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Morris Campus
African American Studies Minor
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Free-Standing Minor
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Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2007.
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Required credits in this minor: 24.
African American experience and culture are central to American experience and culture. The African American studies minor allows students of all racial and ethnic identities both to concentrate on African American issues and to integrate their understanding of those issues into the broader context of American and African history and culture. The minor offers an interdisciplinary and interdivisional curriculum that enables students to explore a variety of intellectual approaches and to make methodological and thematic connections and comparisons among those several approaches.
Objectives--The objectives of the African American studies minor are to:
1) familiarize students with the variety, depth, and significance of African Americans' contributions to American culture;
2) enable students to see and appreciate the many African American points of view of history, society, politics, literature, art, and music;
3) help students connect the African American experience to the broader context of Africa and the African diaspora;
4) develop students' understanding of the nature of race and the dynamics of race and racism, particularily in the United States; and
5) give students a grasp of some of the methodological and intellectual approaches to a broad and multifaceted area of study.
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Minor Requirements
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No grades below C- are allowed.
A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the minor to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota course work. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced. Required Courses
Students must take a minimum of six courses in at least three different disciplines. At least four of the six courses must be devoted primarily to African American content.
Courses with PRIMARILY African American content:
Take 4 - 6 course(s) from the following:
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ARTH 3241 - African American Art, FA (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2041 - Introduction to African American Literature, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3331 - African American Literature, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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HIST 3302 {Inactive}
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HIST 3356 - Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1974, HIST (4.0 cr)
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HIST 3357 {Inactive}
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SOC 3251 - African Americans, HDIV (4.0 cr)
Elective Courses
Courses with PARTIAL African American content:
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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FREN 1311 - West African Francophone Cinema for Non-Majors, IP (4.0 cr)
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FREN 3041 - Francophone Studies: Francophone Worlds, IP (4.0 cr)
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FREN 3042 - Francophone Studies: Contes francophones, IP (4.0 cr)
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FREN 3043 - Francophone Studies: Litt¿rature migrante, IP (4.0 cr)
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HIST 3004 {Inactive}
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HIST 3005 {Inactive}
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HIST 3301 - Red, White, and Black: Race/Culture in Early America, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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HUM 1311 {Inactive}
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POL 3262 - Minorities and Public Policy, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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POL 3506 {Inactive}
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SOC 2101 - Systems of Oppression, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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SOC 3121 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality, HDIV (4.0 cr)
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SOC 3141 - Sociology of Deviance, E/CR (4.0 cr)
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