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Bachelor's

Bachelor of Arts in African American and Africana Studies

University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences 68 courses 120 total credits

About This Program

The African American and Africana Studies degree allows students to complete an interdisciplinary program of study that draws together the multifaceted understanding of the Africana experience. The rich and challenging course work addresses historical, cultural, sociological, political, and psychological factors that affect the lives of people of African descent worldwide. Students will develop the breadth of knowledge indicative of a liberal arts education, and enhance their critical thinking and writing, analysis, and communication skills. The African American and Africana Studies degree will be beneficial for a wide range of students who plan to work in communication and media, education, law, health care, non-profit, and government.

Degree Requirements

College Requirements

I. Foreign Language (placement exam II. Disciplinary Requirements Major Core Requirements

Code Course Title Credits
AAS 100 Introduction to African Studies 3
AAS 200 Introduction to African-American Studies 3
AAS 301 Introduction to the African Diaspora 3
AAS 401 Independent Reading and Research in African-American and Africana Studies 3
AAS 400 Special Topics in African-American and Africana Studies (Subtitle required) 6
AAS 168 or ENG 168 All That Speak of Jazz: An Intellectual Inquiry Into Jazz and Democracy or All That Speak of Jazz: an Intellectual Inquiry into Jazz and Democracy 3
AAS 235 or SOC 235 Inequalities in Society or Inequalities in Society 3
AAS 253 or HIS 253 History of Pre-Colonial Africa or History of Pre-Colonial Africa 3
AAS 254 or HIS 254 History of Colonial and Postcolonial Africa or History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa 3
AAS 260 or HIS 260 African American History to 1865 or African American History to 1865 3
AAS 261 or HIS 261 African American History 1865-Present or African American History 1865-Present 3
AAS 263 or FR 263 African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) or African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) 3
AAS 300 or MUS 300 History of Jazz or History of Jazz 3
AAS 326 or ANT 326 Contemporary African Lives or Contemporary African Lives 3
AAS 328 or GEO 328 Geography of the Middle East and North Africa or Geography of the Middle East and North Africa 3
AAS 336 or GEO 336 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa or Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa 3
AAS 360 or HIS 360 Race and Sports in America or Race and Sports in America 3
AAS 432 or SOC 432 Race and Ethnic Relations or Race and Ethnic Relations 3
AAS 471 or PS 471 Race, Ethnicity and Politics or Race, Ethnicity and Politics 3
AAS 523 or SW 523 Social Perspectives on Racism and Ethnic Prejudices in America or Social Perspectives on Racism and Ethnic Prejudices in America 3
AAS 545 or EDP 545 Psychology of the Black Experience or Psychology of the Black Experience 3
AAS 550 or EDC 550 Education in a Culturally Diverse Society or Education in a Culturally Diverse Society 3
AAS 417G or PS 417G Survey of Sub-Saharan Politics or Survey of Sub-Saharan Politics 3
AAS 587 or HIS 587 The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. Since 1930 or The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. Since 1930 3
AIS 228 Islamic Civilization 3
AIS 345 Islamic Mysticism 3
AIS 430 Islam in America 3
ANT 160 Cultural Diversity in the Modern World 3
APP 200 Introduction to Appalachian Studies 3
ENG 265 Survey of African-American Literature I 3
ENG 266 Survey of African-American Literature II 3
ENG 361 Early African-American Literature 3
ENG 362 Flights to Freedom: Literature of the Great Black Migrations 3
ENG 368 Contemporary African-American Voices 3
ENG 369 African American Womenโ€™s Writing 3
ENG 460G Studies in African-American Literature (Subtitle required) 3
GEO 160 Lands and Peoples of the Non-Western World 3
GEO 220 U.S. Cities 3
GEO 221 Immigrant America: A Geographic Perspective 3
GEO 222 Cities of the World 3
GEO 260 Geographies of Development in the Global South 3
GWS 250 Social Movements 3
HIS 564 History of Brazil 3
SW 325 Social Justice Foundations 3

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