Africana Studies General Program (BA)

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All majors are encouraged to meet with their Africana Studies advisors at least twice during each semester or term that they are enrolled. Students may choose from a wide range of special topic courses, such as AFA 391 , AFA 395 , or AFA 396 , to round out their course of study.

Requirements. Thirty-three credits, as follows:

Introductory courses (6 credits).
AFA 101 , AFA 220 .
History and literature (9 credits).
1. AFA 230 /HIS 230 .
2. Two from the following, including at least one 300-level literature course.
  History. AFA 322 , AFA 395 , AFA 396 ; AFA 235 /HIS 235 , AFA 334 /HIS 334 , AFA 335 /HIS 335 , AFA 336 /HIS 336 , AFA 338 /HIS 338 , AFA 435 /HIS 435 .
  Literature. AFA 301 ; AFA 215 /ENG 215 ; AFA 206 /CPL 206 /ENG 209 ; AFA 257 /CPL 257 , AFA 400 /CPL 400 , AFA 480 /CPL 480 ; AFA 300 /CPL 301 ; AFA 318 /CPL 318 /WGS 318 ; AFA 216 /WGS 216 .
Politics, economics, religion and philosophy (3 credits).
One from: AFA 240 , AFA 244 , AFA 351 , AFA 357 , AFA 364 , AFA 391 , AFA 395 , AFA 396 ; AFA 369 /ANT 369 ; AFA 203 /PHL 203 , AFA 205 /ANT 205 ; AFA 358 /HIS 368 ; AFA 304 /POL 304 .
Arts, cultures and languages (6 credits).
Two from: AFA 310 , AFA 311 , AFA 391 , AFA 395 , AFA 396 ; AFA 250 /ANT 250 ; AFA 305 /
ANT 305
;
AFA 325
/ARH 325 ; AFA 313 /MUS 313 ;
AFA 208
/THE 208 , AFA 239 /THE 239 , AFA 242 /THE 242 , AFA 312 /THE 312 ; AFA 380 /WGS 380 .
Education, psychology, health and social sciences (6 credits).
Two from: AFA 331 , AFA 362 , AFA 391 , AFA 395 , AFA 396 , AFA 399 ; AFA 219 /PSY 219 ; AFA 270 /SOC 270 ; AFA 359 /SOC 359 /WGS 359 ; AFA 375 /EDS 361 /SWR 361 .
Senior seminar/senior experience (3 credits).
AFA 490 or one from: AFA 391 , AFA 395 , AFA 396 , AFA 375 /EDS 361 /SWR 361 .
AFA 375 /EDS 361 /SWR 361 recommended.
All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Bachelor of Arts degree, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements, and all University of Michigan-Flint graduation requirements . For Africana Studies majors, a foreign language related to the African experience is preferred. The following foreign languages are particularly recommended: Amharic, Arabic, French, German, Hausa, Oromo, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, Yoruba, or other appropriate languages when offered. (Some of the applicable foreign languages are not offered at UM-Flint, but this requirement can be met through transfer credits and/or test results from other schools).

Minimum Credits For the Degree. 120 credits