PROGRAM CODE: A4 AFS BA CATALOG YEAR: 20064
Bachelor of Arts - Africana Studies
College of Humanities
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The University of Arizona
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS REPORT
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University Graduation Requirements
All course work and requirements for this degree must be
completed prior to the date the degree is awarded.
- The University of Arizona and the Arizona Board of
Regents have sole discretion over all curricula changes.
- Courses, programs & requirements may be suspended,
deleted, restricted, or changed in any manner, at any
time.
- Students must remain currently informed about all policies
& other info that bears on completing a degree.
Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirements
- Major course work: 2.000 GPA in each discipline.
- Minor course work: 2.000 GPA in each minor.
- University of Arizona course work: 2.000 GPA.
Units: See the 'Earned' total under 'Units required for this
degree' for a total minus any duplicate credit or excess
community college credit, and adjusted in accordance with
academic policies in your Catalog.
All majors require at least 18 units.
Application for Degree Candidacy
- Students must apply for degree candidacy in order to
graduate and receive a degree and diploma.
- Contact your college/major advisor to determine the
appropriate time to apply for degree candidacy.
- Detailed degree candidacy & graduation info available at
http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/graduation/udegcert.htm
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Units required for this degree
A minimum of 120 units is required for this degree.
Additional units will be required to complete this degree
if a student:
A) is admitted to the UA with deficiencies;
B) changes his/her academic program;
C) fails to meet minimum course/program requirements; or
D) ineffectively plans or fails to execute a course of
study that leads directly to degree completion.
E) is completing more than one baccalaureate degree.
--> NEEDS:120.00 UNITS
1) A maximum of 64 units of community college course work
may apply toward graduation.
2) A maximum of 60 units of correspondence credit and/or
credit by exam may apply toward graduation.
3) A maximum of 15 units completed as a non-degree seeking
student may be used for fulfilling undergraduate degree
requirements.
4) A minimum of 30 units of UA University Credit
(excluding correspondence credit and credit by exam)
is required.
NEEDS: 30.00 UNITS
5) A minimum of 18 of the final 30 units taken toward
degree requirements must be UA University Credit.
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UA Earned Hours & Cumulative GPA
A 2.000 cumulative GPA is required to graduate from the
University of Arizona (excluding correspondence and
credit by exam).
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Upper Division Units Requirement
A minimum of 42 units of upper-division credit are
required for this degree.
- 1) NEEDS: 42.00 UNITS
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University Composition Requirements
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 101 ,103H,107
- 2) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108
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OR AP Exam and ENGL 109H
- 1) SELECT FROM: ENGL 109H
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Mid-Career Writing Assessment
- 1) The Mid-Career Writing Assessment is satisfied by
earning a grade of B or better in second semester
English Composition (ENGL 102, 104H, 108, or 109H).
Students who do not earn a grade of B or better in ENGL
102, 104H, 108, or 109H must also satisfy a college or
department writing requirement.
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108 ,109H
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Foundation Mathematics - General Strand
- 1) Take one 3 unit course from the following list.
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
-> NOT FROM: MATH 111 ,116 TO 116S,117A TO 117F,118 ,
MATH 120S,197A,199 ,199H,294A,299 ,299H,301 ,302A,
MATH 302B,397A,399 ,399H, 481
SELECT FROM: MATH 105 TO 485 PHIL 110 LING 178
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Second Language - 4th Semester Proficiency
Demonstrate fourth semester proficiency in a second
language by completing one of the following:
- 1) Pass a language proficiency examination at the fourth
semester level.
