Black Africana Studies AA Degree

Black/Africana Studies Associate of Arts DEGREE

The Black/Africana Studies degree program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to critically study the lived experience, life history, and culture of Black people. Undergirded by the three basic areas of focus of the discipline of Africana Studies – which are cultural grounding, academic excellence, and social responsibility – this program is comprised of courses that meet the general education requirements for an associate of arts degree. 

The goals and objectives of this program are to prepare students for transfer to a 4-year institution and a career in the human and social sciences,e.g., education, government and politics, management and industry, communication media, visual/performing arts, non-profit/advocacy, and entrepreneurial studies. Consistent with the institution’s mission of providing all students with access to quality education, this program will also prepare students for work with underrepresented populations and to make important contributions to the multicultural, global society, and world in which we live. 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Required Core: (9 Units) Units
AFRS 100 Introduction to Africana Studies 3
AFRS 101 Theories and Methods in Black/Africana Studies  3
AFRS 108 Black Politics: Social and Racial Justice Movements  3


LIST A: Select three or more courses from the following areas (at least two courses from Area 1 must be taken)

AREA 1: A minimum of 6 units

Courses Units
AFRS 112 African Cinema  3
AFRS 226 African American Literature  3
    or ENGL 226 African American Literature  (3)
ART 104 African Art History  3
ART 108 Black Images in Popular Culture 3
    or HUM 108 Black Images in Popular Culture (3)
HIST African American History  3


AREA 2: Elective Courses (3 units)

Any course from AREA 1 not previously taken

Courses Units
ART 109 Gender and Sexuality in Art 3
orHUM 109 Gender and Sexuality in Art (3)
ART 105B The Arts of Latin America and the Carribean 3
GEOG 102 Colonial to the Present  3
MUS 103 Jazz in America  3
SOC 210 Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S. 3
    or ETHN 210 Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.  (3)
SOC 215 Sociology of Cultural Diversity  3
POL 280 Race, Gender, and Sexual Identity in America  3
    or ETHN 280 Race, Gender, and Sexual Identity in America  (3) 
Total Units for the Major: 18

 

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Complete a minimum of 60 units, including:

  1. The Black/Africana Studies Core and Department requirements,
  2. A.A. Degree General Education requirements, and
  3. Additional elective courses, as needed