This 18 s.h. minor is compatible with many majors. For the minor, students must take the core courses--ALS 100 & ALS 395-- and 12 additional semester hours as described below.
Our multidisciplinary courses fill in the detail, the rich social context in which business, the government and social institutions function.
| Choose 2 courses from below (6 s.h.): |
ALS Combination Courses |
ALS/PHIL 160: Urban Philosophical Dilemmas |
ALS/MCOM 208: African-Americans & Latinos in Film & TV |
ALS/PHIL 259: Democracy & Race∆ |
ALS/PHIL 260: Philosophy of Protest∆ |
ALS 262: Topics in Racism |
ALS 273: Race, Gender, Class & Culture |
ALS/FAMS 361: American Families in Poverty Poverty (pre-req is FAMS 160, PSYC 100, SOCL 100 or ALS 100; and 9 sh of 200-level coursework in CHLD, FMAS, SOCL, and/or PSYC) |
GEOG 238: Geography of Developing Regions |
SOCL 261: Sociology of Ethnic Relations (pre-req is 3 s.h. SOCL) |
SOCL 279: Race, Crime & Justice (pre-req is 3 s.h. SOC or PI) |
WMST 269: Women of Color in the U.S. |
WMST 290: Women, Race & Representation: An Intro |
WMST 291: Women, Race & Representation: Sexuality |
TOTAL: 6 S.H. |
| AFRICANA STUDIES |
ALS/ANTH 202: Peoples and Cultures of Africa |
ALS/ANTH 203: People and Cultures of the Caribbean |
ALS 207: Black Drama |
ALS/ANTH 212: Music of the Caribbean |
ALS 251: Pan Africanism |
ALS 266: The African American Experience |
ALS 279: Hip-Hop Culture |
ALS 278: African Atlantic: Popular Culture |
ALS/HIST 104: Introduction to African History |
ALS/HIST 215: Hist. of the Modern Middle East & N. Africa |
ALS/HIST 219: Africa Since 1800: Identities |
ALS/HIST 263: African American History I |
ALS/HIST 264: African American History II |
ALS/HIST 274: Gender & Power in Africa |
ALS/HIST 275: South Africa: Race & Resistance Since 1800 |
ALS/HIST 276: History of Slavery |
ALS/POLS 211: Contemporary Black Social & Political Thought |
ALS/POLS 265: African Politics |
ALS/ALIT 250: African American Literature (pre-req is COMP 100 or ALS 100or PI) |
ALS/WLIT 257: Modern Black Literature (pre-req is COMP 100 or ALS 100 or PI) |
ALS/ALIT/WMST 286: African-American Women Writers (pre-req is COMP 100 or ALS 100or PI) |
ALS/ALIT 351: Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (pre-req is COMP 100 or ALS 100; ALS 273 or LITR 250; or PI) |
ALS/WLIT 270: Postcolonial Literature and Culture: Africa (pre req is COMP 100 & LITR 100/150 & LITR 250 or PI) |
MUSIC 121: Jazz |
LATINO STUDIES |
ALS 206: Latino Drama (formerly called Black Theater) |
ALS/MCOM 208: African-Americans & Latinos in Film & TV |
ALS 252: Latino(a)s on the Move: Immigration ∆ |
ALS 258: Latin American Political Theory ∆ |
ALS/WMST 261: Women of Mixed Race Descent/Mestisaje ∆ |
ALS/HIST 271: Colonial Latin America |
ALS/HIST 272: Modern Latin America |
ALS/HIST 288: Borderlands: Latinos/as in the U.S. |
ALS/POLS 267: Latin American Politics |
ALS/SPAN 340: Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean (pre-req is SPAN 208) |
GEOG 266: Geography of Latin America |
SPAN 204: Hispanic Civilization (pre-req is SPAN 201 or 202 or 203) |
SPAN 310: Spanish and Latin American Film (pre-req is SPAN 204/205) |
SPAN 313: Spanish American Literature |
SPAN 323: Litr of the Mexican Revolutionary Period (pre-req is SPAN 208) |
WLIT 271: Postcolonial Literature & Culture: The Americas (pre-req is COMP 100 & LITR 100/150 or PI) |
TOTAL: 6 S.H. |
* Sophomore Standing or Permission of Instructor.
∆ New course added to curriculum.
PI = Permission of Instructor.
Rev. 4/08
