African American Studies
Coordinator: Saundra Liggins
264 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3858
AfricanAmerican.Studies@fredonia.edu

 Academic Programs

NOTE: Requirements may differ according to date of enrollment.
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The African American Studies minor provides an interdisciplinary investigation of the origins, experiences, conditions, accomplishments, and contributions of people of African ancestry in the Americas. The program is designed for all students who want to deepen their understanding of African Americans by studying their earlier history in Africa, their transition to the New World, and the diasporic experiences in the Americas. The program also seeks to promote new ways of thinking about race, culture and social representation from different perspectives – notably, historical, literary, sociological, anthropological, psychological and artistic.

Requirements for the Minor in African American Studies

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Required: 21 credit hours from the following. Students declaring an African American Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.
 
Course Number Title Credit Hours
Required Course (3 credit hours):
INDS/HIST 220 Introduction to Ethnicity and Race

3

Core Courses (9 credit hours):
INDS 106 Introduction to African American Studies

3
HIST 333 African American History to 1877
or
HIST 334
 African American History since 1877

3
ENGL/INDS 240
 Intro. to African American Literature and Culture

3

Electives (6 credit hours - two courses; one in each of two disciplines; must not include a course that has been used for core course credit):
AMST 210 American Popular and Mass Cultures (with approval of the coordinator)

3
ANTH 322 Anthropology of Africa

3
ANTH 324 Anthropology of the Caribbean

3
COMM 359 Special Topics in Media (with approval of coordinator)

3
COMM 451 Radio Documentaries (with approval of coordinator)

3
COMM 452 Video/Film Documentaries I (with approval of coordinator)

3
COMM 465 Intercultural Communication (with approval of coordinator)

3
DANC 231 African Caribbean Dance

3
EDU 305/313 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom and Field Experience (with approval of coordinator)

3
ENGL 296 American Identities (under consideration by committee)

3
ENGL 299/399/499 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)

3
ENGL/WOST 340 Black Women Writers

3
ENGL 341 Harlem Renaissance

3
ENGL 342 African American Autobiography

3
ENGL 344 Contemporary Multicultural American Literature (under consideration by committee)

3
HIST 272 African History to 1880

3
HIST 273 African History Since 1880

3
HIST 299/399 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)

3
HIST 328 Civil War Era

3
HIST 333 African American History to 1877

3
HIST 334 African American History since 1877

3
HIST 336 African American Women's History

3
HIST 344 African American Social Thought

3
HIST 351 Defining America (with approval of coordinator)

3
HIST 372 Africa in the Nineteenth Century

3
HIST 387 Comparative Slave Societies

3
LANG 400 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)

3
MUS 265 History of Jazz

3
MUS 267 African American Music

3
MUS 361 Jazz Improvisation (with approval of coordinator)

3
MUS 362 Jazz Theory (with approval of coordinator)

3
MUS 363 Jazz Pedagogy (with approval of coordinator)

3
POLI 329 Topics in American Politics

3
POLI 334 African Politics

3
POLI 371 Civil Rights and Liberties

3
SOC 201 Social Problems (with approval of coordinator)

3
SOC 316 Minority Groups (with approval of coordinator)

3
SOC 360 Criminal Justice System (with approval of coordinator)

3
SOC 366 Sociology of Corrections (with approval of coordinator)

3
WOST 377 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)

3

Capstone Course (3 credit hours):
INDS 402 Independent Study: African American Topics
or

3
INDS 491 African American Studies Internship: African American Organization

3