AFRAM-MIN - African and African American Studies (Minor)

Students who minor in AAAS complete a minimum of 30 units of approved courses. The minor allows students access to key faculty and partners of AAAS. Students who minor work closely with the AAAS associate director, and the AAAS director in developing a coherent understanding within their minor that reflects their scholarly interests in the field.

All external credit requests are reviewed by the faculty director.

The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the program’s undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:

1. an interdisciplinary understanding of scholarship related to the African diaspora and Africa, drawing on interdisciplinary course work.

2. the ability to identify and critically assess different disciplinary, methodological, and interpretive approaches to the study of African Americans, Africans, and/or people of the African diaspora.

3. an understanding of comparative approaches to race.

4. skills in disciplinary methods necessary for their study.

5. the ability to express their interpretive and analytical arguments in clear, effective prose.