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Africana Studies
Dr. David Owusu-Ansah, Coordinator
Phone: (540) 568-6743
E-mail: owusuadx@jmu.edu
Dr. Jacqueline B. Walker, Coordinator
Phone: (540) 568-3994
E-mail: walkerjb@jmu.edu
The minor in Africana studies broadens students’ world perspectives by enhancing their acquaintance with and understanding of the peoples, issues of identities, and institutions of Africa as well as the African Diaspora in the Western Hemisphere. The Africana program engages interdisciplinary approaches to understand and to encounter African and the African Diaspora in a global context. The interdisciplinary character of the program is further enhanced by the fact that courses taken to fulfill program requirements are drawn from several departments. From these course offerings, students will examine and engage with some of Africana Studies major contributing disciplines, concepts, methods and topics including the development of new identities.
The minor program in Africana studies is open to all undergraduate students at JMU. Courses taken to complete the Africana studies minor can also be used to satisfy the students major, as well as General Education requirements.
The Africana studies minor requires:
- The successful completion of 24 credit hours according to the requirements listed below.
- No more than 9 of the 24 hours coming from 100- or 200-level courses.
- No more than 12 of the 24 hours coming from a single discipline.
- No more than 6 of the 24 hours coming from special topics, special studies or independent studies (typically courses listed as 490 within most majors, e.g., ANTH 490, GEOG 490, HIST 399, POSC 490, SOCI 490.)
Required Courses |
Credit Hours |
AFST 200. Introduction to Africana Studies |
3 |
Choose one from each of the following options: |
6 |
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Choose four or more of the following courses, working toward a theme in your selections and not repeating courses from above: |
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AFST 489. Senior Research Experience2 |
3 |
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24 |
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1Course topic and content must focus on Africa and be
approved by the program director(s).
2 Research must have an African, African-American or Diaspora focus.
3
Course topic and content must focus on African descendants in the
Western Hemisphere and be approved by the program director(s).
In addition to taking these courses, students are encouraged to participate in travel or study programs to Africa the Caribbean and other relevant areas. Students who want to earn credit hours through participation in an accelerated travel/study program are encouraged to do so with the prior approval of the program director(s).
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