{"id":2385,"date":"2015-06-22T16:11:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/?page_id=2385"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:34:19","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academics<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Academics\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-academics\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-4757\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4757\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/academics\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4760\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4760\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4763\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4763\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/minor\/\">Minor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You can add an Africana Studies mnuajor to your transcript with as few as 10 courses, and a minor with only 6. You may already be close. See what you&#8217;ve taken that may already count.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/africana-studies-b-a\/\" title=\"\">ADVISING\/CURRICULUM SHEETS<\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/academics\/course-descriptions\/\" title=\"\">COURSE DESCRIPTIONS<\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/africana\/academics\/learning-outcomes\/\" title=\"\">LEARNING OUTCOMES<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degree Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 120 credits are required to graduate, at least 42 of which must be at the 300 level or above. A minimum of 30 credits are required for the Africana Studies major, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Required Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AAF 201: Introduction to Africana Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 202: Introduction to the Culture of the African Diaspora<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 6 credits from each of the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History and Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AAF\/HIS 150 Introduction to African American History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 380 Civil Rights Movement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 372 Afro-Americans and the Legal System<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 415 Dynamics of Social Change in the Caribbean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/EDC 325 History of African American Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/HIS 366 Black Political Thought, Civil Rights\/Black Power Age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/HIS 359 History of Slavery in America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/HIS 388 History of Sub-Saharan Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/PSC 408 African Governments and Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/PSC 410 Issues in African Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/PSC 466 Urban Problems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/PSC 484 Global Equity, Justice, and Social Media&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 353 African and Indigenous Slavery in New England and the Mid-Atlantic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 206 Free Women of Color in the Atlantic World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 235 Talent Development at URI: History, Legacy, Impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 205 Early African Civilizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arts and Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AAF\/MUS 208 History of Hip Hop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/ENG 247 Introduction to Literature of the Diaspora<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/ENG 248 Afro-American Literature: 1900-Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 352 Black Images in Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 361 Afrofuturism and Black Futures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/ENG 362 African-American Literature Genres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/ENG 363 Afro-American Fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/ENG 364 Contemporary African Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MUS 398\/598 West African Percussion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 462 Contemporary African Poetry and Writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social and Behavioral Science 6-9 units<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AAF 230 Black Lives Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 239 Leadership in the African Diaspora&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/SOC 240 Race and Ethnicity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MAF 300 Race, Gender, Colonialism, and Science&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF\/PSY 399 Introduction to Multicultural Psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 390 Directed Study or Research (Permission of director by override only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 401 The Earl N Smith III Cabo Verde Study Abroad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 412 Economics of Racism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AAF 498 Senior Seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academics Curriculum You can add an Africana Studies mnuajor to your transcript with as few as 10 courses, and a minor with only 6. 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