Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Black Studies Minor


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The aim of the minor is to engage students in the center and increase their knowledge, involvement, and critical awareness of race in the human experience.

Academic Policies and Requirements for Minors:

  • See University Academic Policies for Minors  
  • Approved courses are classified into three broad areas. Students are required to complete two courses from area 1, three courses from area 2, and one course from area 3. The courses in area 2 should be selected based on their relevance to the student’s major or career goals. Students must include courses from at least three separate disciplines in their minor. Up to six hours of credit may be double-counted as coursework for the student’s major.

Hours to Minor: 18 hours

Course Requirements


Area 1. Historical Foundations (6 hours)


Note:


Other courses may be substituted at the discretion of the director or associate director of the Center for Black Studies.

Area 3. Application of Knowledge (3 hours)


All students minoring in black studies will fulfill a three-hour requirement that incorporates application of material learned in classes. The content of the class will involve active learning in one of two ways: working with a local agency, institution or business related to the broad field of black studies or an academic service-learning project in which the student utilizes his or her expertise to provide a service to the local community and create an academic product that reflects his or her effort.

Students must complete a minimum of three courses in black studies before fulfilling the area 3 requirement.

Note:


If a student is enrolled in another course that requires a substantial and relevant internship, academic service-learning project or research endeavor, he or she may petition the director of the Center for Black Studies to count that course for the area 3 requirement.

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