AFA_BA - African American Studies | Bachelor of Arts
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About this Program
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Credits for Degree: 120
To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college, and major requirements.
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The African American Studies program is one of the fastest growing majors at UF. The degree program provides students with a variety of innovative courses by applying creative cultural methods of teaching while examining the African American experience.
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This interdisciplinary major provides students with vital analytical, writing, research, and communication skills. The curriculum emphasizes engagement with anthropology, mass communications, education, English, history, linguistics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, and women’s studies. The program also includes courses that emphasize US-Canadian, US-Caribbean, and US-African relations and assists students in finding internships for college credit, research opportunities for graduate school, applying for study abroad programs, and positioning in a wide-variety of careers.
After obtaining a degree in African American Studies, students can seek careers in management and industry, communications and media, education, non-profit management and advocacy, government, politics and law, and health careers. Graduates will also be prepared to enter graduate programs in liberal arts and social science disciplines, and professional degree programs (with the addition of some prerequisites).
Required Major Coursework
Course List
Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
Introduction to African American Studies | 3 | |
Key Issues in African American and Black-Atlantic Thought | 3 | |
African American Studies Senior Integrative Seminar | 3 | |
Select one African American Studies required course: | 3 | |
The African Diaspora | ||
The Wire | ||
Black Feminist and Womanist Theory | ||
Black Masculinity | ||
Race, Religion, and Rebellion | ||
African American Religion | ||
Civil Rights and Religion | ||
History of Hip-Hop | ||
African American Politics and Policy | ||
Race, Law and the Constitution | ||
Select one applied, experiential, or research methods course (inside or outside of AFA): | 3 | |
Research Methods in African American History | ||
Mentoring At-Risk Youth | ||
History Research Seminar: Africa | ||
History Research Seminar: US | ||
Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Analytical Writing and Thinking | ||
Research Methods in Political Science | ||
Junior Seminar | ||
Thesis Seminar in Religion | ||
Introduction to Statistics 1 | ||
Core Courses | ||
Introduction to Statistics 2 | ||
Introduction to Statistics Theory | ||
Capstone Seminar | ||
African American Studies Major Electives | ||
AFA-prefixed courses at the 3000 level or higher | 6 | |
AFA-prefixed (any level) or AFA-approved courses | 9 | |
Total Credits | 30 | |
The same course may not be used to meet two different requirements.
Overseas Study
The African American Studies Program currently sponsors one study abroad course. This is a two-credit African Americans in Paris course that is offered during the Spring semester, and includes the study of the African American cultural, historical, and political experience in Paris, France. Students travel to Paris during Spring Break.