Requirements for concentration:

11 units are required for the major.

Basic requirements:

a) At least one course at the 100-level not including foreign language courses; b) (AFRS 229 - Black Intellectual History ); c) (AFRS 299 - Research Methods ); d) at least two units at the 300-level, and e) a senior thesis.

Distribution of unit requirements:

Students must also meet two distribution requirements. Apart from clearly specified courses, AFRS 229 , AFRS 299  and senior thesis, the remaining 8 required units must include: (a) one course from each of the two divisions in the program, namely the 1) Arts and Humanities and 2) the Social Sciences, and (b) at least one course from each of the three regions of the African Diaspora, namely 1) Africa, 2) North America, and 3) Europe, the Caribbean, and South America. Note that one course (for example, African Religions) can meet the two distribution requirements (Africa\Humanities).

Students should normally take AFRS 229  and AFRS 299  before their junior year. A maximum of two units of language study can be counted toward the major. A maximum of one unit of fieldwork can be counted toward the major. JYA credits normally accepted by the college will count towards the distribution requirements in consultation with the program. NRO work may not be used to satisfy the requirements of the Africana Studies Program.