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PROGRAM CODE: MIN AFS CATALOG YEAR: 20094
Africana Studies Minor (AFS)
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The University of Arizona
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS REPORT
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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.
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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.
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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 ,444 ,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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