Minor in Black Studies

Students from other disciplines who want to minor in Black Studies must complete 15 semester hours as outlined below.

Required Courses
BLST 100Introduction to Black Studies3
or BLST 101 Introduction to Black Diaspora Studies
BLST 246Black Lives in Historical Context3
Select one course each in three of the following four categories, including two 200- or 300-level courses and one 400-level course: a9
Black Queer and Feminist Studies
Black Freedom Movements in the U.S.
Reading Black Women Writing
Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Topics in Black Studies b
Topics in Black Feminist and Queer Studies
Cultural Production and Analysis
African American History to 1877
African American History since 1877
Black Freedom Movements in the U.S.
Comparative Black Literatures
Reading Black Women Writing
Black Cultural Studies
African American Art
Harlem Renaissance
Topics in African Literature b
Topics in Black Studies b
Black Politics in the United States
Topics in African History b
Topics in African American and Diaspora History b
Topics in Black Literature b
Diasporic and Transnational Studies
Racism: Global Perspectives
Black Diaspora Studies
Topics in African Literature b
Topics in Black Studies b
Seminar in Comparative Racialization
Topics in African History b
Topics in African American and Diaspora History b
Topics in Black Literature b
Race, Politics, and Institutions
Racism: Global Perspectives
Racial and Ethnic Groups
Black Diaspora Studies b
African American History to 1877
African American History since 1877
Black Freedom Movements in the U.S.
Comparative Black Literatures
Race and Urban Life
Black Cultural Studies
Race and the Politics of Incarceration
Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Topics in Black Studies b
Black Politics in the United States
Topics in Black Feminist and Queer Studies
Seminar in Comparative Racialization
Topics in African History b
Topics in African American and Diaspora History b
Topics in Social Science Research b
Total Hours15
a

Students may not apply course credits to satisfy the requirement of more than one thematic area.

b

BLST topics courses may be used to satisfy this category only if topic is consistent with thematic area. Course cannot be used to satisfy the requirement of more than one thematic area.