Black Diaspora Studies Minor

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Program Overview

The minor in Black Diaspora Studies is designed to provide students with the critical tools required, and to expose them to the historical knowledge and current research necessary for an informed understanding of continental Africa and Afro-American experience today. The minor is built around a core of courses that systematically document critical aspects of the Afro-American experience from its antecedents in antiquity to the critical aspects of present day. It provides students with an interdisciplinary study of the historical and contemporary lived experiences of African descendants in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, as well as continental African nations and its peoples. The minor also is designed to effectively prepare students who desire to continue on to graduate work in Black Diaspora Studies.

Program Requirements

The minor is available to all students who are enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program at Drake University. It consists of 18 credits in total. Students in the minor will need to complete one core class, two foundational courses, and three elective courses.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Course
Select one of the following:		3
BLDS 072/WLC 151	INTRO TO AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES
HIST 060	AFRICA IN WORLD HISTORY
Foundation Courses
Select two of the following:		6
ANTH 158	REPRESENTING RACE
ENG 064	AFRICAN-AMER LIT BEFORE 1920
ENG 065	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1920
HIST 060	AFRICA IN WORLD HISTORY
HIST 065	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877
HIST 066	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877
SOC 167	SOCIOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Electives
Select three of the following:		9
ANTH 143	TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION
BLDS 199	BLACK DIASPORA STUDIES INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENG 155	REPRESENTING DETROIT
ENG 158	LITERATURE OF SOUTH AFRICA
ENG 164	LATINO/A LITERATURE
ENG 168	POSTCOLONIAL RHETORICS
HIST 068	CIVIL RIGHT'S MOVEMENTS
HIST 112	CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION
HIST 140	AFRICA'S COLONIAL MOMENT
HIST 161	AFRICA, AFRICANS, AND ATLANTIC SLAVERY
MUS 078	INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ
MUS 160	SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC
POLS 119	TOPICS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
REL 118	RACE, RELIGION, AND CIVIC CULTURE
REL 120	BLACK CHRISTIANITY AND PROPH POL
SOC 076	INTERMEDIATE TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 122	MAKING FAMILIES PUBLIC
SOC 146	RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
SOC 167	SOCIOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Total Hours		18

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Black Diaspora Studies Minor

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