315Community-based Justice in Africana World

3

AFR 317Environmental Racism

3

AFR 319Self, Identity & Justice: Global Perspectives

3

AFR 320Perspectives on Justice in the Africana World

3

AFR 322Inequality and Wealth

3

AFR 325Research Methods in Human Services and Community Justice

3

AFR 340/LIT 340The African-American Experience in America: Comparative Racial Perspectives

3

AFR 347/PSY 347Psychology of Oppression

3

AFR 354/PHI 354Africana Philosophy

3

HJS 310Comparative Perspectives on Justice

3

LIT 344Caribbean Literature and Culture

3

HJS 310: Prerequisites: HJS 250 and junior standing or above.

Subtotal: 6

Total Credit Hours: 21