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  Camden Undergraduate Catalog 2013–2015 Liberal Arts Colleges Programs, Faculty, and Courses Africana Studies 014 Major Requirements  

Major Requirements


Students must take the following courses:

50:014:400   The Capstone Project (3)**

50:512:203   African-American History I (R) (3)

50:512:204   African-American History II (R) (3)

50:920:316   Race and Ethnicity (3)

Students must take one course from the following:

50:070:356   Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3)

50:516:241   Precolonial Africa (3)

50:516:242   Africa since 1800 (3)

50:790:335   Government and Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (3)

Students must take one course from the following:

50:352:250   Survey of African-American Literature I (3)

50:352:251   Survey of African-American Literature II (3)

50:352:351   The Harlem Renaissance (3)

50:352:451   Major African-American Writers (3)

Students must take one course from the following:

50:509:299   Perspectives in History (3)

50:790:391   Quantitative Methods in Political Science (3)

50:830:215   Statistics for Social Science (3)

50:920:301   Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3)

50:960:183   Elementary Applied Statistics (R) (3)

Students must take a minimum of three elective courses (9 credits) from the following list.  Students may not use the same course(s) to meet both the major requirements and the elective requirements. 

50:014:300   The Slave Narrative (3)

50:014:301   The Era of the Harlem Renaissance (3) 

50:014:310   Independent Study (BA)*

50:014:364   The African-American Political Tradition (3)

50:014:381   Special Topics in Africana Studies (3)

50:014:382   Special Topics in Africana Studies (3)

50:070:344   Dance of the African Diaspora (3)

50:070:356   Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3)

50:082:285   Art of Africa (3)

50:202:337   The Poor, Minorities, and Justice (3)

50:220:339   Economic Development (3)

50:352:250   Survey of African-American Literature I (3)

50:352:251   Survey of African-American Literature II (3)

50:352:351   The Harlem Renaissance (3)

50:352:451   Major African-American Writers (3)

50:420:243   African and Caribbean Literature in English Translation (3)

50:512:320   Civil War and Reconstruction (3)

50:512:338   Hope and Rage: America in the 1960s (3)

50:512:340   The Civil Rights Movement (3)

50:512:342   America since the 1970s (3)

50:516:241   Precolonial Africa (3)

50:516:242   Africa since 1800 (3)

50:730:216   Africana Philosophy (3)

50:790:242   Urban Social Ecology (3)

50:790:335   Government and Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (3)

50:790:364   Politics of Minority Groups (3)

50:790:469   Rich Nations/Poor Nations (3)

50:790:480   Radical Politics (3)

50:830:203   Psychology of Minority Groups (3)

50:840:216   African-American Religion (3)

50:910:352   Groups at Risk in Contemporary Society (3)

50:920:208   Contemporary Social Problems (3)

50:920:321   Urban Sociology (3)

50:920:370   Globalization and Social Change (3)

50:920:407   The Red and the Black: Africans and Indians in American Society (3)

50:920:430   African-American Culture (3)

50:920:435   Sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois (3)

50:975:104   Power and Decision Making in the Urban Environment (3)

50:975:204   Poverty and Urban Environmental Systems (3)

*50:014:310 Independent Study (BA)--Independent readings under the supervision of a faculty member in the Africana studies program. For juniors and seniors only. Permission of the director of the Africana studies program required. Credits and hours are by arrangement only.

**50:014:400 The Capstone Project (3)--An independent research project supervised by a faculty member on a topic of interest to the student, culminating in a major paper 25-30 pages in length. Student must be at least a junior. (Students who declared their major in Africana studies after September 2008 do not have to take the Capstone Project, but must take four elective courses, the equivalent of 12 credits.)

In addition, appropriate special topics, independent study, and new courses may be substituted for the above courses with approval of the director.


 
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