- 2) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
-> NOT FROM: FREN 325 ,393 ,399 ,399H,414 ,448
HIST 325 (FA01 OR AFTER),465C(FA98 OR AFTER),
HIST 465D(FA98 OR AFTER) ITAL 330A TO 330D,399 ,
ITAL 399H,414 ,455 M AR 397W(SP01 OR AFTER)
SPAN 397W,406A,414 ,423A,423B,465C,465D TTE 414
UNVR 397W(SP01 OR AFTER)
SELECT FROM: ARB 402 TO 403 CHN 202 ,403 ,404 ,415
TO 418 ,422 ,423 CRL 202 ,297A,301 ,302 ,397A,
CRL 497A FREN 202 ,212 ,213 ,301 TO 443 GER 202 ,
GER 211 ,300 ,301 GRK 202 ,204 ,402 ,412 ,421 TO
GRK 432 ITAL 202 TO 202Z,305A TO 496 JPN 202 ,
JPN 403 ,405 ,415 TO 417 ,421 ,422 JUS 203B,303
LAT 202 ,212 ,400 TO 428 LING 204B PRS 402 TO
PRS 404 PORT 206 ,305 ,325 ,425 TO 449
RSSS 201B,301A TO 301B RUSS 205 RSSS 305 ,307A,
RSSS 307B,405A,405B,407A,407B SERP 431B SPAN 202 ,
SPAN 203 ,204C,206 ,251 ,253 ,302 TO 322 ,323 OR
SPNV 323 SPAN 324 ,325 OR SPNV 325 SPAN 326
TO 332 ,333 OR SPNV 333 SPAN 334 TO 339 ,340
OR SPNV 340 SPAN 341 TO 349 ,350 OR SPNV 350
SPAN 351 TO 397B,398 ,399 OR SPNV 399 SPAN 400 ,
SPAN 401 OR SPNV 401 SPAN 402 ,403 OR
SPNV 403 SPAN 404 TO 432 ,433 OR SPNV 433
SPAN 434 TO 440 ,441 OR SPNV 441 SPAN 442 TO
SPAN 447 ,448 OR SPNV 448 SPAN 449 OR
SPNV 449 SPAN 450 OR SPNV 450 SPAN 451 TO
SPAN 472 ,473 OR SPNV 473
TURK 402 (FA05 OR AFTER),403 (FA07 OR AFTER),
TURK 404 (SP08 OR AFTER)
- 3) Or complete the following:
ARB 401 plus one from ARB 439B, 427B, 424B.
SELECT FROM: ARB 401 (R),439B,427B,424B
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University General Education - Tier One
- 1) Individuals and Societies - fulfillment of Individuals
and Societies requires completion of two distinctly
numbered courses (e.g., INDV101 & 103).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: INDV 101 ,102 ,103
- 2) Natural Sciences - For students planning to pursue a
non-science intensive major, fulfillment of Natural
Sciences requires completion of two distinctly numbered
courses (e.g., NATS 102 & 104).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: NATS 101 ,102 ,104
- 3) Traditions and Cultures - fulfillment of Traditions and
Cultures requires completion of two distinctly numbered
courses (e.g., TRAD 102 & 104).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: TRAD 101 ,102 ,103 ,104
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University General Education - Tier Two
--> NEEDS: 3 SUB-REQTS.
- 1) Arts
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ARE 130 ARH 201 ,202 ,203 ,312 ,314 ,
ARH 315 ,316A(FA06 OR AFTER),316B(FA06 OR AFTER),
ARH 319 (SP08 OR AFTER),322 ART 203 ,
ART 358 (S106 OR AFTER) DNC 100 ,112A,112B,112C,
DNC 143 ,144A,144B,144C,152A,152B,152C,175 ,176A,
DNC 176B,177C(FA08 OR AFTER),177D(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 200 ,276A,276B ENGL 209 ,210 ,300
HNRS 295B(SP05 OR AFTER) JPN 245
M AR 102 (FA99-S107),252 (S107 OR AFTER) MUS 100 ,
MUS 101A,107 ,108 ,109 ,231 ,237 ,328 ,334 ,337 ,
MUS 344 ,360 NES 344 T AR 100 ,103 ,238 ,336
2) Humanities - satisfied by course work completed for
the major.
- 3) Individuals and Societies - prerequisite course work in
Tier 1 (INDV) must be completed prior to taking.
NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 AFAS 340 AGTM 380 ANTH 202 ,
ANTH 203 ,205 ,206 ,207 ,307 OR ANTV 307
ANTH 316 ,320 AREC 350 CLAS 240 ,305 ,306 ,335 ,
CLAS 362 ECON 200 ,201A,210 EDL 200 ED P 200
FCSC 302 (S108 OR AFTER) GEOG 210 ,251 ,256 ,367
GER 274 ITAL 330D JUS 370A,370B LA S 251
LING 210 ,211 LRC 139 (FA08-SP09),204 ,
LRC 239 (SP09 OR AFTER) MAS 265 ,365 ,375
MSE 259 NES 334 NURS 310 ,376
PHIL 205 (FA07 OR AFTER),233 ,264 ,323 ,
PHIL 345 (SP08 OR AFTER),346 POL 201 ,202 ,203 ,
POL 204 PSYC 200 (S105 OR AFTER),277 ,461A
RCSC 204 (S108 OR AFTER) RNR 256 (SP06 OR AFTER)
RSSS 275 ,315 ,328 SERP 200 SOC 260 ,280
W S 210 ,240
- 4) Natural Sciences - prerequisite course work in Tier 1
(NATS) must be completed prior to taking.
NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: AIEX 382 (FA98-FA05) ANTH 261 ,364 OR
ANTV 364 ASTR 201 ,202 ,203 ,204 ATMO 325 ,336
BIOC 223 ECOL 206 ,208 (SP08 OR AFTER),210 ,
ECOL 220 (FA08 OR AFTER),223 ,280 (FA08 OR AFTER)
ENTO 205 GEOG 220 ,230 ,240 GEOS 210 ,212 ,
GEOS 214 (FA07 OR AFTER),216 (SP06 OR AFTER),218 ,
GEOS 220 HWR 201 ,202 ,203
MIC 204 (FA08 OR AFTER) MSE 208 ,
MSE 257A(FA07 OR AFTER),257B,258 NRSC 282
N SC 310 PHIL 305 PHYS 201 ,202 (SP09 OR AFTER)
PE 201 PL S 329 PSIO 220 (THROUGH FA05)
PTYS 206 ,209 ,212 (SP08 OR AFTER),212H RA M 222
SP H 261 ,262 SWES 210 (FA07 OR AFTER) WFSC 225
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Diversity Emphasis Courses: Gender, Race, Class,
Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation or Non-Western Area Studies
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 (FA06 OR AFTER) AFAS 222 ,255 ,
AFAS 302 ,304A,304B,306 ,315 (SP06 OR AFTER),340 ,
AFAS 342 ,365 ,381 ,444 (FA03 OR AFTER) A ED 408
ANTH 202 ,203 ,205 ,206 ,307 OR ANTV 307
ANTH 314 (FA07 OR AFTER),316 ,320 ARH 203
CHN 251 ,275 ,276 ,331 ,340 ,341 ,419 ,420 ,429 ,
CHN 430 ,431 ,443 ,468 ,475A,475B,475D,475E,482 ,
CHN 483 ,495A CLAS 362 DNC 177C(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 177D(FA08 OR AFTER) EAS 130 ,333 ,345 ,350 ,
EAS 445 ,452 ,487A,487B,496C FREN 245 ,249
GEOG 210 ,251 ,369 ,413 GER 274 ,278 ,373 ,376
HIST 253 ,254 ,489 HUMS 260 ,333 ,365 ,370 ,420
INDV 101 (SP06 OR AFTER) RACE, ETHNICITY+AM DREAM
ITAL 330B,330D JPN 220 ,245 ,272 ,304 ,310 ,311 ,
JPN 396H,402 ,411 ,412 ,446A,446B,447A,447B,485 ,
JPN 486 ,489 ,495B,496A,496C JUS 370A,370B,372A,
JUS 372B LING 210 MAS 265 ,365 ,375 MUS 109 ,
MUS 334 ,337 ,344 NES 277A,330 ,334 POL 330 ,
POL 332 ,334 ,335 ,441 ,464 ,468 ,476 OR
POLV 476 POL 478 ,487A RELI 210 RSSS 315 ,328 ,
RSSS 350 SOC 222 ,260 ,280 ,324 ,427 ,450 ,459 ,
SOC 467 SPAN 210 TRAD 101
UNVR 310 (FA06 OR AFTER),315 (FA06 OR AFTER)
W S 200 ,210 ,240
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AFRICANA STUDIES MAJOR
The Africana Studies Major requires a minimum of 36 units.
