201. Introduction to Africana Studies. (3-0). Credit 3.

Introduction to the field of Africana Studies; interdisciplinary approach drawing from history, philosophy, sociology, political studies, literature and performance studies; explores the African foundational relationship to and connections with its diaspora populations; covers Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and South America.

302. Gateway Course. (3-0). Credit 3.

Gateway to a series of courses offered for the minor in Africana Studies; introduction to the discipline of Africana Studies; attention to issues and methodologies in the field; explores topics such as Afrocentrism, postcolonial studies, and black feminist theory.

481. Seminar. (3-0). Credit 3.

Comparative studies of slave societies in the modern world; history and analysis of African American feminism; comparative analyses of the social, political, and economic condition of African Americans and other African peoples of the diaspora. Prerequisite: AFST 302; junior or senior classification.