African American Studies BA

Overview

Students are encouraged to engage in a culminating activity, such as an internship, independent study, honors thesis, service learning course, Center for American Politics and Public Policy program, University of California Center Sacramento program, Education Abroad Program, or other African American studies-related project or performance course.

Entry to the Major

Transfer Students

Major Requirements

Preparation for the Major

African American Studies 1, 96W, and one elective course.

AF AMER 1 - Introduction to Black Studies

Elective

Select one course from:

AF AMER 2A - Africa and Middle East AF AMER 2B - Race and U.S. Military Intervention in Africa AF AMER 2C - Black Folks Kung Fu Fightin': Black America, Martial Arts, and Popular Culture AF AMER M5 - Social Organization of Black Communities AF AMER 6 - Trends in Black Intellectual Thought AF AMER M116A - African American Musical Heritage AF AMER M116B - African American Musical Heritage

The Major

Eleven upper-division courses as follows:

Areas of Concentration

Select eight courses total, four in one area of concentration and two additional courses from each of the two remaining areas:

Cultural Production

AF AMER M102 - Culture, Media, and Los Angeles AF AMER M103A - African American Theater History: Slavery to Mid-1800s AF AMER M103B - African American Theater History: Minstrel Stage to Rise of American Musical AF AMER M103E - Modern African American Drama: Harlem Renaissance to Black Arts Movement AF AMER M104A - Early African American Literature AF AMER M104B - African American Literature from Harlem Renaissance to 1960s AF AMER M104C - African American Literature of 1960s and 1970s AF AMER M104D - Contemporary African American Literature AF AMER M104E - Topics in African American Literature and Culture AF AMER M107 - Cultural History of Rap AF AMER 108 - Jazz and Political Imagination AF AMER M109 - Women in Jazz AF AMER M111 - Ellingtonia AF AMER CM135A - African American Art before 1900 AF AMER CM135B - African American Art, 1900 to 1963 AF AMER M150D - Recent African American Urban History: Funk Music and Politics of Black Popular Culture AF AMER M170A - Diasporic Nonfiction: Media Engagements with Memory and Displacement I AF AMER M170B - Diasporic Nonfiction: Media Engagements with Memory and Displacement II AF AMER M179A - Topics in African American Literature

Political Economy

AF AMER 105C - Africa, African Americans, and History of Capitalism AF AMER 105D - African American-Caribbean Relations: Difference, Solidarity, and Empire AF AMER 106A - Africa and World AF AMER 110A - Race, Science, and Society AF AMER 110B - Reproducing While Black: Politics of Black Reproduction AF AMER 110C - Black Health Matters: Wellness, Health, and Self-Care AF AMER CM110D - Posthumans AF AMER M115 - We Gone Be Alright: Developing Next Generation of Black Organizers AF AMER M142 - Race, Gender, and Punishment AF AMER M144 - Ethnic Politics: African American Politics AF AMER M148 - Politics of Struggle: Race, Solidarity, and Resistance AF AMER M154C - Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean I AF AMER M154D - Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean II AF AMER M158A - Comparative Slavery Systems AF AMER M159P - Constructing Race AF AMER M167 - Worker Center Movement: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Immigrant Workers AF AMER 175 - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare AF AMER 176 - Race, Racism, and Law AF AMER M178 - Sociology of Caribbean AF AMER 188B - Race and Public Policy AF AMER 195 - Community or Corporate Internships in Afro-American Studies

Power and Ideology

AF AMER 105A - Ideology and Black Consciousness AF AMER 105B - Issues in Pan-African Biography and Autobiography AF AMER 105C - Africa, African Americans, and History of Capitalism AF AMER 105D - African American-Caribbean Relations: Difference, Solidarity, and Empire AF AMER 106A - Africa and World AF AMER 106B - Militarism, International Security, and African American Political Thought AF AMER 110B - Reproducing While Black: Politics of Black Reproduction AF AMER 110C - Black Health Matters: Wellness, Health, and Self-Care AF AMER CM113B - Legislative Theater for Race and Gender Justice AF AMER M114C - African American Political Thought AF AMER M120 - Race, Inequality, and Public Policy AF AMER M124 - Comparative Racialization and Indigeneity AF AMER 140 - Radical Black Imaginaries: Politics, Identity, and Struggle AF AMER M141 - African American Women's History AF AMER M142 - Race, Gender, and Punishment AF AMER M144 - Ethnic Politics: African American Politics AF AMER M148 - Politics of Struggle: Race, Solidarity, and Resistance AF AMER M154C - Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean I AF AMER M154D - Black Experience in Latin America and Caribbean II AF AMER M158A - Comparative Slavery Systems AF AMER M158E - African American Nationalism in First Half of 20th Century AF AMER M159P - Constructing Race AF AMER M172 - Afro-American Woman in U.S.AF AMER M173 - Nonviolence and Social Movements AF AMER 174 - Intraracial Differences in 20th-Century Black America AF AMER 175 - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare AF AMER 176 - Race, Racism, and Law AF AMER 177 - African Americans in Higher Education AF AMER M178 - Sociology of Caribbean AF AMER 188B - Race and Public Policy

Additional Upper-Division Electives

Senior Capstone Seminar

Honors Program

African American Studies majors with grade-point averages of 3.5 or better are eligible for the honors option that requires the completion of a senior thesis under the guidance of an African American Studies faculty member. Students must take three-quarter African American Studies 198A, 198B, 198C (independent study courses) with an approved professor who oversees the thesis requirement. For more information, contact the undergraduate adviser in the department.

Policies

The Major Policies