African-American Studies Minor

Admission Criteria

Current UB students seeking admission to the African-American Studies minor should complete the College of Arts and Sciences Major/Minor Change Request Form.

Course Requirements

Program Distinction

A student in this major is eligible for Program Distinction upon degree conferral if the criteria are met. Criteria are found under Academic Honors in the Policy and Procedure section of this Catalog. Program Distinction is noted on the official transcript.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:

• Broad thematic periodization and chronology of African history, and the place of Africa in world history
• The parameters of the current socio-economic and cultural circumstances of the people of the African continent
• The chronology of the socio-economic, political and cultural history of the African diaspora in the Americas, and the role of the African diaspora in the history of the Americas up to the present
• The role of African Americans in the evolution of U.S. constitutional democracy through their struggles for inclusion
• Major themes in the current socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances of the African diaspora in the Americas
• Major descriptive and analytical themes in the historical role of the women of the African diaspora in the Americas, and in their current socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances
• The major depictions - both fiction and non-fiction - of these issues