Students from all backgrounds will examine the historical and contemporary experiences of Africana peoples to prepare as leaders of a global and diverse economy.
The Department of Africana Studies analyzes how gender, class, race and other important ideas shape the experiences of Africana peoples and influence the global economy. Join a program that embraces new technologies and serves as a leader in digital learning.
You’ll study under faculty from diverse academic backgrounds, resulting in a rich and exciting interdisciplinary classroom dynamic. In the online Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies, you’ll learn to:
- Solve the grand challenges of a rapidly changing world
- Engage with local and international communities
- Enhance communication with people from diverse backgrounds
Arizona Online gives you the freedom to earn your degree, your way. Learn from the same professors, enjoy the same resources, and earn the same degree. All from the comfort of home.
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Online B.A in Africana Studies
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
30 units in AFAS (including a minimum of 18 units upper division as follows):
Foundations (3 courses – 9 units):
AFAS 200: Introduction to Africana Studies
AFAS 207: African American History (1440-1877)
AFAS 220: Introduction to African American Studies
Research Methods (1 course – 3 units):
AFAS 302: Africana Studies Research Approaches
Capstone (1 course – 3 units):
AFAS 498: Senior Capstone
It is suggested that students complete one approved study abroad experience and/or study away experience and/or one approved internship prior to taking AFAS 498 Senior Capstone. Approved student credit hours receive via study abroad and/or study away and/or internship may count toward the BA in Africana Studies.
Complete 15 additional units from the following (including a minimum of 12 units upper division among which 3 units must be at the 400 level):
African American History, Culture and Aesthetics
- AFAS 204: African Diaspora Religion and Culture
- AFAS 208: African American History (1865-Present)
- AFAS 224: Models of Resistance, Post 16th Cent. African Liberation Movements in the Southeast
- AFAS 255: African American Politics
- AFAS 260: Ethnic Relations in the United States
- AFAS 304A: The Social Construction of Race: Whiteness
- AFAS 304B: The Social Construction of Race: Blackness
- AFAS 306: African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
- AFAS 320: The African American Slave Narrative: History and Literature
- AFAS 340: The Politics of Race and the African Experience
- AFAS 342: Writers, Women and the Gods
- AFAS 371: Hip-Hop Cinema
- AFAS 375: Digital Africana Studies: The Harlem Renaissance
- AFAS 421: Topics in Africana Studies
- AFAS 475: USA & South Africa: Comparative Historical & Political Perspectives
- AFAS 478: African American Literature
- AFAS 482: African Americans & U.S. Foreign Policy
- AFAS 493: Internship
- AFAS 494: Practicum