African and African Diaspora Studies (BA)
Total Hours Required: 120
Plan of Study
The Plan of Study is a suggested four-year course sequence to support academic planning and serves as a helpful guide. Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor to tailor their course selections and timelines to their individual goals and circumstances.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Hours | |
| Foreign Language other than English, Intermediate Proficiency | 6 | |
| First-Year Signature Course (090) | 3 | |
| RHE 306 | Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| Foreign Language other than English, Intermediate Proficiency | 6 | |
| Mathematics (020) | 3 | |
| AFR 303 | Introduction to Black Studies | 3 |
| U.S. History (060) | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| Hours chosen from: Geographical Area AFR | 3 | |
| Humanities (040) | 3 | |
| Natural Science and Technology, Part I (030) | 3 | |
| U.S. History (060) | 3 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts (050) | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| Hours chosen from: Geographical Area AFR | 3 | |
| Natural Science and Technology, Part I (030) | 3 | |
| American and Texas Government (070) | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (080) | 3 | |
| Minor course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| American and Texas Government (070) | 3 | |
| Natural Science and Technology, Part II (093) | 3 | |
| Cultural Expression, Human Experience, and Thought course | 3 | |
| Upper-division Minor course | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| Hours chosen from: AFR | 3 | |
| Upper-division Minor course | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| Hours chosen from: AFR | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: AFR | 3 | |
| Upper-division Minor course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division AFR concentration course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division AFR concentration course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| AFR 375 | Community Internship | 3 |
| Minor course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division AFR concentration course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division AFR concentration course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division AFR concentration course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Requirements
All requirements are listed below, starting with the most specialized moving to the most general. Additional requirements may follow the table, so be sure to read the entire page. Some required courses listed below may also satisfy General Education requirements, including Core Curriculum.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major | ||
| AFR 303 | Introduction to Black Studies | 3 |
| AFR 304 | Introduction to the Study of Africa | 3 |
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Community Internship | ||
| Senior Seminar | ||
| Hours chosen from: African and African diaspora studies, with at least two geographical regions of the African diaspora, identified as Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. | 6 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division hours chosen from one of the following concentrations with at least two geographical regions of the African diaspora, identified as Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States: | 9 | |
Critical race, gender, and sexuality theories (see course list tab for more) | ||
| Race and the Digital | ||
| Racism and Antiracism | ||
| Expressive Arts of Global Africa | ||
| Coloniality in West Africa | ||
Performance, music, art, and literature (see course list tab for more) | ||
| Writing for Black Performance | ||
| African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance | ||
| Diasporic Magic: Literature and Performance | ||
| Contemporary Artists of the African Diaspora | ||
Language, history, and behavioral and social sciences (see course list tab for more) | ||
| Power and Place: Making Texas History | ||
| The African Diaspora in the Americas | ||
| Introduction to African Prehistory | ||
Law, education, health, and policy (see course list tab for more) | ||
| Sociology of Education | ||
| Medicine in African History | ||
| Geographies of International Development in Africa | ||
General African and African diaspora studies | ||
Hours chosen from: Upper-division African and African diaspora studies | ||
| Subtotal | 24 | |
| Degree (see details below) | 51 | |
| Free electives: Additional coursework to reach total hours required. | 15 | |
| Subtotal | 66 | |
| General Education | ||
| Remaining Core Curriculum (42 hours total) | 30 | |
| Foreign Language other than English, Beginning Proficiency | ||
| Subtotal | 30 | |
| College Requirements - Liberal Arts | ||
| General University Requirements | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Additional Requirements and Policies
Students can fulfill the internship major requirement by:
- participating in an outside internship in an organization whose mission seeks social justice or addresses African-descended communities;
- by participating in any Study Abroad or Domestic Study program offered through the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, or
- by participating in any Study Abroad program based in Africa.
