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A 2.000 GPA is required for all University Credit in the minor.
A minimum of 3 units of University Credit is required in the minor.

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PROGRAM CODE: MIN AFS                        CATALOG YEAR: 20064 
                  Africana Studies Minor (AFS)                   
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       AFRICAN STUDIES MINOR                                     
       The Africana Studies Minor (AFS) requires a minimum of    
       18 units.                                                 
                                              
-->  NEEDS: 18.00 UNITS                               2.000 GPA  
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       African Studies Minor GPA                                 
       The African Studies Minor GPA shall include all UA        
       courses offered/crosslisted for this minor, whether       
       they are required or not.                                 
-->  NEEDS:                                           2.000 GPA  
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       AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR - Upper Division Units             
       The Africana Studies Minor (AFS) requires a minimum of    
       9 upper division units.                                   
  -  1)   NEEDS:  9.00 UNITS                                     
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       AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR - STUDY AREA I                     
       FOUNDATIONS OF AFRICANA STUDIES: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY   
       Foundations examine the past and present research         
       paradigms and conceptual framework employed in Africana   
       Studies. Courses in this area address: (1) The development
       of the field in relationship to teaching and understanding
       Africana theory and methodology.(2) research methods for  
       examining and analyzing Africana Diasporic thought and    
       behavior. (3) The development of Africana civilizations   
       and histories. Courses investigate the development and    
       institutionalization of Africana Studies, the             
       multi-disciplinary nature of its methodology and theory,  
       and survey determinate disciplines, scholars, and         
       historical events that impact/ed the foci of antecedent   
       and current research initiative/s.                        
  -  1) NOTE: AFAS220 is a prerequisite for AFAS222.             
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 220 ,222 ,302                          
     2) Optional Courses                                         
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 195A,396H                              
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       AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR                                    
       Select a Concentration area from Study Area II,           
       Study Area III, or Study Area IV.                         
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       AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR - STUDY AREA II                    
       AFRICANA SOCIETY, HISTORY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMICS        
       This study area contrasts and compares the forms,         
       functions, and significance of processes in the historical
       formation of contemporary demographic, economic, and      
       political patterns that characterize African-descent      
       populations in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.   
-->  NEEDS:  9.00 UNITS                                          
     1) Study Area II - 9 hours required.                        
          NEEDS:  9.00 UNITS                                     
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 224 ,255 ,345 ,348 ,435 ,436 ,440 ,    
           AFAS 468 ,475                                         
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   OR  AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR - STUDY AREA III                   
       PHILOSOPHY, IDEOLOGY, AND IDENTITY                        
       This study area surveys and analyzes processes of cultural
       production, systems of knowledge, institution building,   
       construction of group and individual identities among     
       African-descent populations in the Americas, the world and
       on the African Continent.                                 
                                              
-->  NEEDS:  9.00 UNITS                                          
     1) Study Area III                                           
        0 - 3 hours                                              
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 204 ,223                               
  -  2) Study Area III                                           
        6 - 9 hours                                              
          NEEDS:  6.00 UNITS                                     
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 304A OR 304B,315 ,329 ,344 ,351 ,      
           AFAS 381 ,487A,487B,495B                              
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   OR  AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR - STUDY AREA IV                    
       AFRICANA LITERATURE AND CULTURE                           
       This study area explores the multifaceted elements of the 
       Africana creative ethos in literature and culture.        
-->  NEEDS:  9.00 UNITS                                          
     1) Study Area IV                                            
        0 - 3 hours                                              
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 230                                    
     2) Study Area IV                                            
        6 - 9 hours                                              
          NEEDS:  6.00 UNITS                                     
        SELECT FROM: AFAS 300 ,303 ,305 ,306 ,320 ,339 ,342 ,    
           AFAS 420 ,478                                         
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OK     AFRICANA STUDIES MINOR                                    
       ADDITIONAL UNITS                                          
       The African Studies Minor shall include all UA            
       courses offered/crosslisted for this minor, whether       
       they are required or not.                                 
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