African American and Africana Studies is a critical and scholarly engagement of African American and African Diasporic Life. The interdisciplinary discourse focuses on critical race theory, ethics, politics, religion, medicine, gender, history, language and literature.

Students seeking the emphasis must complete 15 hours.

To include 6 hours chosen from:

AAAS 10103	Engaging Difference and Diversity in America	3
ENGL 20593	Introduction to Literatures of the Global African Diaspora	3
HIST 30833	The Civil Rights Movement in America	3
CRES 10103	Engaging Difference and Diversity in America	3
CRES 20003	Gateway Seminar in Critical Race Theory	3
CRES 20103	Intro to Black Studies	3
CRES 30303	Feminisms of Color	3
CRES 30403	Transnational Gender & Sexuality	3
CRES 30503	Crimmigration	3
ENGL 20213	Global Women's Literature	3
ENGL 20533	The American Dream	3
SOWO 40883	Diversity and Social Justice	3

Select the remaining 9 hours from courses that carry the AAAS attribute from at least three different departments.

Emphasis students may count AAAS-approved courses towards the emphasis as well as another major or minor.

They also may concentrate their AAAS electives in a single department.

Emphasis students in a program requiring a minor must complete a minor in another disciplinary field.