Department of African American and African Studies, 810 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-9847; fax: 612-624-8383)

This interdisciplinary graduate minor is administered through the Department of African American & African Studies. The minor program gives students from a variety of disciplines a structured graduate curriculum that offers a systematic understanding of the contemporary and historical experiences of peoples of Africa and of the African diaspora. It is organized around a group of core seminars and focuses on two broad areas: the humanities and the arts, and the social and behavioral sciences.

Students must complete an application form by the end of spring semester to be considered for acceptance for the following academic year. It is expected that no more than 15 students will be admitted to this minor each year. An undergraduate major or minor in African American and/or African studies is not required for admission to the program, but students are expected to have had sufficient background to begin graduate level study.

Students develop their program in consultation with the director of graduate studies in studies in Africa and the African diaspora and in their major. All courses must be outside the student's major field of study. The master's minor requires a minimum of 9 graduate credits, including the seminar AFRO 5101 - Studies in Africa and the African Diaspora. Remaining courses are selected from one of the following two areas: humanities and the arts or behavioral and social sciences. The doctoral minor requires a minimum of 15 graduate credits, including the seminar AFRO 5101 - Studies in Africa and the African Diaspora. Students take one additional seminar that focuses on the study of Africa and peoples of African descent. Remaining courses are selected from one of the two areas listed above.