Black Studies

Black Studies
Academic Bulletin

Area of Study: Interdisciplinary Studies
Program: Minor

Black Studies (BLKST) is a 20-credit minor that requires the following and can best be constructed in consultation with the Black Studies Program coordinator and/or the Department Chair of Community and Justice Studies.

Take all of the following required courses (12 credits)

• BLKST 100, Introduction to Black Studies
• BLKST 255/HIST 255, African-American History to 1865 OR BLKST 257/HIST 257, African-American History since 1865 (students can sign up under BLKST OR HIST)
• BLKST 300, Critical Race Theory OR BLKST 305, Black Feminist Thought

Choose two classes from the following list of electives (8 credits)

• BLKST 255
• BLKST 236/ENGL 236 (students can sign up under BLKST OR ENGL)
• BLKST 355/COMJ 355 (students can sign up under BLKST OR COMJ)
• COMJ 460
• ENVSC 352
• HIST 261, 269, 324, 345, 347, 563, 571, 572
• PHIL 210, 215, 275
• POLSC 303, 344, 482
• PSYCH 451
• RELST 146
• WGSS 210, 275, 310, 410

Additional courses may be approved on a semester-by-semester basis to count as electives toward the minor, please consult the Black Studies Program Coordinator or the Department Chair of Community and Justice Studies with any questions.

Black Studies is an Interdisciplinary Studies minor and so may be combined with any other program on campus as a major.