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Program Sample Plan

Program name: African American and African Studies B.A.
Sample Plan: African American and African Studies
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
AFRO 19xx - Freshman Seminar : 3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
AFRO 3301 - The Music of Black Americans : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
AFRO 3103 - World History and Africa : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
AFRO 3426 - African Americans, Social Policy, and the Welfare State : 3.0 cr
AFRO 4406 - Black Feminist Thought : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Note that AFRO 3251W is just one way to fulfill the "Gender-focused Elective" requirement
AFRO 3251W - Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender : 3.0 cr : WI
AFRO 4105 - Ways of Knowing in Africa and the African Diaspora : 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
AFRO 3432 - Modern Africa in a Changing World : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
AFRO 3593 - The African American Novel : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Note that AFRO 4991W is just one way to fulfill the "Senior Capstone Course" requirement
AFRO 4991W - Thesis Research and Writing : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 18.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr