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Minor in Black Studies

Requirements

Students seeking a minor in Black Studies must complete 15 credit hours. At least two (2) of the content area studies courses must be 2000-level or above, and one (1) of the area studies courses must be 3000-level or above. A minimum grade of C- is required in each minor course. A minimum GPA of 2.0 in all combined minor coursework is required to earn the minor.

A minor consists of at least 15 credits, including at least 6 credits numbered 2000 or above, 9 of the required credits must be taken in MU course work. This requirement can be reduced from 9 to 6 at the discretion of an individual department. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.

BL_STU 1000Introduction to Black Studies3
Three hours of Black Studies coursework in each of the four content areas
Black Politics (select from the following list)3
BL_STU 1704Introduction to Black Politics3
BL_STU 2704African Political Thought3
BL_STU 2804Black Political Thought3
BL_STU 3200Black Freedom Movement, 1955-19733
BL_STU 3230Studies in Black Sexual Politics3
BL_STU 3850Gender, Hip Hop, and the Politics of Representation3
BL_STU 4130African-American Politics3
BL_STU 4303Black Studies in Race, Class, Gender, and U.S. Policy3
BL_STU 4415African Americans and American Justice3
BL_STU 4640African Politics3
BL_STU 4720Third World Politics3
Arts, Literature, and Culture (select from the following list)3
BL_STU 1250World Theatre Workshop2
BL_STU 1335Introduction to Soul and Country3
BL_STU 1705Introduction to Black Studies in Culture3
BL_STU 1720African-American Theatre History3
BL_STU 2150African-American Cinema3
BL_STU 2310Literature of the African Diaspora3
BL_STU 2400Introduction to African Diaspora Literature3
BL_STU 2601Languages of Africa3
BL_STU 2604Caribbean History and Culture3
BL_STU 2715Studies in Black Culture3
BL_STU 2720African-American Visual Culture3
BL_STU 3100African American Psychology3
BL_STU 3303Black Athletes3
BL_STU 3400Survey of African American Literature, Beginnings to 19003
BL_STU 3410Survey of African American Literature, 1900-Present3
BL_STU 3420Periods and Genres in African Diaspora Literature3
BL_STU 3427Periods and Genres in African Diaspora Literature, 1603-17893
BL_STU 3428Periods and Genres in African Diaspora Literature, 1789-18903
BL_STU 3429Periods and Genres in African Diaspora Literature, 1890-Present3
BL_STU 3625Comparative Approaches to Black Studies in Culture3
BL_STU 3705Themes in Black Culture3
BL_STU 4181Themes in Literature by Women3
BL_STU 4220Religion in Afro-American Literature3
BL_STU 4352Historical Studies in African Music3
BL_STU 4407Studies in African Diaspora Literature, 1603 to 17893
BL_STU 4408Studies in African Diaspora Literature, 1789 to 18903
BL_STU 4410Major Africana Diaspora Writers3
BL_STU 4480Major African Diaspora Women Writers3
BL_STU 4487Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1603 to 17893
BL_STU 4488Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1789 to 18903
BL_STU 4489Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1890 to Present3
BL_STU 4530Caribbean Women Writers3
BL_STU 4710Themes in African Diaspora Folklore3
Africa and African Diaspora Studies (select from the following list)3
BL_STU 1410African American History3
BL_STU 1790History of Early Africa3
BL_STU 1800History of Modern Africa3
BL_STU 1801Introduction to Africa and the African Diaspora3
BL_STU 2210The Black Americans3
BL_STU 2570Black Religion3
BL_STU 2701Black Dionysus: Greek Drama in Africa and the African Diaspora3
BL_STU 2750Black Religion in America3
BL_STU 2904Black Studies in Slavery and Freedom3
BL_STU 3022Peacebuilding and Peacemaking in the Modern Caribbean3
BL_STU 3590Religious Biography: Black Religion3
BL_STU 3670Global History of Black Power3
BL_STU 3804Resistance in the Black Atlantic3
BL_STU 4270African-Americans in the Twentieth Century3
BL_STU 4835Race and Politics in South Africa3
BL_STU 4875Black Studies: Study Abroad-Humanities3
BL_STU 4877Black Studies: Study Abroad-Social Science3
Gender, Race, Sexuality, Class (select from the following)3
BL_STU 2200Social Inequalities3
BL_STU 2425Race and the American Story3
BL_STU 3024Black Diaspora Women and Reproductive Justice3
BL_STU 3700Black Studies in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Class: Advanced3
BL_STU 3800Women in African History3
BL_STU 4020Studies in Black Feminist Thought3
BL_STU 4230Women, Development, and Globalization3
BL_STU 4300The Black Family: Past, Present and Future3
BL_STU 4335The Wire: Race, Urban Inequality, and the "Crisis" of the American City3
BL_STU 4418Major African Diaspora Writers, 1789 to 18903
BL_STU 4420Africana Womanism3
BL_STU 4489Major African Diaspora Women Writers, 1890 to Present3
BL_STU 4804Historical Studies of Black Women3
BL_STU 4904Historical and Contemporary Slavery3