Students must complete twelve (12) credit hours of coursework in one of two areas of concentrations: Community Empowerment or Culture and Aesthetics.
Students who select the Community Empowerment concentration must complete at least twelve (12) credit hours of designated Community Empowerment coursework. Below are some suggested courses, but other courses may be considered if approved by the Graduate Program Director:
African-American Social Movements
Seminar in African-American History
Seminar in African-American Women’s History
Seminar in Southern Modern Civil Rights Movement
African-American Political Participation
Dynamics of the African-American Family
African-American Masculinity
African-American Women in the U.S.
African-American Community Empowerment
Ethnicity and Aging
African-American Anthropology
African Social Movements
Africana Women and Social Political Change
African Politics
Geography of Africa
Students who select the Culture and Aesthetics concentration must complete at least twelve (12) credit hours of designated Culture and Aesthetics coursework. Below are some suggested courses, but other courses may be considered if approved by the Graduate Program Director:
African Art
Contemporary African Art
Art of Egypt, Nubia & Maghrib
African-American Literary Theory
19th Century African-American Literature
20th Century African-American Literature
African-American Language
The Black Arts Movements
African-American Art
Jazz Styles