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AFRICANA STUDIES
COMMON CORE REQUIREMENTS
STUDY AREA I
FOUNDATIONS OF AFRICANA STUDIES: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Africana Studies (AFAS) - 24 units are required as part of
the Common Core Requirements. 15 units of the Common Core
Requirements must be upper division units.
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- 1) 15 Upper Division units are required.
NEEDS: 15.00 UNITS
- 2) General Requirements - 6 hours required.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AFAS 220 ,222
- 3) Foundation History Requirements - 6 hours required.
Contact an advisor before taking ADVR201.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AFAS 365 ADVR 201
- 4) Capstone Requirement - 3 hours required.
Contact an advisor before taking ADVR401.
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ADVR 401
- 5) Research Methods - 6 hours required.
Contact an advisor before taking ADVR402.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AFAS 302 ADVR 402
- 6) Practicum or Internship - 3 hours required.
Contact an advisor before taking ADVR403.
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ADVR 403
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AFRICANA STUDIES
Students should receive the approval of the department
advisor and Director of Africana Studies prior to
developing areas of specialization.
Students will be required to take 36 units of core courses
for the major in Africana Studies, of which 24 units will
be required as part of Common Core Requirements. 6 units
must be taken in a primary area of concentration
(single area), and 6 units in the secondary concentration
(two areas). Students must select 6 units for the
secondary concentration from the remaining two areas other
than the primary area of concentration. Secondary areas
for concentration will include sub-fields of History and
Identity Formation; Language, Literature and Politics;
Religion, Philosophies, and Aesthetics; Business and
Race/Ethnicity; Individual, Family and Social Behavior;
and Science, Technology, and Ethics.
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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.
Of the required 6 credit hours for this concentration, at
least 3 credits should be devoted to a study primarily
focused on Africa and 3 credits devoted to an
African-descent population outside the African Continent.
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1) 6 hours required.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AFAS 224 ,255 ,345 ,348 ,435 ,436 ,440 ,
AFAS 444 ,468 ,475
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STUDY AREA III
AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY, IDEOLOGY, AND IDENTITY
This study 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. 3 units should be devoted to
the study of issues of race, and 3 units devoted to the
study of religion and culture.
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1) 6 hours required.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AFAS 204 ,223 ,304A OR 304B,315 ,329 ,
AFAS 344 ,351 ,381 ,487A & 487B,495B
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STUDY AREA IV
AFRICANA LITERATURE AND CULTURE
This study explores the multifaceted elements of the
Africana creative ethos in literature and culture. At
least 3 units in this area should be devoted to the study
of gender influences on artistic creativity and 3 units
should be devoted to the visual arts.
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1) 6 hours required.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AFAS 230 ,300 ,306 ,320 ,335 ,339 ,342 ,
AFAS 478A & 478B
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Second Major
A second major is optional.
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Minor
Select a minor in consultation with your advisor.
Adjustments to the minor requirements must be approved by
the minor department.
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Additional Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include general
elective credits, UA courses and transferable courses
from other institutions. Consult with your advisor to
determine if courses listed in this section may be used
to fulfill a requirement or sub-requirement in your
degree program.
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Excluded Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include
non-transferable units, remedial units, courses in
progress('K' grades), Academic Renewal (ACR) courses,
withdrawals, non-qualifying exams (AP, CLEP, IB), and
audited courses. Only courses with a grade of "C" or
better are transferable to UA.
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