Degree - Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Liberal Arts
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Degree | ||
| Literature and Writing | ||
| RHE 306 | Rhetoric and Writing (Plan II honors requires at least a C-; may also count toward Core Curriculum) | 3 |
| Hours chosen from: Writing intensive coursework-see course list (may also count toward Core Curriculum; Plan II honors requires at least a C-) | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division Writing intensive coursework-see course list (may also count toward Core Curriculum; Plan II honors requires at least a C-) | 6 | |
| Choose a sequence below: | 12 | |
| Sequence 1: Plan II Honors (requires at least a C-; may also count toward Core Curriculum) | ||
| Plan II World Literature Part I | ||
or T C 303C | Plan II World Literature Part I | |
| Sequence 2: Plan I | ||
| British Literature | ||
or E 316M | American Literature | |
or E 316N | World Literature | |
| Foreign Language other than English, Intermediate Proficiency | 3 | |
| Choose a sequence below: Social Science | 3 | |
| Sequence 1: Plan II Honors (requires at least a C-; may also count toward Core Curriculum) | ||
| Honors Social Science: Methods and Theory | ||
or S S 302D | Honors Social Science: Psychology | |
or S S 302E | Honors Social Science: Anthropology | |
or S S 302E | Honors Social Science: Anthropology | |
or S S 302F | Honors Social Science: Economics | |
| Sequence 2: Plan I | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| Choose a sequence below: (M 301, M 316K, and M 316L do not count toward this requirement) | 3 | |
| Sequence 1: Plan II Honors | ||
| Modern Mathematics: Plan II | ||
| Sequence 2: Plan I | ||
Hours chosen from: Mathematics | ||
| Choose a sequence below: | 3 | |
| Sequence 1: Plan II Honors | ||
| Modes of Reasoning | ||
or PHL 313Q | Logic and Scientific Reasoning | |
| Sequence 2: Plan I | ||
| Choose a sequence below: | 15 | |
| Sequence 1: Plan II Honors | ||
Six Hours chosen from: Astronomy, biology, chemistry, geological sciences, physical science, or physics (may also count toward Core Curriculum) | ||
| Problems in Modern Biology | ||
| Modern Physics: Plan II | ||
Three Hours chosen from: | ||
Art history, music history, or history of theatre and dance | ||
Upper-division classical civilization, humanities, literature, or philosophy | ||
| Sequence 2: Plan I International Relations and Global Studies | ||
Free electives: Additional coursework to reach total hours required. | ||
| Sequence 3: Other Plan I | ||
Hours chosen from: | ||
Liberal Arts multi-disciplinary minor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences | ||
Liberal Arts multi-disciplinary minor in Cultural Expression, Human Experience, and Thought | ||
| Total Hours | 51 | |
Additional Requirements and Policies
Unless otherwise stated, students must complete at least:
- 15 upper-division degree hours
- 24 upper-division degree hours taken in residence at the University
- 36 additional degree hours taken in residence at the University.
Credit may be earned via credit by examination, extension, or transferred hours from another institution (requires dean's approval).
Major and minor required hours may also be used to fulfill degree requirements unless expressly prohibited.
A course in one degree area may not also be used to fulfill the requirements of another degree area unless specified otherwise.
Mathematics courses at the college algebra level may not count toward elective hours.
Majors
A major consists of 24 to 45 hours, with at least 15 upper-division hours unless the requirements of the major state otherwise.
Students must earn at least:
- 18 major hours taken in residence at the University.
- 6 upper-division major hours taken in residence at the University
- a 2.00 grade point average for in-residence major hours taken at the University unless a higher minimum scholastic requirement is specified for the major.
Minors
Students must get permission from their College of Liberal Arts academic advisor to pursue more than one transcript-recognized minor or certificate per major. The academic advisor will approve or deny the request after considering the student's long-term educational and professional goals and the student's ability to graduate within 4 years of entering the University.
Students should consult the department offering the course before planning to use it to fulfill the minor requirement.
Hours used to fulfill the requirements for a minor must be taken on the letter-grade basis.
