Bachelor's Degree
 

The major in Afro-American Studies requires a minimum of 30 credits. Students majoring in Afro-American Studies are required to select one area of concentration. Students concentrating in Areas 1 or 3 are required to select one area of emphasis within the concentration

• Area 1: Afro-American Culture
• Emphasis A: Literature
• Emphasis B: The Arts
• Area 2: Afro-American History
• Area 3: Afro-American Society.
• Emphasis A: Black Women’s Studies
• Emphasis B: Intergroup Relations

Majors specialize in one of the Areas, but must take at least one course from each Area. A maximum of 40 credits will be counted toward fulfillment of degree requirements. Special Topics courses may be repeated as topics vary. At least 15 credits in upper-level courses numbered above 300 must be taken in residence at UW-Madison

In selecting introductory courses, majors should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor (Prof. Christina Greene, 262-4085, 4119 HC White) so each student may select those courses which best complement his/her overall program of study.

AREA 1

Required Courses for Area 1 (Culture)

Emphasis A (Literature)

All Area 1 majors selecting Emphasis A are required to take the following:

1) Two (2) courses selected from the following:

155 Race in American Literature
222 Introduction to Black Women Writers
227 Masterpieces of African American Literature
265 Black Autobiography

2) One (1) course selected from the following:

156 Black Music and American Cultural History
225 Introduction to African American Dramatic Literature
241 Introduction to African Art and Architecture
242 Introduction to Afro-American Art
367 Art and Visual Culture: Women of the African Diaspora and Africa

3) Three (3) courses selected from the following:

403 Black Music in American Literary Culture
525 Major Authors
602 The Harlem Renaissance
603 The Black Arts Movement
605 Critical and Theoretical Issues in Afro-American Literature
662 Selected Topics in Multicultural American Literature
672 Selected Topics in Afro-American Literature
677 Critical and Theoretical Perspectives in Black Women’s Writing

Emphasis B (The Arts)

All Area 1 majors selection Emphasis B are required to take the following:

1) Two (2) courses selected from the following:

156 Black Music and American Literary Culture
225 Introduction to African American Dramatic Literature
241 Introduction to African Art and Architecture
242 Introduction to Afro-American Art
367 Art and Visual Culture: Women of the African Diaspora and Africa

2) One (1) course selected from the following:

155 Race in American Literature
222 Introduction to Black Women Writers
227 Masterpieces of African American Literature
265 Black Autobiography

3) Three (3) courses selected from the following:

303 Blacks, Film and Society
316 African American Music in Historical Perspective
366 Artistic/Cultural Images of Black Women
403 Black Music and American Literary Culture
509 Seminar in Afro-American Music History and Criticism
540 The Art of Afro-American Women in the United States
602 The Harlem Renaissance
603 The Black Arts Movement
669 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts
674 Selected Topics on Afro-American Artists
675 Selected Topics in Afro-American Culture
676 Contemporary Black American Art: History and Criticism
679 Visual Culture, Gender and Critical Race Theory

Additional credits may be taken from any courses offered by Afro-American Studies.

AREA 2

Required Courses for Area 2 (History)

All Area 2 majors are required to take the following:

231 Introduction to Afro-American History
272 Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right
297 African and African-American Linkages
347 Introduction to the History of Caribbean Societies

2) Two (2) courses selected from the following:

233 History of Racial Protest Movements in America
302 Undergraduate Studies in Afro-American History
303 Blacks, Film and Society
324 Black Women in America: Reconstruction to the Present
326 Race and Gender in Post-World War II U.S. Society
330 African/Afro-American Historical Relationships
467 Slavery in the American South
628 History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

3) Three (3) courses selected from the following:

624 African American Women’s Activism
631 Colloquium on Afro-American History
632 Historiography of Afro-American Studies
635 Afro-American History to 1900
636 Afro-American History since 1900
671 Selected Topics in Afro-American History

Additional credits may be taken from any courses offered by Afro-American Studies.

AREA 3

Required Courses for Area 3 (Society)

All Area 3 majors are required to take 220 (Investigating Society Through Social Science Research)

Emphasis A (Black Women’s Studies)

All Area 3 majors selecting Emphasis A are required to take the following:

1) 221 Introduction to Black Women’s Studies

2) Two (2) courses selected from the following:

222 Introduction to Black Women Writers
302 Undergraduate Studies in Afro-American History
323 Gender, Race and Class: Women in U.S. History
324 Black Women in America: Reconstruction to the Present
326 Race and Gender in Post-World War II U.S. Society
367 Art and Visual Culture: Women of the African Diaspora and Africa

3) Three (3) courses selected from the following:

366 Artistic/Cultural Images of Black Women
423 Black Feminisms),
424 Women’s International Human Rights
540 The Art of African American Women in the United States
624 African American Women’s Activism 19th and 20th Centuries
677 Critical and Theoretical Perspectives in Black Women’s Writings
679 Visual Culture and Critical Race Theory

Emphasis B (Intergroup Relations)

All Area 3 majors selecting Emphasis B are required to take the following:

1) 151 Introduction to Contemporary Afro-American Society

2) Two (2) courses selected from the following:

323 Gender, Race and Class: Women in U.S. History
442 Discrimination and Prejudice in American Society
443 Mutual Perceptions of Racial Minorities

3) Three (3) courses selected from the following:

260 Latin America: An Introduction
423 Black Feminisms
519 African American Political Theory
521 African American Families
567 History of African American Education
577 Blacks in Cities
650 Seminar: Ethnic/Racial Identity
673 Selected Topics in Afro-American Society

Additional credits may be taken from any courses offered by Afro-American Studies.