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2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

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2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

African-American Studies

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(BS)

Major

The African-American Studies major comprises the following courses:

AFR 1000G - Introduction to African American Studies. Credits: 3
AFR 2000G - African American Experience. Credits: 3
AFR 3000 - Special Topics in African-American Studies. Credits: 3
AFR 3100 - African Aesthetics and Cosmology. Credits: 3
AFR 3200 - African-American Identity. Credits: 3
AFR 3300 - African Cinema. Credits: 3
AFR 4000 - Seminar on African-American Leadership. Credits: 3
AFR 4100 - From Negritude to Afrocentricity and After. Credits: 3
AFR 4275 - Internship in African-American Studies. Credits: 1 to 15
AFR 4400 - Independent Study. Credits: 1 to 3
HIS 3750 - African-American History: A Survey. Credits: 3
SOC 2840 - Racial and Cultural Minorities. Credits: 3

Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study

A suggested plan of study follows:

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15-16

General Education Elective. Credits: 3
General Education Elective. Credits: 3
Foreign Language. Credits: 3-4

AFR 1000G - Introduction to African American Studies. Credits: 3
ENG 1001G - Composition and Language. Credits: 3

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15-16

General Education Elective. Credits: 3
Foreign Language. Credits: 3-4

AFR 2000G - African American Experience. Credits: 3
ENG 1002G - Composition and Literature. Credits: 3
GEG 3050 - Geography and Culture of Africa. Credits: 3
or
HIS 3250 - African History. Credits: 3
or
PLS 3353 - Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa. Credits: 3

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

General Education Elective. Credits: 3
General Education Elective. Credits: 3

AFR 3000 - Special Topics in African-American Studies. Credits: 3
ENG 2705 - African-American Literature. Credits: 3
or
ENG 4750 - Studies in African-American Literature. Credits: 3
SPC 1310G - Introduction to Speech Communication. Credits: 3

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

Elective. Credits: 3
(See footnote *)
Elective. Credits: 3

AFR 3100 - African Aesthetics and Cosmology. Credits: 3
AFR 3200 - African-American Identity. Credits: 3
SOC 2840 - Racial and Cultural Minorities. Credits: 3
or AFR Elective
(See footnote *)

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3
AFR Elective. Credits: 3

AFR 3300 - African Cinema. Credits: 3
HIS 3750 - African-American History: A Survey. Credits: 3

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3

AFR 4000 - Seminar on African-American Leadership. Credits: 3
AFR 4275 - Internship in African-American Studies. Credits: 1 to 15
(See footnote 1)

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3

AFR 4100 - From Negritude to Afrocentricity and After. Credits: 3
AFR 4400 - Independent Study. Credits: 1 to 3
(See footnote 1)

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3
Elective. Credits: 3

Footnotes

GPA based on all AFR courses, and listed electives taken at EIU.

1 Only three semester hours from each of AFR 4275 and 4400 may be counted toward major.

* Choose AFR electives from the following list:

AFR 3970 - Study Abroad. Credits: 1 to 15
ANT 3611 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Credits: 3
JOU 3951 - Minorities and the Media. Credits: 3
PLS 3543 - Civil Liberties in America. Credits: 3
PLS 3723 - Public Opinion and Political Participation. Credits: 3
PSY 4700 - Prejudice and Discrimination. Credits: 3
THA 3755G - African-American Theatre. Credits: 3

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