Course List
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Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Theories
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFR 322D | Race and the Digital | 3 |
| AFR 324E | Racism and Antiracism | 3 |
| AFR 330 | Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism | 3 |
| AFR 330W | Black Queer Literature and Film | 3 |
| AFR 331C | Expressive Arts of Global Africa | 3 |
| AFR 335C | Africana Women's Art | 3 |
| AFR 335Q | Blackness in the Contemporary Art Museum | 3 |
| AFR 340E | African Women's History | 3 |
| AFR 340N | African Queer Studies | 3 |
| AFR 340S | Gender in North and West Africa | 3 |
| AFR 340W | Coloniality in West Africa | 3 |
| AFR 345F | Sex and Power in the African Diaspora | 3 |
| AFR 345P | African Religion in the New World | 3 |
| AFR 345U | Race Politics and Caribbeans | 3 |
| AFR 345W | Global Black Feminisms | 3 |
| AFR 350F | Black Women on Trial | 3 |
| AFR 350J | HIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts | 3 |
| AFR 351G | Black Women in America | 3 |
| AFR 351M | African American Social and Political Thought | 3 |
| AFR 351N | Black Political Thought | 3 |
| AFR 351R | African American Family in Historical and Contemporary Contexts | 3 |
| AFR 352E | African Americans in Sports | 3 |
| AFR 352K | African-American Women's Political Activism | 3 |
| AFR 352P | Food in the Racialized City | 3 |
| AFR 352Q | Black Geographies | 3 |
| AFR 360D | Race, Gender, and Surveillance | 3 |
| AFR 360G | Blacks and Asians: Race and Social Movements | 3 |
| AFR 360M | Abolition Medicine | 3 |
Performance, Music, Art, and Literature
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFR 330 | Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism | 3 |
| AFR 330C | Fashion And Desire | 3 |
| AFR 330F | Writing for Black Performance | 3 |
| AFR 330I | The Arts of Hip Hop | 3 |
| AFR 330J | Toni Morrison | 3 |
| AFR 330K | African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance | 3 |
| AFR 330L | African American Literature since the Harlem Renaissance | 3 |
| AFR 330O | Black Film at the Oscars | 3 |
| AFR 330Q | Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| AFR 330R | Literature of Black Politics | 3 |
| AFR 330S | Danticat and Diaz | 3 |
| AFR 330T | Diasporic Magic: Literature and Performance | 3 |
| AFR 330V | Greek Tragedies and Postcolonial Dramas | 3 |
| AFR 330W | Black Queer Literature and Film | 3 |
| AFR 331C | Expressive Arts of Global Africa | 3 |
| AFR 331D | Drugs in African American Popular Culture | 3 |
| AFR 331E | Black Cops in African American Popular Culture | 3 |
| AFR 331F | Black Horror and Psychoanalysis | 3 |
| AFR 335C | Africana Women's Art | 3 |
| AFR 335E | Introduction to African Art | 3 |
| AFR 335G | Diaspora Visions | 3 |
| AFR 335J | Contemporary Artists of the African Diaspora | 3 |
| AFR 335K | Twentieth-Century African American Art | 3 |
| AFR 335L | The Black Figure in American Art and Popular Culture | 3 |
| AFR 335M | Art of the Harlem Renaissance | 3 |
| AFR 335Q | Blackness in the Contemporary Art Museum | 3 |
| AFR 338C | Black Perspectives in Jazz | 3 |
| AFR 338D | Music of Latin America | 3 |
| AFR 338E | The Music of the African Diaspora | 3 |
| AFR 338F | Music of Mexico and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFR 340 | Contemporary African Popular Culture | 3 |
| AFR 340I | Modern Egypt in Film and Fiction | 3 |
| AFR 340J | African Travel Narratives | 3 |
| AFR 340L | Historical Imagining of Africa in Films | 3 |
| AFR 340P | Egyptian Hieroglyphics in Cultural Context | 3 |
| AFR 340W | Coloniality in West Africa | 3 |
| AFR 341C | Fashion in Africa | 3 |
| AFR 345P | African Religion in the New World | 3 |
| AFR 345Q | Mediascapes: Literature and Media in the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFR 345S | Afro-Latinos: Memory, Literature, Culture | 3 |
| AFR 345V | Literature of AIDS in Africa | 3 |
| AFR 345W | Global Black Feminisms | 3 |
| AFR 350C | Black Middle Class | 3 |
| AFR 352E | African Americans in Sports | 3 |
| AFR 352P | Food in the Racialized City | 3 |
| AFR 356D | African American Theatre History: 1950 to Present | 3 |
Law, Education, Health, and Policy
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFR 321L | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| AFR 340K | Medicine in African History | 3 |
| AFR 340M | Geographies of International Development in Africa | 3 |
| AFR 345K | Race Against Empire: Americas | 3 |
| AFR 345O | Debt and Colonialism in the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFR 345U | Race Politics and Caribbeans | 3 |
| AFR 350F | Black Women on Trial | 3 |
