Minor: African American Studies
Antwain H. Hamdallahi, Ph.D., Coordinator
African American Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program administered by the Department of Arts and Languages in the School of Humanities and Behavioral Social Sciences. The purpose of the minor is to provide Fisk University students an opportunity to pursue a coordinated program of study focusing on the African American experiences as it relates to past and current knowledge that informs issues in contemporary, national, and global discourses. The minor will be key to individual, community, and national understanding. Fisk is unique in the ability to address this area of study based on the extraordinary past that the university offers as well as the archival treasures and the contemporary opportunities prevalent through the university. This minor will also contribute to a critical understanding of African American culture, race and race politics, economics, literature, history, sociology and other areas of innovation and critical thought. Information about the minor program is available from the Coordinator of the African American Studies Program. Students in any major field may complete the minor in African American studies with the approval of their faculty academic advisors and the Coordinator of African American Studies.
Requirements
Requirements for the African American Studies minor includes 20-hours of courses in the area of African American studies.
To complete the minor, the student must:
- Complete all requirements for one of the major fields;
- Successfully complete (grade of “C” or better), in the process of meeting the total credit-hour graduation requirement and the requirements for one of the major fields; and
- The student’s actual course of study (major and minor courses) is designed by the student in consultation with the major faculty academic advisor and the Coordinator of African American studies Minor.
Course consideration for a MINOR in African American Studies:
Prerequisite: CORE 150 - Composition I and CORE 160 – Composition II
Required courses in the minor [20 credits]:
Required: THREE courses [12 credits]
| HIS 270 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
| ENG 276 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
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| PSCI 245 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | 3 |
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| PSCI 254 | POLITICS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY | 3 |
Two courses [8 credits] from the following:
Note:
HIS 210: Students are required to take the capstone course for their respective primary discipline. This will be the research component of this minor.
Any “special topics” course dealing predominantly with African American studies can be approved by the Coordinator of the African American Studies Minor.
No course will be counted twice in satisfying the requirements. If you are taking any of the courses listed above as apart of required courses for your major or for a CORE requirement, select from the remaining courses to meet the 20-hour requirement. Please see the Coordinator of the African American Studies minor if other considerations are needed. Other course that relate to the major may be approved by request and submission of the course syllabi.