Africana Studies, B.A., Arts and Aesthetics Concentration

Global Competency (3 Hours)

Select the following global competency course:

• AAS 3120 - African Diaspora  3 Credit Hours

Intellectual Foundations (3 Hours)

Select one intellectual foundations course from the following:

• AAS 3975 - Concepts and Theories in Africana Studies  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4120 - African-American Political Thought  3 Credit Hours

Gender and Sexuality (3 Hours)

Select one gender and sexuality course from the following:

• AAS 3010 - Narratives of Race, Gender and Sexuality: Quare Readings  3 Credits Hours
• AAS 4110 - Black Women and Health  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4125 - Black Feminist Thought  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4140 - Black Women Politics  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4285 - Womanism and Social Change  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4660 - African-American Women   4 Credit Hours
• AAS 4771 - Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4772 - Women in Africa  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4780 - African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism  3 Credit Hours

AAS Literature (3 Hours)

Select one AAS literature course from the following:

• AAS 3010 - Narratives of Race, Gender and Sexuality: Quare Readings   3 Credit Hours
• AAS 3880 - African-American Literature  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 3960 - African-American Literature by Women  3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4890 - Caribbean Literature  3 Credit Hours

Visual and Popular Arts

• AAS 4330 - The Black Arts Movement 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4340 - The Africana Experience through the Documentary Lens 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4350 - Black Visual Representation 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4625 - Atlanta and Black Culture 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4900 - African-Americans in Film 4 Credit Hours
• AAS 4950 - African-American Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours

Performing and Musical Arts

• AAS 3500 - Jazz History 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 3810 - History of African-American Music 3 Credit Hours
• MUA 3970 - Rhythm ‘N’ Blues, Rock and Rap 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4170 - Hip-Hop and Politics 3 Credit Hours
• AAS 4650 - African-American Theatre 3 Credit Hours