| AFR 350K | Puerto Rico In Crisis | 3 |
| AFR 350L | Race And Place | 3 |
| AFR 350N | Barack Obama and American Democracy | 3 |
| AFR 350Q | African-American Politics | 3 |
| AFR 350R | Global History of Disease | 3 |
| AFR 350S | The Black Church in African American Politics | 3 |
| AFR 350T | Domestic Slave Trade | 3 |
| AFR 350U | The Civil Rights Movement from a Comparative Perspective | 3 |
| AFR 350V | Gender and Slavery in the United States | 3 |
| AFR 351G | Black Women in America | 3 |
| AFR 351L | The United States in the Civil Rights Era | 3 |
| AFR 351U | Race, Capitalism, and the Environment | 3 |
| AFR 352F | Sociocultural Influences on Learning | 3 |
| AFR 352K | African-American Women's Political Activism | 3 |
| AFR 360 | Race, Law, and United States Society | 3 |
| AFR 360D | Race, Gender, and Surveillance | 3 |
| AFR 360F | Urban Unrest | 3 |
| AFR 360L | Race and United States Social Policy | 3 |
| AFR 360M | Abolition Medicine | 3 |
Language, History, and Social and Behavioral Sciences
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFR 320C | Power and Place: Making Texas History | 3 |
| AFR 321 | The African Diaspora in the Americas | 3 |
| AFR 321L | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| AFR 322 | Introduction to African Prehistory | 3 |
| AFR 330P | Writing Slavery | 3 |
| AFR 330R | Literature of Black Politics | 3 |
| AFR 331C | Expressive Arts of Global Africa | 3 |
| AFR 335K | Twentieth-Century African American Art | 3 |
| AFR 340 | Contemporary African Popular Culture | 3 |
| AFR 340D | Apartheid: South African History | 3 |
| AFR 340E | African Women's History | 3 |
| AFR 340F | African History in Films and Photographs | 3 |
| AFR 340G | Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| AFR 340J | African Travel Narratives | 3 |
| AFR 340K | Medicine in African History | 3 |
| AFR 340L | Historical Imagining of Africa in Films | 3 |
| AFR 340P | Egyptian Hieroglyphics in Cultural Context | 3 |
| AFR 340Q | Daily Life in Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| AFR 340R | Archaeology of African Thought | 3 |
| AFR 340T | African Religious Culture and Creativity | 3 |
| AFR 340U | Africa and Rome | 3 |
| AFR 340W | Coloniality in West Africa | 3 |
| AFR 341 | African Cities Since 1500 | 3 |
| AFR 345C | History of West Africa | 3 |
| AFR 345E | Afro-Latin America | 3 |
| AFR 345G | Religions of the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFR 345J | Race, Rebellion and Revolution in the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFR 345K | Race Against Empire: Americas | 3 |
| AFR 345M | Reimagining Cuba, 1868-Present | 3 |
| AFR 345N | Afro-Caribbean Diasporas | 3 |
| AFR 345O | Debt and Colonialism in the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFR 345T | Afro-Latinidades in the United States and Latin America | 3 |
| AFR 345U | Race Politics and Caribbeans | 3 |
| AFR 345W | Global Black Feminisms | 3 |
| AFR 350F | Black Women on Trial | 3 |
| AFR 350K | Puerto Rico In Crisis | 3 |
| AFR 350L | Race And Place | 3 |
| AFR 350P | Urban Slavery in the Americas | 3 |
| AFR 350Q | African-American Politics | 3 |
| AFR 350R | Global History of Disease | 3 |
| AFR 350T | Domestic Slave Trade | 3 |
| AFR 350U | The Civil Rights Movement from a Comparative Perspective | 3 |
| AFR 351 | The Global City | 3 |
| AFR 351C | Women and Social Movements in the Twentieth-Century United States | 3 |
| AFR 351G | Black Women in America | 3 |
| AFR 351J | Texas Black History | 3 |
| AFR 351L | The United States in the Civil Rights Era | 3 |
| AFR 351N | Black Political Thought | 3 |
| AFR 351P | Atlantic Slavery: History and Memory | 3 |
| AFR 351R | African American Family in Historical and Contemporary Contexts | 3 |
| AFR 351S | Science, Magic, and Religion | 3 |
| AFR 351T | Anthropology for Liberation | 3 |
| AFR 351U | Race, Capitalism, and the Environment | 3 |
| AFR 352C | Psychology of Race and Racism | 3 |
| AFR 352D | Psychology of the African American Experience | 3 |
| AFR 352F | Sociocultural Influences on Learning | 3 |
| AFR 352G | African American Religions | 3 |
| AFR 352J | Black Lives in the Archives | 3 |
| AFR 352P | Food in the Racialized City | 3 |
| AFR 352Q | Black Geographies | 3 |
| AFR 356D | African American Theatre History: 1950 to Present | 3 |
| AFR 357C | African American History to 1860 | 3 |
| AFR 357D | African American History since 1860 | 3 |
| AFR 360C | Social Media for Social Impact | 3 |
| AFR 360F | Urban Unrest | 3 |
| AFR 360G | Blacks and Asians: Race and Social Movements | 3 |
| AFR 360I | Black Freedom Movement | 3 |
| AFR 365C | African American Language | 3 |